Enterprise Architecture

Developer platforms promise to rewrite the laws of IT physics: they boost innovation through standards; they speed up development while assuring compliance; and they reduce cognitive load without restricting choice. Building such an in-house platform, or even deploying one, is far from easy, though. This book condenses a decade of building and rolling out platforms into practical advice for platform teams and users.5300+ happy readers! Also as Paperback edition

Strategy is the difference between making a wish and making it come true. To make your cloud journey a reality, and not just a wish, you’ll want to stay clear of buzzwords and product minutiae. Instead, focus on principles, decision models, and trade-offs that you can communicate broadly throughout your organization. This book tells you how. Paperback editionHardcover edition

Turn a static class hierarchy into a real semantic graph: object properties, inverse properties, property characteristics, and domain and range, all hands-on in Protege.

Master Ontology Engineering with Protégé and the EKA Framework—Volume 1 of a multi-volume series that teaches ontology engineering hands-on through the Pizza.owl tutorial and connects it to a modern framework for building executable semantic systems.

You know how to build classes in Protégé. But do you know when to attach meaning — and when to wait?Volume 4 of "Mastering Ontology Engineering" introduces SKDL: the Semantic Knowledge Development Lifecycle. Seven stages. One discipline. Zero guesswork.From Aristotle to Description Logic. From taxonomy to executable knowledge.This is where pizza -> philosophy — and philosophy -> engineering.

Most enterprises can deliver fast, but few can adapt at scale.The Cybernetic Enterprise introduces a unifying operating model that embeds AI, feedback loops, and platform thinking into the DNA of your organization. Learn how to build a system that senses change, learns continuously, and transforms disruption into strategic advantage.

Java is entering a new era of faster releases, modern JVMs and evolving enterprise demands. This practical guide helps architects, platform engineers and senior developers navigate LTS upgrades, modernization, migration, performance, security and cloud deployment with clear strategies and production-ready guidance.

IBM Enterprise COBOL has powered enterprise systems for decades and remains essential to modern mainframe computing. This practical guide covers COBOL fundamentals, modern IBM Enterprise COBOL features, database integration, transaction processing, web services and performance tuning to help you build and maintain reliable business applications.

If you use some of the principles in this book, you can save your company thousands of person-hours and a small fortune. The wisdom in this book is based on studies and experience spanning a wide variety of systems including software systems, personal empowerment systems, creativity systems, meditation systems, and self-expression systems.

Most data modelling books teach you the craft. This one teaches you the reality. Seven chapters of honest, practical guidance from real project experience — covering conceptual modelling, governance, enterprise challenges, and the human side of data work that nobody else writes about.

Lean Enterprise Architecture (LEA) redefines EA as a lean, value-driven discipline that bridges strategy, business, and technology. Instead of static blueprints, it shows you how to build adaptive architectures, enable transformation, and create measurable impact. Whether you are an enterprise architect, IT strategist, or business leader, LEA equips you to lead with clarity and influence.

Data Mesh is a sociotechnical approach that enables development teams to autonomously carry out data analysis. In this primer, we explain Data Mesh from the engineering perspective.

Master Spring Boot from the ground up and learn what it takes to build software that is ready for the real world. From Java fundamentals to secure microservices, testing and production deployment, this practical guide turns modern Spring Boot concepts into skills you can confidently put to work.

Building an impressive AI agent demo is easy. Running one in production—reliably, at scale, with governance—is where most enterprises get stuck. Agentic Orchestration shows how BPMN-based process orchestration governs AI agents at scale, drawing on real deployments across banking, telecom, and healthcare. Reasoning without orchestration is expensive chaos. This book shows the way out.

LLMs and agentic AI are currently generating a great deal of hype. When applied correctly, they can deliver tremendous benefits. This book outlines the challenges involved in implementing these technologies within large enterprises—particularly in regulated environments. It serves as an accessible introduction for IT-focused executives and enterprise architects, while also proving useful for IT professionals in general who wish to explore the subject and avoid common project pitfalls.