Following from my last blog I wanted to write down what the motivation was behind the Edge Architecture and in the end it became more of a manifesto about what I believe and how I think the IT world is changing. It has the following 5 core values:

• Community and collaboration are more important than organizations and contracts

• Value and sharing are more important than price and ownership

• Individual skill and contribution are more important than processes and tools

• Relationship and trust are more important than security and laws

• Flexibility and improvement are more important than plans and schedules

From these values the main parts of the Edge architecture flow and then from them a ton of really specific technical requirements. I will delve into these in more detail in later blogs.