Software Deployment Strategy: How to Get It Right the First Time

Big or Small, Enterprise Architecture Is a Key Part of a Successful Software Deployment Strategy A good software deployment strategy could be the difference between multiple and costly false starts and a smooth implementation. Considering the rate at which emerging technologies are introduced, it’s becoming more important than ever for organizations to have a software […]

The design thinking process is a method of encouraging and improving creative problem-solving. The design thinking process is by no means new. John Edward Arnold, a professor of mechanical engineering and business administration, was one of the first to discuss the concept in as early as the 1950s. But the wave of digital and data-driven […]

Organizations largely recognize the need for enterprise architecture tools, yet some still struggle to communicate their value and prioritize such initiatives. As data-driven business thrives, organizations will have to overcome these challenges because managing IT trends and emerging technologies makes enterprise architecture (EA) increasingly relevant. “By 2021, 40 percent of organizations will use enterprise architects […]

Emerging technology has always played an important role in business transformation. In the race to collect and analyze data, provide superior customer experiences, and manage resources, new technologies always interest IT and business leaders. KPMG’s The Changing Landscape of Disruptive Technologies found that today’s businesses are showing the most interest in emerging technology like the […]

Enterprise architect is a common job title within IT organizations at large companies, but the term lacks any standard definition. Ask someone on the business side what their organization’s enterprise architects do, and you’ll likely get a response like, “They work with IT,” which is true, but also pretty vague. What the enterprise architects at […]

For decades now, the professional world has put a great deal of energy into discussing the gulf that exists between business and IT teams within organizations. They speak different languages, it’s been said, and work toward different goals. Technology plans don’t seem to account for the reality of the business, and business plans don’t account […]

Smart cities are changing the world. When you think of real-time, data-driven experiences and modern applications to accomplish tasks faster and easier, your local town or city government probably doesn’t come to mind. But municipal government is starting to embrace digital transformation and therefore data governance. Municipal government has never been an area in which […]

Much like the hospitality industry, digital transformation in retail has been a huge driver of change. One important fact is getting lost among all of the talk of “the retail apocalypse” and myriad stories about increasingly empty shopping malls: there’s a lot of money to be made in retail. In fact, the retail market was […]

The rate at which organizations have adopted data-driven strategies means there are a wealth of digital transformation examples for organizations to draw from. By now, you probably recognize this recurring pattern in the discussions about digital transformation: An industry set in its ways slowly moves toward using information technology to create efficiencies, automate processes or […]

Using data governance in the pharmaceutical industry is a critical piece of the data management puzzle. Pharmaceutical and life sciences companies face many of the same digital transformation pressures as other industries, such as financial services and healthcare that we have explored previously. In response, they are turning to technologies like advanced analytics platforms and […]