I small number of bloggers keep reminding the industry of the lessons learned from SOA. We keep reminding people that to succeed in the cloud there must be a focus on architecture. Well it doesn’t sound like many people are listening. The same patterns of destruction that caused so many SOA failures are apparent once again as organizations look to the cloud as their next savior. Here are the patterns that I am referring to: ... Read More
The Best of the Greek in 2008
2008 was a great year for me personally. My social network expanded and created many new opportunities for me including numerous public appearances, guest blogs, and interviews (all tracked here) as well as a great 3 month stint as a blogger for CIO.com’s SOA Drill Down blog. My first post for CIO.com (Top 10 Reasons why People are Making SOA Fail) happened to be my most popular and was actually published in the October edition of the... Read More
Podcast: SOA and Change
Back in September I shared with all of you the presentation I gave about SOA and Organization Change Management. Today I am happy to share the podcast from that discussion that took place at the quarterly SOA Consortium meeting in Orlando. Here are the slides. SOA & Change View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: soa change) And here is the podcast that goes with it. The panel discussion at the tail end of the presentation... Read More
Managing Change in a Business Transformation Setting
I was invited to speak at a forum for IT executives in Detroit this week sponsored by Information Week. The purpose of the forum as described in the agenda goes like this… This executive breakfast, specifically designed for senior business-technology executives, will explore why the pressure is on IT to help the business transform, and how it can meet those expectations. More than ever before, companies are demanding their CIOs to be... Read More
Speaking at the SOA Consortium
I will be in Orlando on September 25th speaking about SOA and Organizational Change Management. Go to my MadGreek Sightings blog for the details. I am also presenting at the EDM Summit in Orlando in October on the topic of Business Intelligence as a Service and at the AIIM International 2009 Conference in Philly about a BPM case study. If you would like me to present on any topics related to BPM, SOA, EA, Change Management, or technology... Read More
The Missing Link in IT
To successfully lead an IT organization, one must excel in three key areas: Technology, Business, and People. When attempting to implement enterprise initiatives, those leaders who do not excel in people skills will have some serious challenges. For whatever reason, many IT leaders neglect the “people side of change” (listen to my podcast with ZDNet’s Michael Krigsman) and do not address a critical need –... Read More
