Ying & Yang

Balance in Information Management Trends

Changes in information management tools, techniques and philosophies appear to revolve around a series of balancing acts, where new trends create an interesting tension with more traditional approaches. Examples include: Designing for Performance vs. Designing for Agility Tightly coupled vs. Loosely coupled Proprietary vs. Open Source Monolithic/All-of-one piece Design vs. Component Design Application-centric vs. Data-centric Dumb Data vs. Smart Data Code Portability vs. Data Portability Predetermined (negotiated & set) vs. Delayed Binding (just-in-time alliances) All Possibilities Accounted For vs. Emergent Behavior/Unanticipated Uses & Users Human Processing vs. Machine-Processing