Everything is not equal. Are you able to separate the things that really really matter from those that are less significant? Is your definition of “architectural significance” clear enough to help your enterprise deal with different shades with different treatments?

After a decade of data lakes, their architectural foundation is as muddy as ever.

In her on-demand webinar, “Innovation Models Across Industries: A Linear or Complex Path?” Cutter Consortium Senior Consultant Katia Passerini considers innovation across many of the key sectors that are being — or will be — disrupted by technology. In this Advisor, we share some of the questions addressed in the Q&A portion of the webinar.

In her on-demand webinar, “Innovation Models Across Industries: A Linear or Complex Path?” Cutter Consortium Senior Consultant Katia Passerini considers innovation across many of the key sectors that are being — or will be — disrupted by technology. In this Advisor, we share some of the questions addressed in the Q&A portion of the webinar.

Finding systemic solutions to emotional regulation and social problem solving should significantly improve project performance. This Advisor offers some ideas for project leaders to help solve problems linked to social and emotional cognition.

To effectively manage this “digital shift,” enterprises must not only consider how business processes need to evolve, but also how the people within the enter­prise can become its advocates. More so even than technology, it is the human factor that ultimately determines the success or failure of such a project. This issue of Cutter Business Technology Journal (CBTJ) examines the challenges that arise, along with the opportunities presented by the digital shift from a variety of viewpoints, with a particular focus on the human factor.

To effectively manage this “digital shift,” enterprises must not only consider how business processes need to evolve, but also how the people within the enter­prise can become its advocates. More so even than technology, it is the human factor that ultimately determines the success or failure of such a project. This issue of Cutter Business Technology Journal (CBTJ) examines the challenges that arise, along with the opportunities presented by the digital shift from a variety of viewpoints, with a particular focus on the human factor.

Data architects need to strike the right balance between addressing data stakeholder pain points and gathering information to build and enhance the data architecture.

The use of machine learning, predictive analytics, natural language processing, smartbots, and other artificial intelligence technologies to automate complex business processes is not new. What is new is the integration of such technologies so that they execute within the workflows of robotic process automation (RPA) platforms to support intelligent process automation.

This issue of The Cutter Edge explores three specific business architecture scenarios that will lead to increased relevance and leadership, why the validity of agile practices are being questioned, and more!

More and more, companies are looking to Agile technology teams for a model of behavior for the rest of the business. Agile teams work more holistically toward outcomes, make more strategic tradeoffs, are more transparent and responsive, and so on. If your team doesn't make software but you want to be more Agile, what can you do?

In this Advisor, Stijn Viaene has distilled five conditions for digital transformation success at the highest level that have emerged from his research.

With the onset of a myriad of new technologies, such as 5G, network functional virtualization (NFV), and the Internet of Things (IoT), executives are increasingly realizing that transformation of their technology organizations is imminent. As we explore in this Advisor, the CTO office — the center of technology transformation — needs to rethink its strategic roadmap and operating model. 

With the onset of a myriad of new technologies, such as 5G, network functional virtualization (NFV), and the Internet of Things (IoT), executives are increasingly realizing that transformation of their technology organizations is imminent. As we explore in this Advisor, the CTO office — the center of technology transformation — needs to rethink its strategic roadmap and operating model. 

Athula Ginige and Marie D. Fernando look at the idea of value creation in the digital shift era. In particular, their interest lies in how current Web- and mobile-based applications support what they term the “social computing” model, a new computing paradigm that stands apart from preceding computing paradigms. Their article presents a model for human needs fulfillment, which helps organizations map out their digital value-creation process and reveals the underlying information flow pattern required to secure trust.

Athula Ginige and Marie D. Fernando look at the idea of value creation in the digital shift era. In particular, their interest lies in how current Web- and mobile-based applications support what they term the “social computing” model, a new computing paradigm that stands apart from preceding computing paradigms. Their article presents a model for human needs fulfillment, which helps organizations map out their digital value-creation process and reveals the underlying information flow pattern required to secure trust.

A data integration strategy and information management within a sizeable organization can be incredibly difficult to define and even more difficult to imple­ment. Organizations need a way to manage data while making the best use of avail­able and appropriate technology platforms to process all of the different types of data within an organization.

The current trend indicates that most organizations tend to rely on (or are planning to rely on) in-house CX development, while just under 30% of organizations surveyed said that they were using or planning to use outside specialists to assist them with implementing their CX strategies and programs. I see this trend changing over the next 12-16 months, with the use of outside CX consultancies increasing in order to satisfy current and future demands for CX adoption.

A few years ago, I shared my thoughts on how consumer-facing organizations could use digital tools to engage better with their customers.” This article takes that idea a step further and describes the internal organizational and cultural changes that are required for this kind of digital transformation.

In this article, we analyze the skills needed for the development and use of enterprise architecture. We argue that these skills are vital to the success of organization-wide digital shifts.

In this Advisor, we examine five measures to demonstrate success in continuous integration and testing efforts.

In this Advisor, we examine autonomous systems. These systems are on track to find widespread adoption. They will be a game changer and will propel new research, development, and business opportunities. It’s no wonder they are attracting the interest of researchers, manufacturers, and users alike.

In this Advisor, we examine autonomous systems. These systems are on track to find widespread adoption. They will be a game changer and will propel new research, development, and business opportunities. It’s no wonder they are attracting the interest of researchers, manufacturers, and users alike.