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Some time ago, at a UCISA Enterprise Architecture event, I discussed whether we needed a workshop for Higher Education (HE) sector technical architects to get together and share knowledge of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Whilst enthusiastic, colleagues expressed concern at the time that possibly the sector was too immature in this area for any individuals […]
Strategy is hard to craft and even harder to implement. Executives naively believe because they said it everyone will follow. I wish it were that simple. The innovation diffusion curve, an interesting model used by marketing can help explain how strategy adoption moves through an organization. What is innovation diffusion? The original Innovation diffusion theory […]
Need to do a bit of a catch-up on recent activity – a lot’s been going on, but it’s only now that I’m having a few scraps of time to write it all down. Two key items have been a…
Enterprise Architecture’s fundamental purpose is to enable business outcomes by materializing business strategies into real solutions. As we have discussed in previous posts, there are some important aspects to maturing your Enterprise Architectur…
Enterprise Architecture’s fundamental purpose is to enable business outcomes by materializing business strategies into real solutions. As we have discussed in previous posts, there are some important aspects to maturing your Enterprise Architectur…
This blog post is sponsored by T-Systems and the Zero Distance community. Cloud and the consumerisation of IT have changed the face of end user computing, and the desktop in particular irrevocably. When I look at the shape of end user computing, how much it has changed over the last couple of years, and what the future […]
Last week I asked everyone to get creative with Enterprise Architecture and bring sexy back. This week I would like to know how you arrived at the decision of implementing Enterprise Architecture and would like to guide you through the next steps.
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. First I have to declare that while I’ve never worked with Phil I have worked in the same organization and I do know him. So with any conflict of interest covered off we can now get down to business. There are lots of books that will offer either directly or discursively a reference architecture. […]
During a recent conversation with colleagues from the Financial Services sector, one person challenged: “Is there really anything new and innovative for banking technology, or have we already seen it all?” The lively discussion led to a far more interesting and important question: “Where are banks finding the inspiration and tools to drive customer-focused innovation?” […]
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I’m just back from a great, relax holiday. Apart from having good quality time with my family, holiday is also a great time to immerse myself in some books. Instead of the quick information gathering I normally do by scanning my twitter timeline, quick-reading blog posts, and some more in-depth articles from time to time, I really focused on a single book for a couple of hours. Reading books really.
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