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Gerben Wierda Over on Enterprise Architecture Professional Journal I’ve just posted a column about ‘vertical integration’, where it comes from, how it drives certain developments (e.g. it is one of the drivers for the cloud) and how it is in conflict with … Continue reading →
A while ago, a company I know got an offer…
A short post, because it is only here to point you to the real story over on enterprisechess.com. The reason it’s been published there is that it is not so much about the language itself and how to model in … Continue reading →
ArchiMate is not an open standard by most definitions as it is neither royalty-free nor maintained by a not-for-profit organisation. TOG is a commercial enterprise whose (shaky) approach to the legalities is meant to create a monopoly. Continue reading →
Dutch national newspaper De Volkskrant launched a site to commemorate their initial steps on the internet, 20 years ago, on May 6, 1996. All in good fun, e.g. de site looks like a Windows 95 desktop. On it, they put … Continue reading →
I’ll be giving the opening EA keynote for the Enterprise Architecture Conference Europe 2016 on 14 June 2016 in London. I’d love to discuss EA with you. So: meet me there? Filed under: Enterprise Architecture
Suppose you build a house. When it’s finished it’s shiny, new, and clean. Then you live in it for decades. Stacks of old newspapers litter the floors. Sometimes a bunch of these get thrown out. You only do superficial cleaning, … Continue reading →
Just a short mention today: R&A, Tetradian and Archi are proud to announce a new initiative: UltiMateCloud™, an initiative that takes Big Data and Cloud to its limit — and beyond. Have a look at the website.Filed under: Enterprise Architecture
ArchiMate is not a process modelling language. It has only limited support for process modelling. That is why I personally prefer to combine BPMN with ArchiMate, but that is not trivial (as explained here and here). In the book there … Continue reading →
I have given presentations of my story several times in the last years. From guest lectures at a university to conferences (3 hours) to presentations such as the Gartner Enterprise Architecture Summit (45 minutes). I’ve recorded an audio track with the … Continue reading →
Dear TOG, I hope this letter finds you well. As shepherd of the ArchiMate standard, you are currently working on its next iteration. As I am not part of the ArchiMate Forum, I am going to send you a few … Continue reading →
Don’t you just love buzzwords and silver bullets? My first post on InfoWorld was about the cloud as a silver bullet. And Scott Adams from Dilbert catches painful realities as well: see this strip. Now, cloud is a real phenomenon (even if it … Continue reading →