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- Documenting Software Architecture, Part 3: Develop the Architecture Overview
- In this paper, learn about the architecture overview, which provides a high-level schematic of the various dimensions of the architecture. The architecture overview provides different views of the developing architecture of a system. Architecture, by definition, helps communicate the developing solution to key stakeholders of the company, though not all...
- Tags: Software, Architecture, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2008-06-27
- Design an SOA Solution Using a Reference Architecture: Improve Your Development Process Using the SOA Solution Stack
- IBM Service-Oriented Architecture experts define an SOA reference architecture based on multiple projects in various industries over the past three years. One can use the reference architecture to organize one's own SOA design, development, and deployment to obtain better results and return on investment. The reference architecture, also referred to...
- Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2007-03-28
- TOGAF or Not TOGAF: Extending Enterprise Architecture Beyond RUP
- This paper contrasts the disciplines of enterprise architecture, solution architecture, and business architecture; compares these disciplines to the IBM Rational Unified Process RUP and suggests ways to combine them; and advocates applying The Open Group Architecture Framework TOGAF in combination with RUP to advance the implementation of enterprise architecture within...
- Tags: RUP, Enterprise Architecture, IBM Corp., UML, Strategy, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management
- White papers 2007-01-15
- 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
- Maximum Availability Architecture
- This paper describes a technical architecture that removes the complexity of designing a highly available HA architecture for your business. Maximum Availability Architecture MAA is a simple, redundant, and robust architecture that prevents, detects, and recovers from different outages within a small mean time to recovery MTTR, as well as...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Architecture, Maximum Availability Architecture, Blade Servers, Manufacturing, Databases, Enterprise Software, Servers, Hardware, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2005-06-01
- Intel Solution Service Team Uses BMC Software to Help a Global Retailer Optimize Computing Potential
- Intel Solution Services is Intel Corporation's worldwide professional services organization, helping companies capitalize on the full value of Intel architecture through consulting focused on architecture transitions. Intel Solution Services was asked by a global retailer to deliver capacity analysis and data center consolidation recommendations for the client's Intel architecture-based Windows...
- Tags: BMC Software Inc., Team, Data Center, Computing, Intel Corp., Intel Solution Services, Data Centers, It Management, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, It service Management
- Case studies
- A Local Government Organization Develops a Privacy Architecture to Protect Sensitive Information and Lays the Foundation for Future Automation of Online Privacy
- The Office of the Corporate CIO OCCIO needed to develop a technology blueprint that would provide consistent privacy guidance for all stakeholders involved in any government IT initiative. The ideal solution would be a privacy architecture that functioned as an extension of the existing enterprise architecture. The OCCIO engaged IBM...
- Tags: Sensitive Information, Online Privacy, Government Organization, IBM Corp., Automation, Privacy Architecture, Government, Vertical Industries, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management
- Case studies 2008-01-01
- Exploring the Fundamentals of Architecture and Services in an SOA, Part 1: Use Architecture and Levels of Abstraction to Create a Better SOA - Why Is Architecture Important in SOA?
- In this first paper in the series, get a closer look at the elements of a Service-Oriented Architecture SOA, examine the benefits of architecture, learn how levels of abstraction help improve the development process, who creates and uses the architecture, and where architecture belongs in the software development life cycle.
- Tags: SOA, Architecture, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2007-09-04
- 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
- Exploring IT Architecture Disciplines, Part 6: Build the Integration Architecture - Putting It All Together
- A key aspect of any enterprise architecture is the integration of all the parts and pieces. This is the purpose of the integration architecture - to make sure that everything works smoothly. Designing this architecture is the sixth step in the enterprise architecture process, the step where everything comes together.
- Tags: Information Technology, Enterprise Architecture, IBM Corp., Strategy, Management
- White papers 2006-11-29
- Service Oriented Architecture: Practical Enterprise Architecture
- The strongest of Enterprise Architecture EA trends lately is represented by three words - Service Oriented Architecture SOA. One should focus on a Service Oriented Enterprise to enhance business performance across interfaces and to prepare to leverage SOA technology for the highest potential impact. Service orientation is the penultimate solution...
- Tags: Enterprise Architecture, SOA, Service Orientation, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Strategy, Software, Management
- White papers 2005-09-19
- Architecture-Based Development
- The development of a software architecture is a critical step in the development of large software-intensive systems. A software architecture is fundamental for the development of software produce lines where multiple systems with different functionality are created from the same basic architecture. Even with this emphasis on architecture, the process...
- Tags: Software, Architecture, Software Architecture, Tools & Techniques, Management
- White papers
- Event-Driven Architecture and Service-Oriented Architecture
- EDA and SOA are not entirely different, but in fact have many similarities and can be used as alternative integration techniques that are quite complimentary. A complex integration solution may wish to leverage both approaches. Both implement their reusable functionality as services. An ESB greatly facilitates implementing both integration styles....
- Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Enterprise Service Bus, Middleware, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2006-08-24
- Dell - Secure Exchange Reference Architecture
- This paper presents a Dell Messaging Reference Architecture that is built on industry-standard components providing both security and availability and is scalable to accommodate future growth needs. All the components of the reference architecture have been validated to ensure their interoperability. Partnering with industry leaders Microsoft and Symantec allows Dell...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., E-mail, Strategy, Security, Online Communications, Management
- White papers 2006-09-20
- Developing Grid Computing Applications, Part 2: Introduction to a Grid Architecture and Toolkit for Building Grid Solutions
- A Grid solution is created to allow applications to share data and computing resources as well as access them across multiple organizations in an efficient way. Each Grid solution can be configured as two kinds of Grids: physical and logical. This paper introduces the concept of Grid solution architecture and...
- Tags: Solution, Grid Computing, IBM Corp., Grid Solution, Outsourcing, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, It service Management, Networking
- White papers 2002-12-03
- 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
- 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
- Service Orientation and Model Driven Architecture: Towards a Unified Modeling Architecture
- Addressing the key question - "Service Oriented Architecture SOA and Model Driven Architecture MDA, hand-in-glove or square peg, round hole?" this whitepaper discusses the key characteristics of the two modeling architectures, focusing on the classification of models that is embodied by each. The flow of modeling activity is discussed in...
- Tags: Model-driven Architecture, Modeling, Research & Development, Model Driven Architecture, Business Operations, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2005-11-22
- 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
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