Enterprise Architecture

A week in Tweets: 23-29 January 2011

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A bit late this time – apologies. It’s, yes, another week’s worth of Tweets and links: usual categories, of course.

Enterprise-architecture, business-architecture, business-strategy and other ‘big-picture’ business-related items:

tetradian: [post] Models as decision-records (Enterprise Canvas) (for @ArchiTool) http://bit.ly/eKVBO7 #entarch #metamodel
ArchiTool: @tetradian Good post. Key words – story, capture, discuss, process, checklist. Capture in software? Words, pictures? Going […]

Companionship

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Companionship.
A calm kind of word. Quiet. Friendly. Supportive, enfolding – those kinds of feelings.
A companion is literally “someone with whom we share bread”. Hence companionship is that state, condition, process, experience, whatever, of ’sharing bread’ with companions.
So it’s an interesting word – and an especially interesting metaphor for enterprise-architecture.
In your enterprise, in your work-context, or elsewhere, […]

Microsoft Canadian Colleges Exec Briefing – Data Sovereignty

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John Weigelt, National Technology Officer, Microsoft Canada Data Sovereignty and Privacy John’s job is to avoid “those unintended consequences” around technology adoption. Discussion about what constitutes cloud computing especially being clear about the context.  SaaS, PaaS and IaaS all have different contexts and require different approaches when considering data security and privacy. Microsoft Infrastructure Investment – data […]

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Open Group conference next week focuses on role and impact of enterprise architecture amid shifting sands for IT and business

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The Open Group Conference, San Diego: I’ve found these conferences over the past five years an invaluable venue for meeting and collaborating with CIOs, enterprise architects, standards stewards and thought leaders on enterprise issues. It’s one of the few times when the mix of technology, governance and business interests mingle well for mutual benefit. Continue reading →