Want Successful Enterprise Architecture? Define “Enterprise” First.

A couple of recent conversations have really caused this theme to spike in my head. In my experience, I’ve seen successful enterprise architecture and I’ve seen unsuccessful enterprise architecture. While many may put the blame on a failure to define what architecture is, I think that’s wrong. I think a recipe of failure is a […]

Challenges of Social Computing in the Enterprise

I read this report from GigaOM and it got me thinking about the challenges of trying to create a successful Facebook-like environment in the enterprise. Challenge #1: Smaller community. Facebook has over 400 million active users. Your company will have thousands. You can assume that only a portion of those will be active contributors, and […]

UK Elections 2010 and IT – Conservative Party Manifesto 2010

The Conservative Party Manifesto 2010 which I reviewed for their IT agenda and priorities was accessed by me on this link.Before I share my views on this, here is an extract of relevant content.Sections of the document which focuses on cost reduction i…