Podcast: Securing Business Operations and Critical Infrastructure: Trusted Technology, Procurement Paradigms, Cyber Insurance

Following is the transcript of an Open Group discussion on ways to address supply chain risk in the information technology sector marketplace. Listen to the podcast. Find it on iTunes. Get the mobile app for iOS or Android. Sponsor: The … Continue reading

Services and disservices – 3: The echo-chamber

Services serve the needs of someone. Disservices purport to serve the needs of someone, but don’t. And therein lie a huge range of problems for enterprise-architects and many, many others… This is the third part of what should be a six-part series

The one business process that all architects need to know

While I consider it vital for all infrastructure and software architects to know the 15 basic business processes, that I will cover in this blog in the coming month, there is one business process more important than the rest. This process is the Hire 2 Retirement or HR process. It is important for two reasons. … Continue reading The one business process that all architects need to know

You choose: Internet of Everything or isolated intranets of things?

Many companies want to make us think that the IoE is the only way forward and that this create the boost of economy that we require. The main problem I can see is that most people dreaming of the IoE have not done their home work and are into solution country long time before implementing … Continue reading You choose: Internet of Everything or isolated intranets of things?

Services and disservices – 2: Education example

Services serve the needs of someone. Disservices purport to serve the needs of someone, but don’t – sometimes through incompetence or failure in operation, sometimes through incompetence in service-design, and sometimes even by intent. And therein lie a huge range of problems

Using the Capability Inventory for municipalities

Using the Capability Inventory for municipalities I was talking to Marino the other day and he told me he would like a special capability inventory for a municipality. I said that there is no need to have a special capability inventory, the basic pattern exposed in the original capability inventory should cover any organization. In fact […]

Using the Capability Inventory for municipalities

Using the Capability Inventory for municipalities I was talking to Marino the other day and he told me he would like a special capability inventory for a municipality. I said that there is no need to have a special capability inventory, the basic pattern exposed in the original capability inventory should cover any organization. In fact […]