What’s the difference between enterprise architecture (EA) and business architecture (BA)? We pose the question to Tim Westbrock , Managing Director of EAdirections , as part of a podcast discussion coming to you from The Open Group’s Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference in Seattle, the week of Feb. 1, 2010. More here: ‘Business architecture’ helps leaders decide on...

The recession is taking a toll on participation at the annual Valley Business Conference, with fewer people willing to take time off work or pay to attend. The rest is here: Valley Business Conference on Thursday in Fresno (The Fresno Bee)

The three business owners who lost everything in the downtown Hemet fire on Jan. 20 are working with insurance agents and reconstructing records. Each is also dealing with a separate emotion. For one, it is optimism. For another, it is uncertainty. For a third, it is resignation. See the original post here: Burned-out Hemet business owners deal with range of emotions (The Press-Enterprise)

Q: Presidents love to talk about small business, but were any of them entrepreneurs? See the article here: The secret small business history of the presidents (USA Today)

It was a picturesque night in Clinton Square Sunday night as lots of kids made their way around the rink. Normally on a Sunday night, it would be slow. But this particular Sunday night, there was free skating from 7 to 9pm. Parents were thrilled to have an activity for the kids that didn’t empty out their wallets. Read more: Winterfest entertainment during school break (CNYCentral.com)

Dubai-based trading company Surgi-Tech has awarded Aston Business School £1.5m ($2.3m) to set up an Islamic Finance and Business Centre at its campus in Birmingham. See the original post: Aston to step up Islamic finance research (Zawya)