4 years, 2 months ago
The path to the virtual cloud Enterprise is paved by the Digital evolution
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Shadow IT
4 years, 2 months ago
Startups created as virtual cloud Enterprises today
According to Gartner
“By 2020, a corporate “no-cloud” policy will be as rare as a “no-internet” policy is today, Cloud-first, and even cloud-only, is replacing the defensive no-cloud stance that dominated many large providers in recent years. Toda…
4 years, 2 months ago
Enterprise Architecture will increasingly take over from the IT function (ix)
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The evolution toward the virtual cloud Enterprise and the need to architect it upfront (viii)
The Virtual Enterprise and the Cloud merge to form the virtual cloud Enterp
4 years, 2 months ago
The virtual cloud Enterprise and and need to architect it upfront (viii)
continuing from
The Virtual Enterprise and the Cloud merge to form the virtual cloud Enterprise (vii)
How does the Cloud benefit the enterprise (vi)
4 years, 2 months ago
The Virtual Enterprise and the Cloud merge to form the virtual cloud Enterprise (vii)
continuing from
How does the Cloud benefit the enterprise (vi)
The rise of the Cloud that moves the IT out of the enterprise (v)
4 years, 2 months ago
How does the Cloud benefit the enterprise (vi)
continuing from
The rise of the Cloud that moves the IT out of the enterprise (v)
Still, most enterprises are not in the business of IT (iv)
4 years, 8 months ago
Architecting the shadows
In enterprise-architecture, we’ve long known about the importance of shadow-IT – the place where much of business IT-innovation comes from, yet also presents organisational risks if not managed appropriately. Yet whilst talking with Pierre [I never did catch his surname –…
4 years, 9 months ago
Form Follows Function on SPaMCast 399
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 […]
5 years, 1 month ago
A Meaningful Manifesto for IT
“Customer-centricity” is one of the biggest tags in the tag cloud to the right. My first post this year was “Is 2016 the Year for Customer-Focused IT?”. It’s a concept that I find vitally important to IT for the simple … Continue reading →
5 years, 1 month ago
A Meaningful Manifesto for IT
“Customer-centricity” is one of the biggest tags in the tag cloud to the right. My first post this year was “Is 2016 the Year for Customer-Focused IT?”. It’s a concept that I find vitally important to IT for the simple reason that to the extent that IT is not fit for purpose, it’s a waste […]
5 years, 4 months ago
If You Had a Choice, Would You Buy Your Brand of IT?
People of a certain age might remember the Road Runner cartoons from their childhood. In each episode, Wile E. Coyote suffered numerous accidents attempting to snare the bird using products from Acme, Inc. Aside from the opportunities for a product liability lawsuit, I always wondered why he didn’t just quit buying from them. Sometimes I […]
8 years, 8 months ago
Why the CIO Should Heed Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits
Steven Covey, author of the highly acclaimed management book, “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” passed away recently. I’m dedicating a post to him because his book and teachings were memorable during my early management training and his simple, but profound principles are particularly timely for CIOs today. When I look back at Covey’s legacy, two overarching themes come to mind: working effectively with others and time management. Both are interrelated and incredibly relevant […]
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