digital transformation

The Open Group Amsterdam 2017 – Event Highlights

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The rapid pace of technology innovation in today’s digital economy means that businesses require a level of agility and responsiveness that cannot be delivered by conventional business strategies and operating models.

This event focused on how Enterprise Architecture and the use of standards from The Open Group, such as TOGAF®, ArchiMate® and IT4IT™ (for managing the business of IT), are empowering companies to build better systems by architecting for digital business strategies.

Topics included: EA and Business Transformation; EA in Government; EA in Healthcare; Internet of Things (IoT) and Smart Cities; Risk Management and Cybersecurity; Process Automation; and IT Management.

Evolve Your Bank’s Organizational Structure To Promote Digital Maturity

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“It would be wrong to think that there is an end date on our digital transformation. We will never go back to how we used to work”. This is how the head of strategic transformation at Poland’s Bank Zachodni WBK thinks about the bank&#…

Digital Transformation at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport: A Conversation with Aaldert Hofman

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Global air travel is growing at exponential rates. According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), air travel is expected to double by 2035, growing from 3.8 billion travels in 2016 to 7.2 billion.

Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam is already feeling the effects of this growth. According to Aaldert Hofman, Lead Enterprise Architect for the Schiphol Group, the airport has been working to accommodate this trend through digital transformation, using a strategy of “bytes not bricks” to better manage crowds, accommodate airline schedules and provide a better passenger experience.

Mobile-First Is Not Enough

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Over the past few years, “mobile first” has become the new marketing imperative. However, few B2C marketers are good at executing this concept. More importantly, focusing solely on mobile-first doesn’t truly put mobile at the heart of the customer experience and business transformation. Apple is celebrating the iPhone’s tenth anniversary this year, just as an […]

Join Our 2017 Global Mobile Executive Survey

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For the past few years, Forrester has fielded a Global Mobile Executive Survey to understand and benchmark mobile initiatives. This year, we are updating the survey again to help marketers and business executives benchmark and mature their mobile strategy and services. Planning and organizing for the use of mobile technologies is a complex task. Integrating mobile […]

The Preparation of the Enterprise for the Digital Transformation (ii)

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The Preparation of the Enterprise for the Digital Transformation

 

4). Do model the target Enterprise around services (SOA, APIs, web services, even microservices… so that complexity is hidden from stakeholders inside services.

The SOA and APIs paradigm bundles complexity within objects – complexity&n

The Open Group October Event To Take Place in Amsterdam

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The Open Group, the vendor-neutral IT consortium, is hosting its upcoming event in Amsterdam, October 23-26, 2017. The Open Group Amsterdam 2017 will focus on Architecting the Digital Enterprise, bringing together vendors and end-user organizations to discuss how to architect the new digital enterprise.

The event’s focus will be on how Enterprise Architecture and standards such as the TOGAF® framework, ArchiMate® modeling language, and IT4IT™ reference architecture (for managing the business of IT) are empowering companies to build better systems by architecting for digital business strategies.

The Preparation of the Enterprise for the Digital Transformation (i)

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continuing from
The Preparation of the Enterprise for the Digital Transformation
 
 3). To cope with the increasing complexity and change, any enterprise is confronted increasingly with, the enterprise, have to be gradually virtualised starti…

The Preparation of the Enterprise for the Digital Transformation

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It is good to prepare the enterprise for the incoming digital transformation. Because it may have a brutal pace.
Here are six proposed best practices for rendering the Enterprise ready for the Digital Transformation. Failing to apply them may delay acc…