Articles about Enterprise Architecture and (ArchiMate) modelling
ArchiMate, the enterprise architecture modelling language, is a standard from The Open Group (TOG). Most people infer from this that ArchiMate is an open standard (I did once) and often assume The Open Group is some sort of a not-for-profit…
Dutch national newspaper De Volkskrant launched a site to commemorate their initial steps on the internet, 20 years ago, on May 6, 1996. All in good fun, e.g. de site looks like a Windows 95 desktop. On it, they put…
I'll be giving the opening EA keynote for the Enterprise Architecture Conference Europe 2016 on 14 June 2016 in London. I'd love to discuss EA with you. So: meet me there?
Suppose you build a house. When it's finished it's shiny, new, and clean. Then you live in it for decades. Stacks of old newspapers litter the floors. Sometimes a bunch of these get thrown out. You only do superficial cleaning,…
Just a short mention today: R&A, Tetradian and Archi are proud to announce a new initiative: UltiMateCloud™, an initiative that takes Big Data and Cloud to its limit — and beyond. Have a look at the website (April Fools hoax,…
I have given presentations of my story several times in the last years. From guest lectures at a university to conferences (3 hours) to presentations such as the Gartner Enterprise Architecture Summit (45 minutes). I've recorded an audio track with the…
Don't you just love buzzwords and silver bullets? My first post on InfoWorld was about the cloud as a silver bullet. And Scott Adams from Dilbert catches painful realities as well: see this strip. Now, cloud is a real phenomenon (even if it…
It's time to do something good. Every year, in the week before Christmas, the Dutch radio station 3FM sets up a 'glass house' somewhere in The Netherlands, three dj's are locked up in it for a week without food and…
I'll be visiting the US (North Carolina, New York) from January 25 until January 28. That creates an opportunity to give an Enterprise Architecture talk or class in the days just before or after. If people are interested to set…
As I was too late to set up a really good Black Friday deal, I've decided to create a Cyber Monday deal (the books are about the world as it has changed thanks to 'cyber' after all). Using the Coupon Code…
