An earlier Executive Update of mine described enterprise architecture using an approach similar to the various epochs in building architecture as a way to depict the different styles of EA through the years.1 This historical perspective revealed five

Leadership is critical to the success of all enterprises. Nowhere is this need more apparent than in the IT world. The best technologists are often promoted and then left without guidance to learn the leadership ropes on the job, resulting in demoralized teams, overbudget projects, and a lack of project direction. This Executive Report argues that a more structured approach to leadership is both possible and necessary.

Leadership is critically important to corporate success, yet it is poorly understood and even more poorly managed as a commodity within most enterprises. Nowhere is this more evident than within the IT community. And while IT professionals tend to view their industry as somehow different from others, our research and experience support the fact that universal principles, behaviors, and capabilities underlie effective leadership.

The electronic surveillance practices of the US National Security Agency (NSA) are hot, front-page news around the world.

The electronic surveillance practices of the US National Security Agency (NSA) are hot, front-page news around the world.

When my cofounders and I began in 2007 to create a software development services firm in Vietnam, one of our most powerful motivations was to create a shop that could support innovative projects. Outsourcing had historically been very much geared toward low-risk, low-innovation work at the large-enterprise level.

Last month I attended the annual meeting of the Federation of Enterprise Architecture Professional Organizations (FEAPO). I first became aware of FEAPO in the spring of 2010 when it was initially being formed. At that time, Dr.

The past week has seen unprecedented leaks about the US National Security Agency (NSA) and the way it monitors the world's electronic information. The primary whistleblower has identified himself; he is Edward Snowden, who has been an NSA contractor through Booz Allen Hamilton and a former CIA technical employee.

The past week has seen unprecedented leaks about the US National Security Agency (NSA) and the way it monitors the world's electronic information. The primary whistleblower has identified himself; he is Edward Snowden, who has been an NSA contractor through Booz Allen Hamilton and a former CIA technical employee.

There's a fundamental problem between the IT profession and its customers: there's an abundance of focus on the cost of the technology (the "T"), yet a dearth of focus on the value of the information (the "I") side of the equation.

IT appliances are undergoing a metamorphosis in response to a variety of pressures within the data center. This is particularly evident in the area of analytics and Big Data, which have been the crucible of appliance development.

Enterprise architect teams struggle to explain and justify their role, and to demonstrate tangible, practical, and measurable benefits from their work. The rewards from architecting are seen as long-term outcomes, value from EA is not measured effectively, and EA is only seen as an optional consideration. This Executive Report shows how organizations are replacing this mind-set with one that regards enterprise architecture as essential and nonoptional. 

Enterprise architect teams struggle to explain and justify their role, and to demonstrate tangible, practical, and measurable benefits from their work. The rewards from architecting are seen as long-term outcomes, value from EA is not measured effectively, and EA is only seen as an optional consideration. This Executive Report shows how organizations are replacing this mind-set with one that regards enterprise architecture as essential and nonoptional. 

This Executive Summary and its accompanying Executive Report set the record straight by explaining why IT organizations feel the need to justify enterprise architecture, and what we can do to prove the value from EA.

This Executive Summary and its accompanying Executive Report set the record straight by explaining why IT organizations feel the need to justify enterprise architecture, and what we can do to prove the value from EA.

Efficiency has been the mantra of systems approaches from early work on time and motion, through the business process reengineering movement, to the latest manifestation in Six Sigma. The organization has been seen as a machine or manufacturing process to be managed through the definition and measurement of defined outcomes. In consequence, method and tools have imitated the manufacturing process: defining output, managing process, monitoring for deviation.

Ever since I began teaching IT at the university (in 1966, actually), I have wondered how best to prepare students for a professional life in computing. Of course, we called the field various things at different times and in different academic contexts: data processing, management-information-systems, computer information systems, computer science.

Efficiency has been the mantra of systems approaches from early work on time and motion, through the business process reengineering movement, to the latest manifestation in Six Sigma. The organization has been seen as a machine or manufacturing process to be managed through the definition and measurement of defined outcomes. In consequence, method and tools have imitated the manufacturing process: defining output, managing process, monitoring for deviation.

In this on-demand webinar, Professor Giancarlo Succi, Cutter Senior Consultant, covers a range of topics that will help you understand the mobile environment, the characteristics that make it so unique and how they contribute to a new business model. He will explain what channels are available for distribution to your organization’s mobile applications. And Succi also reviews various strategies to monetize your mobile apps.

In the first two Executive Updates in this series,1 we discussed the importance of using a root question for your metrics and of "staying out of the kitchen." Recall I asked you to think in the abstract rather than going to the data level and to focus on the customer's viewpoint and avoid playing with efficiency measures.

In the first two Executive Updates in this series,1 we discussed the importance of using a root question for your metrics and of "staying out of the kitchen." Recall I asked you to think in the abstract rather than going to the data level and to focus on the customer's viewpoint and avoid playing with efficiency measures.

Every year I review a few books for my email Advisors. Usually, I can do this fairly quickly, in a week or two, but the most recent book took much longer. Not just because I have been busy, but because you just can't rush through this material.

In this on-demand, recorded webinar, Professor Giancarlo Succi, Cutter Senior Consultant, covers a range of topics that will help you understand the mobile environment, the characteristics that make it so unique and how they contribute to a new business model.

For years, the major BI vendors (e.g., IBM-Cognos, Oracle, SAP Business Objects, SAS, and Microstrategy) have offered components that add mobile capabilities to their BI platforms, business performance management, and other analytic products.

For years, the major BI vendors (e.g., IBM-Cognos, Oracle, SAP Business Objects, SAS, and Microstrategy) have offered components that add mobile capabilities to their BI platforms, business performance management, and other analytic products.