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- Response to financial crisis may mean more IT work ahead
- Governments all across the world are responding to the current financial crisis with a range of nationalization initiatives, and increased support of various parts of the financial services industry through guarantees and pumping in increased liquidity. You know what it means when there's more government involvement with...
- Tags: Financial, Information Technology, Industry, Enterprise Architecture, Strategy, Regulations, Financial Accounting, Management, Government, Finance, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-10-12
- EAM - Enterprise Architecture Maturity (msi)
- The Assessment of Maturity EAM Software through consultation and collaboration allows users capture in its simplistic form a cursory view of the level of maturity of their Enterprise Architecture function and some of the associated artifacts / products produced by this function. Once captured this information is visually presented and...
- Tags: Maturity, Enterprise Architecture, Strategy, Management
- Software downloads 2008-06-02
- Future Proofing Your Enterprise Architecture
- In this paper, Enterprise Architecture EA has been promoted as essential for the longevity of IT investments. EA is based on sound principles, but its implementation must address not just current business, but also how it will change in the future. If the points of change are planned for, then...
- Tags: Information Technology, Enterprise Architecture, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2008-04-23
- Partners, Not Police: Holding Enterprise Architects Accountable for Successful Project Delivery
- In this paper, learn about some fundamental challenges that IT teams face when working with enterprise architects, and find out how to apply enterprise architecture standards to application development and cooperate in project delivery to reach a desired outcome. The role of Enterprise Architecture EA is changing. Adoption of Service-Oriented...
- Tags: Application Development, Enterprise Architecture, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Software Development, Web 2.0, Strategy, Middleware, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Software/Web Development, Internet, Management
- White papers 2008-03-18
- SOA, Enterprise Architecture, BPM all the same underneath
- SOA, Enterprise Architecture, BPM all the same underneathThere never was a lineI recall jumping on to the SOA Yahoo group months ago, hoping to more fully understand the prevailing definition and practice of what is referred to as SOA. I came to the conclusion that SOA as stand-alone entity never...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Business process automation, Operational planning, Enterprise software, Middleware, Strategy, Service Orientation, SOA, BPM, Electronic Arts Inc., enterprise architecture
- Discussion threads 2008-02-06
- SOA, Enterprise Architecture, BPM all the same underneath
- Is it time to fold SOA into Enterprise Architecture EA? Is there even really any fundamental difference between SOA, EA, and for that matter, BPM business process management? That's the question Kyle Gabhart asks in his latest post. (Dave Linthicum also predicted last year that SOA would...
- Tags: BPM, Enterprise Architecture, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Business Process Automation, Operational Planning, Strategy, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Middleware, Software, It Operations, Business Operations, Management, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-02-05
- Exploring the Fundamentals of Architecture and Services in an SOA: Part 3 - Service-Oriented Solutions and Enterprise Architecture
- In the previous two parts in this series, the authors introduced the importance of using architectural techniques when developing service-oriented solutions, discussed the usage of levels of abstraction, introduced the IBM SOA Solution Stack providing nine separate concerns for considering SOA, placed architecture into the context of the software development...
- Tags: Enterprise Architecture, SOA, IBM Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Model-Driven Development, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2008-01-22
- Optical Networking: The Empowering Infrastructure for Enterprise Architecture Networks
- This paper is designed for IT managers and business executives who are assessing the capabilities of their current Metropolitan-Area and Wide-Area Networking (MAN/WAN) infrastructures to meet their business continuance demands as well as to support powerful new applications such as Voice over IP VoIP, videoconferencing, and Video On Demand VOD....
- Tags: Metropolitan Area Network, Optical Networking, Network, Enterprise Architecture, Frame Relay, WANs, Network Technology, Telephony, ATM, Networking, Corporate Communications, Telecommunications, Marketing
- White papers 2007-12-23
- The New Face of BPM: Incorporating Enterprise Architecture to Maximize Strategic Business Value
- This Upside Research white paper takes a closer looks at the current growing pains facing many enterprises in the wake of BPM's popularity. It offers a look at next-generation BPM, and how different an enterprise view can be from tactical process automation. Finally the paper illustrates how Metastorm's comprehensive solution...
- Tags: Metastorm, BPM, Enterprise Architecture, Business Process Automation, Operational Planning, Strategy, Enterprise Software, It Operations, Business Operations, Management, Software
- White papers 2007-12-13
- Enterprise Architecture Essentials, Part 6: Manageability - Adding Value With a New Quality Attribute
- Organizations today face the challenge of two important enterprise architecture requirements: the need for agility and the overhead of regulatory governance. These requirements can be seen as mutually antagonistic - if business processes must be flexible, then governance of those processes may be difficult. This paper, part six in a...
- Tags: Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Architecture Development, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2007-11-13
- Enterprise Architecture Essentials, Part 5: Growing With Your Enterprise - The Business World Is Constantly Changing: Can Your Enterprise Architecture Keep Up?
- Enterprise architecture involves planning - for now and for the future. Learn how your architecture design can benefit from a strong understanding of IT/business alignment factors. This series has explored various aspects of enterprise architecture. This installment looks specifically at planning for growth, which is a critical area: Without this...
- Tags: Enterprise Architecture, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2007-11-06
- Use Service-Oriented Decomposition to Meet Your Architectural Goals: Defining Services That Are Aligned With Your Business Model
- In this paper, design a set of services that defines an enterprise architecture blueprint to support business goals. Discover how hierarchical decomposition can help the user align services to support both current and future business functions. One also learns how to define interfaces for services as part of the Service-Oriented...
- Tags: Decomposition, Enterprise Architecture, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Strategy, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Management
- White papers 2007-10-16
- Enterprise Architecture Essentials, Part 4: Test (and Retest) Your Enterprise Architecture - Uncovering Weaknesses in Your Design
- After successfully building the new IT enterprise architecture, it's time to test it. Testing proves that the hard work the user and his team has put in really works. By stressing the new architecture, one will know where its weaknesses are and how well it will serve the enterprise. Now...
- Tags: Information Technology, Enterprise Architecture, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2007-10-02
- AMR Research: Enterprise Architecture Techniques for SAP Customers
- Enterprise architecture has rapidly matured in recent years as a business-driven technique to provide companies with the big picture needed to optimize long-term IT investments. Some of the leading SAP customers have been quietly deploying enterprise architecture techniques to transform their business and prepare for SOA. Why haven't you?
- Tags: AMR Research, Enterprise Architecture, SAP AG, Strategy, Productivity, Management
- White papers 2007-10-01
- Could lack of SOA open a company to lawsuits?
- Could lack of SOA drive shareholder lawsuits? That's the specter Dave Linthicum raised in a recent post, observing that there's precedent and motivation for such actions: "The failure of many major corporations a few years ago, which drove a bunch of new compliance laws and shareholder lawsuits,...
- Tags: Shareholder, Lawsuit, Enterprise Architecture, SOA, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2007-09-15
- Enterprise Architecture Essentials, Part 3: Design and Build Your Enterprise Architecture - Getting Your Enterprise Architecture Project Under Way
- Building great IT architecture takes time and planning. By assessing what is already in place, then visualizing what it should be, one can make great enterprise architecture a reality. To achieve the dream architecture, learn what to build, how to build it, and what to build it on in this...
- Tags: Information Technology, Enterprise Architecture, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2007-09-11
- Service-Oriented Architecture and Enterprise Architecture, Part 3: How Do They Work Together? - Lessons Learned From a Real Client Engagement
- If one is adopting a Service-Oriented Architecture SOA and developing an Enterprise Architecture EA simultaneously - or planning to one will benefit from this paper. The first two parts in this series compared and contrasted SOA and EA and covered problems that can result from not coordinating EA and...
- Tags: Enterprise Architecture, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Strategy, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Management
- White papers 2007-08-30
- SOA will fold into general enterprise architecture, Linthicum tells Open Group crowd
- SOA will fold into general enterprise architecture, Linthicum tells Open Group crowddisagree with premiseI work for an EA consulting firm, and we clearly see that the discipline of EA needs to embrace SOA as a new architectural style. I believe your premise is entirely incorrect.
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Strategy, SOA, Linthicum, Open Group, enterprise architecture
- Discussion threads 2007-08-24
- Enterprise Architecture Essentials, Part 2: Develop and Manage an Enterprise Architecture Repository - Create a Library of Reusable Development Models and Other Artifacts Using Rational Software
- When developing an enterprise architecture, multiple applications will require modeling support. To efficiently handle this task, one needs to establish a framework to contain and organize all modeling artifacts to enable collaborative work among dependent groups. This provides two main benefits: uniformity of model organization for maintenance and management of...
- Tags: Enterprise Architecture, Modeling, IBM Corp., Research & Development, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
- White papers 2007-08-07
- Enterprise Architecture Essentials, Part 1: Enterprise Architecture Viewpoints - What's Best for Your Organization?
- Every organization has unique business needs, so a variety of factors are important when planning an enterprise architecture approach for the company. In this paper, examine elements one should take into consideration when planning a new or revised enterprise architecture. This paper begins the series by giving the user new...
- Tags: Enterprise Architecture, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2007-07-24
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