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From the time I first saw my first ISO model back in the late 80s I feel in love with cute little diagrams that explain very complex topics. Indeed I did my own EAI reference model almost 10 years ago, and a SOA ref By Dave Linthicum Dec 5, 2005 1 min Software Development Managing the Logic Layer is a Headache, Will it Become a Virtual Migraine? As an industry, systems management has really grown up on physical infrastructure management, making sure that physical components are up and running. This has been no small task, with the explosion of firewalls, routers, commodity servers, devices By Michael Baum Dec 5, 2005 3 mins Technology Industry More about what a CIO should present to the board This comment appeared in response to a previous posting. It seemed to be worth additional discussion. – Bob In my experience it is important to determine if board considers IT as strategic resource or a cost center. 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