article thumbnail

The Story No One Cares About: PC Sales at lowest number since 2007

CTOvision

The analyst firm IDC reports that worldwide PC shipments in 2015 were about 300 million units, on par with 2007 numbers. We recommend tracking the trends and building projections along these lines of analysis: Cloud Computing : The efficiencies of this new architecture are driving compute costs down. Bob Gourley.

article thumbnail

The Ethics Of Big Data: Facebook and Cambridge Analytica Are Writing New Case Studies For Us All

CTOvision

The term “Big Data” has been around quite a while (see a short history of Big Data here), but really came into mainstream discussion in 2007 (which also happens to be the first year CTOvision used the word). The phrase had an important role in helping many of us think through new architectures for how […].

Big Data 262
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Agile Estimation and Architecture Leads to Collaboration and.

Social, Agile and Transformation

Agile Estimation and Architecture Leads to Collaboration and Innovation. Solutioning and Estimating is when team leaders will consider a prioritized feature, recognize multiple approaches and organize them into scenarios, break down each scenario into Story Stubs, consider architecture needs , and estimate them. startup cto. (19).

Agile 124
article thumbnail

Five Key Agile Practices to Support Architects

Social, Agile and Transformation

Insuring Architecture needs fit into an Agile Development Practice. Software Architects sometimes struggle with fitting in architecture needs within rapid agile development cycles. This leaves little time for an architect to plan and develop architecturally sound solutions to business priorities. and business transformation.

Agile 244
article thumbnail

Big Data, Agile, CIO - 2012 in Review

Social, Agile and Transformation

For those wanting to read about architecture or technology, I posted my top five tools for big data analytics. My strategic agile thinking post is a tool I use to get engineers and product owners to prioritize and think about business value, innovation, technical complexity, and architecture. startup cto. (19).

Big Data 144
article thumbnail

Strategic Agile Thinking: Balancing Value, Innovation and Research

Social, Agile and Transformation

The implementation and architecture can also suffer if the team under or over invests engineering time, implementation of standards, or testing discipline in the wrong areas. If there is significant R&D effort, then the enhancement probably falls out of scope for simple architecture enhancements or prototyping. Newer Post.

Agile 142
article thumbnail

Being a CIO: One Year Later - Social, Agile, and Transformation

Social, Agile and Transformation

Every day Im still learning a new detail about the construction industry, our products, customers, and our architecture - yet I still must provide guidance on projects, future initiatives, capabilities, and budgets. Persistence to make changes to internal processes, architectures, and priorities - patience for teams and individuals to adapt.

Agile 100