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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 cross-posting my latest from the new Business Ecology Initiative blog.  As you know, "Business-IT Integration" is one of my soapbox items.  In a recent post on the Forrester Blog for CIOs, Sharyn Leaver writes an inspired response to Susan... Read More..

As I mentioned in my 2010 plans, one of my projects this year is writing and advocacy for the OMG’s Business Ecology Initiative (BEI).  This morning, we launched the new Business Ecology Initiative blog, and I published the following overview... Read More..

I'd like to attribute this recent 'catching up on my reading' to long sunny summer days in my Adirondack chair, but no such luck.  On the few rainless days, Zephyr has commandeered my chair.  Despite these obstacles, I've still managed... Read More..

The McKinsey Quarterly just published a good article on how to communicate the business value of IT to the business community.  The article is a “memo” from the CTO to the CEO articulating the “lack of shared understanding” between business... Read More..

Robert Swanwick pinged me about a post he wrote contemplating an organization's struggle to balance the tension of business unit independence and IT consolidation.  At the end of the post, Robert wonders aloud if SOA is an answer: "However, the... Read More..

Abbie Lundberg, editor in chief of CIO Magazine, has a great post on Are More CIOs getting Fired, in which she recounts a conversation with Bruce Rogow, IT Consultant, New Paradigm /nGenera contributor, on why previously successful, incumbent CIOs are... Read More..

I'm exploring some ideas on 'business thinking' for folks in IT leadership positions -- essentially applying business discipline to an IT organization's offerings, capabilities, portfolios and performance -- and one aspect is financial management. In considering this aspect, I find... Read More..

As most know, my IT soapbox has "business-driven" emblazoned on all sides. By business-driven, I'm referring to an IT organization's imperative - to deliver business value. In this vein, I talk about (harp on) numerous topics including business-focused technology innovation,... Read More..

Continuing on my business-IT integration theme, I want to share some excerpts from a BusinessWeek article, entitled IT's Star Turn. I found the article via Ben Worthen's BizTech blog. The article, written by Jeneanne Rae of Peer Insight talks about... Read More..