Latency kills UI backend services

Architecture killed by network latency In multiple projects using Serverless or Microservice technologies, I have seen architectures that looked good and straight forward but were in trouble due to network latency not being considered.  This is such a basic point, not even worth mentioning but not considered by architects, as it seems. Let’s start with […]

Transaction Log Reader for SAP Hana

Transaction Log reading based on SAP Hana A customer asked me to build a Transaction Log based Change Data Capture method for SAP Hana. This is a good reason to talk about how it works, what difficult questions to ask during a presentation and talk about a couple of misconceptions, e.g. the claim that it […]

Cloud Architecture Blueprint – Central vs Decentral

To analyze data across all sites, a central data model must be defined. But why would the data providers adhere to that? What is their benefit?
And if they do, how can the sites specific needs be fulfilled?
In the past each site had their own environment and was forced to provide summary data to HQ.
Today’s data requirements are totally different. AI works best if it has all data. Analytics of revenue per day and site is no longer sufficient
This blueprint describes an approach to solve the business requirements, the motivation, the flexibility needs and low TCO.