REAL Talk With Sam Holcman

Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Words Do Have Meanings!

Let us take a look at the term(s) that make up the composite phrase Artificial Intelligence.  When we analyze these terms, we find this is not the phrase we want to continue to use for a number of reasons.  Perhaps Amalgamated Information is more accurate and more exact.

AI Engines - What are the Categories of Data used for Training?

There are four categories of data that are used/available to "train" Artificial Intelligence engines.  (1) open data on the Internet and other sources, (2) Copyrighted data, (3) Data requiring some initial exchange of information/funds, and (4) True Intellectual Capital / Best Practices. This Broadcast will provide some insight into and understanding of these Categories.

Artificial Intelligence Components

This Broadcast will define and describe the four components of an Artificial Intelligence Environment.

R.E.A.L. Enterprise Architecture Defined (Realistic, Enabling, Actionable, Logical)

We define and break down the definition of R.E.A.L. Enterprise Architecture. Enterprise Architecture is explicitly describing an organization through a set of independent, non-redundant artifacts, defining how these artifacts interrelate with each other and developing a set of prioritized, aligned initiatives and road maps to understand the organization, communicating this understanding to stakeholders, and move the organization forward to its desired state. R.E.A.L - Realistic, Enabling, Actionable, Logical.

Cyber Security Root Cause Analysis – The State Of The Practice

Root Cause Analysis is a term that encompasses methods, tools, techniques, and strategies to surface problem causes. The root cause is the “ultimate” problem to be addressed.
Watch the original presentation on this link: https://www.architecturescoe.org/resourcesall/cyber-security-root-cause-analysis-the-state-of-the-practice
Root Cause Analysis has been a component of Total Quality Management (TQM) for some time. We bring this long-effective and tried approach to one of the biggest concerns to organizations – Cyber Security.This broadcast will outline the suggested approach to this analysis process and then provide insight into what we have found to be (at least one important) the root cause of the continually growing cyber threats.Tune in to this vitally important broadcast.

Optimizing and Streamlining IT for Business Agility

With the increased emphasis on "digital transformation" and "agility" in Enterprises worldwide, it has become more difficult to separate facts from beliefs, experiences from opinions, and sound practices from declarations.
The field appears so irregular because academia, publications, consultants, and practitioners, present IT practices with disparate voices advancing a multitude of approaches, meanings, and sets of expectations—some based on internet writings, some based on conjecture, some based on opinion and yes, some based on sound practices.
Watch the original presentation: https://www.architecturescoe.org/resourcesall/optimizing-and-streamlining-it-for-business-agility
This presentation includes fact-based descriptions and approaches for "digital transformation" and "agility," which are grounded in sound practices and principles based on decades of field engagements and experience.
"Digital Transformation" is the investment and alignment of optimized or new business models with technologies that best engage customers. This places additional demands on the business technology organization.
Couple this with the recognition that these transformations may involve process (both business and technology) transformations, changes in the business model itself, "cultural"/value realignments, and organization transformations, and the "IT business model" will at least need a review!
The pressure on IT to deliver technology-enabled change to the business can be looked at negatively or as an opportunity to really bring agility to the business through agility in technology delivery. How can IT leaders actually bring this about?
This broadcast will bring some insights into both business agility and technology agility – tune in to see how.

Enterprise Architects and Business Architects; do you have a seat at the ”Big Persons Table?’

Enterprise Architects and Business Architects; do you have a seat at the “Big Persons Table?” Perhaps it is not only what you are delivering but HOW you are delivering it. The key to delivery is a series of soft skills in addition to the Hard Skills you may possess.So, how do you make yourself heard? Soft Skills delivering Human Consumable architectural representations! Of course, this is in addition to real Enterprise Architecture and real Business Architecture Skills. This Webinar will first describe and contrast Soft Skills with Hard Skills. Soft Skills are often associated with a set of behaviors and traits that relate to an individual’s ability to interact with other people, such as communication skills. Contrast this with Hard Skills that describe capabilities needed to perform tasks, such as industry expertise and process knowledge. This Webinar aims to introduce you to some of the underlying concepts of selected Soft Skills and provide an overview of some practical tools and frameworks to aid your understanding of this most important personal asset.Please join us for this most important and unique Webinar that will exercise the other side of your brain! Want to SEE the broadcast presentation" Watch HERE: https://www.architecturescoe.org/resourcesall/do-you-have-a-seat-at-the-big-persons-tableCommunicate clearly and concisely. Build trust by demonstrated practice to become a valued advisor. Do not show people your tools (or your models) and expect them to be impressed. Let go of the “scarcity mentality.” Make your work visible and understandable without your constant presence. Don’t confuse having a “Seat at the Table” with “Having a Voice at the Table.” 

Enterprise Architecture in the Era of Hybrid Cloud

Enterprise Architects are becoming Cloud Architects in many instances, or at least are finding the need to apprise themselves of whole new ways of strategically managing data. And as hybrid cloud becomes the norm, most companies realize they need to pay keen attention to their information architectures. How can your company stay on top?

Enterprise Architect Participants?

Who are they? Who makes a good enterprise architect partner?  Who makes a good enterprise architect practitioner?

Business Architect participants?

Who are they? Who makes a good business architect partner? Who makes a good business architect practitioner?
We discuss this and more in our podcast.