What an Idea!

"What an Idea Sirjee!".Thats what the yeoman sycophantly seems to utter Junior B in the AD currently being aired across the Cathode Rays and LCD's across the nation.The slogan prognosticates to be germinal.And sometimes such ideas takes shape in grandiose levels.

Building and architechting a dream structure like Airbus A380 requires a shrewd vision and relentless effort.The vision to create the world's biggest passenger airliner that would carry close to 1000 passengers and all the luggage and still extert less pressure on the runway as compared to a loaded 747.The cost per person is reduced 20% less as compared to a commercial flight.

Similarly building and architechting a mammoth IT system would require the same pragmatic vision and effort.Most of the dreams tend to be quixotic in the embryonic stage , but as time moves on the baby thrives and breathes the potion of life.

Realizing the dream is just not enough , to handle the number of requests is even more important. Creating the first prototype is just not enough , catering and delivering the orders of the clients on time is of prime importance.All the major airlines still waiting for the first bunch of beauties to arrive.This delay would cost the clients billions of $s.A similar delay in catering to the SLAs of the system would mean a loss of valuable moolah and most importantly the invaluable patron base.The profit margins can always be regained but a customer lost is very hard to wheedle back.

Testing the A380 required it to pass through a rigorous suite of tests , like testing the tensile strength of the aircraft structure at 0.9 Mach.Similarly large IT systems are passes through a massive set of test suites , reveals the real character of the system.The system which passes through all these tests is declared fit to be inducted to be pressed into the clients service.

The metaphor between the A380 and an IT Infrastructure provides us a with a paradigm which would provide a roadmap for next generation systems or more importantly next-gen ideas!