Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
There are less than two days to take our Search And Digital Marketing Survey – if you have not already taken 15 minutes to answer it, please do. The survey will close by end of business on Friday January 19. Anyone working in marketing – whether at a b…
“I think we’re onto something here.” That was my colleague and designer Joseph Chittenden, talking about a rethink that came up from the previous post here on ‘Hope, optimism and delusion‘, in relation to our current Patreon project to make…
This should be required reading for anyone working in EA in the financial services sector – this “annual report combines the results of a major global research study with insights crowdsourced from a panel of 100 financial services influenc…
CRM is more than two decades old. Companies initially used it to provide “inside-out” efficiencies – operational efficiencies for sales, marketing, and customer service organizations. Companies would easily argue its’ business benefits by m…
Steve Nunn, President and CEO of The Open Group, reflects back on 2017 and looks forward to 2018. Topics include: The Open Group Open Process Automation Forum™, The Open Group SOSA™ Consortium, TOGAF® 9.1 certifications, The Open Group Open Badges program, Digital Practitioners Work Group, Enterprise Architecture for Governments, upcoming events, and much more!
Layoffs Are A Reality Of The Agency Business Each January the industry weathers account losses, budget cuts or contract changes that result in layoffs. Last week four agencies announced post-Holiday staff reductions: Grey Group reduced 2.2% of staff. …
@NilsPratley blames delusion in the boardroom (on a grand scale, he says) for Carillion’s collapse. “In the end, it comes down to judgments made in the boardroom.”A letter to the editor of the Financial Times agrees.”This situation has been caused, in …
Transport for London (TfL) reckons around 3000 people are injured every year by slips, trips and falls on London buses. So it is running trials of an automated system that announces the departure of the bus from the stop.”Please hold on, the bus is abo…
A simple overview of why enterprise architecture frameworks are importantArchitecture frameworks have always been a subject for heated debate…. which is probably healthy as it helps architects to expand the potential for enterprise architecture! …
Most business intelligence (BI) applications are constructed using point-and-click drag-and-drop graphical user interfaces (GUI), but still require end user training and long ramp up times, although not to the extent of learning and writing SQL code. F…
Just a quick post to let people know about this great demo of creating and deploying API’s using the Oracle API Platform. Nothing like a demo to drive home how you can get started on your API First Strategy!
Check out the video with Vikas Anand and Jakub Nesetril demoing the platform: Click here.
Of course you can also check out my recent post on this same topic: Click here
Happy 2018! I hope everyone enjoyed their holidays and had a chance to relax. As we get back to the swing of our regular routines, I have to wonder — what becomes of the season of giving? The Salvation Army bell ringers have disappeared, and cause-rela…