Transformation

The New IT Reality Demands a Participative Workforce

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Last week my report “Field Research Summary: The Changing IT Career” was published on Gartner.com. This report summarizes the findings from our field research project focused on how goals, expectations and trends are affecting IT careers from the practitioner’s point of view. This field research incorporated both a Gartner Research Circle survey and in-depth interviews […]

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The New IT Reality Demands a Participative Workforce

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Last week my report “Field Research Summary: The Changing IT Career” was published on Gartner.com. This report summarizes the findings from our field research project focused on how goals, expectations and trends are affecting IT careers from the practitioner’s point of view. This field research incorporated both a Gartner Research Circle survey and in-depth interviews […]

What came first Design (Gene – DNA – Chromosomes) or Building Material (Protein) :- Architecture Paradox

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Below is the Reply to a Question what came first DNA or Protein? One seem not to exist without the other. This a paradox. System is combination of questions (problem domain) and answers (solution domain) – why, how, what, when, where. Also, it alludes to transformation – lets say driven by entropy. So, system dynamics. […]

Goodbye Baked Ham

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Zig Ziglar died today. The title may make instant sense to his followers or to those of you that have heard me tell his story about baked ham. It’s about his wife sawing the end off of a roast before baking because she thinks it creates a better roast. But when they call the originator […]

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The Nexus and IT Jobs – It’s Hip to be Square

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Last week our “2013 Professional Effectiveness Planning Guide: Coming to Terms With the Nexus of Forces” was published on Gartner.com. It discusses the Nexus of Forces — social, mobile, cloud and information — and the profound implications for IT. The nexus forces combine to provide a platform and impetus for innovation, but many organizations are […]

The Nexus and IT Jobs – It’s Hip to be Square

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Last week our “2013 Professional Effectiveness Planning Guide: Coming to Terms With the Nexus of Forces” was published on Gartner.com. It discusses the Nexus of Forces — social, mobile, cloud and information — and the profound implications for IT. The nexus forces combine to provide a platform and impetus for innovation, but many organizations are […]

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Enterprise Architecture’s Transition to Consumer Oriented Services

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Unless you have been living in cave for the past five or so years, you may have noticed that technology is being democratized within your business.  Perhaps right under your feet!  The confluence of consumerization, cloud computing, ubiq…

Enterprise Architecture’s Transition to Consumer Oriented Services

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Unless you have been living in cave for the past five or so years, you may have noticed that technology is being democratized within your business.  Perhaps right under your feet!  The confluence of consumerization, cloud computing, ubiquitous connectivity, and the needs of a modern dynamic business will (if not already) fundamentally change information technology’s role in…

Modernizing Enterprise Architecture: Address The Neurosis of IT

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“TCP/IP and Ethernet will not be accepted as a valid network implementation as SNA and Token Ring are our preferred standards.” – circa 1993 by nameless corporate Information Systems expert.
I was shocked when I had heard this, and images …

Modernizing Enterprise Architecture: Address The Neurosis of IT

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“TCP/IP and Ethernet will not be accepted as a valid network implementation as SNA and Token Ring are our preferred standards.” – circa 1993 by nameless corporate Information Systems expert.
I was shocked when I had heard this, and images …

Modernizing Enterprise Architecture: Address The Neurosis of IT

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“TCP/IP and Ethernet will not be accepted as a valid network implementation as SNA and Token Ring are our preferred standards.” – circa 1993 by nameless corporate Information Systems expert. I was shocked when I had heard this, and images of ostriches with their heads in the sand immediately came into mind. I was new…