Articles and notes on data & AI strategy, enterprise architecture, domain-driven design, and broadcast IT.https://www.andre-aulich.de/https://www.andre-aulich.de/blog/beyond-ebucore-leaner-ontologies-data-autonomy/https://www.andre-aulich.de/blog/beyond-ebucore-leaner-ontologies-data-autonomy/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…Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTBroadcastDomain-Driven DesignEnterprise ArchitectureOrganizationhttps://www.andre-aulich.de/blog/lyrics-to-morse-code-and-midi-generator/https://www.andre-aulich.de/blog/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…Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTMusicSoftware Developmenthttps://www.andre-aulich.de/blog/digital-sovereignty-for-cios/https://www.andre-aulich.de/blog/digital-sovereignty-for-cios/“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.Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTEnterprise ArchitectureStrategyhttps://www.andre-aulich.de/blog/cio-fragestellungen-digitale-souveraenitaet/https://www.andre-aulich.de/blog/cio-fragestellungen-digitale-souveraenitaet/Im INNOQ-Blog habe ich einen Artikel mit dem Titel “CIO-Fragestellungen zur digitalen Souveränität – Mit Enterprise Architektur geopolitische Risiken meistern” veröffentlicht. Ich versuche…Fri, 04 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTEnterprise Architecturehttps://www.andre-aulich.de/blog/warum-oeffentlich-rechtliches-fernsehen-wichtig-ist/https://www.andre-aulich.de/blog/warum-oeffentlich-rechtliches-fernsehen-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…Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTBroadcasthttps://www.andre-aulich.de/blog/doing-the-right-things-with-enterprise-architecture/https://www.andre-aulich.de/blog/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.Thu, 05 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTEnterprise ArchitectureStrategyhttps://www.andre-aulich.de/blog/how-to-land-an-ai-strategy/https://www.andre-aulich.de/blog/how-to-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.Fri, 11 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTData & AIStrategyhttps://www.andre-aulich.de/blog/innoq-podcast-enterprise-architektur/https://www.andre-aulich.de/blog/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…Wed, 21 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTEnterprise ArchitectureLeadershipOrganizationSoftware Developmenthttps://www.andre-aulich.de/blog/a-company-is-organized-conflict/https://www.andre-aulich.de/blog/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.Fri, 23 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMTOrganizationLeadershiphttps://www.andre-aulich.de/blog/migrate-p5-archive-server-to-the-cloud/https://www.andre-aulich.de/blog/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…Fri, 19 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMTArchiware P5https://www.andre-aulich.de/blog/innoq-podcast-alles-zu-kompliziert/https://www.andre-aulich.de/blog/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…Thu, 09 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMTEnterprise ArchitectureSoftware Developmenthttps://www.andre-aulich.de/blog/taking-decisions/https://www.andre-aulich.de/blog/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…Thu, 07 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMTFoundationshttps://www.andre-aulich.de/blog/what-is-a-domain-and-why-should-i-care/https://www.andre-aulich.de/blog/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…Thu, 21 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMTDomain-Driven DesignEnterprise ArchitectureOrganizationhttps://www.andre-aulich.de/blog/what-does-an-enterprise-architect-do/https://www.andre-aulich.de/blog/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…Mon, 18 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMTEnterprise Architecture