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Open Group By Dr. Ali Arsanjani, IBM The Standard in Summary The SOA Reference Architecture (SOA RA) published by The Open Group provides a prescriptive means of assessment or creation of a service-oriented architecture (SOA) solution, including the architecture …
Value management through TOGAF 9.1 and ArchiMate 2.0. Continue reading →
Continuing from Part One of this series, this blog post includes more examples of what an enterprise cannot achieve without Enterprise Architecture. Continue reading →
When introducing Enterprise Architecture as a program or initiative, it is regularly done from an IT perspective rarely considering what the costs will be and if there will be any return on investment. This presents a particular challenge to Enterprise…
By Sally Long, The Open Group Globalization has transformed the supply chain forever. While it has brought benefits to large Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Information and Communication Technology (ICT), it has also brought considerable risk. Although…
Every company should plan regular architecture capability maturity assessments using a model. These should provide a framework that represents the key components of a productive enterprise architecture process. A model provides an evolutionary way to i…
Open Group experts discuss relationship of enterprise architecture to enterprise transformation. Do you need EA to succeed in transforming your business or do you risk conflating two distinct concepts? Continue reading →
By Leonard Fehskens, The Open Group The enterprise transformation theme of The Open Group’s San Francisco conference reminded me of the common assertion that architecture is about change, and the implication that Enterprise Architecture is thus abou…
By E.G. Nadhan, HP Enterprise Services Rewind two decades and visualize what a forward-thinking prediction would have looked like then — IT is headed towards a technology agnostic, service-based applications and infrastructure environment, con…
By Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions For some, any move to the Cloud — at least the public Cloud — means a higher risk for security. For others, relying more on a public Cloud provider means better security. There’s more of a concentrated a…
By Chris Harding, The Open Group This week I have been at The Open Group conference in San Francisco. The theme was Enterprise Transformation which, in simple terms means changing how your business works to take advantage of the latest … Contin…
By E.G.Nadhan, HP Enterprise Services Not far from where The Open Group Conference was held in San Francisco this week is the Winchester Mystery House, once the personal residence of Sarah Winchester, widow of the gun magnate William Wirt Winchester…