Enterprise Architecture

Convergence of Two Paradigms: Enterprise Architecture and Cloud Computing

Published on Saturday, 17 November 2012 20:48

Written by Rubina Polovina

We are addressing the issue of convergence of two paradigms—important for theory and practice of the use of information technologies in enterprises. Our goal is to shed light on complex relationships and dependencies between Enterprise Architecture and Cloud Computing—specifically, the synergy between these two paradigms, and ensuing consequences for any size enterprise. Our approach is to identify Enterprise Architecture views as perspectives on an enterprise, social groups involved in Enterprise Architecture and Cloud Computing, link them, and explain how both sides (i.e., Cloud Service users and Cloud Service Providers) may benefit from developing and maintaining Enterprise Architecture artefacts.

Convergence of Enterprise Architecture and Cloud Computing

Category: Enterprise Architecture

Published on Monday, 17 September 2012 23:51

Written by Rubina Polovina

In this short article, I am offering two examples that illustrate convergence of Enterprise Architecture and Cloud Computing paradigms. In the more extensive article, I intend to present an analysis of the impact of Cloud Computing on Enterprise Architecture to explain the complex relationships and dependencies between the methods and concepts created around the two paradigms.

Who should be Chief Enterprise Architect?

Category: Enterprise Architecture

Published on Friday, 17 February 2012 03:06

Written by Badar Munir

As Enterprise Architecture matures and focuses on solving complex and strategic issues facing enterprises, a dilemma often arises: what are the skills, personality attributes and core competencies an individual should possess to perform the critical role of successfully leading an Enterprise Architecture program? Before answering, it would be important to understand EA program’s dimensions and its executive stakeholders’ expectations.

Say NO to MDM and YES to Collaboration Improvement!

Category: Enterprise Architecture

Published on Tuesday, 17 April 2012 22:30

Written by James Lapalme

I’ve had the opportunity to either participate in or be witness to a couple of Master Data Management (MDM) and Enterprise Data Management (EDM) initiatives. They all had something in coming: failure! For a while, I almost believed that I had bad karma and was the root cause of these failures. Happily for me (but not for MDM), through peer and forum discussions, I was rapidly reassured that I wasn’t alone. There seems to be very few (not to say any) sustainable success stories with regards to MDM and EDM. The question now is “WHY?”

Is Enteprise Architecture a solution or cover-up?

Category: Enterprise Architecture

Published on Friday, 17 February 2012 00:00

Written by James Lapalme

For some time now, I have been pondering the question, “Does enterprise architecture introduce anything new which hasn’t already been proposed by modern business management practices?” Some readers might be asking themselves, “What is the relationship between modern business management and enterprise architecture? Where is he going with this?” To begin, I personally make a clear distinction between enterprise architecture and enterprise IT architecture. For me, the former is about “architecting” the whole enterprise in order to achieve performance, coherency and sustainability. The latter is about “architecting” only the IT portion of the enterprise [mostly] under the constraints of the non IT portions. My question is about enterprise architecture and not enterprise IT architecture.