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Despite changes in leadership and business structure, the EA effort at semiconductor giant AMD is growing and thriving. The reason: It provides consistent business value.
In her presentation at the Troux Worldwide Conference, AMD IT Relationship Manag…
#entarch Enterprise architects need to understand values and policies. VPEC-T is an approach that is particularly useful for situations where there are multiple conflicting values and policies, or multiple interpretations of What-Is-Going-On.
In this …
Most courses in business architecture (or any other methodology for that matter) start by teaching a set of generic principles, followed by a standard set of tasks and techniques. The tasks and techniques are then illustrated by some simplistic or cont…
What Visual Designers Can Learn From Biggie Smalls | Blog | design mind
“I often think of Biggie’s process when we discuss the visual design process in the studio and within the company. What can we as designers learn from it? To me, there are a few strong themes we can embrace from it when facing difficulties in our daily work or when we assess our working methods, regardless of what discipline we work in or the context of our everyday projects.”
tags: design
Thoughtful Programmer: Visible Business
“You may be writing software to detect or determine that “Something has happened”, or you may be writing software to deal with the fact that “Something has happened”.
Either way, visibility is the key… your software is either making “something that has happened” visible, or your software is making “something that needs to happen” visible. Your software may be making “something” visible to people, or your software may be making “something” visible to another system.”
tags: visibility events programming
Charles Eames on Design: Rare Q&A from 1972 | Brain Pickings
Q: “What are the boundaries of design?” Eames: “What are the boundaries of problems?”
tags: design
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| 1 | 71.86 |
Not an IT company but we love it anyway!
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| 2 | 69.90 |
The Big Blue is truly alive and well. The grand old guardian of IT industry has cemented it’s position as the leader by virtue of innovation, R&D, focus on business software.
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| 3 | 59.08 |
Surprised to see MS on number three? Well you should not be MS Office, Windows, Explorer still hold near monopoly position in PC market.
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| 4 | 55.31 |
Need we say more? Search, Android, Apps, Phone, Business software, Ecommerce, News…Expect to give IBM run for money in future rankings.
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| 5 | 42.80 |
Not an IT company but a true pioneer in industrialising science and technology in many ways. Well-deserved position.
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| 6 | 35.59 |
Not an IT company but part of staple for our teams for many decades past and I am sure future decades to come.
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| 7 | 35.21 |
Another true pioneer of the PC era, well-deserved position no doubt. However need to innovate and fast to catch tablet and smarphone bandwagon.
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| 8 | 33.49 |
Innovator’s Innovator. Jumped from 17th position in 2010 to 8th in 2011. Mac, iPod, iPad, iPhone – changed our world, our media and content consumption patterns and re-shaped entire ecosystem. The Ultimate Cool!
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| 9 | 29.01 |
Catch them young….and in what a beautiful way! We love this brand and from early years if I may add…
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| 10 | 28.47 |
Let recent upheavals not fool you….along with IBM a true cornerstone for the IT industry for many decades. Does need a new identity in fast evolving industry though to make top 10 in next years.
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