Call For Entries: The 2018 Enterprise Architecture Awards
Most organizations today recognize the need to become customer-obsessed digital businesses. They need to map out customer touchpoints to fully understand their customers’ experiences and…
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The 2017 Enterprise Architecture Awards
This Year’s Winning EA Initiatives, Brought To You By Forrester And Infoworld, Drive The Customer-Obsessed Digital Business Any enterprise architects worth their salt can tell…
September 21, 2017
Big Changes In Information-related Roles And Processes — Evolution Or Apocalypse?
It’s not news that business user self-service for access to information and analytics is hot. What might not be as obvious is the overhaul of…
February 19, 2015
Predictions
Predictions For The Data Economy In 2015
The data economy — or the system that provides for the exchange of digitized information for the purpose of creating insights and value — grew…
November 4, 2014
How Will The Data Economy Impact Enterprise Architects?
No self-respecting EA professional would enter into planning discussions with business or tech management execs without a solid grasp of the technologies available to the…
May 16, 2014
Forrester’s Information Strategy And Architecture Survey Will Establish Current Management Practices In A Rapidly Changing World
It's becoming pretty clear that the ability to analyze data is becoming one of the most important technology-based capabilities an enterprise can have. There's a…
April 1, 2013
Chief Data Officers Are A Good Idea — But How Is That Going To Work?
It seems to be popular these days amongst industry pundits to recommend that organizations add a new Cxx role: the Chief Data Officer (CDO). The…
February 13, 2013
Input To The Questions In Forrester’s 2013 Information Strategy And Architecture Survey
In a month or so I’ll be launching a survey to research issues around information strategy, information architecture and information management in general. I thought…
January 24, 2013
Road Maps Are Powerful When Linked To Business Outcomes
The use of road maps to illustrate technology plans is fairly widespread. Whether it's a vendor explaining its product plans or a technology architect showing…