Martin Erasmuson
Streetlight effect killing M365 Governance

Context first, before the Microsoft 365 reporting lolly-scramble.

A blog by Martin Erasmuson.

Streetlight effect killing M365 Governance
Martin Erasmuson
ICT commitment-creep and organisational ...

How prolonged and ineffective data strategy; poor data culture, and data-debt has led to organisational schizophrenia!, and what we can do about that.

A blog by Martin Erasmuson.

ICT commitment-creep and organisational schizophrenia
Martin Erasmuson
Why a data strategy - now more than ever? 2023 ...
Why a data strategy - now more than ever? 2023 Govt. Data Summit
Digital Transformation, SDI
Martin Erasmuson
Time for a Military-Grade Information ...

A blog by Martin Erasmuson

As we find ourselves in the thick of the 4th Industrial Revolution with the exponential growth of and demand for information at its core, the current COVID 19 crisis has thrown a spot light on antiquated information infrastructures. We stumble from crisis to crisis with severe consequences that seem obvious in hindsight, before reverting to our old way of thinking. As we step into a deeply uncertain future, is it finally time to admit to that uncertainty and implement a Military Grade Information Infrasructure that can respond to continuous change?

Time for a Military-Grade Information Infrastructure?
Martin Erasmuson
Taming Office 365 – Flow

Microsoft Flow is both a ‘Good-Cop’ and ‘Bad-Cop’ with potential for great benefits and risks in equal measure.

A blog by Martin Erasmuson.

For the non-technical Senior Manager.

Taming Office 365 – Flow

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Not enough fingers for the dam

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Not enough fingers for the dam

Western Governments and organisations have spent decades evolving policies, statutes and by-laws into layers of bureaucracy for everything imaginable; and a few ‘unimaginable things as well.  For example; in the UK, “it is illegal to import potatoes into England and Wales if you have reasonable cause to suspect that they are Polish” (it’s the ascent that gives them away) or; in July 2013 a law was passed in China that states “it is illegal for adult children to ‘not’ visit their parents ‘often’” with a footnote that “they are also required to attend to their parent’s spiritual needs” (Wow – though technically they did invent zen).

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Our Cloud Strategy “La La La La La La La”

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Our Cloud Strategy “La La La La La La La”

It had to happen eventually.  The first fatal accident in a Tesla self-driving car.  And of course some commentators have been quick to jump on ‘The Sky-Is-Falling’ bandwagon like ‘The Guardian’, who suggest consumers will ‘second-guess the trust they put in the booming autonomous vehicle industry’.  And I’m sure Henry Bliss would agree; if he were still alive.  Mr. Bliss has the unfortunate distinction of being the first recorded person in US history to be killed in a motor vehicle accident on September 14, 1899.  Like the recent Tesla accident, at the time many commentators were no doubt quick to voice alarm and FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) about the dangers of this emerging ‘horseless-carriage’ technology.  At first glance it seems a natural, even appropriate human reaction, to treat new and strange contraptions with skepticism; for some that means sticking our fingers in our ears and yelling: “la la, la, la, la, la”?  

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The CERA SDI Whitepaper

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With CERA closing its doors for the last time yesterday; I was reflecting on my nearly five years of involvement at CERA including the design, implementation and direction of their world-leading spatial data infrastructure (SDI).  Notwithstanding the CERA SDI winning the Technical Excellence category at the inaugural 2014 NZ Spatial Excellence Awards, most of those five years was so full-on there was little time for reflection.  Before CERA and the events from 2011 to 2016 pass into the annuals of history; myself with friend and colleague Stephen Ferriss took some time out to reflect on and capture what happened in Christchurch, what we learnt and the possibilities and implications for the geospatial sector; indeed, the Whole of Government.  This is assembled in the linked whitepaper on which we would encourage and welcome comment and discussion.