TECHNOLOGY

Simplicity

Technology is amazing, inconceivably fast and immensely impressive when well implemented. Technology is ever evolving, dauntingly complex and potentially dangerous. At lower levels, for those into "the nuts and bolts”, technology can be impressively simple, easier to use as they mature and the theory remains static for longer than one would expect. It is at these lower levels where components can be changed, an application be configured slightly differently or installed in a different way which may impact performance, availability or it's technical function, but it’s role at a business level remains the same.

PROCESS

What makes technology complex?

Moving away from the lower tangible layers, technology becomes exposed to external factors, factors that for the most part must be accommodated and utilized if possible. For example, many a database  was initially installed with a single use case in mind but now serves as the primary store for a utilities back end or part of a financial institution’s high-performance computing environment. Suddenly this once contained product has a central role in supporting numerous non-critical business processes. With more processes, increasing numbers of interfaces and points of contact between technology and the business complexity increases exponentially necessitating even more technology to enable us to design, operate and maintain functionality which realize simple business concepts.