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DATA Act IT Infrastructure – Platform Consolidation, Virtualization & Collaborative Governance as Change Enablers

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Momentum and activity regarding the Data Act is gathering steam, and off to a great start. Reaching the 2017/2018 milestones, however, will require IT infrastructure change.
Some change may be simple or take advantage of existing modernization
efforts; much change will be very difficult, complex and/or costly.
Strategies to prepare for this change, and catalyze it, are not yet part
of the government-led discussion – but they are now part of the
industry-led discussion, per this new Executive Report from ACT-IAC, co-authored by Oracle: “The DATA Act – IT Infrastructure Guidance Change Facilitation for IT Departments”.

US Regional, Metropolitan Area Public Sector “Open Data” Synergies, Opportunities, Challenges

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Current dialogue among the leadership and constituents of the Federal, Washington
DC, Maryland and Virginia (DMV) regional “Open Data” government
community have shed new light on the challenges and opportunities that
individual jurisdictions face (not just around DC), in establishing Open
Data capabilities and services – both public-facing, and as part of the
inward-facing “information sharing” context within their own agencies. 
Open Data is also a very different conversation, when held at a purely
local level, vs. statewide or across an entire metropolitan region.

Public Sector Open Data via Information Sharing and Enterprise Architecture

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Recent government policies and public demand for open data is rapidly exposing both opportunities and challenges within government information-sharing environments, behind the firewall – in turn a fantastic opportunity and challenge for the Enterprise Architects and Data Management organizations.

Protecting Data is Good. Protecting Information Generated from Big Data is Priceless

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This was the key message that came out of The Open Group® Big Data Security Tweet Jam on Jan 22 at 9:00 a.m. PT, which addressed several key questions centered on Big Data and security. Here is my summary of the observations made in the context of these questions. Continue reading →

Questions for the Upcoming Big Data Security Tweet Jam on Jan. 22

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Last week, we announced our upcoming tweet jam on Tuesday, January 22 at 9:00 a.m. PT/12:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. BST, which will examine the impact of Big Data on security and how it will change the security landscape. The discussion will be guided by these six questions… Continue reading →

Data Governance: A Fundamental Aspect of IT

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Underlying both SOA governance and Cloud governance is a fundamental aspect that we have been dealing with ever since the dawn of IT—and that’s the data itself. Let us challenge ourselves with a few questions. Consider them the what, why, when, where, who and how of data governance. Continue reading →

Different Words Meant Different Things, Part 3

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This is the final installment of a three-part series that discusses how our vocabulary affects the way we conceptualize Enterprise Architecture, Business Architecture and their relationship. To close, The Open Group’s Leonard Fehskens will consider the implications of a more inclusive concept of enterprise on the future of Enterprise Architecture. Continue reading →

Different Words Mean Different Things, Part 2

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This is a three-part series that discusses how our vocabulary affects the way we conceptualize Enterprise Architecture, Business Architecture and their relationship. This second installment will examine the effect of our definition of enterprise on how we think about EA. Continue reading →

Different Words Mean Different Things, Part 1

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In part 1 of a three-part series, The Open Group Vice President of Skills and Capabilities Len Fehskens discusses how our vocabulary affects the way we conceptualize Enterprise Architecture, Business Architecture and their relationship. Continue reading →