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Somewhat to my surprise, via a much-appreciated invitation from Lucy Jones and her colleagues at Gartner’s events-team, I found myself at the Gartner EA Summit conference in London last week. Interesting… Okay, yes, I’ll have to admit to still feeling…
The recent Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) Healthcare Informatics & Analytics Conference, at the Inova Center for Personalized Health, was a huge success. Oracle’s own David Dworzczyk (Ph.D.) – representing the Oracle Health Sciences bu…
The recent Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) Healthcare
Informatics & Analytics Conference, at the Inova Center for
Personalized Health, was a huge success. Oracle’s own David Dworzczyk
(Ph.D.) – representing the Oracle Health Sciences
business, generated enthusiasm and interest in how big data and
analytics focus is becoming embedded as part of the entire health
sciences ecosystem, from pharma trials and policy, to healthcare
delivery and genomics research.
| EASIG of Hong Kong Computer Society Speaker Session:
“Digital Transformation & Architectural Implications” (12th July, 2016) Nigel Green: 5Di Ltd (UK) & CIO Connect Hong Kong Associate In this session Mr. Nigel Green will share his experience of preparing organisations for the Digital World. He will introduce key concepts that help open-up the discussion of the implications, risks, Topics covered in session: • How a major European Retailer is approaching their digital transformation and the tangible business benefits of their architectural approach. This will cover both business and technology architecture implications, and will include perspectives on the Micro-services pattern adopted by the “born digitals” (e.g. Netflix, Google, and Amazon). • The dangers of “Big Design Up Front”, and perhaps paradoxically, why “Adaptive Design” is ever more crucial. • Subject matter experts to track, follow-up research material, and next steps to take. |
Time: 19:00-20:00
Venue: P304, Anita Chan Lai Ling Building, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University [Map]
Seats: 50
Fee: Free
HKCS (Fellow/Members) & AEA-HK members*: Free of charge
Non-members: HK$50
* Seat is subject to availability and priority will be given to HKCS member
EASIG of Hong Kong Computer Society Speaker Session: “Digital Transformation & Architectural Implications”(12th July, 2016) Nigel Green: 5Di Ltd (UK) & CIO Connect Hong Kong AssociateIn this session Mr. Nigel Green will share his expe…
In this series of blogs, we describe the use of the new ArchiMate 3.0 standard in practice. We use a fictitious but realistic example company, ArchiSurance, well-known to the users of ArchiMate as this is the company from the standard case study provid…
There’s a new version of the Archimate enterprise-architecture notation now out: version 3.0, launched at the IRM-EAC Enterprise Architecture conference in London last week. With many thanks to Andrew Josey, Marc Lankhorst, Gerben Wierda and others, I’ve been working my…
I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been. Wayne Gretzky Business people have a thing for sports metaphors, and this one in particular is a favorite. So much so, that Jason Kirby in “Why businesspeople won’t stop using that Gretzky quote” observed: Its popularity has much to […]
This week’s episode of Tom Cagley’s Software Process and Measurement (SPaMCast) podcast, number 399, features Tom’s essay “Storytelling: Developing The Big Picture for Agile Efforts”, Kim Pries on deliberate practice, and a Form Follows Function installment on customer-centricity for IT. Tom and I discuss my post “A Meaningful Manifesto for IT”. It seems obvious that […]
As an architect you are an emotional being, however most architects see themselves more of an objective personality, while they often find that other architects are far too emotional. This is nothing special and occurs with all professions that have a tendency for objectivity. This pattern is referred to as the hot-cold empathy gap or … Continue reading The emotional architect →
By The Open Group The value of UNIX, as a technology and as a standard, has clearly been significant over its 45-year history as a technology and its 20-years as an open standard leading to tremendous innovation across numerous industries. … Continue reading →
Organizations have always had to adapt to change in order to stay relevant, but in today’s fast-paced market, change is more necessary than ever. The ‘Digital Enterprise’ requires major business transformations, delivered at speed. The ‘unfreeze-change-refreeze’ model, reasoning from a stable current to a desired future state, no longer applies. Organizations in the ‘New Normal’ are in a constant state of flux. How can you change the way you handle change?