Kirk Knoernschild

Analyst

Emphases: languages, platforms, SDLC, frameworks

Kirk Knoernschild is an analyst for Burton Group Application Platform Strategies. He covers development platforms, programming languages and frameworks, and the software development lifecycle (SDLC). Prior to joining Burton Group, Kirk was a software developer who could be found working in the trenches on enterprise software development projects. With over 15 years of software development experience, Kirk has filled most roles on the software development team. In 2002, Kirk wrote the book “Java Design: Objects, UML, and Process”, published by Addison-Wesley. Kirk is an open source contributor, has authored numerous articles, and is a frequent conference speaker. He has trained and mentored thousands of software professionals on topics including Java/J2EE, modeling, software architecture and design, component based development, service oriented architecture, and software process. Kirk is trapped in a software developer’s body, and continues to enjoy hacking in a variety of languages, including Java, .Net, Ruby, and PHP.

About Burton Group

Burton Group -- www.burtongroup.com -- is the only enterprise IT research and advisory services firm focused exclusively on infrastructure technologies. Burton Group's unbiased, in-depth, technical research and advice helps IT technologists and architects make smart enterprise architecture decisions in increasingly complex environments.

Burton Group covers directories, security, identity management, application platforms, architecture, and network and telecom infrastructure topics.