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SubscribeStartups Where Necessity Defines IT Best Practices
May 07, 2012
You work on a tight budget where requirements are hard to pin down and they change all the time. And whatever you build has to go into production quickly and be flexible to grow in any number of directions depending on what happens next. How do you handle this challenge?
Agility And What's Keeping You From It
April 16, 2012
In our Forrsights Business Decision-Makers Survey, Q4 2011, we asked business technology leaders to rate IT’s ability to establish an architecture that can accommodate changes to business strategy.
Mixing Quality Time with Real Time Connectivity Creates Serious Synergies
March 23, 2012
Sunlight shining on my face woke me up this morning. I was stretched out flat on my back, warm under covers, and so relaxed my legs and arms felt fuzzy.
The Big Mistake With Business Architecture
March 22, 2012
As you might expect, there are a number of mistakes one might make with business architecture, but there’s a particularly big and common one that multiplies its effect through all the others.
Centralized, Federated, Or Virtualized: What Works For Organizing The EA Practice?
March 14, 2012
If you’re trying to build an effective EA program, you’re in trouble from the get-go. I’d like to paint a rosier picture for anyone involved in this strategic, potentially very high-impact practice, but consider the fact that one of our more frequent client inquiries is about how to...
How BYOD Will Affect Your Staffing
March 01, 2012
New job positions are being created to handle the opportunities and challenges that the consumerization of IT brings. Do you have any of these new positions at your company?
Three Ways BYOD Changes Company Architecture
February 10, 2012
The Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend is really taking root among companies everywhere. It’s a trend that has challenged IT departments to change the way they think about enterprise IT. I spoke to three companies that have found unique solutions in managing the BYOD trend without compromising...
Massively Multiplayer Online Games as Business Collaboration Platforms
February 07, 2012
Massively multiplayer online role playing games are pushing the envelope in technology and player engagement. They point the way to business collaboration platforms in the not too distant future.
How Users are Changing IT Architecture (and How You Can Stay Ahead of the Curve)
February 03, 2012
Due to the proliferation of consumer devices being used in the workplace, the users that IT departments serve are completely different than in years past. The game has totally changed in terms of security, loss of control and support. Employees have multiple devices and expect accessibility to...
Feedback in the Real-Time Economy [Why Games Matter]
January 03, 2012
Video games provide effective and field tested operating models for harnessing the power of feedback loops to succeed in our real-time economy.
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