Governing the Infrastructure.

Doing more with less - IT and the Economy

dkelly — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:28:46 -0500

For many IT departments, 2009 is turning out to be the year they're doing more with less. At more, with a lot less. With a lot more uncertainty. I believe that there's going to be more pressure on organizations and...

IDC Sees Rising Importance of Corporate Governance in 2009

dkelly — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:00:00 -0500

In a recently released IDC report on IT services market in Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan), IDC sees a 'back-to-basics' forecast for 2009, with an increased role for corporate governance, as organizations try to balance governance and cost savings. According to its...

Rational Decision Making

dkelly — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:00:00 -0500

In his blog, The IT Governance Evangelist Steve Romero from CA brings up a great point about decision-making. From his perspective, decision making is the heart and soul of IT governance. "What decisions are made, who makes them, and how,...

Using SOA to Create Better Compliance

dkelly — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Okay, okay, so SOA isn't easy. And no one (well, perhaps auditors, governments or shareholders) like compliance. But good compliance can make SOA easier to implement--at least that the gist of Jaimin Patel's article in Computer Technology Review. Patel, director...

Better Risk Management - CA's GRC Manager 2.0

dkelly — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:00:00 -0500

No one wants to spend more time then they really have to managing compliance or risk. For small companies, it's generally not a big deal--but for mid-sized or large companies, risk and compliance management can be huge. Dealing with, quantifying,...

Solid Revenue Growth in BPM and Enterprise Architecture

dkelly — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:00:00 -0500

This week's announcement by Metastorm shows that not all is bad at the moment. The company, which acquired Proforma Corporation, the leading provider of enterprise modeling solutions for Enterprise Architecture (EA) and Business Process Analysis (BPA) back in late 2007,...

Do We Need Governance for Social Media?

dkelly — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:52:59 -0500

In this week's forum, we're discussing a great question that's particularly relevant these days--do we need IT governance for social media? Do Web 2.0 initiatives need IT governance? Few would argue that there are basic governance issues when it...

Featured solution - BP Logix Workflow Director

dkelly — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:00:00 -0500

Today's featured solution is BP Logix Workflow Director from BP Logix. BP Logix is a software vendor that doesn't have a governance-specific solution, but does have a practical solution for many process automation problems that organizations may have. As I've...

Governance from Within

dkelly — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:31:45 -0500

While there's been lots of conversation about governance, from IT governance down to SOA governance, and there are an increasing number of governance-specific technologies that can help organizations implement more effective governance strategies, there are other ways to solve your...

Featured solution - Compuware Changepoint 2009

dkelly — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:31:31 -0500

This week, we're taking a look at an IT portfolio management product--Compuware's Changepoint 2009. Compuware Changepoint 2009 is an IT portfolio management solution that allows organizations to have greater visibility into all the work of IT. Changepoint 2009 provides advanced...

Software AG's approach to better SOA

dkelly — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:54:57 -0500

This week, SOA governance may have gotten a bit easier, at least for users of Software AG's CentraSite. Software AG released its SOALink Cookbook, which is basically a developer's guide to interoperability between CentraSite ActiveSOA and other SOA assets. Developers...

Is SOA Portfolio Management Really Necessary?

dkelly — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:30:00 -0500

I've previously blogged about SOA Software's new Portfolio Manager product, which provides a framework for organizations to maximize their SOA investments, mainly through better planning and priority processes. Overall, I was impressed with the product and still feel it's a...

Good SOA Requires More than SOA

dkelly — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:00:00 -0500

In a well-written, in-depth article on SOA and SOA governance in the Virtualization Journal entitled "Blending Discovery, Governance, Security, and Management in SOA," Andrew Lawlor (chief architect of Aptaria) points out why SOA governance matters: "With power comes responsibility....

A Solid Step toward Better Governance - SOA Software's Portfolio Manager

dkelly — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Good SOA governance (no, SOA isn't really dead, and neither is SOA governance) just got easier. SOA Software's new Portfolio Manager provides any organization pursuing SOA initiatives a new way to align business and IT/SOA objectives through better governance and...

SOA in Tough Economic Climates

dkelly — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:45:00 -0500

Okay, so combine a difficult economic climate with a complex technology solution like SOA and what do you get? If you listen to some people and blogs, you get a lot of marketing hype about SOA without a lot of...