This first-in-the-nation consumer privacy law has many people celebrating, but also leaves lots of organizations confused and unsure how to comply. Many in the tech industry are preparing to fight the new law which requires more transparency from websites about their data collection practices.

Generally speaking, “digital twin” refers to a digital replica of physical assets, processes, systems or devices. This concept is intrinsically tied to IoT that connects physical assets to their equivalent digital models. Enterprise Architecture also benefits from this concept by virtually representing an organization and using real-life data to automate recommendations, validate models, correct them and evolve them to improve the process of business transformation.

Given how intertwined business and IT are in the modern era, “getting the IT right has become fundamental to avoiding failed mergers and acquisitions (M&A)”. In fact, such is the importance attached to IT in such ventures, it has been described as “the functional area that was ranked the highest in ‘need for improvement’ in terms of integration skills and capabilities in the future”, with over 50% of synergies between merging organisations relating to IT. 

This year we witnessed lots of exciting technology trends and advancements. Hot topics in 2018 ranged from artificial intelligence, digital transformation, blockchain, business intelligence and data analytics, customer experience, digital twins, Internet of Things, agility, security and risk, and IT modernization just to name a few. With so many interesting innovations happening all around us, 2018 was certainly an exciting year for the technology industry.

Meet the misanthropic and mean-tempered Architect Grinch who sabotaged the new software release planned for Christmas to undermine the good spirit of the dev teams!

In today’s world, organizations face constant changes due to the increasing pace of innovation in highly competitive environments. Agile frameworks, with their incremental approach, can adapt and change as the market evolves, ensuring only relevant products reach the market. In these new agile organizations, the enterprise architecture (EA) practice needs to evolve to harness the increasing speed of delivery while ensuring development teams don’t work in silos.