ITSO – Behind the Scenes

This blog entry provides some “behind the scenes” commentary concerning the creation of the documents collectively known as IT Strategies from Oracle.
There were three key concerns that the Oracle Reference Architecture (ORA) documentation approach nee…

Security & architecture: Convergence, or never the twain shall meet?

Can the disciplines of architecture and information security do a better job of co-existence? What would that look like? Can we get to the point where security is truly “built in” versus “bolted on”? Continue reading

A week in Tweets: 21-27 November 2010

Almost caught up with the backlog: another week’s-worth of Tweets and links, usual categories, after the usual ‘Read more…’ link:

Enterprise-architecture, business-architecture, business-strategy, innovation and other business-type stuff:

thoughttrans: RT @ThisIsSethsBlog Seth’s Blog: Groping for a marketing solution: TSA and security theater http://bit.ly/9P5fVx <agree: time for a serious rethink #bizarch
vernaallee: RT @Gartner_inc: Gartner Identifies Four Converging Trends […]

Creating a compelling visual story

One thing that I’ve become fascinated with over the past few years is the difference between people who have good ideas, and people who use good ideas to bring about change. I’m not alone to notice that the folks who originate a concept are usuall…

Creating a compelling visual story

One thing that I’ve become fascinated with over the past few years is the difference between people who have good ideas, and people who use good ideas to bring about change.
I’m not alone to notice that the folks who originate a concept are…

How to Make Decision Making More Adaptable with Layers

Co-authored with John Sviokla Never before has such a mass of data existed. Needless to say, all this information complicates the decision-making process. Businesses need new strategies to answer the biggest question: How do we effectively sift through the mountain of information to gain valuable insights. Layers is a term we use for visual information systems that combine publicly available and company-owned tools to present relevant and contextual information—in a format that starts with the […]

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IT Budget Reform

Guest post by Raf Burde and Niket Desai Nearly all companies do some kind of annual budget at both the business unit and corporate levels. While many find the process unsatisfying and frustrating, little has been done to challenge this outdated approach. One source of frustration comes from a long planning process that doesn’t match our rapidly evolving business environment. Today’s companies require heightened financial flexibility, visibility, and precision from both their business and IT […]

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Embedding Intelligence into a Business Capability

In some recent posts, I have talked about embedding different forms of intelligence in a business process. Intelligence may make the process more powerful, or it may merely make it more internally efficient. But in the examples I’ve looked at so far, t…

A week in Tweets: 14-20 November 2010

Still somewhat in catch-up, so here’s another somewhat-late collection of Tweets and links – usual categories, after the usual ‘Read more…’ link.

Enterprise-architecture, business-architecture, business-strategy and all manner of business-related stuff:

oscarberg: RT @dcarli: Investors Don’t Care About Sustainability… Yet Accenture’s recent study w/ the U.N. confirms that CEOs do http://www.bit.ly/aH5dfg <important for #entarch – another side […]

Cybersecurity in a boundaryless world

The core dilemma in public cybersecurity: Balancing boundarylessness and data security. The solution isn’t easy, but long-term, it lies in not relying on the security of the pipes or the perimeter, but improving the trust and security of the data itself. Security needs to be associated with data and people; not the connections and routers that carry it. Continue reading

Unpacking business-architecture

Just posted on Slideshare my slidedeck ‘Unpacking Business-Architecture‘, from the Biner/OpenGroup enterprise-architecture conference in Stockholm earlier this week.
It also represented the first fully public outing for the Enterprise Canvas model, and, in effect, the launch for my latest book, Mapping the Enterprise, which focusses on the Enterprise Canvas.
Unpacking business-architecture
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Many thanks […]

A week in Tweets: 7-13 November 2010

Running way late on the weeklies – apologies. Usual categories, anyway, after the usual ‘Read more…’ link.

Enterprise-architecture, business-architecture, all that kind of stuff:

SAlhir: innovation is less abt product & more about culture RT @jorgebarba @ovoinnovation real product of #innovation http://ow.ly/1rqENf
oscarberg: RT @raesmaa: HBR: Stress-Test Your Strategy http://bit.ly/aFst5a <recommend #bmgen #bizarch #entarch #collab
CreatvEmergence: The Meaningful Organization: […]