Simultaneous and complex trends, such as big data, cloud computing, security, and overall IT transformation, can be helped by the combined strengths of The Open Group Architecture Framework and the ArchiMate modeling language.
There is less of a focus on the traditional things we come to think of EA such as standards, governance and policies, but rather into emerging areas such as the soft skills, business architecture, and strategy.
To this end I see a lot in the realm of working directly with the executive chain to understand the key value drivers for the company and rationalize where they want to go with their business. So we’re moving into a business-transformation role in this practice.
At the same time, we’ve got to be mindful of the disruptive external technology forces coming in as well. EA can’t just divorce from the other aspects of architecture as well. So the role that enterprise architects play becomes more and more important and elevated in the organization.
Two examples of this disruptive technology that are being focused on at the conference are big data and cloud computing. Both are providing impacts to our businesses not because of some new business idea but because technology is available to enhance or provide new capabilities to our business. The EA’s still do have to understand these new technology innovations and determine how they will apply to the business.
As already described in the previous few articles NIST defines three different service models for the cloud – IaaS, PaaS and SaaS. However if you look at the Wikipedia article about cloud computing you will notice that there are quite a few more «as-a-service» models mentioned there. Lot of vendors are using those to differentiate their offerings but there are two problems that arise.
Carl Icahn, the famous “gangsta”-style activist investor, has stepped into the middle of Dell’s $24.4 billion leveraged buy-out, threatening “years of litigation” if he doesn’t get his way.
He has apparently amassed a 6% position in Dell, making him the company’s second-largest outside stockholder, and he wants a $9-a-share special dividend paid out instead of letting Dell founder Michael Dell take the company private.
In a letter to Dell’s board Thursday Icahn proposed that the dividend be paid if shareholders voted down the LBO and wants the vote combined with the company annual stockholders meeting so stockholders also vote on the board.
If they don’t do that – that’s where he’s promising “years of litigation” challenging the LBO.
Carl Icahn, the famous “gangsta”-style activist investor, has stepped into the middle of Dell’s $24.4 billion leveraged buy-out, threatening “years of litigation” if he doesn’t get his way.
He has apparently amassed a 6% position in Dell, making him the company’s second-largest outside stockholder, and he wants a $9-a-share special dividend paid out instead of letting Dell founder Michael Dell take the company private.
In a letter to Dell’s board Thursday Icahn proposed that the dividend be paid if shareholders voted down the LBO and wants the vote combined with the company annual stockholders meeting so stockholders also vote on the board.
If they don’t do that – that’s where he’s promising “years of litigation” challenging the LBO.
As already described in the previous few articles NIST defines three different service models for the cloud – IaaS, PaaS and SaaS. However if you look at the Wikipedia article about cloud computing you will notice that there are quite a few more «as-a-service» models mentioned there. Lot of vendors are using those to differentiate their offerings but there are two problems that arise.
Today’s applications need fast access to data for maximum performance.
In his session at the 12th International Cloud Expo, Dr. William L. Bain, founder and CEO of ScaleOut Software, will discuss how in-memory data grids combine distributed caching with powerful in-memory analysis and management tools to give you a complete solution for managing fast-changing data in a server farm, compute grid, or in the cloud.
Dr. William L. Bain is founder and CEO of ScaleOut Software, Inc. He has a PhD in electrical engineering / parallel computing from Rice University, and he has worked at Bell Labs research, Intel, and Microsoft. Bill founded and ran three start-up companies prior to joining Microsoft. In the most recent company (Valence Research), he developed a distributed Web load-balancing software solution that was acquired by Microsoft and is now called Network Load Balancing within the Windows Server operating system. Dr. Bain holds several patents in computer architecture and distributed computing. As a member of the Seattle-based Alliance of Angels, Dr. Bain is actively involved in entrepreneurship and the angel community.
Today’s applications need fast access to data for maximum performance.
In his session at the 12th International Cloud Expo, Dr. William L. Bain, founder and CEO of ScaleOut Software, will discuss how in-memory data grids combine distributed caching with powerful in-memory analysis and management tools to give you a complete solution for managing fast-changing data in a server farm, compute grid, or in the cloud.
Dr. William L. Bain is founder and CEO of ScaleOut Software, Inc. He has a PhD in electrical engineering / parallel computing from Rice University, and he has worked at Bell Labs research, Intel, and Microsoft. Bill founded and ran three start-up companies prior to joining Microsoft. In the most recent company (Valence Research), he developed a distributed Web load-balancing software solution that was acquired by Microsoft and is now called Network Load Balancing within the Windows Server operating system. Dr. Bain holds several patents in computer architecture and distributed computing. As a member of the Seattle-based Alliance of Angels, Dr. Bain is actively involved in entrepreneurship and the angel community.
Agile software development is increasingly enabling developers to better create applications that meet user needs quickly, and the advent of increased mobile apps development is further accelerating its power.
As IT aligns itself with business goals, Agile software development is increasingly enabling developers to better create applications that meet user needs quickly. And, now, the advent of increased mobile apps development is further accelerating the power of Agile methods.
Though it’s been around for decades, Agile’s tenets of collaboration, incremental development, speed, and flexibility resonate with IT leaders who want developers to focus on working with users to develop the applications. This method stands in contrast to the more rigid and traditional process of collecting user requirements, taking months to create a complete application, and delivering the application to users with the hopes that it fits the bill and that requirements haven’t changed during the process.
Agile software development is increasingly enabling developers to better create applications that meet user needs quickly, and the advent of increased mobile apps development is further accelerating its power.
As IT aligns itself with business goals, Agile software development is increasingly enabling developers to better create applications that meet user needs quickly. And, now, the advent of increased mobile apps development is further accelerating the power of Agile methods.
Though it’s been around for decades, Agile’s tenets of collaboration, incremental development, speed, and flexibility resonate with IT leaders who want developers to focus on working with users to develop the applications. This method stands in contrast to the more rigid and traditional process of collecting user requirements, taking months to create a complete application, and delivering the application to users with the hopes that it fits the bill and that requirements haven’t changed during the process.
One of the most compelling promises of the cloud is that you can pull out a credit card and be working in minutes. No purchase orders to fill out, no equipment to wait for on the loading dock. Just instant access to the resources you need, when you need them. But accessibility comes at a price, and an unintentional consequence may be that you create yet another orphaned identity silo. Enterprise IT has spent years consolidating its mishmash of directories, only to discover that cloud now threatens to turn back their hard-won victories.
In his session at the 12th International Cloud Expo, Scott Morrison, CTO and Chief Architect at Layer 7 Technologies, will look at strategies to incorporate identity into cloud applications. Enterprise identity or social login can both be a part of your go-to-cloud strategy, but you must plan for this upfront, rather than try to retrofit identity and access control at a later date.