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In recent years, we have produced numerous blog posts, whitepapers, and webinars on the topic of business capabilities and capability-based planning. With this new blog series, we want to take you through this subject step-by-step and help you understand and apply this somewhat elusive concept of ‘capability’. We don’t want to start bombarding you with…
Enterprise Architecture (EA) as an enterprise planning framework has its place and merits, yet it often falls short of real-world IT expectations. The traditional EA approach defines the to-be state architecture that may exist for a while but does not last long.
Enterprises rely on processes, like chefs rely on recipes. However, no matter how much detail is provided, humans are not robots and processes do not guarantee instructions are carried out accurately and consistently. Processes, like recipes, are not …
“Many stakeholders consider their organization as unique.” Depending on the level of abstraction you take as viewpoint, you can argue this statement is either right or wrong. It is interesting from an enterprise architecture perspective to understand why stakeholders stress this uniqueness and what are the benefits of understanding where the organization really is different…
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If your data could be valuable to someone else, it’s likely that someone will try to find the vulnerabilities in your architecture. Before that happens, one of your best lines of defence will be to understand your own IT architecture better than they …
If your data could be valuable to someone else, it’s likely that someone will try to find the vulnerabilities in your architecture. Before that happens, one of your best lines of defence will be to understand your own IT architecture better than they …
A significant part of being an architect is effectively communicating your ideas to your stakeholders, making architectural diagrams more appealing is a key skill in this area. We all know it can be difficult sometimes to hit the right tone with our stakeholders, unfortunately they don’t all speak fluent ArchiMate. To make these conversations more…
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Last week, The Open Group Open Footprint™ Forum (OFP) held its first virtual event, June 23-24, 2021. It brought together experts from across the globe to introduce and demonstrate the work that has gone into the Forum since it launched in August 2020. Speakers, from a plethora of industry leading organizations such as Accenture, AWS, Deloitte, ERM, IBM, Infosys, Shell, WBCSD, and Wipro hosted sessions outlining the mission of the Open Footprint Forum, explanations of the Open Footprint Data Platform, as well as live demonstrations of the Platform to show its applicability to all industries.
These are challenging times for IT departments today. On the one hand, they must deal with increasing threats of cyberattacks on their IT assets, while at the same time having to comply with a myriad of IT regulations and industry standards: PCI DSS, …
These are challenging times for IT departments today. On the one hand, they must deal with increasing threats of cyberattacks on their IT assets, while at the same time having to comply with a myriad of IT regulations and industry standards: PCI DSS, …
How can companies both manage cybersecurity risks and keep the business organized? Edison, a leading Italian company in the energy market has chosen MEGA as the main provider to manage risks and controls. Based in Milan, Edison employs 3,100 employees …