In the 80’s and the 90’s, information systems viewed the world as enterprise centric. All business facts and events the enterprise ought to manage, were entered into the system by employees orRead More…
In the life as in computing, things should remain simple. When costs of ownership exceed acquisition costs, application have to be riengineered. As this statement appears to be clear, CIOs use toRead More…
When defining IT strategy, CIO ought to balance Business Division requirements and Enterprise global strategy. Sometimes it fears strategic swings which may wipe out some of his achievements. He usually keeps atRead More…
Last Thursday, I attended to a Marcus Evans conference in Paris on Enterprise Architecture. For those who are not familiar with, Marcus Evans is definitely not a new pub name, but aRead More…
Two weeks ago, while exchanging views on business with a CIO of a medium sized enterprise, he put the question of IT architecture governement on the table. What benefit could he expectRead More…
As Enterprise Architecture buzz is gaining ground within IT Divisions, what auditors, may think about it ? Since version 4.0, one of Cobit focuses is strategic alignment which is attained by aRead More…
” Too heavy, too slow, too expensive “, which French CIO did not once hear the echo of these Pascal LAMY’s words, by the times he was EDF CIO ? Statements ofRead More…
Concentration moves and streamline of processes pull outsourcing of big chunks of production, in particular information systems. Technologies of grid computing and virtualisation fuel an increase of the trend. The idea ofRead More…
I wish all IT managers an happy new year. Health and wealth for you and your families. I hope for all of you many IT businesses in 2008. This is just whatRead More…
When strategists sharpen their analysis, they often build plans of specialization, diversification, internationalization, or vertical integration regarding a company. For products, decisions are wiath respect of development, retention or divestment. All ofRead More…
