Business-Driven Architect

As the post title states, this is the end-of-the line for my Business-Driven Architect blog at ebizQ.  I’ve enjoyed my time here and appreciate the platform that Les and the ebizQ team provided for the last several years. What’s next? ... Read More..

For the next few days, I'll be at Forrester's IT Forum in Las Vegas (of course). The conference is centered on Forrester's Business Technology agenda: "...a time for some soul searching in IT, a time to learn from past lessons... Read More..

“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” - George Bernard Shaw Are you communicating the vision, business value and delivery capabilities of enterprise architecture?  Or just talking at people?... Read More..

Faisal Hoque, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, BTM Corporation, spoke on The Power of Convergence: Why Bringing Business and Technology Together Matters, at the March 2010 Business Ecology Initiative Symposium in Jacksonville FL.    Hoque set the stage with the startling... Read More..

I’m at the MIT CIO Symposium today.  Currently, I’m in the Internet of Things Panel. Moderator: Dr. Michael Chui, Sr. Fellow McKinsey Global Institute Panelists: Mr. Robert LeFort, CEO Ember Prof. Sanjay Sarma, Professor and Former Chairman of Research and... Read More..

This case is co-presented by PepsiCo and Infosys.  The business scenario is transportation management.  Transportation and logistics is a common use case for real-time information.  The challenge was to more efficiently manage the dedicated fleet.  The cost of carrying the... Read More..

Matt Rosen, Director of Application Development, OOCL, opens with some company background. OOCL is a container shipping company.  Of the 6000 employees at OOCL, 1000 are IT!  Known as IT leader in shipping.  OOCL has been a Tibco customer since... Read More..

I’m at a CIO Innovations session.  Randy G. Burdick, EVP and CIO of OfficeMax, is going to present on real-time retail.  As a former retailer, who introduced real-time, event-driven architecture to the organization, I’m extremely interested to learn what OfficeMax... Read More..

After a brief video highlighting the “2 second advantage”, Vivek Ranadive, Founder and CEO of Tibco, starts us off with his vision for the future IT.  Vivek begins by telling us the 21st century is just starting now.  Not in... Read More..

This afternoon, we have an opportunity to interact with some of Tibco's customers.  First, via a panel session and later in 1x1 sessions.  On the customer panel are representatives from the World Economic Forum, Colt Technology Services, Energy Australia and... Read More..