Andy (אברהם נפתלי) Blumenthal Leadership, Technology, Life, and Faith ✡

On July 1, Bill Gates is stepping down from his day-to-day duties at Microsoft, but will continue to serve as Chairman. Bill Gates grew Mic...

As a child, we learn from our parents, teachers, and mentors, that too much of even a good thing is bad for you: be it sweets or hard work—i...

In the digital age, information is critical to decision making. This is the case in the board room as well as on the battle field. Informati...

According to Wikipedia: “ The Earth has a finite supply of fresh water , stored in aquifers, surface waters and the atmosphere. Sometimes oc...

ComputerWorld Magazine, 20 June 2008, tells us five things you don’t want to tell the CIO and which I believe tracks closely with the enterp...

An important way to share law enforcement and intelligence information in a physical setting is through fusion centers. Government Technol...

As an enterprise architect, my job is to develop plans and governance for IT to meet mission/user requirements, which is typically for more ...

The human capital perspective of the enterprise architecture is often overlooked, and is not yet included in the Federal Enterprise Architec...

When a disaster or emergency strikes, who is in charge—federal, state, local, or tribal authorities? Police, fire, rescue, medical services,...

From the tragic events of 9/11 came the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Protection Act, the findings of the 9/11 Commission in 2004, and t...

As an enterprise architect, I have always wondered about the trend of outsourcing our manufacturing jobs out of country-- where as a nation ...

We are all familiar with personalizing websites like Yahoo.com to make them more appealing, functional, and easy to navigate. Now, accordi...

TEOTWAWKI stands for the end of the world as we know it. It is a term used in the survivalist movement and is sometimes used as a reference ...

In response to the 9/11 Commission’s recommendations, the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (IRTPA) of 2004 called for an Inf...

We all hope and pray for a long and healthy life with our loved ones. Unfortunately, when serious illness strikes, the question is how long ...

In User-centric EA, we develop a vision or target state for the organization. However, there are a number of paradoxes in developing an EA ...

What makes a good organization become great in terms of technology? In the book, Good to Great by Jim Collins, the author describes a five y...

Enterprise Architecture is strategic information asset base that defines the business, information necessary to operate the business, techno...

Enterprise architecture develops the roadmap for the organization and no roadmap is foolproof. With any roadmap, sometimes there’s a traffic...

“Occam's razor (sometimes spelled Ockham's razor ) is a principle attributed to the 14th-century English logician and Franciscan fr...

Dwight David Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969), nicknamed " Ike ", was a five-star General in the United States Arm...

Design, style, and innovation are important communication mechanisms and are crucial to User-centric EA. These communication mechanisms ar...

Well this is interesting to write: a blog about blogging ;-) Blogs are becoming a great new tool for enterprise communications and an ...