On Privatizing Intelligence Gathering
It turns out that the organization that prided itself on beating the CIA in his ability to get stuff done for a fraction of the cost got hacked through the most benign means possible.
Choosing Between Schedule, Budget, Scope, and Quality
Argumentum ad populum is that the best way to beat your competitor is to one-up him. If he has 2 features, you need 3 (4 would be even better). If he is budgeting 1 x $ on his solution, you need to spend 2 x $.
To ESB or not to ESB is the question. Or is it more noble to just ETL it?
To borrow a metaphor from Winston Churchill,
Driving the Message
From an evolutionary point of view, it seems that the quadrant 1 and 3 messaging mediums (see chart) represent a form of r/K selection classification. Each trades between quantity and quality. The focus in quadrant 1 is to increase the quality of the content with higher expense per message. The focus in quadrant 3 is to increase the quantity of the content with a corresponding reduction in quality and lower expense per message.