Technology is Crack and We are the Dealers
By Paul Preiss, IASA Global CEO and founder Everyone knows the hype curve. It’s considered a stable and a standard of our industry. Ever ask yourself why? We are a world full of professional adults […]
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Technology Planning and Implications Involving Recent M&A Activity in Financial Services
By Siddesh Mahadik Mergers and acquisitions are in the news again, and this time it is the financial institutions themselves that have been merged, or forcibly acquired in H1 2023 due to the recent banking […]
Women in Architecture Spotlight – Susan Saunders
Featured in this week’s spotlight is Susan Saunders, Senior Enterprise Architect of WPP – Strategy & Architecture. Saunders is responsible for Big Picture Architecture, Architecture Governance and dual facilitator of WPP Architecture Community of P…
On Second Thought … Why Managers Should Embrace Their Employee Tech Ideas
You had a really great idea to share with your boss that would save your employer money. The boss agreed and assigned the project to you, which gives you yet another thing to do in […]
What To Do About Fragile Systems – Parts 2 & 3
(Part one appeared here on Thursday) By James Wilt, Distinguished Architect When we look at legacy systems built on out-of-support platforms in deprecated languages using dated data repositories, we can easily relate to their fragility, […]
What To Do About Fragile Systems – Part 1
By James Wilt, Distinguished Architect When we look at legacy systems built on out-of-support platforms in deprecated languages using dated data repositories, we can easily relate to their fragility. We’ll discuss this in Part 1 […]
Velocity Over Speed, A Winner Every Time
By Paul Preiss, IASA Global CEO and founder I was working with a group of architects recently who complained that they had to do things faster and faster because if they didn’t their “customers” would […]
AI As A Service – A Simple Introductory Example
By Chris Kemp, Kemp IT Law LLP This blog: briefly introduces the technical and business context of AI as a Service (“AIaaS”) (para. 1); works through a simple introductory example (para. 2); and considers some […]
Winners Announced for National CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Awards
The Inspire Leadership Network, a peer leadership network of chief information officers & chief information security officers, has announced the winners of its National ORBIE Awards, which honors technology executives for outstanding leadership and…
Why Enterprise Architecture Must Drive Sustainable Transformation
By Jim Hietala, The Open Group, VP Sustainability and Market Development In the coming years, Enterprise Architects will increasingly be called upon to take a leading strategic role in designing, establishing, and refining their organizations’ […]
Six Flags Plans to Accelerate Digital Transformation in Amusement Park Industry, Embraces Generative AI
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (NYSE: SIX), the world’s largest regional theme park company and the largest operator of water parks in North America, announced Tuesday that it is working with Google Cloud to enhance visitor experiences […]
Introducing Complex Systems Architecture
By Paul Preiss, Founder and CEO of IASA Global Complex systems architecture (CSA) is not a new concept. It is the skillset and design and delivery of business technology strategy through physical, electrical, mechanical, and […]