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This blog provides an architectural view of IT including concepts, first principles and strategy.

100 Types of Information Technology Services

posted by John Spacey, this month
The definition of information technology service with examples.

4 Examples of System Architecture

posted by John Spacey, this month
Examples of system architecture diagrams.

What is Session Management?

posted by John Spacey, this month
An overview of session management.

Data Virtualization vs Data Federation

posted by John Spacey, this month
The difference between data virtualization and data federation.

What is Data Authentication?

posted by John Spacey, this month
A definition of data authentication with an example.

25 Types Of Master Data

posted by John Spacey, this month
A list of criteria for deciding if something is master data or not.

SLA vs OLA

posted by John Spacey, this month
The difference between a SLA and a OLA.

Data Security vs Information Security

posted by John Spacey, this month
The difference between data security and information security.

40 Examples of Security Controls

posted by John Spacey, this month
Examples of IT security controls.

7 Examples of a Random Seed

posted by John Spacey, this month
The definition of random seed with examples.

What is a Brute Force Algorithm?

posted by John Spacey, this month
Brute force computing techniques explained.

12 Types of Cryptographic Key

posted by John Spacey, this month
Definitions of common types of cryptographic key.

60 Examples of Unstructured Data

posted by John Spacey, this month
A definition of unstructured data with examples.

What is a Data Massage?

posted by John Spacey, this month
The mysteries of data massage.

IT vs ICT

posted by John Spacey, this month
The difference between IT and ICT.

Systems vs Software

posted by John Spacey, this month
The difference between systems and software.

Security Event vs Security Incident

posted by John Spacey, this month
The difference between a information security event and an incident.

44 Examples of Computing Platforms

posted by John Spacey, last month
A list of the basic types of computing platform.

What is a Data Entity?

posted by John Spacey, last month
A definition of data entity with a few examples.

Algorithms vs Code

posted by John Spacey, last month
The difference between algorithms and code.

11 Examples of Non-repudiation

posted by John Spacey, last month
A definition of non-repudiation with several common examples.

Cryptography: Salt vs Pepper

posted by John Spacey, last month
The difference between cryptographic salt and pepper.

Reference Data vs Master Data

posted by John Spacey, last month
The difference between reference data and master data.

Data Science vs Information Science

posted by John Spacey, last month
The difference between data science and information science.

SLA vs SLO

posted by John Spacey, last month
The difference between Service Level Agreements and Service Level Objectives.

19 Types of Data Quality

posted by John Spacey, last month
An overview of data quality criteria.

11 Examples of a Configuration Item

posted by John Spacey, last month
A definition of configuration item with several examples.

Data Custodian vs Data Steward

posted by John Spacey, last month
The difference between data custodian and data steward.

6 Examples of an Extranet

posted by John Spacey, last month
A definition of extranet with several examples.

16 Examples of SLAs

posted by John Spacey, last month
A definition of service level agreement with a few examples.

100 Types of Technology Platform

posted by John Spacey, last month
The definition of technology platform with examples.

52 Examples of IT Quality

posted by John Spacey, last month
An overview of IT quality with examples.

7 Definitions of Computer

posted by John Spacey, last month
A few definitions of computer.

Thin Client vs Thick Client

posted by John Spacey, last month
The difference between thin clients and thick clients.

11 Examples of a Bot

posted by John Spacey, last month
Bots explained.

When Artificial Intelligence Fails

posted by John Spacey, last month
How artificial intelligence can be illogical.

What is Embrace, Extend And Extinguish?

posted by John Spacey, last month
An overview of embrace, extend and extinguish.

What is an AI Box?

posted by John Spacey, last month
An overview of AI boxes.

What is Human + AI?

posted by John Spacey, last month
An overview of Human + AI.

7 Definitions of Data

posted by John Spacey, last month
Several useful definitions of data.

6 Types of Password Fatigue

posted by John Spacey, last month
An overview of password fatigue.

What is Everything Is A File?

posted by John Spacey, last month
An overview of everything is a file.

Why Enterprise Architecture Is Valuable

posted by John Spacey, last month
A list of common value propositions for enterprise architecture teams.

6 Examples of Caching

posted by John Spacey, last month
A few examples of caching.

What is Overfitting?

posted by John Spacey, last month
An overview of overfitting, a common data analysis mistake.

What is Shotgun Debugging?

posted by John Spacey, last month
An overview of shotgun debugging.

What are Greedy Algorithms?

posted by John Spacey, last month
An overview of greedy algorithms.

What is an Internet Backbone?

posted by John Spacey, last month
An overview of internet backbones.

What is a Rainbow Table?

posted by John Spacey, last month
A definition of rainbow tables, a type of information security threat.

What is Data Virtualization?

posted by John Spacey, last month
An overview of data virtualization.

What is a Blockhead?

posted by John Spacey, last month
An artificial type of artificial intelligence.

What is Change Request Cycle Time?

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
An overview of change request cycle time.

What is Password Entropy?

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
An overview of password entropy.

What is Artificial Knowledge?

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
An overview of artificial knowledge.

What is a Security Code Review?

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
An overview of security code review processes.

What is a Data Room?

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
An overview of data rooms.

Human Error vs Security Vulnerability

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
Why human error isn't a security vulnerability.

What is Security as a Service?

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
An overview of security as a service.

What is Replay Value?

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
An overview of replay value.

What is an Internet Exchange Point?

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
An overview of internet exchange point.

5 Examples of Autoscaling

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
A definition of cloud autoscaling with several examples.

What is Darwin Among The Machines?

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
A prediction about artificial intelligence from the year 1863.

What is a Sandbox?

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
An overview of sandboxes. An information security technique.

8 Examples of Net Neutrality

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
A definition of net neutrality.

4 Examples of IoT Security

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
The unique problem of security the internet of things.

Front End vs Back End

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
The difference between a front end and a back end.

What is Data Integration?

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
An overview of data integration.

Encryption vs Hashing

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
The difference between encryption and hashing.

What is Referential Integrity?

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
An overview of referential integrity with an example.

What is Peer-to-peer?

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
A definition of peer-to-peer with a technical overview and example.

What is Telemetry?

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
The definition of telemetry.

What is the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything?

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
An overview of a well known parody of computing.

What is Authentication?

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
A definition of authentication with a few examples.

What is Need To Know?

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
Overview of need to know, an information security technique.

What is Telecommand?

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
An overview of telecommand.

What is Service Management?

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
A definition of service management.

What is Strong Authentication?

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
An overview of strong authentication.

What is a Pixel?

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
An overview of pixels.

What is a Buffer?

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
A definition of buffer with a few examples.

What are Reluctant Algorithms?

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
Algorithms that solve problems as slowly as possible.

10 Examples of a Session

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
A definition and overview of sessions.

What is Data Transformation?

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
A definition of data transformation with a few examples.

What is a Network?

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
A definition of network.

What is a Unique Constraint?

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
A definition of unique constraint and comparison to primary key.

Information Systems vs Information Technology

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
Differences between a Information Systems and Information Technology department.

4 Examples of Null Pointer Exceptions

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
How to prevent, troubleshoot and handle null pointer exceptions.

IoT vs Control

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
The internet of things and control.

What is Telecommunications?

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
A definition of telecommunications with a list of common products.

What is Infrastructure as a Service?

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
The definition of infrastructure as a service with comparisons.

What is an Animated Gif?

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
Everything you ever wanted to know about animated GIFs but were afraid to ask.

7 Examples of Delete

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
The definition of delete with examples.

3 Examples of an Endpoints

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
The three common types of computing endpoint.

What is Edge Computing?

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
The definition of edge computing with an example.

8 Examples of Null In Computing

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
An overview of null with examples.

Machine Automation vs Robotics

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
The difference between machine automation and robotics.

Decision Trees vs Artificial Intelligence

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
The difference between decision trees and artificial intelligence.

Algorithms Guide

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
A few types of algorithms.

9 Examples of IT Standards

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
An overview of IT standards with examples.

3 Examples of Technology as Magic

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
The tendency for businesses to view complex technology as magic.

31 Examples of IT Risks

posted by John Spacey, a few months ago
A list of common information technology risks.

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