IT Hiring Trends: Is EA’s Future in the Cloud?

Recent hiring trends data released by leading IT staffing and services firm, TEKsystems, shows continued strong demand for architects, and surging demand for architects with cloud experience.
We spoke with Tania Lavin, market research manager at TEKsys…

Microsoft Enterprise Strategy Program Video

Back in June I posted an overview (Microsoft Enterprise Strategy Program) of the services organization I joined last year. Recently the team put together a great overview video of the program. Very creative and I think will resonate with a…

Social Media and CRM

I am pretty late to the blogosphere about the differences between social media and CRM. But in customer meetings I see this kind of confusion all the time. So here goes. Oh, and since I mainly work in the travel industry, my examples come from there.So…

Microphone ready events

I was working with some customers this week, and the topic of “how do you generate events?” comes up. Not how as in the dirty mechanics, but how when something is done manually today, getting that systematized. So, please bear with me on the following …

Updated Enterprise Architecture Tool Selection Guide

The Institute For Enterprise Architecture Developments (IFEAD) updated their Enterprise Architecture Tool Selection Guide to version 6.2. Now aligned to the latest evaluations from Gartner and Forester along with additional EA tool vendors it re-evaluates the capabilities of the new…

Making Your Strategy More Relevant

I ran across a very interesting article on HBR this morning entitled, “Making Your Strategy More Relevant”. It’s a great read and completely applies to Enterprise Architecture and the strategies we create. There are some good tips and observations included…