It is no surprise that many IT organizations are struggling to implement enterprise solutions in the cloud. After all, we have seen IT struggle for decades with many “new” initiatives like SOA, ERP implementations, Enterprise Architecture, etc. The following list captures what I call cloud computing worst practices. Many of these items on the list are the same mistakes that IT has been making for decades while others are... Read More
Death by Mega-Vendors
If you have been reading any of my Tweets or blog posts lately you will know that I am getting entirely turned off by the conversations occurring around cloud computing and SOA. So much of the “discussions” are focusing on the theoretical aspects of Cloud Computing, the semantics of SOA, and the PR of vendors. It is getting to the point where I rarely read blogs and tweets anymore and have almost completely stopped blogging because... Read More
How to Select the Right Tools for your BPM Initiative
My quarterly article for the BPM Institute was published this evening. In this article, I highlight a vendor evaluation process that I have used in the past. Spend some time upfront and make sure that you select the products that best match both your business and technical requirements. Click on the following link to read the article: How to Select the Right Tools for your BPM Initiative Update: Here is the link to the RFP template I... Read More
