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We recently published our Risk And Compliance Tech Tide report outlining 14 core technologies to track in 2018. One of the challenging parts of this research is setting the right scope. We found risk and compliance technology everywhere, covering every…
Whether you take Zachman’s 1987 paper as the start of the architectural time-line or not doesn’t really matter. The point stands that architecture, as in the planning of IT systems, has now been around for thirty years. And so why do people still refer to it as emergent? It’s because although we may know what […]
A few years ago, I met with an incumbent telecom provider in Europe, and they came across as from “the old country.” I asked about their data strategy, and they were horrified at the thought of doing anything other than secure and protect their data as…
With the increase in regulations governing the privacy of personal…
The ability of an organization to continually identify, assess and react to change quickly and effectively in response to major forces such as globalization and technology, is moving from the realm of competitive advantage to necessary for survival. There have been great advances in improving the agility of execution, and while many organizations are pursuing Read more
Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems to be a buzzword lately, promising techniques and tools that could influence our lives, our work and the way we do business. For many designers and enterprise architects, the question becomes: What would be the role o…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems to be a buzzword lately, promising techniques and tools that could influence our lives, our work and the way we do business. For many designers and enterprise architects, the question becomes: What would be the role o…
[Moved from brendamichelson.com. Original publish date: May 29, 2018] Back in January, I was asked to participate in PEW Research’s survey on the impact of digital life: “Over the next decade, how will changes in digital life impact people’s overall well-being physically and mentally?” The choices: more helped than harmed, more harmed than helped, not […]
Humans have evolved to make fast decisions. For example, when a stranger approaches you, you know almost instantaneously if they represent a threat, if they are angry, friendly or happy. The cognitive processing involved is mind-boggling if we actually…
There’s an old mantra which no-one really believes any more: Too big to fail. Tell that to the dinosaurs. In the last 20 years business has undergone a critical pivot. We’ve moved from the age of scale, where the winners were vertically integrated mono…
Humans have evolved to make fast decisions. For example, when a stranger approaches you, you know almost instantaneously if they represent a threat, if they are angry, friendly or happy. The cognitive processing involved is mind-boggling if we actually…
Decisions made within the Enterprise are best made when adequately informed. The ability to access knowledge in a timely manner, to categorise, analyse and prioritise its importance is essential. Capturing knowledge both explicit and tacit can be an endeavour in … Continue reading →