Enterprise Architecture – Page 2

Public Bookmarks - NoSQL/NewSQL, Spanner, Agile et al

January 12, 2014January 12, 2014Adnan Masood

Makes for a "light" sunday morning reading list 🙂 P&P -Data Access for Highly-Scalable Solutions: Using SQL, NoSQL, and Polyglot Persistence NoSQL Performance & Failover benchmarking Ultra-High Performance NoSQL Benchmarking: Analyzing Durability and Performance Tradeoffs "Quick" NoSQL Comparison: Measuring performance and failover of Aerospike, Cassandra, Couchbase, and MongoDB NoSQL Failover Characteristics: Aerospike, Cassandra, Couchbase,…

Architectural Frameworks– Is Kruchten's 4+1 Still Relevant in an Agile World

January 9, 2014January 10, 2014Adnan Masood

“The first matrix I designed was quite naturally perfect…. a triumph equaled only by its monumental failure. I have since come to understand that the answer eluded me because it required a lesser mind, or perhaps a mind less bound by the parameters of perfection.” -The Architect. The Matrix Reloaded (Wachowski & Wachowski, 2003) A…

Interview Questions for a Software Architect

May 21, 2013May 22, 2013Adnan Masood

just because this makes a really nice SEO friendly headline.. However, this post is not so much about specific questions and answers but rather pertains to the technical vocabulary, acumen and architectural thinking with abstractions. Without getting into the dogmatic differences between a solution architect, system architect, and an enterprise architect, I’d define software architect in…

Cloud Computing and CQRS Resources

April 19, 2013April 19, 2013Adnan Masood

MSDN Blogs: Cloud Architecture Series - CQRS Part 1 (Bruno Terkaly) http://blogs.msdn.com/b/brunoterkaly/archive/2012/02/07/cloud-architecture-series-cqrs-command-query-responsibility-segregation-part-01.aspx MSDN Magazine: CQRS on Windows Azure (Mark Seeman) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/gg983487.aspx Book: Exploring CQRS and Event Sourcing: A journey into high scalability, availability, and maintainability with Windows Azure (MS Patterns & Practices) http://www.amazon.com/Exploring-CQRS-Event-Sourcing-maintainability/dp/1621140164 And a few backgrounders: CQRS - a new architecture precept based on…

Writing High Quality Code in C# by Svetlin Nakov

April 10, 2013April 8, 2013Adnan Masood

Writing High Quality Code in C# from Svetlin Nakov This is an excellent presentation by Svetlin Nakov of Telerik which I thoroughly enjoyed and decided to share it via my blog. Following is the abstract. The author introduces the principles of high-quality programming code construction during the software development process. The quality of the…

Slides from 11th Annual SecureIT conference- “OWASP Web Services Security - Securing your Service Oriented Architecture”

April 8, 2013April 8, 2013Adnan Masood

I recently spoke to 11th SecureIT conference on "OWASP Web Services Security - Securing your Service Oriented Architecture". This annual event was hosted by UC San Bernardino at Sheraton Fairplex Hotel. This SecureIT Conference conference provides focus and opportunities to higher education staff meeting the challenges of providing a secure information technology environment for campus communities. The…

The Clairvoyant Load Balancing Algorithm for Highly Available Service Oriented Architectures

April 1, 2013Adnan Masood

Abstract: Load balancing allows network devices to distribute workload across multiple processing resources including server clusters and storage devices. This distribution helps maximize throughput, achieve optimal resource utilization, minimize response time and help use hardware effectively in multiple data-center locations. As a meta-heuristic enhancement to Psychic Routing[1], researchers present early work in a novel algorithm…

Enterprise Node Advocacy Talk

March 26, 2013Adnan Masood

Node.js adaptability in a medium to large, regulated enterprise can be quite challenging; various process items including risk & compliance, OSS, supportability, static-code analysis, IDE/SC integration info-sec concerns etc need to be addressed before any new technology can be adapted. My co-worker Daniel Imrie-Situnayake did a great presentation on this very topic titled "Within the Whale: a…

Complexity Theory & Enterprise Architecture

March 3, 2013Adnan Masood

Some interesting links on complex adaptive systems, complexity thinking and enhancing enterprise effectiveness, courtesy of architect extraordinaire, David Lazar. The Dolt's Guide to Self-Organization Jurgen Appello Complexity Thinking Jurgen Appello Systemantics: How Systems Work and Especially How They Fail John Gall, 1978 The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small (Being the 3rd…

Refactoring Code to a S.O.L.I.D. Foundation - Speaking @ IE.NET UG

December 11, 2012December 11, 2012Adnan Masood

Tonight I will be speaking to Inland Empire .NET users group talking about "Refactoring Code to a S.O.L.I.D. Foundation". Abstract and meeting info follows. Abstract: SOLID is a mnemonic acronym coined by Robert C. Martin (aka Uncle Bob) referring to a collection of design principles of object-oriented programming and design. By using these principles, developers…