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Monthly Archives: February 2009
I’m hip, I’m cool, I’m agile (*)
Bombarded by a decade of self-proclaimed guru’s, evangelists and other romantic revolutionaries (including myself, just to set things straight) I think we got the message by now: agile development is in, waterfall development is out. At the risk of having our readers drop out of this blog-item– and I would not blame them – let’s summarise some of the original ideas. The understanding of the objectives, possibilities and risks around a solution grows during the …
Benjamin Button operating system
Must have been very disappointing. ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ got a record number of nominations for the Oscars, but only won three minor awards. It won’t provide any solace, but I certainly would have granted the movie my personal award for ‘Best Metaphor for IT-related Subjects’. When I watch Brad Pritt mature from a baby in a old-mans body to a man in the strength of his life, then finally end as an …
The times they are a-changin’
With due apologies to Bob Dylan, I suspect that it will be news to many that the second verse has the lyrics: Come writers and critics; Who prophesize with your pen And keep your eyes wide; The chance won’t come again And don’t speak too soon; For the wheel’s still in spin And there’s no tellin’ who; That it’s namin’. This verse rather aptly sums up my reactions to seeing the recent survey on operating …
The Best Code is No Code – 7 ways to avoid errors by programming less
Just recently the SANS institute and MITRE published a Top 25 list of most dangerous programming errors that lead to cyber crime and other problems with websites. Experts from more than 30 organisations – including software companies, universities and the US government – collaborated in creating the list. One of the findings is that just a small number of errors cause the bulk of problems around nothing less than 1.5 million websites. Problems vary between …
Good News! Making new revenues & profits from Technology!
Right now the whole 2009 picture doesn’t seem too good. That’s if you can see a picture at all, as after Davos it appears the ‘great and the good’ are as confused as the rest of us, and there seem to be more and more CEOs deciding that they won’t provide forecasts for their enterprises for the next quarter, let alone the year! I have attempted to be balanced during the past six months about …
The Enabling Layer; is it already out there through the White Wire?
I want to congratulate Andy on a most thought provoking post – The Enabling Layer; rapid change above and cost savings below. And I want to see if we can continue this thinking in a post and progess a little further. We know that a difference today than with the last power to the user cycle is that connectivity is the default, not the exception, and that as a result we are seeing genuine commoditisation …
The Enabling Layer; rapid change above and cost savings below
I have already commented in Blog posts on the likely strategy in many enterprises in 2009 being built around ‘Sweating the Assets, and leveraging the People’, and indeed I have had many conversations on this topic when out meeting our clients, with industry analysts, and major technology vendors. I have also stated the opinion, to general agreement from those old enough to remember the 1990 recession, that I suspect we will again see the use …
TOGAF 9: A Sunny Day in San Diego
It’s just a standard day in San Diego. That is to say, the friendly people over here are kind of used to blue skies and summer temperatures at the beginning of February. On the other hand, these days are quite special. The Open Group just released version 9 of TOGAF (The Open Group Architectural Framework) at its first 2009 conference, and I am convinced that we are witnessing nothing less than a breakthrough in the …
SAP ASAP* with Business Suite 7
SAP Business Suites aren’t new, as release 7 clearly shows, but if you think SAP means long to mature, relative expensive investment mainly for the benefit of the CFO in operating the business then release 7 may be a surprise. I don’t normally Blog on commercial releases and products, but given the huge installed base of SAP then its probably going to be of interest to comment on how SAP seems to be changing its …
At last some real experience on adopting Social Computing in the Enterprise!
It was an interesting time in the Christmas to New Year break in the West, on one hand the pace slows down operationally but on the other hand more time gets devoted towards thinking a little more strategically. It’s obvious to look at the year gone by to try to assess what was actually achieved, but it’s also the time to reflect on what should, or needs to happen in the year ahead. This year …
