links for 2009-07-28 (ArchBeat)

links for 2009-07-28

By Bob Rhubart on July 28, 2009 5:01 AM

How to Get IT and the Business Working Together - Susan Cramm - Harvard Business Review

"When relationships are strained, it's tempting to blame the people involved (e.g., IT professionals are socially awkward, control-oriented, technophiles while business leaders are bombastic, tactically oriented opportunists.)" writes HBR's Susan Cramm. "But when the problem is deeply entrenched--like the ongoing tensions between business and IT--it's not the people, but the system that is to blame."

(tags: businessalignment collaboration susancramm harvardbusinessreview)
SOA Governance: It's Cultural

Oracle ACE Director Mike van Alst and Oracle Fusion Middleware SOA Integration product team senior manager Dave Berry join host Bob Rhubart to wrap up their conversation about SOA Governance with a look strategies for overcoming cultural obstacles.

(tags: arch2arch soa soagovernance)
Blog, or Blorphan? | Bex Huff

Oracle ACE Director Bex Huff says, "Blogs from real people with real passion can help your customers feel more connected to the 'pulse' of your company... even if that " 'pulse' is filled with stale information."

(tags: blogs blogging)
Enterprise Architecture Roundtable in Berlin and Frankfurt

Information on the Oracle Enterprise Architecture Rountable events in Frankfurt (9/2/09) and Berlin Z(9/3/09).

(tags: oracle enterprisearchitecture entarch frankfurt berlin germany event)

ArchBeat