Monthly Archives: September 2005

Great Audience at Syracuse University

Because of a very active audience, my guest lecture today at the School of Information Studies Syracuse University went very well. I talked about the Danish approach to e-government and enterprise architecture. Denmark has been very successful when it comes … Continue reading

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Meeting Scott Bernard!

Today I met with Dr. Scott Bernard at the School of Information Studies Syracuse University’s Paul Greenberg House here in Washington DC. Scott is the author of the first EA textbook, An Introduction to Enterprise Architecture, he is the editor … Continue reading

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Kick-off Meeting with the FISC Team

I just came back from my first kick-off meeting with the Federal Integration Solutions Centre (FISC – formerly the Government Solutions Centre). The centre is located in McLean, so now I have available office space in Bethesda, on K Street … Continue reading

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Birthday Party with the EA Experts

Tuesday I celebrated my birthday with my new colleagues at IEG and a couple of my new DC-friends. After only two weeks in Washington DC it was great that so many people showed up – thank you guys! From an … Continue reading

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Quoted in KIT: Take IT Seriously!

Our study of the municipal merger on the Danish Island of Bornholm is still creating news in Denmark. Many spectators (some more qualified than others) are afraid that the public sector has not learned from the mistakes that were made … Continue reading

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“Elevator talk” with Janet Caldow

Yesterday I met with Janet Caldow at the Institute for Electronic Government (IEG). Janet is the founding Director of IEG where she directs a robust research agenda with academic and practitioner partners. Interestingly, the first thing Janet remembered Denmark for … Continue reading

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The reality of SOA – based on Web Services

Jochen Schroll recently brought my attention to two very interesting articles from IEEE and HICSS about the performance of web services in a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). Today, we are all taking about the value of thinking service oriented. SOA is … Continue reading

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Meeting with Shahid N. Shah

This evening I met with Shahid N. Shah. Shahid is the founder and CEO of Netspective Communications LLC and an expert software engineer, systems architect, and technology evangelist. His focus is more tech than mine – but check out his … Continue reading

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Great first day with IBMs Institue for Electronic Government

My first day at IBMs Institue for Electronic Government (IEG) has been great. The kick-off meeting with Jeff Rhoda, the director for global e-government, was very interesting and I think than we got our expectations for the following months aligned … Continue reading

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Back in the USA

For the next five months I will be working with IBM in Washington DC. In 1996/97 I was an exchange student in southern Illinois, and I have been looking forward to coming back to the US ever since. The objective … Continue reading

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