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Scaling the Practice of Architecture, Conversationally

Martin Fowler

Like many modern software architects, Andrew Harmel-Law struggles with the need to scale architectural thinking to larger organizations while allowing teams to be as autonomous as possible. In this first installment , Andrew describes this advice process, later installments will dig into four supporting elements that help make it work.

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Linking Modular Architecture to Development Teams

Martin Fowler

Matthew Foster describes an example of this from his work with clients, and how using Domain-Driven Design and Team Topologies helped create a modular architecture that substantially reduced the time needed to deliver new features.

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The key to operational AI: Modern data architecture

CIO

To succeed, Operational AI requires a modern data architecture. These advanced architectures offer the flexibility and visibility needed to simplify data access across the organization, break down silos, and make data more understandable and actionable.

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What is data architecture? A framework to manage data

CIO

Data architecture definition Data architecture describes the structure of an organizations logical and physical data assets, and data management resources, according to The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF). An organizations data architecture is the purview of data architects. Ensure security and access controls.

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Modern Data Architecture for Embedded Analytics

Every data-driven project calls for a review of your data architecture—and that includes embedded analytics. Before you add new dashboards and reports to your application, you need to evaluate your data architecture with analytics in mind. 9 questions to ask yourself when planning your ideal architecture.

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The strong and weak forces of architecture

Martin Fowler

Good technical design decisions are very dependent on context. Teams that regularly work together on common goals are able to communicate regularly and negotiate changes quickly. These teams exhibit a strong force of alignment, and can make technology and design decisions that harness that strong force.

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Agentic AI design: An architectural case study

CIO

He brings more than 30 years of experience across some of the largest enterprise customers, helping them understand and utilize AI ranging from initial concepts to specific application architectures, design, development and delivery. This article was made possible by our partnership with the IASA Chief Architect Forum.

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Embedding BI: Architectural Considerations and Technical Requirements

Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations.

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An Architect’s Guide for Selecting Scalable, Data-Layer Technologies

Discover everything you’ll want to know about scalable, data-layer technologies: Learn when to choose these technologies and when to avoid them Explore how these technologies work together to build scalable architectures Understand the trade-offs and complexities involved in technology choices Download the white paper and see how these technologies (..)

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Apache Cassandra® NoSQL for the Relational DBA

Gain insights into Cassandra's architecture, configuration strategies, and best practices. Learn from Lewis DiFelice, an experienced Professional Services Consultant at Instaclustr, as he shares his journey transitioning from SQL to managing a 40-node Cassandra cluster. Download now and revolutionize your database operations!

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Best Practices for Deploying & Scaling Embedded Analytics

Read more about how to simplify the deployment and scalability of your embedded analytics, along with important considerations for your: Environment Architecture: An embedded analytics architecture is very similar to a typical web architecture. Deployment: Benefits and drawbacks of hosting on premises or in the cloud.

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Use Cases for Apache Cassandra®

From understanding its distributed architecture to unlocking its incredible power for industries like healthcare, finance, retail and more, experience how Cassandra® can transform your entire data operations.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases.

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The Next-Generation Cloud Data Lake: An Open, No-Copy Data Architecture

To address this, a next-gen cloud data lake architecture has emerged that brings together the best attributes of the data warehouse and the data lake. This new open data architecture is built to maximize data access with minimal data movement and no data copies.

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Partner Webinar: A Framework for Building Data Mesh Architecture

Speaker: Jeremiah Morrow, Nicolò Bidotti, and Achille Barbieri

In this webinar, learn how Enel Group worked with Agile Lab to implement Dremio as a data mesh solution for providing broad access to a unified view of their data, and how they use that architecture to enable a multitude of use cases.