Posts by: Amitabh Apte

To the Spirit of Japan and it's people

This is an unusual post. I usually try and stick to the topics of Technology and it's impact on Business in this Blog. But these are not usual times, not for Japan, not for it's people and neither for us. For the…

Enterprise Architecture – Different Perspectives

I had the pleasure to host a session by Dr Tim O’Neill at the British Computer Society’s Enterprise Architecture Specialist Group a few weeks ago. Dr O’Neill is the faculty of Engineering and IT at the University of Technology, Sydney, though currently…

Davos 2011 – Key Messages and Themes

Davos, Switzerland, becomes the temporary capital of the planet this time of the year as world leaders converge to tackle pressing global economic and policy questions at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF). It is much more than a…

The Retail Reference Architecture

The concept of “reference architecture” is often misunderstood and gets associated with IT. While the implementation may very well be IT, the reference architecture essentially is a business and operational artefact. As RUP defines, “the reference architecture in essence, is a predefined…

"Honey, I shrunk the BPM"

In 1989 Walt Disney Pictures released a popular comedy with the title of “Honey, I shrunk the kids”. It was early days for animation and graphics wizardry in the movies. Jurassic Park was still four years away; the first Harry Potter movie…

Making "Big Society" Happen!

The previous post of this blog outlined the Big Society Agenda, its context and the concept. Continuing with the January 2011 theme of the Big Society for this blog, this post will analyse how to make Big Society happen and  how Information…

The "Big Society" Agenda

Looking back on 2010 and analysing the events, people, decisions which shaped the year here in the UK, there is little doubt that formation of the Lib-Dem + Conservative alliance government and their subsequent policy announcements would top most lists. Austerity measures,…
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