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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 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 referenc…
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 & …
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…
We are redefining and rejuvenating the BCS Enterprise Architecture Specialist Group these days. Since last elections the newly elected committee is driving a new, refreshing agenda of events, calls, and social media to bring some new thinking through t…
Oscar Wilde the great Irish poet, writer and thinker wrote in his 1889 essay The Decay of Lying that “Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life”. Now why would a CTO start his new blog entry with this quote? The reason is simple. What I experie…
I recently attended a Retail Technology Summit here in London where a healthy mix of CIOs, CTOs, and business leaders exchanged, shared and debated the emerging trends of IT in the Retail sector. With technology and business leaders from retail players…
An interesting extract from Fujitsu I-CIO blog…There’s a revolution underway in how enterprises innovate. The discussion around the board tables at some of the world’s most admired companies is of a radical shift in strategy that will lead to unprece…
The Fujitsu Executive Discussion Evening (EDE) on the 15th of July 2010 in London certainly lived up to and to a great extent exceeded my expectations. The agenda of 2020 vision focussed on the effects of globalisation, concerns over sustainability and…