Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
I have recently been involved in several discussions (sales opportunities perhaps), where the answer seems to be, “We need a CEP engine”. Of course if one chooses solutions based on products there’s something wrong. And then working with the sales forc…
A lovely one-liner and follow-up from Kevin Smith (of PragmaticEA / PEAF fame), in a Skype conversation earlier today: Is the EA the DJ? He doesn’t tell people how to dance. He provides the music for them to dance to. He sets the mood. He sets the tempo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq71rV2FXSI http://www.electronicarchitecture.co.uk Listen. Feel. Connect. Interact. Imagination. […]
#entarch This post follows discussions with Graham Berrisford of Avancier about the relationship between Enterprise Architecture (EA) and Solution Architecture (SA).
What seems to make sense is to describe EA/SA as a twin-track process (similar to th…
#entarch This post follows discussions with Graham Berrisford of Avancier about the relationship between Enterprise Architecture (EA) and Solution Architecture (SA).
What seems to make sense is to describe EA/SA as a twin-track process (similar to th…
This week on active information, I excerpt and comment on a Kauffman Foundation report on healthcare that I found both enlightening and enraging.
My lead-in:
“Why is it we can predict a consumer’s propensity to read Hunger Games, upgrade their iPad or download music featured on the Voice, yet we fail miserably at predicting life-threatening events, such as a women’s propensity to develop breast cancer?”
The post: Data entrepreneurs, Ill choose my own movie. Go s… – Input Output.
Thanks to Joe McKendrick for pointing out the report.
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