REAL Talk With Sam Holcman
Episodes
What can Wayne Gretzky Teach Technology Personnel, EA’s. and BA’s?
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Wayne Gretzky is a G.O.A.T. – Greatest Of All Time. He holds many records in the National Hockey League. But what can he teach us as Technology ...
The Attack on Google Search
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Much is being speculated and written about the numerous world-wide legal issues facing Google. Perhaps addressing these legal issues can be done by ...
Commentary on 5 Signs Your Agile Practices Will Lead to Digital Disaster
21 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This recent article in CIO caught my attention. The article describes the five practices this author feels is a cause of digital innovation implemen...
The Importance of the Number 7
15 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Why aren’t our Stakeholders reacting to our Enterprise Architecture or Business Architecture deliverables we provide? Perhaps one reason is that w...
Shadow AI – It is here and will make Shadow IT look like child’s play
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Shadow AI! – the use of public AI engines by stakeholders – both business and technology professionals, outside the prevue of the Technology Organ...
Rethinking the Cloud First Approach
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A technology department's goal should be to put the computing processing and storage in the right location that supports the Enterprise's needs and bu...
The Deliverables String Test
08 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As a practicing Enterprise Architect or Business Architect, have you inventoried all of the deliverables you produce in your Architecture? Then have...
Selecting an Enterprise Architecture Methodology; A Ratings and Evaluation Handbook
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This Handbook is designed to help you evaluate an Enterprise Architecture methodology on a quantitative basis. Twenty-six distinct criteria are divide...
Enterprise Architecture Definitions – the What Definition and the How Definition
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Significant confusion remains as to what Enterprise Architecture is and what it produces. We suggest one reason for this confusion, is the Certifica...
AI and Lawsuits – A Brief Status Report
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We now have numerous lawsuits that have been filed again both AI providers, and more concerning to the general population, lawsuits that are filed aga...
Cloud Provider Hacked? Now what?
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A recent incident with a cloud service provider has left their clients with absolutely nothing in their accounts, no data, mail, applications etc. T...
Overhyped Technologies or Marketing – Which is it?
29 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We define hype and marketing and compare these terms. We then list just a few of the “new” technologies that are in the press recently and leave...
What is Strategy? Part 4 – Begin with One Sentence.
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this fourth episode of What is Strategy, we discuss the one sentence that is vital in developing your Strategy.
What is Strategy? Part 3 – Fool’s Gold
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this third episode of What is Strategy, we discuss Fool’s Gold, so you will not be fooled!
What is Strategy? Part 2
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this second installment of What is Strategy, we will continue our dialogue on What is Strategy and emphasize what makes a compelling and competing ...
What is Strategy?
21 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this first installment of What is Strategy, we will define what is Strategy.
Questions to ask your EA or BA consultant advisor prior to engagement
18 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We suggest eight questions that you ask your potential Enterprise Architecture or Business Architecture Consultant/Advisor/Potential Hire, prior to sp...
Business Architecture Defined
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We define Business Architecture, from a Stakeholder perspective and Practitioner perspective, and how Business Capabilities are developed and defined....
Continuous Digital Transformation – The Move-Ahead Alternative
15 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The latest published statistics are documenting a digital transformation failure rate of between seventy and ninety five percent. WOW! We suggest ...
Ontologies=Architecture Flows and Hierarchies = Implementation
14 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ontologies=Architecture Flows and Hierarchies = Implementation. It is not one or the other – it is both for Enterprise Architecture or Business Ar...
Causation, Contributing, Correlation, Coincidence. Four Very Different Words!
11 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the Artificial Intelligence – Internet Age, these four words are rarely discussed, yet they are extremely important when we read or hear somethin...
The Key Sentence and Key Step To Begin Digital Transformation
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Unfortunately, studies show an alarming failure rate in digital transformation efforts. Our analysis indicates two contributing factors to this failur...
Laying the Foundation for your AI Environment
09 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Yes, AI data is already a mess. The excuse phrase we use is AI is “hallucinations”. Well, another term to use is “mistakes”! But let us ...
R.E.A.L. Enterprise Architects – More Important Than Ever!
08 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Federal labor statics now confirm an almost four percent month to month decline in host computer costs and server costs, while cloud services are incr...
Reward-Risk Balance with Today’s Hyper Technology Innovations
07 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The pace of technological innovations seems to be accelerating at a pace unseen before. Yet studies have indicated that seventy-five percent of resp...
Digital Transformation – What End State Are You Trying To Achieve
05 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There are several phases that we suggest organizations need to work though, to get to, what the organization considers is digital transformation. Yo...
China discussing internet time limit for those under 18 years of age.
04 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Flowing through the Chinese government is a proposal to restrict internet usage on mobile devices for those under 18 years of age. Those limits rang...
Postal Mail, Email, Links, Text Messages – and Security
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I revived a real letter recently – yes, an envelope with a stamp and contents. I was not sure whether the envelope and some of the enclosed writin...
Questions to ask your EA or BA Instructor Before You Enroll.
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Do you actually know the credentials of your Business Architecture or Enterprise Architecture prior to you parting with your hard-earned money, or you...
Think Simple and Complete, Not Minimal or Just Enough
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the field of Business Architecture and Enterprise Architecture, some are trying to popularize the concept of just enough architecture or minimal vi...
Investigate Microsoft for Negligent Cybersecurity? Or do root cause analysis.
28 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A United States Senator – Senator Wyden – has asked the FTC, and DOJ to investigate Microsoft for its role in a previous cyber-hack and an email b...
Large data sources with bad data. Smaller data sources with good data. Which is better?
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Large bad data. Obviously not good and some have recognized this as “model collapse” – the bad data causes more bad data to be generated. Sm...
Outputs and Outcomes - What are you producing from your Architecture Efforts?
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Outputs – something that is produced. Outcomes – the result of something. What is your “end state” that you are producing from your Enterp...
Model Collapse and AI
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There is a growing realization that AI large models are being trained on AI generated content. You may have to read this sentence again! In some c...
The Software Development Maturity Model
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We describe the three maturity levels for organizations that write computer software and develop applications. Maturity Level 1 – Make to Order, M...
Patch the Patch, and we spend our time and money doing this.
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A vendor releases a software update to address a serious flaw in their software. The treat was serious enough to cause the software vendor to rush o...
Hackers already are attacking EV charges – so what is new?
11 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Some of the newest software is being developed for electric vehicles charging stations. Guess what? Hackers are having a field day. What is the re...
Think Simple and Complete, not Minimal
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You hear numerous phrases like “minimal viable”, “just enough”, and terms like this. Yet, the implementations tend to default to massive, co...
Computer Hardware Compute Capabilities and Software Development Advancements
07 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We review some eye-opening statistics on the incredible increases in computer hardware advancements in processing capacity and relate that to the very...
Confirmation Bias in Artificial Intelligence Solution Selection
06 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Confirmation Bias is defined as the tendency to attribute more weight than we should to information or solutions that are consistent with our beliefs....
RightSourcing - Making Sourcing Decisions Based on Optimizing Achieving Organizational Goals
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do you make decisions on when to do things in-house, offshore, or outsourced? We suggest the optional decision is what is the most direct way to...
The Architect Roles In An Enterprise
03 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Enterprise Architecture is a discipline. Enterprise Architect is one Architecture Role. We name the twelve architect roles in an enterprise. These...
The Fuel for the Internet/Knowledge Age Is Data, and Who Owns The Data Is Front And Center
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two articles were recently published that demonstrate clearly, the Data ownership debate/discussion/concerns that are going to determine where the pub...
Digital Transformation – Going on Fifty Years?
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When we were asked this question by one of our clients, the question being what is digital transformation, we did a bit of research. As typical, we ...
The Key Skill for Business Architects and Enterprise Architects
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What is the key skill that is not generally taught in Business Architecture or Enterprise Architecture Seminars and Training Courses? Soft Skills! ...
Cloud Computing and In House Computing - The New Reality
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It has been ten-plus years since the meteoric rise in the use of off-premises computing – cloud computing. Of course, we all know things change, a...
The Six Questions To Ask When Hiring A Consultant, and One That Is A Waste Of Time
26 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We have compiled the six most often asked questions when we are called on for a potential consulting engagement. These six questions address the most ...
Leveling the Playing Field Between Content Producers and Content Outlets
24 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, Paul Vieira outlines the actions taken by the Canadian Government that would force Facebook and Google...
What questions do you need to ask when looking at new technologies?
23 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
An article I read - "7 Ley questions CIOs need to answer before committing to generative AI," got me thinking about what questions need to be ASKED pr...
Paid Information Sources or the Public Internet
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Whether you are into AI or not, we all have a choice to make when we are looking for information of any kind – restaurant recommendations, business ...
AI Writing Your Code? You are still in Maturity Level 1
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I recently read an article titled AI is Writing Code Now. For Companies, That is Good and Bad. In summary, it is bad. It is not only bad because we ...
Eight Famous AI Disasters (Plus One)
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a recent CIO article, eight famous analytics and AI disasters are described, discussed, and analyzed. There is a common theme that is apparent af...
Google AI Bard Privacy and Use Statement and Best Practices
16 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As a public service, I am reading the actual “Bard Privacy Notice” in this podcast. It is worth all to spend five minutes listening to this Noti...
EA and BA Multiple Choice Exams - the time has come to end this practice
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On the heels of a widely published academic study on the AI-enabled cheating occurring on college campuses surrounding exams, college campuses are stu...
What Data are AI Engines Being Trained On?
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The fuel for Artificial Intelligence is data. Good fuel (data) will provide good energy (answers). However, bad fuel (bad data), will cause issues...
Artificial Intelligence HAL 9000 and Risk
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There is much discussion about the potential use of Artificial Intelligence for purposes that are less noble or in the best interest of most of us. OK...
Best Practices Artificial Intelligence and the Internet
05 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Let us begin with a summary – the Internet does not have best practices. The Internet has published practices. Let us work through the logic becau...
Agile Techniques, Cyber Attacks, and the Four C’s
03 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Real Talk, we explore the correlation, causation, coincidence, and/or contribution to the increase in cyber attacks of all kinds an...
Internet Research - The Past, and AI - The Present Part 2
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this two-part broadcast, we will recap the use/misuse of the internet and its information sources for research on topics in various fields. Part tw...
Internet Research - The Past, and AI - The Present Part 1
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this two-part broadcast, we will recap the use/misuse of the internet and its information sources for research on topics in various fields. We go...
If AI is Ill - We Need To Know What It Ate
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You are what you eat. AI engines are what data they consume. If AI needs to be “cured” or wants to be “cured,” it starts by admitting what it ...
Business Architecture – The Definition
26 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this Broadcast, we will define Business Architecture, what it is, its components, audience, and its output – Business Capabilities to achieve the...
AI and First-Mover - Advantage or Disadvantage
25 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
First-Mover is not automatically a win. Each industry and technology need to be looked at through two dimensions – Market Evolution Speed and Techno...
Enterprise Architecture and Business Architecture Mistakes to Avoid
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This Broadcast will outline mistakes organizations have made in training their staff in Enterprise Architecture or Business Architecture. As you wil...
Can you really trust Artificial Intelligence?
23 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this direct reading of an article by Johnathan Turley, published in USA Today, Professor Turley recounts his horrifying experience with an AI “pu...
Software, Technical, and Innovation Debt
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This Broadcast will discuss these three growing concerns that most of the CIO’s we have interfaced with are trying to address. Quite simply, these...
Malware, Misinformation, and Disinformation – Oh My!
20 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Malware, Misinformation, and Disinformation – they are different, and they are something we need some thoughts around as we move more into Artificia...
19 Tech Myths That Some People Still Believe
19 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We bring to you a summary of an article penned by Eric Griffith outlining what he considers nineteen tech myths that some people believe. We cover eac...
Business Architects and Enterprise Architects – are you getting the recognition you deserve?
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We hear that the results of an Enterprise Architecture or Business Architecture are not being used, or the value of those architectures appreciated or...
Enterprise Architecture and Business Architecture – Comparing and Contrasting
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Enterprise Architecture and Business Architecture. What are they? What are the similarities? What are the differences? In this broadcast, we w...
Knowledge Base and Methodologies - They are Quite Different
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We will compare the concepts of a base of knowledge and a methodology for both Enterprise Architecture and Business Architecture. A base of knowledg...
Business Architecture or Enterprise Architecture Framework - What is it?
12 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This Broadcast will define and describe a Framework for Business Architecture or Enterprise Architecture. From that understanding, we will provide t...
Business Capability - What is it?
12 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Business Capability - what is it? This broadcast will define the concept of a Business Capability, a definition of a Business Capability, what is "c...
Enterprise Architecture - The Definition
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Broadcast will define Stakeholder-Focused Enterprise Architecture – R.E.A.L. Enterprise Architecture that produces a “human-consumable” resu...
Rationalized and Focused Artificial Intelligence is Beginning to Appear
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hurray already! We are beginning to see vendors and organizations realizing that because the artificial intelligence engines need GOOD data rather t...
AI and the Future of the Internet
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I review the thoughts of Neil deGrasse Tyson on the effect AI is having on the Internet and how I believe it will result in a realization that it is n...
AI Hallucinations - A New Way to Avoid Responsibility or Liability?
05 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We used to call them “bugs,” then “revisions,” then “updates,” and now, in Artificial Intelligence (AI), “hallucinations.” The corre...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Words Do Have Meanings!
04 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Let us take a look at the term(s) that make up the composite phrase Artificial Intelligence. When we analyze these terms, we find this is not the ph...
AI Engines - What are the Categories of Data used for Training?
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There are four categories of data that are used/available to "train" Artificial Intelligence engines. (1) open data on the Internet and other source...
Artificial Intelligence Components
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This Broadcast will define and describe the four components of an Artificial Intelligence Environment.
R.E.A.L. Enterprise Architecture Defined (Realistic, Enabling, Actionable, Logical)
29 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We define and break down the definition of R.E.A.L. Enterprise Architecture. Enterprise Architecture is explicitly describing an organization through ...
Cyber Security Root Cause Analysis – The State Of The Practice
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Root Cause Analysis is a term that encompasses methods, tools, techniques, and strategies to surface problem causes. The root cause is the “ultima...
Optimizing and Streamlining IT for Business Agility
26 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With the increased emphasis on "digital transformation" and "agility" in Enterprises worldwide, it has become more difficult to separate facts from be...
Enterprise Architects and Business Architects; do you have a seat at the ”Big Persons Table?’
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Enterprise Architects and Business Architects; do you have a seat at the “Big Persons Table?” Perhaps it is not only what you are delivering but H...
Enterprise Architecture in the Era of Hybrid Cloud
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Enterprise Architects are becoming Cloud Architects in many instances, or at least are finding the need to apprise themselves of whole new ways of str...
Enterprise Architect Participants?
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Who are they? Who makes a good enterprise architect partner? Who makes a good enterprise architect practitioner?
Business Architect participants?
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Who are they? Who makes a good business architect partner? Who makes a good business architect practitioner? We discuss this and more in our podcast.
Architecting to Create Business Agility to Compete in the Post Pandemic World
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Coronavirus pandemic is the latest in a long list of disruptors to established business models. Whether it is competitors, technology, natural dis...
Applying Logic to Consumer Behavior in Times of Crisis
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest, Ken Metviner, very interesting & fresh perspective on the what the future holds as we move out of the most current crisis we are in. Th...
Data Driven Marketing – the Key to Digital Transformation
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Clark Keller, of Data Driven Marketing, provides insights into marketing in the digital age.Technology has changed the way companies deliver their mar...
Distance Learning – The New Normal?
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this unique view of distance learning, we speak to 3 college students, from 3 universities, on their personal experiences with distance learning. S...
Focusing on the Here and Now – A One Day Exercise
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
If you're tuning in in the April 2020 timeframe, we are in a bit of a turmoil situation. Pressures are coming from a number of directions, & focus...
Architecting for the Cloud and the Cloud Repatriation Movement
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The cloud is discussed as the potential for better technology & business agility, but moving computing resources has two sides. IT leaders are lea...
Moving From Crisis Management to Creating Resilient Organizations In Anticipation of the Next Crisis
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A new reality has been set- the global movement of people & goods provides a new set of opportunities and challenges, which cannot be predicted, b...
Why Some People Revel In Complexity
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Triggering my thoughts in developing this episode was YAF. What is YAF? YAF is Yet Another Framework! This is a consortium of academics, industry, &am...
Applying Enterprise Architecture to Identify Cost Containment and Optimization Opportunities
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We have all turned, to some degree, to a short-term focus in both our personal & business lives. We must deal with reality. How do you address bot...
Applying the EACOE and BACOE Architecture Methodologies to Analyze the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We look at this Pandemic through the eyes of Enterprise & Business Architecture. A robust architecture methodology is a tool we can use to analyze...
Improve Your Company’s Enterprise Architecture Health - Obtain an Independent Assessment
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What is an Enterprise Architecture (EA) Health Assessment? The “health” assessment of your Enterprise Architecture will provide you an informed, i...
An Introduction to Process Distribution Centers ™ and Data Distribution Centers ™
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Make to Order, Provide from Stock, Assemble to Order. The three maturity levels that are understood and tried and true in the manufacturing community....
Process Mining the Complement to Data Mining
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the age of digital transformation, big data, cloud computing, one fundamental fact remains. What we in organizations are doing is processing data. ...