Christoph Strnadl

Vice President for Innovation & Architecture at Software AG

Recent posts

News
Are you ready for quantum computing?
Maybe the real question is: “Is quantum computing ready for you and me?” Because, currently, quantum computing (QC) is an immature technology in search of a problem – one that it can solve more economically than other readily available solutions. QC hardware must scale up by a factor of 10,000 before business-relevant algorithms can be processed. This, experts believe, should…
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Business Transformation
Quantum computing is not ready for business use
Are you thinking of investing in quantum computing (QC)? My advice is "don’t." Instead, you should stick to modernizing your legacy technology with tried and true software innovations. Contrary to some pundits’ recent predictions that quantum computing (QC) could be used in “complex calculations” in financial markets within the next five years, I think it has a lot further to go before…
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IoT
Three Reasons IOTA will Elevate Blockchain
Commonly referred to as blockchain, distributed ledger technology (DLT) is about to live up to the hype. At Software AG, we truly believe that blockchain and related DLTs have a much brighter future than Bitcoin and have the potential to significantly change the future. However, we are also acutely aware of the emerging doubts. These include the amount of energy…
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Integration & APIs
Integrating AI within your Enterprise
Think back to school and science class: You probably conducted an experiment where you placed an alarm clock (set to go off in 5 minutes) under a glass jar and the teacher pumped all the air out of the jar. When the alarm went off, you couldn’t hear it, right? Without air, sound does not travel – nature abhors a vacuum.…
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IoT
Three Reasons Facebook Libra is a Bad Idea
Facebook wants to bring more affordable money transactions to the masses through a blockchain-based cryptocurrency. Called Libra, this idea has met with considerable resistance from almost every knowledgeable party - including the US Senate. I’d like to examine the Facebook proposal from three relevant architectural viewpoints: Technology architecture It remains completely unclear to me why anyone would implement a shared database…
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IoT
Looking at Blockchain as Architecture
Seeing beyond the hype in blockchain, given the level of disruption and its game-changing potential, is not easy. One way to answer is to look at blockchain, and other distributed ledger technologies (DLT), as a possible architecture for solving a non-trivial problem. What problem? Creating a shared state (which includes ordering all the changes to this state) for several distributed…
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