I must say that the annual DISA conference this week in Nashville exceeded my expectations. It was a great opportunity to meet people, network, and get a sense for the agency's pains and initiatives. A good portion of the DISA leadership was making itself available on the floor and in... Continue reading

There is a lot of talk about how agility in IT systems is necessary to "out turn" our adversaries in modern conflict. The Army's Future Combat System may end up putting the theory to the greatest test if it successfully fields smaller more lightly armored vehicles and by banking on... Continue reading

Chris is Senior Director at Polar where he is building a new emerging data platforms and disruptive analytics practice area. The intersection of data, open source, and platform thinking is simply too important for the corporate enterprise to ignore. This work fits nicely with the concept of Intentional Emergence -... Continue reading

Last October Simon Wardley and I stood on a rainy sidewalk at 28th St. in NYC arguing politely (he’s British) about the future of cloud adoption. He argued, rightly, that the cost advantages from scale would be overwhelming compared to home-brew private clouds. He went on to argue, less certainly... Continue reading