Hi, I am Harald Ließmann (that's Liessmann outside of Germany) and I am spending most of my professional life on integration and IT architecture related topics. That is mainly how to make pieces of software or even more general pieces of IT working together that were really not meant to work together in the first place.
Since I started my research I have seen many approaches to IT integration, but there is always room for improvement, so I am still on my journey looking for a better way making IT integration finally smooth and easy...
I hold a diploma (master degree) in computer science from the engineering faculty of the University Erlangen-Nuremberg and a doctoral degree in business administration, economics and social sciences from the school of business and economics of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.
Over the years I came across a couple of fundamental areas in IT & business, that I kept myself busy with. Patterns if you want.
Below please find some thoughts on these patterns, happy to discuss...
Connectivity is fundamental. The connection has to be secure and effective. No Connection, no data, no process, no value.
My key topic. Isolated IT assets are useless.
Integrate to make sense of IT and to create value.
Effective mangement of resources is an ongoing effort. After every period of centralization follows the desire to bring resources closer to where they are needed. That's why IT is distributed. Inevitable.
Use the data to act.
Analyze data to gain insight.
Architect to get the bigger picture.