Zachman Certified Enterprise Architect

John Zachman will certify only 50 professionals in next 6 months world over, are you the chosen one?

There are only 50 certifications available in next 6 months (until August 2012) unlike other certifications, which are in hundreds every month. So, hurry and enroll quickly in the city and country near you. This is a very exclusive certification program. If you want to understand the “Complexity & Contradiction” in Enterprise and struggling to manage non-adaptive enterprise and dysfunctional systems, you don’t want to miss this.

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Missed it Last Year? Nominate for the Architecture Awards 2012

On behalf of iCMG management and the jury, I am happy to invite nominations for the world’s most coveted Enterprise & IT Architecture Awards. If you want your hard work, and achievement gets noticed – a coveted award will help you to compete better. Earn the honor, recognition and respect you deserve.

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Top 21 Zachman Framework Myths – Busted

Some of the common myths about the framework are: Is the framework for Enterprise or IT or both; colors are random; there is no Integration across columns; transformation vs. decomposition; number of rows can change, columns are arbitrary, perspectives are random; no rules to separate primitive vs. composites; architecture constructs vs. manufacturing constructs; methodology vs. ontology; taxonomy vs. ontology; checklist vs. periodic table; row 1 & row 2 vs. row 6; etc.

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Zachman Framework v3.0 – what’s NEW?

Here, is a list of 16 key visible changes in Zachman Framework v3.0 compared to v2.0 (2004 version). There are several noteworthy changes in the new version which raises the understanding level and discards some of the existing myths and misconceptions. Moreover, this time the framework is aimed at the enterprise community in general and clears the cloud over the prevailing confusion about Enterprise Architecture vs. Enterprise IT Architecture.

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John Zachman quotes on inherent complexity in running and managing enterprises

There are 10 such quotes. These quotes are related to issues like enterprise objective, status of “strategy” within the enterprises, the need for traceability across the enterprise structural elements, how does IT (Information Technology) people perceive enterprise objective, how does a CEO of an enterprise perceives IT, need for simulation to understand impact analysis, idea vs. instantiation, changing external environments, complexity management, what makes the enterprise dysfunctional, need for architecture and of course the idea of lean enterprise.

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Winners of iCMG Architecture Excellence Awards 2011 announced

iCMG Award 24 Winners for Global Excellence in Enterprise & IT Architecture. 22 companies around the world walked home with Global Awards for Architecture Excellence amidst enough fanfare at the Architecture Excellence Awards 2011 organized by iCMG.

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How do you transform a Business Strategy to an IT implementation artefact?, part II

In the first part of this series, I deliberated on how to define strategy models and the key factors to consider, transformation from strategy models to business models and then transformation from business to system models consisting of application architecture, network distribution,

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7 keynotes by the doers who are bitten by passion and have weakness for results, can u miss it?

This year, if you look the diversity, experience and the influence these speakers bring to the table, it will amaze one and all. A deputy Chief Minister & a Finance Minister, Inventor of Enterprise Architecture, Inevntor of term “BPM”, Director-IT of Telecom Operator, Chief Architect of Oil & Refinery services company etc.

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Nine CIOs and only one question – does IT Architecture matter? join the panel discussion on 27th July.

Notwithstanding the approach and the maturity of architecture, organizations of all size are struggling to reduce IT complexity, improved IT consistency and looking for enhanced alignments.

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14 finalists for the 5 Technical categories vying for the iCMG Architecture Excellence Awards

The “Technical Categories” consist of excellence in five key areas such as Future IT (Web 2.0, Cloud and other emerging technologies), SOA Vision for Enterprise Services, IS Security Architecture, IT Service Management and Open Source Technologies.

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12 finalists striving in for 5 Business categories for Excellence Awards

The “Business Categories” consist of excellence in five key areas such as Business Process Management, Customer Oriented Business Models, Growing business in new territory or new service offering, Business Intelligence and Analytics, and Startups.

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Here, are the finalists for the iCMG Architecture Excellence in Enterprise (Business and IT) categories

The “Enterprise (Business & IT) category” consist of excellence in 6 areas such as Transformation and Planning, IT Landscape Rationalization, Architecture Governance, Best Green Architecture, Acquisition and Mergers and Enterprise Architecture.

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Oh My God! Enterprise Architecture is like thunder rolling down the mountain!

Oh My God! Enterprise Architecture is like a thunder rolling down the mountain.

I wonder why some of my friends still suffering from alphabetical diarrhea in various discussions groups about “Why enterprise architecture?”.

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Shri Sushil Modi, Dy CM of Bihar Live during iCMG Architecture World Summit to discuss Bihar Under Transformation

Ask Mr. Sushil Modi, the iPad savy Bihar Finance Minister, about 11.4% GDP growth and comes the quick reply: You require a little bit of common sense and a lot of sincerity. We invite you to the valedictory presentation and Q&A with the one of the Chief Enterprise Architect & an icon of modern India at iCMG Architecture World summit on 27-28th July, Bangalore

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India lost a crusader called Prashant Dhananka 41, I lost a friend, yesterday.

His charm and smile used to mesmerize us. All our problems tend to look dwarf in front of him. He always came across so confident and lively. He behaved with dignity and never had any resentment or bitterness for anything or anyone.

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iCMG Enterprise & IT Architecture World summit ,27- 28 July, in Bangalore – a city which is a first choice for many businesses

This is the time of the year when professionals around the globe with interest in Architecture discipline assemble in the Bangalore every year to discuss and share their experience. The occasion is the iCMG annual Enterprise & IT architecture summit, this year it happens to be the sixth edition. Don’t come alone, bring your A team who are critical in shaping the future of your systems and business in the next 12 months.

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iCMG Architecture Awards – 2nd round of evaluation is going to be difficult for jury

Thanks for your overwhelming response for the awards. The second round of evaluation is going to be even more difficult for jury members as most of the nominations involve excellent work.

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