Writing
Notes on strategy, architecture & the messy middle.
Long-form thinking on data & AI strategy, enterprise architecture, domain-driven design, and the broadcast world I grew up in. Some pieces are in German.
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Beyond EBUCorePlus: Why Leaner Ontologies and Data Autonomy Win the Streaming War
In the current media landscape, the “Streaming War” isn’t just fought with content; it’s fought with speed. For traditional TV broadcasters, the ability to launch a new product feature or pivot a…
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Web App “Lyrics to Morse Code and MIDI Generator”
When I am not working or spending time with my family, I spend lots of my time playing music. As a bass guitar player, I mostly create instrumental music and think in terms of rhythm, harmony, and…
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Digital Sovereignty for CIOs: From a Vague Fear to a Board-Ready Decision
“How dependent are we, really, on US cloud providers — and what should we do about it?” It’s a fair question and a hard one, because a dependency on its own is not a risk. Risk only arises in context. Here is how Enterprise Architecture turns that question into something a board can decide.
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CIO-Fragestellungen zur digitalen Souveränität – Mit Enterprise Architektur geopolitische Risiken meistern
Im INNOQ-Blog habe ich einen Artikel mit dem Titel “CIO-Fragestellungen zur digitalen Souveränität – Mit Enterprise Architektur geopolitische Risiken meistern” veröffentlicht. Ich versuche…
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Warum das Öffentlich-Rechtliche Fernsehen heute so wichtig ist
Der öffentlich-rechtliche Rundfunk als ausgleichendes Medium. Dieses Bild wurde mit Hilfe von ChatGPT erstellt. TL;DR. Die meisten von uns nehmen über den Tag verteilt große Mengen vielfältiger…
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Doing the Right Things — with Enterprise Architecture
For an IT initiative to succeed, a lot has to line up: the company’s goals have to be known, and out of everything that could be done you have to pick the few things that are feasible and best support those goals. This is what Enterprise Architecture is for — and here is how it works, phase by phase.
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How to Actually Land an AI Strategy
An AI strategy rarely fails on the technology. It fails on the organization around it — no clear mandate, no link to company goals, no way to show what the work was worth. Here is a five-step approach that puts those things first.
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INNOQ Podcast “Enterprise Architektur”
We have just released our new INNOQ podcast episode “Enterprise Architektur – Vom Elfenbeinturm ins Clubhaus“. Anja Kammer and I talk about how Enterprise Architecture can support companies to make…
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A Company Is Organized Conflict
Often everything is planned well — the organization and the technology alike — and still nothing moves. Usually the reason is not a bad plan. It is that the people involved have not been understood well enough to want the same thing. Here is how I try to change that.
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Migrate P5 Archive Server to the Cloud
One of my customers has been using Archiware’s P5 Archive server for years to move unused media data from expensive, on-premises, high-performance storage to cheaper second tier storage. P5 Archive…
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INNOQ Podcast “Alles zu kompliziert”
We have just released our new INNOQ podcast episode “Alles zu kompliziert – Warum unbeabsichtigte Komplexität oft normal ist.” As the title suggests, this is in german. Sven Johann, Jörg Müller and I…
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Taking Decisions
I guess that most of us know situations, in which we wonder why our partners, colleagues, friends, family, etc. take decisions which we consider really bad choices. In this post I’d like to examine…
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What is a Domain and Why Should I Care?
When you work in a company which transforms into an agile organization, sooner or later people start talking about designing teams and technology according to domain boundaries. Yet, if you ask your…
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What does an Enterprise Architect do?
Ask a couple of people what they think Enterprise Architects do and you will get greatly varying answers. If you want to better understand the scope of Enterprise Architecture and if one or more…