Patrice
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PESTEL analysis
PEST (and the more complete PESTEL) analysis is an interesting way of looking at all things exerting influence on an organization. OK, it’s just an acronym, still it helps looking at the bigger picture. More than just the technology, or economy. Politics Economy Social Technology Environment Legal And if you remember the acronym DR. PESTEL,… Continue reading
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Artificial Intelligence isn’t Software 2.0 (yet)
I recently read a medium article entitled Software 2.0. In this article the author argues that Neural Networks (or AI in general?) are much better than the Software 1.0 stack we’re used to work with (C, C++, Java and so on). As often with such statements (i.e. X is much better than Y) a contextual… Continue reading
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MECE lists
Mutually Exclusive and Collectively Exhaustive lists are a very profound way to look at the lists way make both consciously and unknowingly. The idea is that whenever you create a list, you make sure that: The items in the list do not overlap The items in the list cover the complete subject they the list… Continue reading
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Deploying Spacy.io on AWS using CloudFormation
The objective: automatically deploy the Natural Language Processing (NLP) Python library on Spacy.io on AWS’ EC2 while creating the entire supporting infrastructure (VPC, some SubNets, LoadBalancers and so on). Why would you do this if you can do it using server less technology? One word: performance. more on: https://taming.ai/2018/12/17/deploy-spacy-io-on-aws-using-cloudformation/ Continue reading
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Verifiable Claims: an implementation
As promised in the previous parts (part 1, part 2) we explain how you can set-up a verifiable claims solution. There are several solutions to implement verifiable claims. An arguably natural solution is the use of distributed ledger technology. Digital Bazaar offers one such solution, another that we’ve tried is Sovrin. Both work fine. Sovrin’s… Continue reading
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Verifiable Claims: distributed proof of one or more capabilities
What is it? The official definition from the W3C Credentials Community Group is: A statement made by an entity about a subject; A verifiable claim is a claim that is effectively tamper-proof and whose authorship can be cryptographically verified. Multiple claims may be bundled together into a set of claims. The (somewhat unspoken) fact is… Continue reading
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Verifiable Claims & Anonymous Credentials: digital, distributed and anonymous.
A Verifiable Claim allows one person to digitally express claims in such a way that another person can verify the claim in a distributed and (possibly) anonymous yet secured way. So the big trick is that this can be done in a distributed way, no middleman needed that you (have to) trust and for which… Continue reading
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Easily create a cloud batch job using AWS and Boxfuse
I was looking for a way as simple as AWS Lambda to run a batch job on AWS. These were my requirements: fully automated compilation, deployment and scheduling Not with Docker, it’s too much hassle for what I want to achieve on AWS, because they rock Simple, plain vanilla Java, no boiler plating, no imposed… Continue reading
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Top 10 most valuable brands
Interesting to see how the top ten is changing Facebook and Amazon entered the top ten full force IBM is probably on it’s way out Google tops Apple 8 out of 10 companies are technology companies [listly id=”1Ab0″ layout=”full” per_page=”25″ show_item_numbers=”false” show_list_stats=”false” show_list_badges=”false” show_list_headline=”false” show_author=”false” show_item_tabs=”false” show_item_filter=”false” show_item_sort=”false” show_item_layout=”false”] Continue reading
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Bitcoin exchange Bitstamp gets license in Luxemburg.
After a long period on the rumour mill, something significant finally happened yesterday: Bitstamp, a bitcoin exchange start-up got its license to operate as a fully regulated payment institution (PI) in Luxemburg. This is significant for three reasons: This will make Bitcoin a more accepted financial instrument in Europe Since Luxemburg is part of the… Continue reading
About Me
As an experienced enterprise architect with a deep-rooted passion for cloud, AI, and architectural design, I’ve guided numerous companies through the management of their existing application landscapes and facilitated their transition to a future state.