Information and its technology
Overcoming regulatory risk avoidance: Enterprise AI puts technology and human oversight into perspective Wiebe Draijer, the chair of the board of a major Dutch bank, recently observed that, in the regulatory risk domain, he at times felt like Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver being tied down by the Lilliputs. Draijer was referring to the many rules emanating […]
While we’re moving into a multi-cloud, multiplatform, hybrid world, where business and IT deployment options are multiplied, keeping architectures reliable is becoming a prime challenge. Traditionally, Enterprise Architecture (EA) aims to fulfill business strategy by providing a purposeful IT against predictable cost. It also is long term, complex and laborious. Various forces turned today’s EA […]
This week my mailbox offered more surprise messages than usual. Companies I once gave my contact details to and that I had totally forgotten about, suddenly assured me that they valued my privacy. Others simply asked me if it was ok for them to keep and process my details. And then there were the ones […]
Failed transformations reveal we’re still thinking inside the box Last week saw the collapse of Thomas Cook, the world’s oldest travel business. Apart from disastrous acquisitions in the past, analysts point at the company missing out on digitization, relying on a large brick-and-mortar presence, while competitors successfully transitioned to efficient online travel platforms. Thomas Cook’s […]
Citizen Developers can shorten software development turnaround times aggressively. That is, if we go about it the right way. The Citizen way-of-working holds many promises, like connecting business and IT for real. But for most, it is a high bridge with steep ramps. This article explains the Citizen Development phenomenon, the advantages, its link to low-code […]
The strategic role of corporate ERP data increases with the speed of light. A coherent governance policy actually can achieve cost reduction and revenue growth simultaneously. IT just needs to focus more on new and specific business needs. CIOs fully support the rapidly growing business interest of a future-proof data governance. Besides the usual operational […]