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Commodore Perry and the Firewall

Posted May 9, 2000 | Leadership | Amplify

In 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry sailed into Tokyo Harbor with his gun ships. What Perry did (once euphemistically called "the opening of Japan") was controversial both then and now. But Perry did not go to Japan out of the goodness of his (or America's) heart; rather, he and his ships were there on behalf of old-fashioned, bare-knuckle, imperialistic capitalism.

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Ken Orr
Ken Orr was a Fellow of the Cutter Business Technology Council and a Senior Consultant with Cutter Consortium's Data Analytics & Digital Technologies, Business Technology & Digital Transformation Strategies, and Business & Enterprise Architecture practices. He was also a regular speaker at Cutter Summits and symposia. Mr. Orr was an internationally recognized expert on enterprise architecture, data warehousing, knowledge management… Read More
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