Wayne Horkan's weblog: eclectic

Date:Thursday Sep 17, 2009

John Zachman, father of Enterprise Architecture, to present at the next BCS Enterprise Architecture Speciality Group event on Tuesday the 6th of October, 2009 • Wow!- The BCS Enterprise Architecture Speciality Group has secured John Zachman, the de facto father of Enterprise Architecture, and creator of the "Zachman Framework for Enterprise Architecture" (ZFEA), to speak at it's next event on Tuesday the 6th of October: Talk about a major coup. • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 01:33 GMT

Category: Tech

Date:Saturday Sep 12, 2009

BCS Birmingham Branch Committee Summer Barbecue • Last Sunday I hosted a barbecue for the Committee of the BCS Birmingham Branch and thought I'd share a few of the photo's that we took with you. • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 03:25 GMT

Category: Blog

Date:Thursday Jul 16, 2009

Hosting a BCS Enterprise Architecture event on EA Tools tomorrow in Manchester • Tomorrow evening I'm going to be hosting a BCS Enterprise Architecture (EA) speciality group (SG) event looking at EA tools in Manchester. • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 18:58 GMT

Category: Tech

Date:Friday May 15, 2009

'Exploration of Cloud Computing' at the Birmingham BCS Branch AGM this coming Monday; looking for new Committee members • Interested in Computing in Birmingham and the West Midlands? • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 16:48 GMT

Category: Tech

Date:Thursday May 07, 2009

Enterprise Architecture Case Studies presentation on Friday the 8th of May in Aberystwyth • This Friday I'll be presenting on the topic of 'Enterprise Architecture Case Studies' in Aberystwyth, in an event organised and hosted by the South Wales branch of the BCS. • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 02:08 GMT

Category: Tech

Date:Wednesday Mar 18, 2009

Yesterday's Enterprise Architecture Case Studies Presentation • I'm putting it down to Saint Patrick because yesterdays "Case Studies of Enterprise Architecture" presentation went down even better than Monday's Futurology lecture ; something I really thought could not happen! • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 23:38 GMT

Category: Tech

Date:Tuesday Mar 17, 2009

Last nights Futurology presentation... • Last nights presentation went well, which is always a relief, especially as my sat-nav had sent me 'round the Wrekin'; we had good attendance and it was great to see so many people I know come along too. • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 13:07 GMT

Category: Tech

Date:Saturday Mar 14, 2009

Presenting 'Enterprise Architecture Case Studies' in Manchester on Tuesday the 17th of March, 2009 • This coming Tuesday evening I'm going to be delivering my "Case Studies of Enterprise Architecture" presentation in Manchester, at a meeting hosted by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Manchester Network and jointly with the BCS Manchester branch . • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 19:41 GMT

Category: Tech

Presenting on 'Futurology' in Derby on Monday the 16th of March, 2009 • I'm going to be talking about Futurology in a presentation hosted by the Nottingham and Derby Branch of the British Computer Society (BCS) on Monday evening. • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 00:31 GMT

Category: Tech

Date:Thursday Mar 12, 2009

So much to blog... • ...so little time. • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 12:37 GMT

Category: Blog

Date:Monday Jan 26, 2009

2009 Turing Lecture "Information Engineering and its Future" This Week • One of the highlights of the UK technology calendar, the jointly hosted BCS and IET Turing Lecture, takes place over the coming week. • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 21:51 GMT

Category: Tech

Date:Saturday Jan 10, 2009

Sun joins the BCS Group Membership Scheme • Sun recently joined the BCS Group Membership Scheme and the BCS kindly produced a press release to accompany the occasion: " Sun Microsystems signs up for BCS Group Membership Scheme ". • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 01:57 GMT

Category: Work

Date:Saturday Jan 03, 2009

Sun Vodafone team winners in BCS awards • Congratulations to the Sun Vodafone team on being named a medallist in the BCS IT Industry Awards for operational excellence. • ..... View Comments 1 Trackback

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Date / Time: / 01:51 GMT

Category: Work

Date:Wednesday Nov 19, 2008

links for 2008-11-19 • Data Centre Specialist Group - EU CoC for Data Centres Launch Date The EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres launches tomorrow (the 19th of November, 2008). • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 21:02 GMT

Category: Link

Date:Monday Nov 17, 2008

links for 2008-11-17 • Historic CITP vote welcomed by members : News Archive : News : BCS CITP becomes licensable - a step forward for "Professionalism of IT" in the UK. • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 21:00 GMT

Category: Link

Date:Tuesday May 27, 2008

Dr. James Martin's 'Target Earth', the 2008 Turing Lecture • I promised a couple of months ago to do a review of the 2008 Turing Lecture , but I've changed my mind, and here's why... • ..... View Comments 1 Trackback

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Date / Time: / 11:19 GMT

Category: Tech

Date:Saturday Apr 05, 2008

Scott McNealy BCS Distinguished Fellow • Last night I was at a BCS ELITE networking event, very kindly organised by Yva Thakurdas, with help from Mandy Bauer, and co-hosted by the indomitable Roger Ellis (in the Chairman, David Tidey's absence). BCS ELITE are one of the BCS's Specialty Groups, a forum for IT Directors and CxOs. . • ..... View Comments 1 Trackback

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Date / Time: / 00:13 GMT

Category: Work

Date:Thursday Feb 28, 2008

Case Studies of Enterprise Architecture - Event Update • Just a short post re: the "Case Studies of Enterprise Architecture" event I presented at last week for the Birmingham Branch of the BCS. • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 04:53 GMT

Category: Tech

Date:Wednesday Feb 20, 2008

Target Earth - the 2008 Turing Lecture with Dr. James Martin • Last night, after work, I was lucky enough to be able to go to one of the Technology highlights of the year, the annual Turing Lecture (2008) . • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 21:00 GMT

Category: Tech

Date:Thursday Feb 14, 2008

Case Studies of Enterprise Architecture event this coming Monday • I'll be presenting three Enterprise Architecture case studies on Monday at a joint Birmingham BCS Branch and Professional Institute Network West Midlands (PIN WM) event called "Case Studies of Enterprise Architecture". • ..... View Comments 3 Trackbacks