Videos tagged with Business/IT Alignment


RESTful Approaches To Financial Systems Integration

RESTful Approaches To Financial Systems Integration

Posted in Conferences, Web Technologies, Development

Summary RESTful architectures are the subject of this presentation, specifically the way they are particularly attractive in solving many financial services integration problems. Kirk will present the advantages of a RESTful architecture to develop integrated systems in the financial services arena, in particular leveraging infrastructure, skills, and systems already in place at these firms. Bi...

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Closing the Gap Between Apps and Ops

Closing the Gap Between Apps and Ops

Posted in Conferences, Cloud Computing, Development

Summary Jake Sorofman talks on how to glue together the application development world and the business operations one in an automated, virtualized and cloud computing environment where everything moves faster than ever. Bio Jake Sorofman is Vice President of Marketing at rPath. He held several other leadership positions in the past: SVP of marketing and business development for JustSystems, the...

Tags: Conferences, InfoQ, Architecture, Cloud Computing, Business/IT Alignment, Collaboration, Communication, Development, Gluecon


Investment Banking: Technology Space and Integration Issues

Investment Banking: Technology Space and Integration Issues

Posted in Conferences

Summary John Davies discusses technology problems and solutions encountered in the investment banking domain. Issues covered include: transport and data integration, protocols, XML, complex validation, persistence, and scaling via distributed systems. SWIFT MT to MX migration is also discussed. Bio John Davies is CTO/co-founder of C24 and and Technical Director of IONA, positions that provide h...

Tags: Business, Conferences, InfoQ, Architecture, QCon, QCon London 2008, Business/IT Alignment, Design Guideline


Steve Jones on "Business-driven SOA"

Steve Jones on "Business-driven SOA"

Posted in Conferences

Summary In this interview, recorded at QCon London, Stefan Tilkov talks to Cap Gemini's Steve Jones about his concept of a business service architecture. Topics covered include how to apply SOA to existing systems, the problems one runs into when SOA is driven by technology, and the structural and organizational impact of business-driven SOA. Bio Steve Jones is head of SOA for Global Outsourcin...

Tags: Business, Practices, Interview, InfoQ, Enterprise Architecture, SOA, Best Practices, Business/IT Alignment, Adoption, Business Architecture


Hugh Ivory Reveals the New Face of DSDM

Hugh Ivory Reveals the New Face of DSDM

Posted in Project Management, Conferences

Summary Called "the grandmother" of the agile methodologies, DSDM V1 was released in 1995. The methodology is owned and collaboratively developed by the members of the not-for profit DSDM Consortium, and until V4.2 was only available to members. But the recent V5 or "Atern" release is now publicly available. Director Hugh Ivory provided an overview at Agile2007. Bio Hugh Ivo...

Tags: Business, Practices, Interview, Agile, InfoQ, Customers & Requirements, Business/IT Alignment, Business Architecture, Methodologies, DSDM



The Business Value of SOA

The Business Value of SOA

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Summary In this presentation, recorded at QCon, Burton Group research director Anne Thomas Manes talks about how to make the business case for SOA. Her talk covers explaining SOA to non-technical business people, various approaches for selling SOA to management and gaining funding for SOA investments. Bio Anne Thomas Manes is a Vice President and Research Director at Burton Group. Anne has part...

Tags: Business, Practices, Conferences, InfoQ, Qcon London 2007, SOA, QCon, Management, Business/IT Alignment, Funding


SOA Driving IT from the business

SOA Driving IT from the business

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Summary In this presentation, recorded at QCon London, Cap Gemini's Steve Jones explains his concept of a business service architecture. Topics covered include how to apply SOA to existing systems, the problems one runs into when SOA is driven by technology, and the structural and organizational impact of business-driven SOA. Bio Steve Jones is head of SOA for Global Outsourcing at Cap Gemini. ...

Tags: Business, Conferences, InfoQ, Enterprise Architecture, Qcon London 2007, SOA, QCon, Best Practices, Business/IT Alignment, Adoption, Business Architecture, ...