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New Book Review: "Information Systems Transformation"

Recently posted book review for Information Systems Transformation: Architecture-Driven Modernization Case Studies, by William M. Ulrich and Philip Newcomb, Morgan Kaufmann, 2010, reposted here: Since the marketplace is largely absent of texts discussing the modernization of software systems architecture, this reviewer did not know what to expect from authors William

New Book Review: "Mastering VMware vSphere 4"

Recently posted book review for Mastering VMware vSphere 4: Install and Maintain VMware vSphere 4, Create and Manage Virtual Networks, by Scott Lowe, Sybex, 2009, reposted here: In case the potential reader of this text is wondering to what extent VMware vSphere 4 is covered, the subtitles explain a majority

New Book Review: "Making EIM Work for Business"

Recently posted book review for Making Enterprise Information Management (EIM) Work for Business: A Guide to Understanding Information as an Asset, by John Ladley, Morgan Kaufmann, 2010, reposted here: John Ladley indicates at the outset that the necessity of this text is threefold: (1) because the reader is already doing

Countdown to 2014

In his most recent (October 25, 2010) Computerworld magazine opinion piece, Frank Hayes discusses a debt that corporate IT departments need not pay. Perhaps a majority of readers of the magazine are already familiar with "IT debt", because Hayes mentions the term multiple times within his article but

SpringOne 2GX 2010 Day 2: Keynote

After returning to work Thursday and catching up on some sleep following my attendance of the SpringOne 2GX 2010 conference held at The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center in the heart of the Lombard / Oak Brook, Illinois business corridor, the following are some notes taken following dinner during the second keynote

New Book Review: "The Data Model Resource Book Volume 3"

Recently posted book review for The Data Model Resource Book Volume 3: Universal Patterns for Data Modeling, by Len Silverston and Paul Agnew, Wiley Publishing Inc, 2009, reposted here: Incredibly well done follow-up to the first two volumes of Silverston's data model series (see my reviews for "

New Book Review: "Enterprise Master Data Management"

New book review for Enterprise Master Data Management: An SOA Approach to Managing Core Information, by Allen Dreibelbis, Eberhard Hechler, Ivan Milman, Martin Oberhofer, Paul van Run, and Dan Wolfson, IBM Press, 2008, reposted here: The best text on enterprise master data management (MDM) in the marketplace today. Other reviewers

New Book Review: "The Service-Oriented Enterprise"

New book review for The Service-Oriented Enterprise: Enterprise Architecture and Viable Services, by Tom S. Graves, Tetradian Books, 2009, reposted here: At the outset, Graves explains that "everything in the enterprise is a service. Everything the enterprise does is a service. Everything the enterprise delivers is a service – even

Past Book Review (September 14, 2008):"Real Enterprise Architecture"

Past book review (i.e. posted prior to starting this blog) for Real Enterprise Architecture: Beyond IT to the Whole Enterprise, by Tom S. Graves, Tetradian Books, 2008, reposted here: As Graves mentions in his introduction, he wrote "Real Enterprise-Architecture" because as of early-2007 there were no books

New Book Review: "The Data Model Resource Book Volume 1 (Revised Edition)"

Recently posted book review for The Data Model Resource Book Volume 1 (Revised Edition): A Library of Universal Data Models for all Enterprises, by Len Silverston, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2001, reposted here: It is worth repeating what this reviewer indicated in his review of the second volume in