scalability rules

Achieving Results, Culture, and the AKF Equation

We can tell a lot about a company within the first hour or so of any discussion. Consider the following statement fragments:“We have a lot of smart people here…”Or“We have…

Marty Abbott

April 24, 2018 · 5 min read

Process

Evaluating Technology Risk Using Mathematics

The Relative Risk EquationTechnologists are frequently asked: what are the chances that a given software release is going to work? Do we understand the risk that each…

AKF

April 23, 2018 · 4 min read

Process

Avoiding the Policy Black Hole

During due diligence and in-depth engagements, we often hear feedback from client employees that policies either do not exist - or are not followed.All too often we see policies…

Pete Ferguson

April 18, 2018 · 15 min read

Leadership Organization

How to write concisely

The Three Sentence RuleVariations of the Three Sentence Rule have been around for a long time. The differences are multiplicative but the base rule is a useful and often necessary…

AKF

April 11, 2018 · 3 min read

Architecture

Microservices for Breadth, Libraries for Depth

The decomposition of monoliths into services, or alternatively the development of new products in a services-oriented fashion (oftentimes called microservices), is one of the greatest…

Marty Abbott

April 10, 2018 · 3 min read

Security Considerations for Technical Due Diligence

It seems as though a week cannot go by without news reports of yet another data breach at a large, recognizable company. One wonders what has been compromised but not yet detected…

Greg Fennewald

April 10, 2018 · 3 min read

Technical Diligence

Technical Due Diligence: Did We Get It Right

Technical Due Diligence: Did We get it Right?AKF Partners have performed 100s of technical due diligence engagements on behalf of strategic investors, private equity, venture capitalists…

AKF

April 4, 2018 · 6 min read

Societal Consequences of the Uber Autonomous Vehicle Death

It is sad and unfortunate, but the inevitable has finally happened; we’ve suffered our first death from an autonomous vehicle. The Uber Autonomous Vehicle fatality in Tempe is…

Marty Abbott

March 22, 2018 · 4 min read

Architecture SaaS Leadership Organization Process Product

SaaS Migration Challenges

More and more companies are waking up from the 20th century, realizing that their on-premises, packaged, waterfall paradigms no longer play in today’s SaaS, agile world. SaaS…

Dave Swenson

March 12, 2018 · 6 min read

Technical Diligence Process

Managing Risk with Technical Due Diligence

You should not buy a home without an inspection by a licensed home inspector and you should not buy a used car without having a mechanic check it out for you. Diligence - it just…

Greg Fennewald

February 20, 2018 · 6 min read

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scalability rules

Achieving Results, Culture, and the AKF Equation

Evaluating Technology Risk Using Mathematics

Avoiding the Policy Black Hole

How to write concisely

Microservices for Breadth, Libraries for Depth

Security Considerations for Technical Due Diligence

Technical Due Diligence: Did We Get It Right

Societal Consequences of the Uber Autonomous Vehicle Death

SaaS Migration Challenges

Managing Risk with Technical Due Diligence

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