Bridging between people and technology
Short non technical explanations of technical buzzwords
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a way of designing systems so that they are composed of smaller discreet systems that can be connected to when needed and therefore promotes re-use. This is by no means a new concept, but SOA does more to help with connecting systems wherever they are and to many SOA is … Read more
An API is short for Application Programming Interface. it is very similar to A user interface except that it is specifically for other applications to interact with the systems. Examples of application interfaces are SOA (REST and SOAP) interfaces that are widely used currently to connect to other systems via the internet. Older forms of … Read more
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If you are a non technical person wanting to catch up ahead of a meeting or just curious, I hope the following will fill the gaps for you. The cloud is most definitely a buzzword and as such there is no widely accepted definition of what it actually is. One fact is certain, whatever you … Read more
Knowledge Management describes the function of Knowing what you know and profiting from it. Malhorta Implementing knowledge management thus has several dimensions including: Strategy: Knowledge management strategy must be dependent on corporate strategy. The objective is to manage, share, and create relevant knowledge assets that will help meet tactical and strategic requirements. Organisational Culture: The organisational culture influences the … Read more
A growing risk attached to internet proliferation is misuse of data. The vast amounts of data collected and stored, largely by people who have no reason to hold this data is a huge problem of itself as it is frequently stolen and/or sold, or misused, but the natural borders between trading blocks such as China, … Read more
Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence exhibited by machines. In computer science, the field of AI research defines itself as the study of “intelligent agents“: any device that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of success at some goal.[1] Colloquially, the term “artificial intelligence” is applied when a machine mimics “cognitive” functions that humans associate with other human minds, … Read more
Digital Transformation is a buzzword and as such you will find a wide range of explanations out there, yet there is in fact no widely agreed definition. Since the arrival of the internet as a force in the mid-nineties, I and millions like me around the globe have engaged in finding new ideas and turning … Read more
Data mining is a buzzword. What it describes is really a form of Machine learning and there is no definitive border between one of these many overlapping disciplines and another, so the takeaway is not to get too worried about it and ignore anyone who does unless they are your boss, or paying very well. … Read more
Virtual private network A VPN allows users to connect to a private network from anywhere through a secured tunnel. E.G working from home, you might set up a VPN to your office so that your traffic can not be snooped on and secrets stolen. VPNs can also be used to link together two networks such … Read more
Cryptography achieves two basic things for us: 1. We can lock a document (with our private key) so that only we or someone to whom we gave a key (a Public key) is able to open and read it. But not change it or create new documents. 2. If we have been given a key … Read more
Encryption is nothing more than a harmless mathematical algorithm that converts your information into unintelligible rubbish to the extent that that it is pretty much impossible to retrieve and read it without the Public key. Blowfish, AES RC4, RC5, and RC6 are examples of encryption algorithms. By giving someone the Public key they can achieve … Read more
Deep learning is first of all a buzzword. That means it may not have a precise and widely accepted meaning. It is a form or use of artificial intelligence as is machine learning from which deep learning evolved. OK we started with out with simple stuff like Data mining this became more sophisticated a section … Read more
I still get asked the question and sometimes by people who thought they knew until Machine Learning and AI came along. Well the answer is simple enough and hasn’t changed at all: An Algorithm is still a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer. … Read more
Neural networks are modelled on the way the brain is believed to process data. It consists of a net of nodes joined by links. Without getting too deep in technical jargon, the Neural net has similarities to a good old fashioned Ontology where key terms are linked by a relationship to make a huge net … Read more