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- Packaging and Reselling Information: Does Your Information Architecture Take Advantage of All Market Opportunities?
- Over the past few months, this series has explored many of the elements involved in the creation of a successful information architecture design. Once the user has set up the design that works best for the organization, the user might be tempted to sit back and relax. But there is...
- Tags: Design, Information Architecture, Information
- White papers 2008-05-20
- Information Architecture Essentials, Part 7: Data-Store Design - The Role of Information Architecture in Data-Store Design
- Valuable business information should never be left sitting around. It should be organized and saved into a permanent data store. In the past, these data stores were represented by large filing rooms filled with cabinets. Today, the same goal is achieved by using relational and other types of electronic databases....
- Tags: Information Architecture, Data Store, Business Information
- White papers 2008-05-13
- Information Architecture Essentials, Part 5: Business Intelligence in Your Information Architecture
- This series explores a variety of elements that create a successful information architecture design. As one manages and organizes data and content, work with distributed data mining, and analyze and present information to users, there is a key element that one can't let go untapped: business intelligence. How is one...
- Tags: Information Architecture, Business Intelligence, Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Data Mining, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing, Management
- White papers 2008-04-01
- Exploring IT Architecture Disciplines, Part 3: Move on to the Information Architecture - Store, Protect, and Manage Your Organization's Data
- As one progress toward the design of the enterprise architecture, one must supplement the new business architecture with an information architecture - an architecture that outlines mission-critical information and how to store it, protect it, and manage it. Learn how to design and maintain an information architecture for the organization....
- Tags: Information Technology, Information Architecture, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2006-08-15
- Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: The Anatomy of an Information Architecture
- This paper presents a more concrete view of what information architecture actually is to help one recognize it when one sees it. The paper also introduces the components of an architecture; these are important to understand because they make up the information architect's palette. Why is it important to be...
- Tags: WWW, Information Architecture
- Book chapters 2006-12-01
- Tech Spot
- Tech Spotblog rootNavigation in a PortalIf you offer more than a few portlets within your portal, then you need to think about how people will navigate between and among them. While it is tempting to just let users click the back button until they make it back to the portlet...
- Tags: Portals, Web technology, write2munish, Information Architecture, portlet, portal
- Discussion threads 2006-03-09
- 10 questions about information architecture
- By Shel KimenInformation architecture. IA. Industry buzzwords? Fancy degrees? Web firms can't hire information architects fast enough, but, while the field has been around and growing for years in software, engineering, and library science, very few people understand exactly what information architects do and why we need them in Web...
- Tags: Channel management, Development tools, information architect, information architecture, space planner, planner, Web, Web design, programming
- Technical articles 2003-09-29
- Understanding information taxonomy helps build better apps
- Taxonomy represents the foundation upon which information architecture stands, and all well-rounded developers should have at least a basic understanding of taxonomy to ensure that they can create organized, logical applications. But before diving into the topic of taxonomy, let's look briefly at information architecture. That way, we can view...
- Tags: Information Architecture, taxonomy, information architecture
- Technical articles 2003-06-25
Additional Resources
- Exploring IT Architecture Disciplines, Part 4: Update Your Infrastructure Architecture to Serve and Protect Your Enterprise
- Now that one has supplemented the business architecture with an information architecture, one can move on to updating the existing infrastructure architecture. This update consists of a validation and a possible realignment of the infrastructure to meet the requirements outlined in both the business and the information architectures. Traditional enterprise...
- Tags: Information Technology, Architecture, Infrastructure Architecture, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2006-09-19
- Oracle Information Architecture: Better Information for Better Business
- Oracle has developed a next-generation architecture for managing all of your enterprise information. The Oracle Information Architecture enables you to have a single source of truth for all business-critical information; continually optimize your business processes and IT infrastructure as your needs change; and provide a unified workplace where employees, partners,...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Oracle Information Architecture, Business Structures, Operational Planning, Recruitment & Selection, Channel Management, Finance, Business Operations, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing
- White papers 2004-04-01
- Service-Oriented Architecture Based on Oracle Information Architecture
- Oracle's Information Architecture is the best platform to fulfill the promise of Service Oriented Architecture whereby constantly changing business demands can be met most effectively. Web Services, the most popular technologies for a Service Oriented Architecture implementation, should be designed and adopted with security and interoperability in mind by embracing...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2004-12-01
- The Four-Domain Architecture: An Approach to Support Enterprise Architecture Design
- Managing an enterprise architecture is a challenging task. While careful planning typically goes into its design, an enterprise architecture actually emerges as a result of implementing individual projects. It is this de facto architecture, not the conceptual one, that provides the capabilities for executing business strategies, and understanding this emergent...
- Tags: Enterprise Architecture, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2004-02-26
- Architecture Principles: Creating the Foundation for Robust Architecture
- This paper discusses the role of principles in developing an architecture, whether it is a reference architecture, an application architecture, or one of the other architecture types. Architecture is a complex effort that must balance the needs of the business with the reality of how technology can support it. Principles...
- Tags: Architecture, Principles, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2007-03-27
- Information Architecture 101: A Crash Course for the Enterprise Architect - Synergies, Alignment, and the Relationship Between SOA and Infrastructure Virtualization
- What is information architecture? The Asilomar Institute for Information Architecture AlfIA, an Information Architecture IA industry body of practitioners, states that IA is "...the design of shared information environments," especially as it relates to Web sites, intranets, online communities, and software. A chief practitioner of IA, talks about IA being...
- Tags: Practitioner, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Virtualization, Strategy, Web Site Development, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Management, Internet
- White papers 2006-05-23
- The Professional Architect, Part 2: Overcoming Professional Challenges in Data Architecture
- Data architecture is an emerging profession that focuses on the statics data modeling and dynamics data flow of information within systems, across multiple departmental systems, or even throughout an enterprise. Data architects are custodians of all forms of data, from relational databases to flat files, from documents and content to...
- Tags: Architecture, Data Architecture, Data Architect, Research & Development, Operational Planning, Strategy, Databases, Business Operations, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2007-08-07
- NASCIO EA Development Tool-Kit: Introduction & Architecture Governance
- Adaptive enterprise architecture effectively supports the business of government, enables information sharing across traditional barriers, enhances government's ability to deliver effective and timely services, and supports agencies in their efforts to improve government functions. Enterprise architecture supports the identification and optimization of the entity's interrelated business processes and resulting IT...
- Tags: Electronic Arts Inc., Enterprise Architecture, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2004-10-01
- 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
- NASCIO EA Development Tool-Kit: Solution Architecture
- Solution Architecture facilitates the development of architectural solutions for the enterprise and as such, is a critical part of the Enterprise Architecture with links to Business Drivers, Business, Information and Technology Architectures, and Implementation Planning. The Solution Architecture is utilized for architecture related projects including the establishment of processes, business...
- Tags: Electronic Arts Inc., Chief Information Officer, Solution Architecture, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2004-10-01
- 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
- Information Architecture Essentials, Part 4: Improving Usability of Information Systems
- The best-organized information in the world is useless without an effective way to present that information to the interested audience. Poorly designed interfaces, inadequate search and filtering support, and confusing visual displays can severely hamper the success of any information architecture. To make complex information accessible to end users, one...
- Tags: Information System, Information Management, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2008-03-11
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