Nicole Perlroth – This is ho they tell me the world ends
Although the writer clearly picks sides, she does not shy away from the role of the US in the cyber arms race.
Cyber warfare is getting increasingly sophisticated and the USA can no longer contain the threat of Russia and other foreign powers
At some points the investigative journalism is not fully convincing, but it conveys the message effectively.
It is a miracle that databases actually work, considering all the things that can go wrong
Martin Kleppmann – Designing Data-intensive applications
Surprisingly readable for a text of this sort of technical depth
Run your IT department like it is a factory
Gene Kim et. al. – The Phoenix project
The well-established template of ‘The Goal‘ applied to IT.
Anticipate change in products, processes and requirements; and organize for that
Despite the unavoidable buzzwords that come with the genre, Lean and Agile are actually sane and useful management principles.
Pedro Domingos – The master algorithm
The brave attempt to cover an inherently deep subject in a non-technical way.
Jill Dyche – The new IT
Align your IT department with your corporate objectives.
It seems to be impossible to write a book about IT without referring to ‘frameworks’ (= a solution a little bit more specific than a thought, but far less concrete than a plan).