REAL Talk With Sam Holcman

Enterprise Architecture - The Definition

The Broadcast will define Stakeholder-Focused Enterprise Architecture – R.E.A.L. Enterprise Architecture that produces a “human-consumable” result.  If you are a practitioner and do not have a seat at the “big persons table,” this broadcast is of value to you.  If you are the recipient of an enterprise architecture and are still head-scratching as to what you received is good for, perhaps you can use this definition to more precisely define what you actually want from an Enterprise Architecture – a roadmap to achieve your organization's Goals and Strategies.

Rationalized and Focused Artificial Intelligence is Beginning to Appear

Hurray already!  We are beginning to see vendors and organizations realizing that because the artificial intelligence engines need GOOD data rather than a lot of (questionable) data, this training data needs to be from subject matter experts.  And it is happening. Yes, some problems still remain, but much fewer than in the “generalized” categories.
BUT?  What is the BUT?  These focused applications cost money – yes, it is not free.  Quite simply, real Best Practices cost money and are not on the internet.  Best Practices cost money in all areas of our activities, and the same is true for AI and its training data. This is a great development!

AI and the Future of the Internet

I review the thoughts of Neil deGrasse Tyson on the effect AI is having on the Internet and how I believe it will result in a realization that it is not the AI "engine" that is the issue but the "Internet training data" that is the underlying issue.

AI Hallucinations - A New Way to Avoid Responsibility or Liability?

We used to call them “bugs,” then “revisions,” then “updates,” and now, in Artificial Intelligence (AI), “hallucinations.”  The correct term is “mistakes.”  Let us, as an industry, address these AI mistakes now.

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.