In this article, the authors present their perspective on why there is a need to build a greater understanding of technology's impact and to judiciously manage that impact by steering our technology consumption in a way that not only realizes the anticipated value of evolving technologies, but also ensures balance and sustainability for our planet.

In this article, the authors present their perspective on why there is a need to build a greater understanding of technology's impact and to judiciously manage that impact by steering our technology consumption in a way that not only realizes the anticipated value of evolving technologies, but also ensures balance and sustainability for our planet.

An alien reading today's IT industry and business reporting would be hard-pressed to define IT as anything other than the latest "app" and the "cloud," lurching from one security breach to the next. Most Cutter IT Journal readers should know better. The realm of IT is vast, and expanding, as more and more of our analog world is reduced to bits rather than atoms. One way to make sense of the vastness is to use a layered abstraction, which I call the uber-stack.

An alien reading today's IT industry and business reporting would be hard-pressed to define IT as anything other than the latest "app" and the "cloud," lurching from one security breach to the next. Most Cutter IT Journal readers should know better. The realm of IT is vast, and expanding, as more and more of our analog world is reduced to bits rather than atoms. One way to make sense of the vastness is to use a layered abstraction, which I call the uber-stack.

The first 25 years of the Web clearly demonstrated that connectivity and problem solving can be cost-effectively linked. It's now possible to communicate, shop, and learn on the Web. We can find answers, relationships, and games on the Web, and for those of us who desire a more surrealistic experience, we can immerse ourselves in virtual worlds.

The first 25 years of the Web clearly demonstrated that connectivity and problem solving can be cost-effectively linked. It's now possible to communicate, shop, and learn on the Web. We can find answers, relationships, and games on the Web, and for those of us who desire a more surrealistic experience, we can immerse ourselves in virtual worlds.

Over the last decade, the growing adoption of personal devices has led to many people having their first and only computer experience on a phone or tablet. Over the coming decade, these devices will drop in price and proliferate, with a large percentage of the earth's population having more than one personal computer device (phone, tablet, watch, glasses, etc.). Unfortunately, the very devices that are designed to help us communicate and work better together are causing us challenges with in-person engagement. Human face-to-face contact has already been altered as a result of the constant distractions from our personal devices, breaking the social contract we have when we are engaged in a conversation with someone.

Over the last decade, the growing adoption of personal devices has led to many people having their first and only computer experience on a phone or tablet. Over the coming decade, these devices will drop in price and proliferate, with a large percentage of the earth's population having more than one personal computer device (phone, tablet, watch, glasses, etc.). Unfortunately, the very devices that are designed to help us communicate and work better together are causing us challenges with in-person engagement. Human face-to-face contact has already been altered as a result of the constant distractions from our personal devices, breaking the social contract we have when we are engaged in a conversation with someone.

It seems that drones are all the talk these days. Drones are useful in climate science, space research, energy and environmental research, and surveillance to protect sensitive areas, and they show great potential for growth in technology and applications. Drone technology depends mainly on many branches of engineering, including but not limited to robotics, computer technology, avionics, air and space research, mechanics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, and others.1 When energy prices rise and the autonomy requirements increase, managing the power demand of computing devices becomes a major concern.

It seems that drones are all the talk these days. Drones are useful in climate science, space research, energy and environmental research, and surveillance to protect sensitive areas, and they show great potential for growth in technology and applications. Drone technology depends mainly on many branches of engineering, including but not limited to robotics, computer technology, avionics, air and space research, mechanics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, and others.1 When energy prices rise and the autonomy requirements increase, managing the power demand of computing devices becomes a major concern.

In this article, I argue that over the next decade or so, we will see the emergence of a multidisciplinary technological convergence toward high-level manufacturing and information processing based around nanotechnologies.

In this article, I argue that over the next decade or so, we will see the emergence of a multidisciplinary technological convergence toward high-level manufacturing and information processing based around nanotechnologies.

In this on-demand webinar, Balaji Prasad explores the potential that lies beyond the edge of your visible architecture.

Join Curt Hall to explore the results of Cutter’s comprehensive IoT survey and learn how companies are exploiting (or plan to exploit) IoT opportunities.

In her workshop for IT leaders, Cutter Senior Consultant Sheila Q. Cox equips IT leaders with the insight, perspective, and tools to help users deal with the human side of IT-driven change.

The IT industry struggles to deliver quality, and the majority of effort related to quality improvement is directed toward internal IT processes, rather than the results (i.e., the services) seen by customers.

It’s less costly to catch rollout resistance early. Set up a call today with Sheila Cox to discuss how your change management strategy can make the difference between project success and failure.

Anyone who is great, as in best in the world at what they do, is both highly passionate and disciplined about what they do. Applying your passion in business is certainly a bit more complicated than doing so for a hobby. The passion must be aligned with innate or developed skills that give you a chance to be best in the world at your work.

Along with enterprise architecture (EA) ontology and frameworks, metamodels are one of the most important tools available to the enterprise architect. The potential of a good metamodel compromises a dependence on a range of metamodels provided by vendors, EA modeling tools, or those that form part of an architecture framework. Typical metamodel sources include The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF), ArchiMate, and The Essential Project, while tool vendors include Troux and Sparx Systems. Although there are many commonalities between these diverse sources, there is plenty of scope for improvements and consistency. The accompanying Executive Report examines current best practice to highlight effective metamodeling techniques and suggest ways that EA teams can improve their metamodels and metamodeling.

There are many enterprise architecture (EA) metamodels. Although there has been some attempt to produce a single, definitive metamodel (e.g., TOGAF or ArchiMate), and although EA repository and tool vendors produce detailed metamodels (e.g., Troux or Mega), the topic remains contentious. Is it possible to have a single, all-encompassing metamodel to which everyone can subscribe? How do EA teams reconcile differences between their various metamodels? And how do EA metamodels relate to metamodels in other disciplines, such as ITIL or COBIT? This Executive Report explains why it is impossible to have a single EA model and highlights the techniques currently used to allow for the rationalization of the metamodel maze and improve EA communication through better metamodeling techniques. The report also explains the vital link between the metamodels, views, and viewpoints.

That fresh start may be why BPMSs are a popular corporate enterprise-wide construct to rectify the inadequacies of existing systems and refactor them into the way people really want to do the work. As we discuss in this <i>Executive Update</i>, clouds serve to expedite the process and, at a high level, can appear to deliver the CTO's dreams more quickly. In reality, however, there is a level of complexity to cloud projects that's different from non-cloud projects.

That fresh start may be why BPMSs are a popular corporate enterprise-wide construct to rectify the inadequacies of existing systems and refactor them into the way people really want to do the work. As we discuss in this <i>Executive Update</i>, clouds serve to expedite the process and, at a high level, can appear to deliver the CTO's dreams more quickly. In reality, however, there is a level of complexity to cloud projects that's different from non-cloud projects.

Architecture representations must provide insights that take the enterprise forward, rather than seducing anxious business minds into illusory paths. While we do need to guard against the baser human emotions from hijacking the truth, it is also important to realize that integrity is threatened on a different front: a cognitive one.

The growing ability of big data to seek patterns within immense data streams; perform predictive analysis; and understand language, voice timbre, sentiment, and other attributes thought to require human intervention, raises special concerns.

In the most successful contracts, the contract management is designed  first -- what will be managed, by whom, how often, and so on, with a budget. Then the contract is designed to enable the contract managers to be able to manage. The contract management representative works hand in hand with legal in the drafting, with  procurement in the evaluation, and with the negotiators in finalizing arrangements. Any changes during this process have a corresponding contract management change (and budget effect).