Most Active Articles 2009-11-24T02:01:03.686-05:00 Business Exchange Business_Exchange@businessweek.com urn:com:businessweek:bx:topic:most-active:enterprise-architecture Kris Meukens kmeukens625 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:4436507923947009866-83808219de1d4718af5b7596674e468a 2009-11-12T09:18:16.286-05:00

Current Enterprise Architecture (EA) frameworks emphasize one aspect or another of an EA development. TOGAF is mainly about process, Zachman an ontology... The FFLV framework provides a complete picture by supporting structure (like eTOM), layers, behaviour (process), method & metamodel (like DODAF), process (like TOGAF) ... It comes with reference maps, templates, governance, maturity & value delivery evaluation tools. It also includes people and organization, non-IT technologies, business and operating models...

Current Enterprise Architecture (EA) frameworks emphasize one aspect or another of an EA development. TOGAF is mainly about process, Zachman an ontology... The FFLV framework provides a complete picture by supporting structure (like eTOM), layers, behaviour (process), method & metamodel (like DODAF), process (like TOGAF) ... It comes with reference maps, templates, governance, maturity & value delivery evaluation tools. It also includes people and organization, non-IT technologies, business and operating models... http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/ea-matters/the-fflv-enterprise-architecture-framework-32150 Adrian Grigoriu agrigoriu319 14 14 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:2061578645841661441-d48404373c0572946c40e1547e3cc81c 2009-11-02T22:16:00.000-05:00

don’t spend more money on that same functionality. Rather, spend money . This is the purview of good enterprise architecture, not good enterprise software. When you ask these people to show you their enterprise software, they’ll simply point at their

don’t spend more money on that same functionality. Rather, spend money . This is the purview of good enterprise architecture, not good enterprise software. When you ask these people to show you their enterprise software, they’ll simply point at their http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?r2308483270&f=9791 21 21 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:15086836320303004774-1be664cf6271b2b125ef5350bebad8f6 2009-09-03T06:56:42.038-04:00

A short animated Enterprise Architecture slideware from definition, business case to EA framework, artifacts and Enterprise strategic transformation. The business architecture and Single Page Architecture concepts are illustrated.

A short animated Enterprise Architecture slideware from definition, business case to EA framework, artifacts and Enterprise strategic transformation. The business architecture and Single Page Architecture concepts are illustrated. http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/grigoriu-202355-enterprise-architecture-3-minutes-strategic-planning-frameworks-or-so-science-technology-ppt-powerpoint/ Adrian Grigoriu agrigoriu319 3 2 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:7493915430516016869-07d371da920b2ea6cba8cc58c2c38feb 2009-08-10T16:50:40.225-04:00

VMWare said after the market closed Monday that it would acquire privately held SpringSource in a deal with a total value of $420 million. VMare will pay $362 million in cash and equity for SpringSource, plus assume $58 million in that company's unvested...

VMWare said after the market closed Monday that it would acquire privately held SpringSource in a deal with a total value of $420 million. VMare will pay $362 million in cash and equity for SpringSource, plus assume $58 million in that company's unvested... http://www.marketwatch.com/story/vmware-to-acquire-privately-held-springsource-2009-08-10 Isaac Sacolick isacolick111 3 1 1 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:12862635069317796818-8a03159024d372529e3e40343d29802f 2009-09-23T15:31:35.373-04:00

ProtonMedia integrates Microsoft SharePoint to its enterprise virtual environment platform. Big news for business productivity, socialization in the enterprise.

ProtonMedia integrates Microsoft SharePoint to its enterprise virtual environment platform. Big news for business productivity, socialization in the enterprise. http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20090923005947&newsLang=en Matt McLoughlin mmcloughlin785 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:16269904772666585579-a7965e4a921b5660b0543d0fcca555c6 2009-06-19T03:06:07.506-04:00

CIOs are under increased pressure from business leaders to show the business relevance and value of IT. Leading CIOs are using the EA process as a key to transforming IT and addressing this challenge.

CIOs are under increased pressure from business leaders to show the business relevance and value of IT. Leading CIOs are using the EA process as a key to transforming IT and addressing this challenge. http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?id=965112&ref=g_sitelink&ref=g_SiteLink Nanda Mounasamy nmounasamy210 12 11 1 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:1761124780533378631-1e416070e97a8cd533cd683f86e7806f 2009-06-11T15:56:44.820-04:00

Virtual Organizations's role is expanding to connect everything from supply chains to end-customers and the myriad opportunities that it can enable if deployed properly. The concept of Virtual Organizations is so encompassing from every angle, and it is so complex. It is pretty much the mother of all buzz words in IT and requires a deep strategic analysis by CIOs. Simply speaking we can broadly analyze this topic from technology, business and cultural perspectives.

Virtual Organizations's role is expanding to connect everything from supply chains to end-customers and the myriad opportunities that it can enable if deployed properly. The concept of Virtual Organizations is so encompassing from every angle, and it is so complex. It is pretty much the mother of all buzz words in IT and requires a deep strategic analysis by CIOs. Simply speaking we can broadly analyze this topic from technology, business and cultural perspectives. http://tushneem.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/why-is-the-concept-of-virtual-organizations-all-encompassing-an-analysis-from-technology-business-and-culture-pov/ Tushneem Dharmagadda tdharmagadda725 3 1 1 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:3733782506467168939-4b378f5a24bd6f2734b414a85bdad34b 2009-02-09T03:39:00.000-05:00

You can download the document here as a zipped file from his post.   Technorati Tags: Enterprise Architecture,E2AF. Share this post :

You can download the document here as a zipped file from his post.   Technorati Tags: Enterprise Architecture,E2AF. Share this post : http://blogs.msdn.com/mikewalker/archive/2009/02/09/extended-enterprise-architecture-framework-e2af-template.aspx 24 24 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:2443597489472981733-313a2dedddddf12fefdc20fa2d5c3422 2009-02-18T14:29:44.001-05:00

http://blogs.forrester.com/ea/ Kris Meukens kmeukens625 11 11 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:9952006759540881766-80aef63b354f44a959122535f852232d 2009-02-04T02:55:00.000-05:00

format (audio with PowerPoint slides). Choose the format that is convenient for you. Presented By: Who should attend: Enterprise Architecture professionals Description: Enterprise architecture (EA) will continue its journey up the value chain in 2009,

format (audio with PowerPoint slides). Choose the format that is convenient for you. Presented By: Who should attend: Enterprise Architecture professionals Description: Enterprise architecture (EA) will continue its journey up the value chain in 2009, http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?r1804519590&f=9791 13 13 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:9788682564876369394-13172efeeb62ed25c02062c50a2d1fac 2009-04-22T14:38:41.458-04:00

Used to be, vendors didn't brazenly fracture standards. Sure, they sought lock-in opportunities, but most knew that if they played too fast and loose, the market would mete out punishment, as in the '90s when TCP/IP rule breakers lost sales. Times have changed, and not for the better. Take network access control. Cisco (NSDQ: CSCO) has all but abandoned its NAC framework and partner program. Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) threw some of its Network Access Protection specifications to the Trusted Computing Group, but Cisco consistently has refused to even acknowledge the TCG's legitimacy. So much for interoperability.

Used to be, vendors didn't brazenly fracture standards. Sure, they sought lock-in opportunities, but most knew that if they played too fast and loose, the market would mete out punishment, as in the '90s when TCP/IP rule breakers lost sales. Times have changed, and not for the better. Take network access control. Cisco (NSDQ: CSCO) has all but abandoned its NAC framework and partner program. Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) threw some of its Network Access Protection specifications to the Trusted Computing Group, but Cisco consistently has refused to even acknowledge the TCG's legitimacy. So much for interoperability. http://www.informationweek.com/news/infrastructure/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=216600011 Jacques Surveyer jsurveyer123 2 1 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:10531537075311707032-2d653d6df8d41fcafd6015d997dd1e81 2009-04-22T13:46:50.713-04:00

Looks in details at the major systems fit on the software side between Sun and Oracle.

Looks in details at the major systems fit on the software side between Sun and Oracle. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Product-Synergies-and-Overlaps-of-a-Combined-OracleSun-277361/ Jacques Surveyer jsurveyer123 1 0 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:15944579211595792549-badabb72b24d6f47115c189dd219fc00 2009-06-11T15:47:23.695-04:00

Last week I was listening to the CEO of Circuit City Jim Marcum and executives from FTI Inc., the consultants to the company managing Chapter 7 and the restructuring process, talk about how and why Circuit City went bankrupt. The decline of Circuit City...

Last week I was listening to the CEO of Circuit City Jim Marcum and executives from FTI Inc., the consultants to the company managing Chapter 7 and the restructuring process, talk about how and why Circuit City went bankrupt. The decline of Circuit City... http://tushneem.wordpress.com/2009/06/08/how-much-is-too-much-are-you-getting-the-most-out-of-the-it-in-your-enterprise/ Tushneem Dharmagadda tdharmagadda725 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:558899593758638426-f3fd9c0b4728e4f468e59c40e4c52b07 2009-06-11T15:51:13.080-04:00

Panelists and CIOs keep talking about platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, about how organizations should break down the barriers and leverage these platforms, ultimately getting onto the Enterprise 2.0 bandwagon. But is that really Enterprise 2.0? Hell no...

Panelists and CIOs keep talking about platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, about how organizations should break down the barriers and leverage these platforms, ultimately getting onto the Enterprise 2.0 bandwagon. But is that really Enterprise 2.0? Hell no... http://tushneem.wordpress.com/2009/05/21/enterprise-2-0-please-for-heavens-sake-it-is-not-facebook-twitter/ Tushneem Dharmagadda tdharmagadda725 0 0 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:8585458146340703782-03702537c2c746998061520bf481f1a6 2009-04-20T19:16:35.464-04:00

I thought of titling this posting as “Sam P. ? Is that a Sunny Yolk on You?” - but I didn’t. Instead I would like to ask Barrons to reconsider elevating Sam P. to the exhalted ranks of Best of Barrons CEOs.

I thought of titling this posting as “Sam P. ? Is that a Sunny Yolk on You?” - but I didn’t. Instead I would like to ask Barrons to reconsider elevating Sam P. to the exhalted ranks of Best of Barrons CEOs. http://www.theopensourcery.com/keepopen/?p=1198 Jacques Surveyer jsurveyer123 1 0 0 1 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:10157831213796939064-ff491e1f873c405f8eb059cf88194d31 2009-04-16T03:52:14.000-04:00

In the post from Mohan Babu entitled EA - Enterprise Architecture or Extreme Aggravation: Observations and musings on Enterprise Architecture Tools he provides some of his thoughts on the data gathered. This is a great post and he shares many of the same thoughts I have about the industry as well. It's worth the read. Here is what he had to say: In my previous EA blog entry, I had written about contextualizing Infosys’ Enterprise Architecture survey findings. Since then I had an opportunity to observe and reflect on an aspect of the survey: adoption – and challenges - of Enterprise Architecture Tool at a Global 500 enterprise. To set the context for the discussion, a brief extract from the survey report as it pertains to adoption of EA tools: - There is an increased adoption of EA tools, but there is no product which has managed to dominate the market - The EA tools market is fragmented with the vast majority of respondents claiming to use general office and collaboration tools and drawing tools (e.g. Microsoft Visio) for Enterprise Architecture Modeling This should not surprise many of us in the industry! During the past few years, I have worked with clients that have adopted Enterprise Architecture tools to varying degrees of success. Very few, at a considerable cost and effort, claim to achieve the utopian goal of mapping an enterprise architecture continuum in an ongoing basis (the stuff tool vendor case studies and marchitecture are made of). Why the high rate of dissatisfaction? Ask Enterprise Architects for a wish list in an EA tool and it could go somewhat like this: - Create and manage models of the Enterprise Architecture - Support Business Architecture requirements (BPMN, BPML etc) - Maintain traceability among elements of the EA - Publish standards and manage exceptions to standards - Manage requirements - Manage the existing portfolio of systems (the EA realized) - Manage requests for architecture work - Track changes to the Enterprise Architecture - Communicate the Enterprise Architecture to multiple audiences - Publish policies, principles, procedures and methods - Report on the Enterprise Architecture to management - Allow architects and managers to simulate the effects of change You can find more at the Infosys EA blog: http://www.infosysblogs.com/ea/2009/04/observations_and_musings_on_en.html Technorati Tags: Enterprise Architecture

In the post from Mohan Babu entitled EA - Enterprise Architecture or Extreme Aggravation: Observations and musings on Enterprise Architecture Tools he provides some of his thoughts on the data gathered. This is a great post and he shares many of the same thoughts I have about the industry as well. It's worth the read. Here is what he had to say: In my previous EA blog entry, I had written about contextualizing Infosys’ Enterprise Architecture survey findings. Since then I had an opportunity to observe and reflect on an aspect of the survey: adoption – and challenges - of Enterprise Architecture Tool at a Global 500 enterprise. To set the context for the discussion, a brief extract from the survey report as it pertains to adoption of EA tools: - There is an increased adoption of EA tools, but there is no product which has managed to dominate the market - The EA tools market is fragmented with the vast majority of respondents claiming to use general office and collaboration tools and drawing tools (e.g. Microsoft Visio) for Enterprise Architecture Modeling This should not surprise many of us in the industry! During the past few years, I have worked with clients that have adopted Enterprise Architecture tools to varying degrees of success. Very few, at a considerable cost and effort, claim to achieve the utopian goal of mapping an enterprise architecture continuum in an ongoing basis (the stuff tool vendor case studies and marchitecture are made of). Why the high rate of dissatisfaction? Ask Enterprise Architects for a wish list in an EA tool and it could go somewhat like this: - Create and manage models of the Enterprise Architecture - Support Business Architecture requirements (BPMN, BPML etc) - Maintain traceability among elements of the EA - Publish standards and manage exceptions to standards - Manage requirements - Manage the existing portfolio of systems (the EA realized) - Manage requests for architecture work - Track changes to the Enterprise Architecture - Communicate the Enterprise Architecture to multiple audiences - Publish policies, principles, procedures and methods - Report on the Enterprise Architecture to management - Allow architects and managers to simulate the effects of change You can find more at the Infosys EA blog: http://www.infosysblogs.com/ea/2009/04/observations_and_musings_on_en.html Technorati Tags: Enterprise Architecture http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MikeWalker/~3/W9spRIcwSpc/infosys-provides-more-insights-into-their-survey-around-ea-tools.html 4 4 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:17080366988102360846-1811532827473ea45ad40cca927c0e4d 2009-04-13T18:30:25.501-04:00

I have had many inquiries and questions about the acronym, BAM – business activity monitoring, and the relevant meaning of this focus and the technology supporting it over the last year. BAM is an interesting evolution of industry discussion and technology that has arisen from the need to monitor transaction in applications for providing notification from conditions and thresholds being hit that need attention. Of course the acronym has evolved over the years to include other capabilities but the major thrust is about monitoring which is important but not the benefit of that is found from taking immediate action.

I have had many inquiries and questions about the acronym, BAM – business activity monitoring, and the relevant meaning of this focus and the technology supporting it over the last year. BAM is an interesting evolution of industry discussion and technology that has arisen from the need to monitor transaction in applications for providing notification from conditions and thresholds being hit that need attention. Of course the acronym has evolved over the years to include other capabilities but the major thrust is about monitoring which is important but not the benefit of that is found from taking immediate action. http://www.ventanaresearch.com/blog/commentblog.aspx?id=3099 Mark Smith msmith670 1 1 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:5383263137166743886-518b9f6c5f24f7f437cadff82d5431dd 2009-02-27T20:10:00.000-05:00

This article aims to show architects a way to understand key forces on the business of IT, what they can do to add value, and the key areas of focus

This article aims to show architects a way to understand key forces on the business of IT, what they can do to add value, and the key areas of focus http://services.social.microsoft.com/feeds/FeedItem?feedId=1283a6e9-f8da-409e-9661-7e6ce2f2db2d&itemId=677fac28-6ea9-40b5-a86a-589fbe4116c7&title=Architecture+in+Turbulent+Times&uri=http%3a%2f%2fmsdn.microsoft.com%2fen-us%2farchitecture%2fdd547403.aspx&k 4 4 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:7013153437297432834-c76a52fb0c6c15bf6508bf4408be8dde 2009-02-03T17:48:00.000-05:00

Kevin Meeks evaluated a number of different Open Source projects for for an enterprise architecture technology stack, one of them being GlassFish ESB . He published his findings in an article on developer.com .

Kevin Meeks evaluated a number of different Open Source projects for for an enterprise architecture technology stack, one of them being GlassFish ESB . He published his findings in an article on developer.com . http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/entry/kevin_meeks_on_open_source 4 4 0 0 urn:com:businessweek:bx:article:17538628645787252106-2734ffd20f579539c1d12e03857628e1 2009-02-18T14:32:07.484-05:00

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