to balkanize - to break up (as a region or group) into smaller and often hostile units.
etymology: Balkan Peninsula
(Merriam-Webster)
контекст: "...the problem is that we have balkanized assets – information – and balkanized tools – technology – that don't work well together".
stovepipe
1. a pipe used as a chimney for a fuel-burning stove, usually made of sheet steel formed into a tube
2. шляпа-цилиндр
3. The label given to a separate system, such as a mainframe or client/server system. A stovepipe is its own, complete application, designed to work independent of other applications.
see also: middleware
контекст: "The single most significant challenge facing IT in the intelligence community is this environment – enterprises with hundreds of isolated, stove-piped applications that manage redundant data and don't communicate effectively, if at all, with each other."
почему это так назвали, any ideas?
etymology: Balkan Peninsula
(Merriam-Webster)
контекст: "...the problem is that we have balkanized assets – information – and balkanized tools – technology – that don't work well together".
stovepipe
1. a pipe used as a chimney for a fuel-burning stove, usually made of sheet steel formed into a tube
2. шляпа-цилиндр
3. The label given to a separate system, such as a mainframe or client/server system. A stovepipe is its own, complete application, designed to work independent of other applications.
see also: middleware
контекст: "The single most significant challenge facing IT in the intelligence community is this environment – enterprises with hundreds of isolated, stove-piped applications that manage redundant data and don't communicate effectively, if at all, with each other."
почему это так назвали, any ideas?