Governance mandates such as Sarbox, the events of 9/11 and their aftermath, along with the continuing uncertainty of the business-economic environment, have made it compulsory for corporations to rethink their approaches to identifying and managing risk. The need for effective enterprise risk management and governance (ERM&G) has never been greater or more urgent.

Governance mandates such as Sarbox, the events of 9/11 and their aftermath, along with the continuing uncertainty of the business-economic environment, have made it compulsory for corporations to rethink their approaches to identifying and managing risk. The need for effective enterprise risk management and governance (ERM&G) has never been greater or more urgent.

What trends do we see in the education of next-generation technology professionals? What should we see?

What trends do we see in the education of next-generation technology professionals? What should we see?

Agile Model-Driven Architecture (MDA) relies on constructing executable models (for more on Agile MDA, see Cutter IT E-Mail Advisor, 31 March 2004). Without execution you cannot be agile, and without models you can hardly claim to be model driven.

Customer demographics and consumer marketing data vendor Acxiom Corporation has expanded its operations into China by acquiring ChinaLOOP -- a Chinese BI, customer relationship management (CRM), and data management firm based in Shanghai, China.

I spent a day this past week at DCI's Enterprise Architecture Conference in San Diego, California, USA. It was a pleasant conference, with a cheerful crowd in spite of an unseasonable light rain in San Diego. I spoke on day three, but was apparently sounding themes that others had already made, since I encountered less resistance than I expected.