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It’s been six years since I started researching digital transformation in enterprises. My curiosity about digital transformation stemmed from my earlier research into how technology was helping create winners and losers Forrester’s Customer…
In volatile market conditions, conservative industrial giants must move faster to survive. And this digital transformation of traditional manufacturing firms cannot — must not — simply be about making existing industrial processes more efficient. They …
Defining a good strategy is difficult, especially in this rapidly moving digital world. But realizing your strategy is even more complicated. After all, how do you ensure a strategy is implemented in a coordinated, coherent way? How do you …
Forrester’s Predictions 2018: A Year Of Reckoning calls out a looming digital crisis: Globally, more than 60% of executives believe that they’re behind in their digital transformation plans. The situation is similar in Asia. Our recent report, “Advance…
Process automation systems have long been defined by proprietary technical systems. As digitalization continues to create new norms for all industries, manufacturers are beginning to look beyond today’s systems for common technologies that can help them balance requirements for up-time with the ability to take advantage of digital data—and they’re looking to open standards to help them.
The drumbeat to “disrupt or be disrupted” is often substantiated by the success of Uber and Airbnb; insinuating that your organization is under threat from digital startups. As the importance of the ecosystem grows, we see more opportunities for startu…
The effective use of digital technologies is paramount in a competitive environment. To succeed, you don’t need a separate digital strategy; you need a business strategy for the digital age. But digital transformation is difficult to manage…
Steve Nunn, President and CEO of The Open Group, reflects back on 2017 and looks forward to 2018. Topics include: The Open Group Open Process Automation Forum™, The Open Group SOSA™ Consortium, TOGAF® 9.1 certifications, The Open Group Open Badges program, Digital Practitioners Work Group, Enterprise Architecture for Governments, upcoming events, and much more!
The Open Group, the vendor-neutral technology consortium, is hosting its upcoming event in San Diego, California, January 29 – February 1, 2018. The Open Group San Diego 2018 will focus on the Value of Reference Architecture, bringing together vendors and end-user organizations to discuss how to implement digital and global business models.
Where is your company on this continuum of sales digital transformation? After writing about, speaking about, and advising clients on this topic for more than two and a half years, I believe we have crossed the chasm where it’s now a business imperativ…
What An Interesting Start To The Year I didn’t expect the year to kick off the year with it raining iguanas in Florida, a gas pumping crisis in Oregon, or the discovery and release of two massive CPU flaws that affected many of the computers we live an…
In 2017 — although I suppose I should say in 2018, as it’s almost the end of December — it is simply unacceptable for any IT organization to focus on an Agile-only or DevOps-only journey. They are two sides of the same coin, and one completes the other…