Category Archives: Architecture

IT seems to be in a continuous cycle of hype. We keep getting “new” technologies or ways of supplying IT that will solve all of your organisations problems at a stroke. Some examples of this phenomenon include: outsourcing – IT … Continue reading →

Infrastructure Architecture = Science or Art. Discuss. We claim the titles of architect and/or engineer but is what we do as infrastructure architects really based on solid scientific/engineering principles. I would claim not. Much of what we do is recycling … Continue reading →

When we are talking about IT infrastructure the terms architecture and design seem to be used with identical meaning – even by practising architects who should know better. The two concepts are quite different. A architecture is how we want … Continue reading →

At first glance these three topics may seem to have nothing in common apart from the fact that they all begin with the letter “A”.  They are however intimately linked as we will see. Architecture in an IT sense has … Continue reading →

This week I spent 3 days at the Microsoft MDOP Airlift learning about SoftGrid.  MDOP is the Microsoft Desktop Optimisation Pack that consists of : SoftGrid Diagnostics and Recovery Tools  – wininternalssysinternals tools Advanced GPO Management Asset Inventory Services SoftGrid … Continue reading →

Next week I’m off to a 3 day event on SoftGrid – Microsoft’s application virtualisation package.  Looks very useful.  It will be interesting to see how it fits into the Windows architectures

Is this the time for a return of the IT Generalist?    Many people in IT that I come across have specialised in one facet of IT.  They may be very expert in that area and can usually solve problems … Continue reading →

In a previous post http://richardsiddaway.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!43CFA46A74CF3E96!123.entry  I asked a question – Is Infrastructure Architecture the forgotten discipline?   Personally I think it is.  There are a large number of IT professionals fuctioning as Infrastructure Architects that either don’t regard themselves as architects … Continue reading →