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Architecture-Driven
Modernization
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These reviews by Mike Rosen
and Grady Booch will explain why the recent book by William Ulrich
and Philip Newcomb, "Information Systems Transformation:
Architecture-Driven Modernization Case Studies" may be an
important read. According to Rosen, the authors propose
"modernization in an incremental, risk-based process that delivers
business value" and avoids the pitfalls of other approaches
including greenfield replacement, commercial off-the-shelf product
deployment, or middleware encapsulation.
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Object
Management Group Meeting Report
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Claude
Baudoin attended the quarterly OMG Technical Meeting in Cambridge,
Mass., on Sep. 20-24 (highlights from the Business Architecture
Information Day were mentioned in the KIT No. 33). A more complete
report about the event has not been written, and is available on request. It covers the work
of the BA Special Interest Group and of the Business Modeling
& Integration Task Force, the Business Architecture
Information Day, the sponsor presentations, and a summary of the
other subgroup reports.
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Enaxis
Consulting White Paper Library
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Enaxis
Consulting, a small Houston-based consultancy (20+ people) ,
founded in 2002, which delivers a mix of management and technical
consulting with a focus on the energy industry, offers 9 white
papers for free download from their Web site. Topics range from the
more technical end of IT infrastructure (how to make decisions on
data centers and how to manage them, how to frame a networking
strategy, IP Telephony), to the management end of the spectrum (how
to support decisions with good analysis, or the most effective way
to control projects).
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Long
Internships: the French VIE System
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All
of us who have employed student interns appreciate the work they
can do for a reasonable pay, the ideas they can bring, and the
excitement of mentoring a new person. But the usual short duration
(three months) limits the scope of projects we can give to
interns.
The French "Volunteer in International Enterprises" (VIE) system is
an interesting improvement. Heir to the "international cooperation"
program offered in the past to college graduates as a substitute
for compulsory military service (ended in 1997), it is a 6- to
24-month assignment to an overseas division of a French company.
The student is under contract to a French agency, not to the actual
employer, which makes administration less cumbersome (and means the
student often need not appear in the company's headcount). The
salary is fixed by the agency, which also takes care of the
visa.
If you are a US company with a division in France, you can reverse
this relationship for the purpose of obtaining a VIE, i.e. your
French legal entity files the request as if it was your parent
company.
c�b� has
regular contacts with French academics and students in various
disciplines (software engineering, IT, EE, ...) and can help locate
suitable candidates. Please contact us for more
information.
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Seen
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"Complexity
kills. It sucks the life out of developers, it makes products
difficult to plan, build and test, it introduces security
challenges, and it causes end-user and administrator frustration.
Moving forward, within all parts of the organization, each of us
should ask "What's different?", and explore and embrace techniques
to reduce complexity."
-
Ray Ozzie, Chief Software Architect at Microsoft,
in a memo to his staff, October
2005
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