Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
The Internet gives businesses access to ever-larger markets, but it also brings more competition. To prosper, they must deliver outstanding products and services. Often, this means processing the ever-greater, and increasingly complex, data that the Internet makes available. The question they now face is, how to do this without spending all their time and effort on information technology. … Continue reading →
@dougnewdick points out the risk of a company becoming over-dependent on Google. His particular example is prompted by Google’s announcement that Google Reader will be discontinued.I have previously commented on the subject of Creeping Business Depende…
In these challenging times it is more than ever crucial to separate the real trends from fads and fashions and to be able to identify the big issues, business agendas and threats and opportunities shaping business in 2013 and beyond … Continue reading →
In these challenging times it is more than ever crucial to separate the real trends from fads and fashions and to be able to identify the big issues, business agendas and threats and opportunities shaping business in 2013 and beyond … Continue reading →
This rather amusing article in Slate appeared in my LinkedIn feed – Google Reader Joins the Graveyard of Dead Google Products. The article invites you to leave a flower on the grave of your favourite dead Google product. The startling thing is how many there are: 39 by their count! The lesson that I draw […]
Synopsis:The estimated environmental impact on the four key industries that M2M promises to disrupt:Energy: Savings of more than 2 Gt of carbon dioxide (CO2) emission, via smart meters and demand-response applicationsTransportation: Reductions of clo…
Synopsis:The estimated environmental impact on the four key industries that M2M promises to disrupt:Energy: Savings of more than 2 Gt of carbon dioxide (CO2) emission, via smart meters and demand-response applicationsTransportation: Reductions of clo…
This MIT Technology Review article cites a number of Sensing-as-a-Service examples taking root in 2013. Examples include; Grain growth monitoring, transport network optimisation and sporting performance monitoring. Which make for interesting reading, h…
Today, Business Architecture is shaping and fostering enterprise transformation initiatives and continuous improvement throughout companies of all sizes. On Tuesday, March 19, The Open Group will host a tweet jam examining the topic of Business Architecture. … Continue reading →
The big bang that started The Open Group Conference in Newport Beach was, appropriately, a presentation related to astronomy. Chris Gerty gave a keynote on Big Data at NASA, where he is Deputy Program Manager of the Open Innovation Program. And that exploration – as is often the case with successful space missions – left us wondering what lies beyond. … Continue reading →
We recently assembled a panel of Enterprise Architecture (EA) experts to explain how such simultaneous and complex trends as big data, Cloud Computing, security, and overall IT transformation can be helped by the combined strengths of The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF®) and the ArchiMate® modeling language. … Continue reading →
We’re excited to announce the formation of a new forum, specifically designed to advance The Open Group vision of Boundaryless Information Flow™ by helping enterprises to take advantage of these convergent technologies. This will be accomplished by identifying a set of new platform capabilities, and architecting and standardizing an IT platform by which enterprises can reap the business benefits of Platform 3.0. Continue reading →