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Executive Update
Collaborative Tools and Enterprise Innovation
Cisco and Microsoft are betting big that they can create collaborative toolsets compelling enough that people (i.e., customers, developers, employees, investors, and regulators) would deem an enterprise crazy to not be Cisco/Microsoft-enabled. On the flip side, a barbarian hoard of entrepreneurs, ISVs, and venture capitalists are betting these vendor giants will not be completely successful. A fascinating David vs.
For many large organizations in both the private and public sectors, delivering usable BI applications is growing simultaneously more important and more difficult.
Executive Report
Enterprise Integration with the Business Architecture
Abstract
This Executive Report describes the business architecture (BA) as an element linked to other enterprise elements to collectively form a structure focused on the customer. Several figures illustrate the formal integration with the IT architectures, business processes, and strategy.
Maybe I am getting old. Lately I have been reflecting on the debates regarding methodologies that this industry seems to have all the time, no matter the decade. Every generation of IT people seems to spontaneously generate a new, great methodology that will transform and replace all that came before. Oh yes!
The person who cuts my hair has a formal license on the mirror. The guy who fixes the pipes in my old house has a license, as does my doctor, my lawyer, and the guy who flies me around the country. Heck, even the kid next door has a driver's license. But the person who developed the architecture, wrote the code, and manages my IT operation is not only unlicensed, he or she has no formal proof whatsoever of competence beyond a college degree and some experience.
It's been a challenging year, both politically and economically. It's also been interesting to watch the reactions. As the job market has tanked, many have given up on the job hunt, turning their searches instead to themselves to explore new careers and new possibilities.1 As government belt-tightening has taken place, private firms are stepping in to fill the void that hitherto would have been handled by the government sector.