Underfunding IT security programs
Security professionals rarely say that things are getting better on the threat side of information security. Underfunding IT security programs is a recipe for disaster. Continue reading →
On ‘Time=Money’ and other metaphors
“Gotta rush! Time equals money, ya know!”
But does it?
More accurately, are they ever actually equivalent?
It’s not a trivial question – because if they’re not equivalent, just how much damage is that metaphor doing to our enterprise-architectures, business-architectures and much else besides?
Closely related to this is another metaphor: “money equals value”. And that one can do […]
Adding Toyota’s A3 Report Process to your EA Toolkit
Joe McKendrick (@joemckendrick) wrote about Lean IT on ZDNet on Dec 27, 2010 titled Eight steps to achieve lean IT. In his set of steps, Joe mentioned the Toyota A3 Report approach to looking at problems and A3 Thinking. He refers to this site abo…
Last week on elemental cloud computing
Taking inspiration from Dogbert, last week I (finally) ended my cloud watch quiescence on elemental cloud computing. Two posts that were popular with the cloud crowd:
Dogbert, Cloud Architect
Changing l…
Weekly Finds – Link Post
The Role of CEP in Enterprise Architecture | Complex Event Processing (CEP) Blog Enterprise Architects don’t always take the “event” viewpoint, and instead focus on the process or value chains in the business. However, these high …
Laying the Pavement for the Future-State CIO Journey
Guest Post by Louie Ehrlich, President Chevron Information Technology Company, and CIO, Chevron Corp. Note: This is the third in a series, start with part 1 – The Journey of a Business Strategist CIO I’ve written a couple of posts on what the CIO role can be in the future and the importance of our profession leading the way there. This is my last post on this topic and I want to focus it on […]
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@l…
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