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COVID-19 = IT(x) @ Work + IoT?
The impact of the Coronavirus has been dramatic and disruptive. Information Technology (IT) impacts have been mixed. Many sectors have experienced drastic reductions while others have experienced significant growth. Streaming media for example experienced growth, while others such as travel took a beating. This trend will continue for several months but it will be interesting to see the downstream results ...
SmartHome (IoT) Capabilities
Getting an Amazon Echo last Father's Day started a journey towards home automation which continues to amaze everyone in the house everyday. In many ways, this evolution has its foundation in Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology. The original use case for Echo (Alexa) was for the family, providing an ability to "Ask The Internet", similar to an interactive Google Voice Response capability ...
Application Delivery Strategies
Understanding how to align applications into an EA framework can be complex. Examination of any application landscape within an organization may reveal silos in which specific technologies were targeted to meet specific business requirements without considering the potential synergies across applications and solutions. This constraint limits the delivery channels open to the business; diminishing IT's ability to meet the demands ...
The Future of Web Application Delivery
A good Business Analyst (BA), with a keen Subject Matter Expert (SME), can rapidly iterate on Web Applications (User Interfaces, Processes and Integrations), provided they have a "great" Developer - right? While this has always been the "plan" in theory, the reality is often very different. There are numerous obstacles that surface which impact that perspective. The availability of your best BA can be an issue, leading ...
Generic Executive Handout Template
This document is a powerful tool for creating an Executive Handout which can communicate a targeted message across 4 pages. Intended to be printed 2-sided and folded to produce a brochure. Very impactful when formatted correctly. Excellent companion handout for presentations and briefings.
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VMWare Icon Library Templates
These icons and illustrations have been created by VMWare and are extremely useful when developing various infrastructure and IT landscape diagrams. The quality of these visuals is excellent, very detailed and professionally designed.
Generic Application Integration Diagram Template
Creating Application Integration Diagrams (AIDs) can be challenging? This three page Visio template contains a complete visualization of both Non-Production and Production perspectives with multiple environments covered, such as DEV, QA, SIT and PROD. The package also includes multiple perspectives (Business, Development, Engineering and DevOPS), which can be shared across teams, getting everyone on the same page – which is key when dealing with complex solutions.
Generic SDLC Development Process Template
Documenting the various phases of a System Development Life Cycle can be challenging. There are multiple relationships, artifacts, resources and teams involved. This template contains a concise set of illustrations for each phase of delivery represented as multiple views. Can also be adopted for Agile if desired. Extremely useful for getting various across teams on the same page.