Conference Highlight: Exhibitors
Read more about the exhibitors at The Open Group conference in Washington, D.C.! Continue reading →
Implementing an Enterprise Architecture function in different organisations: Implementing EA in commercial organizations (5/5)
Setting up an Enterprise Architecture (EA) function in an organisation requires a structured approach which delivers results. In this series we give practical tips and guidelines in implementing EA in different types of organisations. In the previous p…
Architecture Styles
This article is also available as a PDF document. Could businesses benefit from applying different architectural styles to design systems in different areas of the enterprise, just as cities apply different architectural styles for designing Cathedrals, Town Halls, and Bazaars? Applying different architectural styles would practically imply that when designing a system for finance we […]
Rules, principles and the Inverse-Einstein Test
It started with one of those first-thing-in-the-morning ideas that seemingly turn up from nowhere: Principles create a bridge between order and chaos. Order is expressed in rules; principles are expressed in story. Order, principles and chaos: order is an abstraction…
Enterprise Architecture & Complexity Theory
Author: Alex Matthews – Twitter: @remembermytweet “Complexity theory predicts that we cannot rely on predictions.” This post is a series of excerpts from the following brilliant presentation on Complexity Theory. […]
Enterprise Architecture: First stop, Building Architecture, then on to a Science!
The Building Architecture industry is frustrated with IT Architecture. There is so much interest among IT Architecture forums to mature to the level of Building Architecture that many in the world are very confused. Building Architects looking for reso…
Using Foursquare at #ogDCA
Check out the foursquare promotions during The Open Group conference in Washington, D.C.! Continue reading →
Link Collection — July 15, 2012
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Magazine 2012 July – Best of Maine: Unsung Hikes from an AMC Trip Leader
“A hiking guide for the Maine Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club, Carey Michael Kish has been exploring Maine’s forests and mountains for more than forty years. He is the editor of the AMC’s recently updated Maine Mountain Guide (amcstore.outdoors.org), beloved by hikers for its detailed no-nonsense trail descriptions and full-color topographical maps. Added to the tenth edition are more than two hundred trails that are either relatively new or often overlooked. We gave Kish, who loves them all, the tough task of recommending ten.”
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Why the days are numbered for Hadoop as we know it — Cloud Computing News
Discusses technologies beyond Hadoop, in context of Google’s stack.
“Most interesting to me, however, is that GMR [Google Map Reduce] no longer holds such prominence in the Google stack. Just as the enterprise is locking into MapReduce, Google seems to be moving past it.”
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ArchiMate at the Washington, D.C. Conference #ogDCA
Learn about the ArchiMate sessions during The Open Group conference in Washington, D.C. Continue reading →
Leveraging TOGAF to Deliver DoDAF Capabilities
Chris Armstrong previews his session at the upcoming Open Group conference in Washington, D.C. titled, “Using TOGAF 9 to Deliver DoDAF 2 Capabilities.” If you are not attending the conference, Chris’ session will be broadcast via Livestream on Monday, …
The Open Group Trusted Technology Forum is Leading the Way to Securing Global IT Supply Chains
An Open Group podcast examining the advancement of The Open Group Trusted Technology Forum (OTTF) to gain an update on the effort’s achievements, and to learn more about how technology suppliers and buyers can expect to benefit in advance of The Open G…
3 Practices to turn Big Data aspirations into business value – Active Information
This week on Active Information, I highlighted research published in MIT Sloan on Finding Value in the Information Explosion. Jeanne Ross is a co-author, so you know it’s good stuff.
The good news is that IT organizations are stepping up to manage the data explosion. The bad news is that these vast stockpiles of data aren’t generating a business return.
To turn Big Data aspirations into realized value, the research proposes three essential practices that BUSINESS leaders must embrace.
Read about these practices: Turn Big Data aspirations into business value – Input Output.
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