Enterprise and organisation as ends and means

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Ends and means are not the same: everyone knows it’s not a good idea to mix them up. The same is true of ‘enterprise’ and ‘organisation’. The enterprise represents the ends of what we do; the organisation is part of the means. It’s really important not to mix them up. [Apologies, but this is another one where […]

The Capability Map: Identifying Strategic Initiatives Through Enterprise Architecture.

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Capabilities Many enterprises experience a more intense form of competition and for that matter a more intense form of pressure from the outside the enterprise e.g. through financial institutions, government agencies and customers that demand more and better products for less money. In such situations there are several perspectives that the enterprise’s decision makers would […]

Link Collection — December 4, 2011

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  • What Would Ben Franklin Do? Influences of America’s First Environmentalist | ThinkProgress

    “Everywhere Franklin went, his feisty personality preceded him, and it was this reputation in Europe that played a key role in securing the foreign aid the revolutionaries needed to triumph over the British. Many consider the celebrated polymath to be the first “American” in numerous regards—in entrepreneurialism, in political discourse, and, of course, in partying. As it turns out, Franklin was also the first American environmentalist, and his inventions influenced the scientific community for decades.”

    tags: benjaminfranklin

  • How To Be More Interesting (In 10 Simple Steps) – Forbes

    Words for us geek types to live by:

    “4. Embrace your innate weirdness. No one is normal. Everyone has quirks and insights unique to themselves. Don’t hide these things—they are what make you interesting.”

    tags: talent

  • Cloud Computing – Bessemer Venture Partners Cloudscape

    Infographic on players in Cloud Space, broken out in standard manner: SaaS, PaaS, & IaaS

    tags: cloud computing bessemer

  • Fresh Copy: How Ursula Burns Reinvented Xerox | Fast Company

    Interesting article on Ursula Burns and the ups, downs and strategic changes for Xerox. Plus, she told President Obama “that he owed her $3 billion.”

    tags: burns xerox

  • Martin Scorsese On Vision In Hollywood | Fast Company

    I just enjoyed this article. Scorsese’s creative influences, rules to live by; as well as parallels of the film creation process with software development — takes, composition, and editing.

    We should do more editing in software development.

    tags: creativity scorsese

  • Let them eat data | FT Tech Hub | FTtechhub – Industry analysis – FT.com

    Open data and #snark from the FT. What could be better?

    “Whether this measure spawns many new enterprises like PLACR remains to be seen, but it’s the perfect austerity plan. If there isn’t the money to improve the rail infrastructure, get some apps developed instead that will tell people just how long their train is likely to be delayed.”

    tags: opendata

  • Napster: Lessons for The Enemies of Shadow IT – tecosystems

    “Given that developers have an increasing portfolio of accessible open source software and cloud services available to them, it’s unlikely that an enterprise crackdown on so-called shadow IT will be materially more effective. And then there’s question of whether throttling the constituency within your business that wants to move fastest is generally a good idea.

    Why not enable them, then? Instead of firewalling the services Shadow IT wants, provide them centrally. Turn the tools that you are wasting your time fighting into an enticement to come out of the shadows. You’ll have better, if still imperfect, visibility into consumption and usage patterns as well as shorter development cycles. What’s not to like?”

    tags: sogrady shadowIT

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Belief and faith at the point of action

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What is it that drives decisions at the exact moment of choice and action? – even in the most mundane, everyday action? If the choice-point itself is a true moment of chaos – a point where literally anything is possible – then what is it that guides us through each of those infinitesimal yet ubiquitous […]

8 Intriguing User Interface Designs from the MIT Media Lab

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To see what lies ahead in the coming years for user interfaces, some of my colleagues at PwC recently visited the MIT Media Lab. The researchers behind the “Fluid Interfaces” project are toiling away on dozens of intriguing prototypes that leverage breakthrough technologies such as gestures, haptics, wearable computing, 3D, projection, and data visualization, to name a few. While some of the user interface designs are useful but not necessarily transformative, such as the digital […]
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The Open Group Surpasses 400 Member Milestone

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By Allen Brown, The Open Group I’m pleased to announce The Open Group has recently surpassed the 400 member mark. Reaching this milestone is a true testament to the commitment our members and staff have made to promoting open standards … Contin…

The usual case?

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Going back to Bohms discussions on problem versus paradox, could it be that the same apply to the diciplines of architecture versus strategic planning? Page 72-73 Could à paradox be in existens that all concerned (business and IT) seem to understand their common Enterprise and mutual dependence, which imply the need to be open to […]

Master Data, Data Integration and a JISC Project

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We’re very pleased to have been awarded a project under the JISC Transformations Programme. During the project we plan to use JISC resources such as the ICT Strategic Toolkit along with the support of the JISC Transformations programme and continued development of our institutional Enterprise Architecture approach to tackle the problem of achieving full integration […]