Industry Trends
Lack of Enterprise View a Hindrance? Good Solution Architecture is Not Enough
We are consistently being exposed to ENTERPRISE architecture teams without an enterprise perspective in the deliverables and activities in which they are engaged. Sometimes this is due to a cyclical shift in the priorities between defining enterprise architecture and applying enterprise architecture via solution architecture. This is a normal, healthy shift that we see happening in maturing EA … Read more
Why No Business with EA?
So there I am sitting on a panel at the Troux Worldwide Conference a couple of weeks ago, answering interesting questions with some interesting co-panelists, when a thought struck me. “After decades of positioning EA as a discipline for business-IT alignment, why aren’t EA programs more in tune with(driven by, owned by, participation from) the … Read more
Mobility and Social Networking: Do You Have a Need for a Strategy?
Two of the biggest trends that many companies are addressing right now are mobility and Social Networking. Maybe second only to cloud computing in hype right now, these two areas represent significant opportunities for many companies. However, one thing that I have noticed is that sometimes the trends with a lot of hype get a … Read more
Top 10 Things an EA Should Be Thinking About (Part 2)
A couple of months ago, we published part 1 of Top 10 Things an EA Should Be Thinking About. Now we add a few more, with considerations for the New Year. To get started, I will repeat what we said in part 1 as the means of introduction… …Our list represents the Top Ten (or so) … Read more
Top 10 Things an EA Should Be Thinking About (Part 1)
So it seems like that time of the year again where different analysts, experts and bloggers are coming out with Top 10 trends lists. While some might view the yearly generic crop of “Top 10” lists as trite, superficial, or simply repeating things everyone already knows; we thought we would take a stab at a … Read more
Things EA’s Should Think About – External Collaboration
Traditional boundaries between organizations are giving way to innovative and creative relationships, driven by a combination of necessity and opportunity. Cross-company information exchange and collaboration is the central success component. Identifying and addressing external collaboration issues is tailor-made to the broad, cross-enterprise, cross-domain perspective and analyses that an EA group can bring to the table.
Smart Grid and EA – Making Smart Grid Smarter
Many electric utility companies are in the process of fundamentally changing both their individual operations, as well as the electric industry as a whole. Many of you have probably heard the term “Smart Grid,” but those in the electric industry are either embracing, waiting on or fearing (or maybe even a little bit of all … Read more