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By Kamal Wickramanayake, 28 December, 2007

Architecture Principles: The system is down. We cannot work!

I am to lease a car. All the documents are filled and submitted to the leasing company.  But there is delay.  Reason (by the leasing company): “We cannot obtain credit information from Credit Information Bureau (CRIB) since CRIB information systems are down possibly due to a system upgrade.”

By Kamal Wickramanayake, 25 April, 2007

Toyota's Lean Manufacturing Issues

When the business model changes to making the value flow at the pull of the customer, the demand for business agility starts to rise at unprecedented speeds where high speed reporting, analysis and solution identification become inevitable. While new management styles are part of the solution, automation of  business processes (reporting, analysis and solution identification) has its own stake which in many cases influences the just said management styles. A predicted slow down of Toyota is just one example where the values of an informed information technology strategy is highlighted.

By Kamal Wickramanayake, 30 March, 2007

Slides of "IT Governance And Why FOSS Matters"

The IET monthly forum held at the University of Peradeniya was attended by around 80 participants. Due to a student strike at the Faculty of Engineering (We don't want to learn, do we?), the venue was shifted from EOE Theater to IT Center.

Four of us including myself presented our thoughts:

By Kamal Wickramanayake, 15 March, 2007

Talk on "IT Governance And Why FOSS Matters"

I will be delivering a talk on "IT Governance And Why FOSS Matters" at the IET Monthly Forum on this 29th. This month's forum is held at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya.

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