Stories by David Braue

Cloud computing strategy guide (Part 2)

Like most new technology trends, Cloud computing has been pitched to enterprises as offering nothing less than a total business transformation, the cure for the common cold, and a raison d’etre for IT executives struggling for meaning now that they’ve virtualized their entire technology infrastructures.

Written by David Braue18 July 11 08:30

Selling the new enterprise architecture - Part 2

Despite years spent trying to encourage staff to think along business lines, many CIOs are still finding technology-focused EAs unable to think in business terms, and vice versa. Even though CIOs most certainly know better, Gartner figures suggest that just 9 per cent of enterprise architecture efforts will be built around business goals this year, with that figure growing to just 30 per cent by 2016.

Written by David Braue21 June 11 10:09

Selling the new enterprise architecture - Part 1

A ‘service’, of course, is an abstraction of the underlying functions, systems and policies used to deliver business outcomes. Service-centred IT therefore reflects the need for clarity and commonality of vision between business executives, the CIO, and the enterprise architects (EAs) and other operational staff charged with actually delivering that vision.

Written by David Braue20 June 11 11:22

Smart grids set to revolutionise energy companies - Part 3

Adding new layers for both improved communications and business-focused data analysis may add pressure to already pressured CIOs, but information executives aren’t the only ones staring down organisational change as a result of the industry’s new information-driven dynamics.

Written by David Braue04 May 11 09:33

Smart grids set to revolutionise energy companies - Part 2

Smart meters have a way to go. The recent 2010 Australian Smart Grid Study, a survey of 13 Australian utilities by sector consultancy Logica, showed an average self-reported maturity rating of just 2.14 on a scale of 1 to 5, and communications networks to support them rated 2.80.

Written by David Braue03 May 11 10:29

Smart grids set to revolutionise energy companies - Part 1

Like any entrepreneur, Andrew Dyer is excited about the possibilities for his clean-energy venture, BrightSource Energy. The company, of which he is a director, is this year partnering with energy giant Chevron to cover 1000 acres of the US desert with 4000 mirrors that reflect sunlight onto three boilers mounted atop each of three 100 metre towers.

Written by David Braue02 May 11 11:28

What are the principles of Agile?

Agile developers often refer to the collaboratively-developed Agile Manifesto, which outlines 12 core principles

Written by David Braue14 Dec. 10 08:00

Agile Aconex turns tables on sales

Many organisations consider Agile development as a nice-to-have way of improving their efficiency and driving change. For document management provider Aconex, however, the adoption of Agile was a lifeline after its operations faced almost paralysing pressures from an increasingly complex product, ever more-demanding customers and sales staff, and heady growth that has propelled the Melbourne startup into 35 countries.

Written by David Braue14 Dec. 10 08:00

Five months to business intelligence for RGA

A recent five-month effort to complete a business intelligence (BI) project for an internal division marked a major turning point for life reinsurer, RGA Australia, as its developers charged forward with an Agile-driven methodology that replaced traditional bottom-up development processes with an iterative effort to see how much could be done within a five-month timeframe.

Written by David Braue14 Dec. 10 08:00

Time to get Agile

CIOs and project managers talk about Agile in the trenches - the good, the bad and the ugly.

Written by David Braue13 Dec. 10 08:00

Victorian transport gets smart about tech, crims

The opening last week of the National Intelligent Transport Systems Centre in Port Melbourne has been a labour of love for technology sponsor NEC Business Solutions.

Written by David Braue06 March 06 11:50

Surviving the New Normal

Tsunami, bombings, hurricanes - the past year's disasters have been a wake-up call for Australia's government risk management practitioners.

Written by David Braue11 Oct. 05 09:47
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