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- Enterprise Architecture Practice: Case Study
- The Office of Single Family Housing SFH in collaboration with the HUD's EA Team developed an information technology blueprint. SFH was deemed a high priority based on high system maintenance costs and poor support for field operations and emerging business requirements. Implementation of the SFH blueprint will reduce the number...
- Tags: Blueprint, Enterprise Architecture, U.S. Department Of Housing, Single Family Housing Blueprint, Roi/Tco, Strategy, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management
- Case studies
- The Role of a CMDB in Enterprise Architecture Planning
- Many enterprises are now pursuing Enterprise Architecture EA planning initiatives to ensure they use their IT resources more efficiently and in direct support of key business goals. At the same time IT organizations are increasingly embracing ITIL as process framework for ensuring that IT is operating effectively and can support...
- Tags: Information Technology, CMDB, Enterprise Architecture, ITIL, Strategy, Process Improvement, It Services, Management, Quality, Business Operations
- Webcasts
- Enabling the Real-Time Enterprise Through Service-Orientated and Event-Driven Architecture
- This webcast explains the myths and reality surrounding Service-Oriented Architecture SOA, similarities and differences between an SOA and an Event-Driven Architecture EDA in the real-time enterprise, approaches and steps to enabling a real-time enterprise architecture that is both service-oriented and event-driven and key challenges, trends and benefits of enabling a...
- Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., Enterprise Architecture, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Strategy, Software, Management
- Webcasts
- Global Pharmaceutical Company: Enterprise Architecture Evaluation
- A global pharmaceutical company hoped to expand operations and sales to include international markets, and faced many of the challenges typically associated with this move. LiquidHub was engaged to analyze the current state, define the future state, and create a roadmap to bridge the two. The client came to LiquidHub...
- Tags: Business Process, Enterprise Architecture, Pharmaceutical Company, State, LiquidHub, Operational Planning, Business Operations
- Case studies
- Governance Analysis Using Enterprise Architecture
- This White Paper describes a practical approach for rapid enterprise compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley driven IT and business governance requirements. It shows how internal controls can be established by senior management using a Governance Analysis Framework GAF. This is used to document the relationships within an enterprise that support financial and...
- Tags: Enterprise Architecture, Analysis, Strategy, Management
- White papers
- Enterprise Representation: A Different Paradigm for Designing Process-Interoperability Standards
- This paper identifies issues that, if resolved, will help define a realistic role for standards in defining the different necessary components of enterprise integration. The representation of the enterprise is, by definition, a model. One could view the enterprise-reference architecture as information and knowledge with which one could adequately represent...
- Tags: Enterprise Architecture, Standards, NIST, Quality, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
- White papers
- The Power of Enterprise Architecture
- Enterprise Architecture describes the fundamental organization of the business, its components and the relationship between those components. Good enterprise architecture allows people to understand the business vision, the organization and processes that execute the vision, and the systems that support it. Enterprise architecture can be extremely complex and cover many...
- Tags: Enterprise Architecture, Strategy, Management
- White papers
- IT Governance: Enterprise Architecture Planning
- Enterprise architecture is to an enterprise, as architecture is to a building. Enterprise Architecture Planning is invaluable to any organization, especially large ones. They can help improve asset productivity and lower costs. Effective Enterprise Architecture Planning requires a practical and easy to use framework. This framework should help break this...
- Tags: IT Governance, Information Technology, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Architecture Planning, Strategy, Management
- Webcasts
- Enterprise Architecture - How Government Agencies Can Use EA to Deliver Measurable Results
- Government at all levels - federal, state and local - is challenged to re-position, re-invent and re-align themselves in light of increasing demands for a more cost-effective, citizen-centric and networked government. Enterprise Architecture EA provides organizations with opportunities to harvest the benefits of interoperability in an integrated environment by improving...
- Tags: Agency, Electronic Arts Inc., Enterprise Architecture, Computer Associates International Inc., Government, Vertical Industries, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management
- Webcasts
- .NET Enterprise Architecture Report: Streetmap
- Streetmap, a UK based internet business delivering mapping solutions via a standard Desktop browser, are now using Microsoft .NET technology to realize its own vision of location based services. In addition to being available via a standard browser, these services are also available via Pocket PC and other mobile devices.
- Tags: Enterprise Architecture, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Internet, Web Browsers, Pocket PC, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Handhelds, Hardware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 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
- 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
