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

EA is a tool for situational awareness and planning to drive modernization, transformation, and improved results . Enterprise architecture h...

General Electric (GE) is one of the largest, most successful, and most respected companies in the world. What lessons can we learn from thei...

Information is central to the Department of Defense’s arsenal for fighting and defeating our enemies and the ability to share information ac...

Public CIO Magazine, June/July 2008, has some interesting articles on what it takes to be a next generation CIO (and many of these have to d...

There is a terrific article in ComputerWorld, 17 July 2008, called “Pentagon’s IT unit seeks to borrow tech ideas from Google, Amazon, other...

The premise of User-centric Enterprise Architecture is to transform traditional EA, which is often user-blind, and which develops “artifacts...

The enterprise architecture change process starts with requirements generation and management. Requirements become business cases and busine...

For architecting the enterprise, we need good ideas to mature, evolve, and innovate. And good ideas can come from literally anywhere, so we ...

Perhaps many of you have wondered what the relationship is between the IT Strategic Plan and the Enterprise Architecture Transition Plan? Wh...

As a discipline enterprise architecture strives to move the organization into the future—that is what EA planning and IT governance is all a...

To move the enterprise into the future, organizations need leaders who have the skills and abilities to generate genuine improved results fo...

Biometrics is “the study of methods for uniquely recognizing humans based upon one or more intrinsic physical or behavioral traits.” (Wiki...

One question that is frequently asked in enterprise architecture is whether new technologies should be adopted early (more cutting edge) or ...

“Earned Value Management ( EVM ) is a project management technique used for measuring project progress in an objective manner. EVM combines...

ComputerWorld Magazine, 26 June 2008, has a terrific interview with Loraine Rodgers, formerly Xerox CIO, Citibank senior VP, city of Phoenix...

We all need access to information. In our personal lives, what’s more important than easy access to our financial and medical records? ...

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...