Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
Reblogged from COMMUNICATIONS & MANAGEMENT BLOG: Well as we almost enter the festive season it is perhaps time for reflection regarding the challenges you faced as IT professionals in 2012. I was reminded by a colleague of an article at … Continue reading →
#entarch Some interesting architectural implications of the recent embarrassing failure of banking systems at RBS-NatWest Bank, which has caused financial stress and distress for millions of customers.
A banking software expert quoted in the Guardian …
The CIO’s journey is not easy. This is truer today, than ever before in the relatively short lifespan of the technology industry. The combination of economic pressures, alongside the disruptive impact of present day technology trends, makes the prese…
Without exception all industry sectors and corporations are seeking the means to achieve Smart IT. One which delivers effectively, within budget, continues to be relevant, impacts business outcomes positively and provides a competitive edge. This is a …
In an increasingly global marketplace, the decision to outsource, and more than often than not, to offshore based service delivery centres, has become a strategic choice for many organisations. These offshore service delivery centres could be external …
Why do we need enterprise-architecture in a business? And why does that EA need to be broader than just IT, often all the way out to a true enterprise-wide scope? One reason is implied this Tweet by Belgian consultant Patrick Van Renterghem: itworks: Big discussion now about what happens when cloud vendors go bankrupt or out-of-service. […]
Listen to our recorded podcast on certification and its impact on the professionalization of IT and skills management, or read the transcript. This podcast was recorded by Dana Gardner of Interarbor Solutions in conjunction with The Open Group Conferen…
We have moved from monolithic systems to client-server to tiered architectures. With SOA comes the truly distributed architecture. And with Cloud Computing and SaaS, we are moving to “Globally Decentralized/Distributed Architecture”.
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#entarch @Cybersal found a useful article in MIT Sloan Management Review What Happens When You Outsource Too Much? by Francesco Zirpoli and Markus C. Becker (December 2010).
In my view, the title of the article doesn’t do justice to the content. There…