Strategic advice to leverage new technologies
Technology is at the heart of nearly every enterprise, enabling new business models and strategies, and serving as the catalyst to industry convergence. Leveraging the right technology can improve business outcomes, providing intelligence and insights that help you make more informed and accurate decisions. From finding patterns in data through data science, to curating relevant insights with data analytics, to the predictive abilities and innumerable applications of AI, to solving challenging business problems with ML, NLP, and knowledge graphs, technology has brought decision-making to a more intelligent level. Keep pace with the technology trends, opportunities, applications, and real-world use cases that will move your organization closer to its transformation and business goals.
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The role of an architect is often loosely or ill defined so I'm not surprised when people ask me what I think an architect's role should be, and how one type of architect relates to another. In reality, this is to be expected given the range of needs, projects, processes, and organizational structures at different companies. Just today, two different clients asked about the role of a solutions architect, particularly in relation to an enterprise architect.
The table below summarizes the main differences that I typically see.
The avalanche of digital data that has resulted in Big Data storage and analytics is leading to additional issues as data volumes continue to grow in volume, variety, and velocity. A critical issue for the enterprise is how to maintain control of these immense pools of structured and unstructured data.
In Part I of this Executive Update series, we looked at the barriers to and possible benefits of collaboration. I examined the "four pillars of collaboration," which provide a foundation that supports collaboration and collaborative structures.
Often managers latch on to the methodologies and practices that happen to be in fashion -- the latest management BS! Some make desperate demands for their staff to react, perhaps by creating a service catalog, but without identifying who is going to use it and how it is to be used. Despite containing some really good guidance, ITIL can become a distraction, with organizations using it unsuccessfully as a safety blanket or shield.
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Security Architecture
Constantly changing security boundaries that are simultaneously "owned" by everyone and no one demand a new approach at both the technical and policy levels. A properly designed and managed enterprise security architecture (ESA) enables this. The less-defined security boundaries that encompass infrastructure require a new way of defining cyber security architecture for the cloud. Organizations still have the same mission; they just need to change their mindset on how they do business in the cloud.
In March, I discussed various tablet options in regard to their possible roles in the enterprise (see " Tablets for the Enterprise").
In March, I discussed various tablet options in regard to their possible roles in the enterprise (see " Tablets for the Enterprise