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Rational Rationalization
Posted on June 18, 2013 | No CommentsWith the upheaval of the economic downturn came a spate of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, splits and buy-outs. The ensuing chaos of the resulting technology portfolios cannot really be overstated. Many surviving companies are just a mess. In normal times this may not be a big deal. But these aren't normal times. -
Frankenframeworks
Posted on October 24, 2012 | No CommentsNext to the perennial favorite "What Enterprise Architecture is and/or is not," I'm inclined to believe debates over frameworks are the hottest debates going right now. Why is that? -
Architecture is Not: A White Paper
Posted on August 18, 2011 | No CommentsAn architecture that is merely a PDF with a couple of generic line-box-arrow diagrams coupled with a few colorful "pancake" pictures isn't really an architecture. It's a marketing glossy. A white paper is too generic to be passed off as a real solution to a real problem. -
Cloud in a Box
Posted on August 15, 2011 | No CommentsThere is much to recommend about changing how we create, deploy and offer our services and products to customers. Yet there is an entire consulting industry built around avoiding the pitfalls of cloud. -
10 Signs You’re Not REALLY a Director of IT
Posted on May 19, 2011 | No CommentsTitle inflation/mis-direction is vermicious. Like a Knid.
