Enterprise Architecture Models

Variants of enterprise architecture models are never a perfect fit as we strive to link applications and technology in a useful business context. ...

... "The framework layers the enterprise architecture by three decision-making levels (Enterprise, Domain and System) that are crossed by the four widely accepted architecture dimensions (Business, Information, Systems and Technology). " ...

Via eBizQ: EA Dimensions

Agile Governance Structures

World class IT organizations are both highly efficient and effective. To become more effective in the application of information technology to business success, governance of enterprise architecture must look forward to ensure that the tactical decisions will holistically integrate in the future. ...

... "It allows the organization to create new capabilities with long-term focus and to respond to changes in its environment. This aspect is about doing the right things. " ...

Via eBizQ: Building an Agile Enterprise

Desktop via Cloud Delivery Model

IBM offers virtual desktop through a cloud computing model to shift enterprise spending from capital investment to "buy by the drink" subscription payments. ...

... "The new IBM Smart Business Desktop on the IBM Cloud subscription service helps clients virtualize desktop computing resources, and provide a logical, rather than a physical, method of access to data, computing power, storage capacity and other resources. This service requires no up front capital or one time expense and is designed to provide enhanced levels of security, resiliency, reliability, and quality for virtual desktops. " ...

Via IBM: Desktop Cloud

Lean IT Enabler

Trying to make sense out of software as a service and how to augment your existing enterprise architecture. CA extends their management tool(s) to support Amazon's flavor of SaaS. ...

... "CA also plans to extend the capabilities of several Systems Management solutions to support Amazon EC2. The power and flexibility to manage applications in the Amazon EC2 environment as an extension of their enterprise helps customers achieve Lean IT. " ...

Via Computer Associates: Support for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud

We're Doomed

Or, are we. Changing core systems requires strong understanding of the current enterprise architecture, a vision for the future, and a realistic transition plan to get there. Somewhere in that tangle of systems is the value-adding business logic that must be preserved. ...

... "Citi’s IT honchos have the same problem that Microsoft’s do: everything they do needs to be backwards-compatible with everything that went before" ...

Via Reuters, Felix Salmon: Citigroup’s IT strategy

Efficient Enterprise Servers

The EPA is engaging industry in collaboration on revision of its EnergyStar specification for servers. The final draft is posted here (PDF). Comments on this revision are due by May 8 (this Friday). ...

... "Enterprise Servers: EPA is currently developing a new product specification for enterprise servers. Partners and other interested parties who would like to participate in this process are encouraged ... " ...

Via US Environmental Protection Agency: ENERGY STAR Specification for Enterprise Servers

Use the Cloud for Project Pilots

Cloud computing could play a role in making marginal IT investments more financially attractive or serve as an incubator before sinking investment into scalable infrastructure requirements. ...

... "For a minimal investment [using cloud computing] it is possible to prove the business case for an IT project, without the need to buy expensive hardware and software licenses. " ...

Via ComputerWeekly: Amazon cloud

Loosely Coupled Business through SOA

If you're building a new business and focusing on your primary differentiators in the market, coupling-in non-core functions to your core business processes could be a valuable and efficient business model. ...

... "However, SOA is more than a single IT project or even a series of implementations. Rather, SOA represents a long-term change in thinking and management of all aspects of the enterprise. " ...

Via ENTERPRISE OPEN SOURCE: Where Are We With SOA?

Microsoft Cloud Computing Predictions

In order to seecure a foothold into the future of computing beyond desktops and servers, Microsoft appears poised to make eye-popping investments in a cloud-computing infrastructure that rivals peer companies in the space. ...

... "Microsoft has the resources and, it appears, the will to invest many billions in the physical infrastructure necessary to secure a place ... " ...

Via Nicholas Carr Blog: Microsoft data-center investment likely

HP IT Transformation

CIO offers insights into HP information technology transformation, where data center consolidation, application architecture rationalization, and project portfolio management are the rule of the day. ...

... "A deep dive into a company's technology infrastructure will help open a technology manager's eyes. Some of the 1,240 IT projects Mott cataloged at HP during a 30-day review weren't slated to be finished for 20 years. " ...

Via Information Week: Incremental IT

Insights into Software Development at Tesco

Tesco discusses their software architecture. ...

Enterprise Architecture Comes to Forefront

David Linthicum, an author and respected expert on integration, shares thoughts on the importance of a well-planned enterprise architecture and leveraging architects to develop a sustainable roadmap. ...

... "If investors hold management accountable for accounting irregularities and missed sales, then lost dollars around the ineffectiveness of IT can't be far behind. Thus, the ability to maintain effective and agile enterprise architecture is indeed a corporate responsibility ... " ...

Via InfoWorld: SOA

Manage Risk through Reuse

Cadbury plans to leverage its enterprise architecture on IT projects by reusing components across independent lines of business. ...

... "Cadbury Schweppes said the aims of the strategy were to improve the way IT delivers projects to the business, to reduce the risks associated with large roll-outs, and to enable the business to adapt more easily and quickly to change. " ...

Via ComputerWeekly: Cadbury Schweppes

TOGAF Enterprise Architecture: A Framework

Documenting an enterprise architecture can be challenging, especially if the business environment is dynamic. The Open Group's TOGAF approach may be just the approach for providing the framework and structure for your IT strategy. ...

... "An enterprise architecture addresses this need, by providing a strategic context for the evolution of the IT system in response to the constantly changing needs of the business environment. Furthermore, a good enterprise architecture enables you to achieve the right balance between IT efficiency and business innovation. It allows individual business units to innovate safely in their pursuit of competitive advantage. " ...

Via The Open Group: TOGAF Version 8

Operational Efficiency at Citigroup

Citigroup plans to eliminate thousands of positions in effort to streamline operations. Its list of information technology actions can have a significant impact. They seem late to the party with leveraging these efficient IT enablers - regionalized data centers, virtualization to increase capacity utilization, and a standard enterprise architecture. ...

... "Continue to rationalize operational spending on technology. Simplification and standardization of Citi's information technology platform will be critical to increase efficiency and drive lower costs as well as decrease time to market. Examples of this are: consolidation of data centers; improved capacity utilization of technical assets and optimizing global voice and data networks; standardizing how the company develops, deploys and runs applications; and maximizing value by limiting the number of software vendors to operate at scale. " ...

Via Citigroup: Citi Announces Actions to Streamline Organization, Reduce Expense Growth and Drive Future Expansion

ITGovernance ITIL EnterpriseArchitecture Drive Benefits

Service management successes discussed at recent conference.

... "CIO of the state of Illinois saved over $130 million annually by implementing a strong enterprise architecture and IT governance program in conjunction with ITIL. " ...

Via Public CIO: Government IT Services

Technology Evangelist: Leadership Role Understood

Are technology evangelists engaging and empathetic? This survey thinks so. Understand what makes these folks tick. ...

... "Technology evangelism requires a commitment to the product or service being sold, as well as to the company and its management. A technology evangelist is attached to a cause that embodies a vision, makes people feel better, generates impressive effects, initiates selfless actions, and polarizes people to act positively. Evangelism also requires specific attitudes, strategies, and techniques that are quite distinct from those found within sales or marketing environments. " ...

Via Growth Resources, Guy Kawasaki: Technology Evangelists: A Leadership Survey (PDF) ...

IT Strategy: Customer Focus SOPM ...

Marc Puich discusses the opportunity for information technology in the biopharmaceutical industry, advocating a simplified enterprise application architecture and a gradual, disciplined approach to operations excellence. I especially like his thoughts on customer focus and feel this spirit should be reflected in the principles of the service-oriented project management methodology that we are developing. SOPM should be customer-centric and its critical path should focus on the essential deliverables for customer success. ...

... "Begin with the customer. Developing an IT strategy should begin with an external focus. This process requires taking a critical look at what functionality is truly necessary to support your customer, versus what would be nice to have. The goal of a system is not to remove people from a process, but to provide the customers with what they need. " ...

Via BioPharm International: Operations Excellence: Perfecting IT Management System Selection for Biopharmaceutical Organizations - Proper application of an IT system can be a critical component to driving efficiency and reducing waste ...

CIO Drives Enterprise Architecture Standardization and Best Practices: A Common Theme ...

CIO drives standards and best practices to moderate IT spending to acceptable percent of sales. A recurring theme. Where's the innovation or differentiation? ...

... "In terms of governance and best practice that means things like the introduction of the Prince 2 project management principles, IT information library (ITIL) guidelines for IT infrastructure and BS7799 certification for security. " ...

CIO Drives Enterprise Architecture Standardization and Best Practices: A Common Theme: Via silicon.com: United Business Media CIO Matthew Graham-Hyde ...

SOA Service Oriented Architecture Governance: Software Enables ...

Flashline releases software enhancements that support full-cycle service oriented architecture SOA governance, by ensuring that policies are enforced across the lifecycle and that services align with the architecture. ...

... "Flashline, the leading registry/repository provider for SOA and software reuse, announced the immediate availability of Flashline for SOA 5.1, featuring new enhancements for governance and lifecycle management. Highlights of the new release include an enhanced policy management module, SOA starter patterns and an integration framework for enterprise systems management tools. " ...

SOA Service Oriented Architecture Governance: Software Enables: Via Flashline: Flashline Enhances Registry and Repository for SOA Governance and Lifecycle Management

IT Strategy: Corporate Interests Can Influence Architecture and Career Path ...

Ancedotal evidence illustrates the impact of external forces when enterprise architecture transformation is being considered. Those forces can impact the architecture and the career path of those involved. Who said enterprise architecture wasn't risky business? Ethan Butterfield reports on the status of Massachusetts' Enterprise Technical Reference Model. ...

... "Without mentioning Microsoft by name, John Weathersby, executive director of the Open Source Software Institute of Oxford, Miss., said powerful corporate interests used their leverage to aggressively fight the state’s initiative. It demonstrates the lengths to which some will go to try to slow the adoption of open standards within public-sector IT environments, he said. " ...

IT Strategy: Corporate Interests Can Influence Architecture and Career Path: Via GCN: Loss of advocate Quinn doesn’t slow down state’s effort ...

SOA Governance: IT Process Implications ...

Governing a service oriented architecture (SOA) touches on multiple aspects of information technology governance: the enterprise architecture, the software development lifecycle, service level operations, project portfolio management. Brent Carlson and Eric Marks thoroughly examine the valuable nuggets of SOA governance best practices and the implications on the processes of IT. ...

... "Because of the loosely coupled nature of SOA, SOA governance is a new discipline that has implications for existing corporate and IT institutions as well as for new organizational structures and processes (and the politics associated with those structures and processes). " ...

SOA Governance: IT Process Implications: Via SYS-CON AUSTRALIA: SOA Governance Best Practices - Architectural, Organizational, and SDLC Implications ...

Enterprise Architecture: Operating Principles ...

Tony Young, CIO Informatica, shares his thoughts on developing an enterprise architecture in a mid-size firm, by building on a foundation of business alignment and operating principles. ...

... "Establish your guiding IT principles. I hosted a half-day meeting with the five brightest minds in IT to identify the linkage between the business drivers and goals and our own IT principles. Limit these principles to roughly a dozen; any more gets overwhelming. One of ours, for example, was - all applications must support single sign-on via Microsoft's Active Directory Services. " ...

Enterprise Architecture: Operating Principles: Via Search CIO: MIDMARKET CIO BUILDS BIGTIME EA ...

ServiceOriented Architecture SOA Governance: Market Consolidation ...

Mercury acquires Systinet to extend its reach into the service oriented architecture SOA market. It further expands the footprint of their integrated business technology suite. This market space is ripe for consolidation as major information architectures transition to the services model. ...

... "Mercury Interactive Corporation, the global leader in business technology optimization (BTO) software, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Systinet Corporation, a privately held company, for $105.0 million in cash. Systinet is a leading provider of service-oriented architecture (SOA) governance and lifecycle management software and services. Customers use Systinet technology to manage SOA business services and to build secure and reliable Web services. Systinet technology, when combined with Mercury BTO Enterprise offerings, will help enable customers to take a lifecycle approach to optimizing the quality, performance and availability of SOA business services.

Systinet SOA products provide a system of record and a set of governance and lifecycle capabilities that help provide the visibility, control, quality and integrity critical to SOA success. Systinet products deliver capabilities for publishing and discovering business services; creating, managing and enforcing policies; and managing the full lifecycle of business services and other SOA assets. " ...

ServiceOriented Architecture SOA Governance: Market Consolidation: Via Mercury: Mercury to Acquire Systinet to Capitalize on High-Growth SOA Market ...

SOA ServiceOriented Architecture Predicted to Increase in New Year ...

IT governance models must evolve to make the best decisions on a service oriented enterprise architecture. Sean Rhody makes some predictions for the new year, including the acceleration of service oriented architectures, SOA. ...

... "Service orientation offers the possibility of real advances in IT - advances that can be coupled strongly to business value. It also requires organizational change and modification to IT governance that many folks have yet to really tackle. It's a lot easier to change the software than it is to change the people who run the software " ...

SOA ServiceOriented Architecture Predicted to Increase in New Year: Via SysCon: Holiday Wishes ...

UDDI for SOA: Govern Service Oriented Architecture ...

Flashline offers interesting solution for management of UDDI for SOA to enable more orchestrated process of governance for service architecture. ...

UDDI for SOA: Govern Service Oriented Architecture: Via Flashline: Flashline Offers $50,000 Credit to UDDI Registry Customers

... "Flashline has extensive experience deploying strategic enterprise SOA with Fortune 500 companies and Federal agencies who have documented annual returns in the millions of dollars. Where UDDI is in use, the majority use it for Web service discovery at runtime. They have found that UDDI presents limitations for enterprise SOA, however, because it provides no support for managing or governing services during three key stages of SOA implementation: plan-time, design-time and deploy-time. In addition, standalone programs centered on UDDI registries force enterprises to manage Web services apart from the other software assets and architecture necessary for SOA success. This isolation inhibits the ability to perform impact analysis and increases complexity as Web services and supporting artifacts proliferate. " ...

Enterprise Architecture: SEC Future State: Troux Metis ...

Troux and ISI partner to drive the enterprise architecture transformation at the SEC over the next few years. ...

Enterprise Architecture: SEC Future State: Troux Metis: Via Troux: SEC Taps Troux Technologies and ISI for Multi-Year Enterprise Architecture Program

... "Troux Technologies, the global leader in IT Governance and Enterprise Architecture (EA) solutions, and Integrated Systems, Inc., a foremost 8(a)-certified systems integrator, announced they have jointly won a multi-year contract from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to implement the SEC's Enterprise Architecture and increase its business value. Under the agreement, Troux and ISI will collaborate to provide the SEC's Office of Information and Technology with consulting expertise in documenting the SEC's current state architecture, and in developing and maintaining future state target architectures. ... Troux's Metis Enterprise is an Enterprise Architecture and planning solution that provides the basis for the transformation from an organization's current state to an optimized future state. It is designed with a highly scalable database that accommodates the volume of enterprise-wide data required for successful organizational transformation. Additionally, Troux's Metis offers a unique analysis capability, leveraging both the current and future EA states. The automated data collection in Metis, from disparate sources across the organization, keeps information timely and relevant. " ...

Integrated Systems, Inc. is dedicated to the development and implementation of high quality technology- and process-based solutions for government and commercial clients. Founded by Indrani Seetharam in 2000, ISI is a Minority Woman-Owned 8(a)-Certified small business, currently providing sophisticated technical solutions to the U.S. Treasury, the Departments of Homeland Security (US VISIT Program), Transportation (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration), Energy, Agriculture and Education; the National Archive and Records Administration; the State of Delaware; and the US Navy Space Warfare Center (SPAWAR). ISI's focus areas include Enterprise Architecture, Information Assurance, Information Security, Certification and Accreditation, Independent Validation and Verification and Life-cycle Management. ISI develops practical, affordable, and deliverable solutions of significant value to its clients, on or ahead of schedule.

Troux Technologies (pronounced "true") is a global provider of IT Governance software that accelerates IT and business transformation. Troux's IT Governance solutions enable organizations to strategically plan the enterprise, capture and analyze critical IT and business data and deliver actionable decisions to transform the business. Troux's breakthrough technology provides the enterprise-class information, policies, and analytics critical for IT excellence. With Troux, organizations succeed in breaking the traditional IT silos and effectively aligning IT with core business goals. Based in Austin, Texas, Troux Technologies serves the Global 1000 and government marketplaces.

Enterprise Architecture: Universal Functions ...

Public sector governance leverages an enterprise architecture to identify universal functions that cut-across the organization. Mary Mosquera interviews Department of Labor deputy CIO Tom Wiesner, discussing progress on the President's Management Agenda. ...

Enterprise Architecture: Universal Functions: Via GCN: Other agencies are green with envy

... "We have a strong governance process to address the EA requirements of the department. We've developed an enterprise architecture for universal functions that go across all of DOL and are starting to use the EA process in making IT investments. We've used enterprise architecture in our unified DOL technology infrastructure. The EA helps identify the redundancies. " ...

IT Governance: Enterprise Architecture Common Language ...

The role of IT governance is to establish an enabling framework of decision-making for information technology investments. Those involved in the orchestration of the governance process need to support a balanced view of the program management and enterprise architecture spaces. This can be accomplished through a clear view into the information technology portfolio, which should highlight the major strategic programs, but be clear about the architecture investments necessary to build or sustain the targted business and technology capabilities. George Paras, VP Troux Technologies, explores enterprise architecture and program management disciplines in the public sector and discusses bridging the barriers between the PMO and the enterprise architects. ...

IT Governance: Enterprise Architecture Common Language: Via Federal Times: Enterprise architecture: Seeing the big picture

... "Develop a common language on IT governance, portfolio management and enterprise architecture. An important focus of this common language will be to educate executives about the relationships between the program management and enterprise architecture groups. " ...

PMThink! resources on Enterprise Architecture:

• Centralized IT Governance: Enterprise Architecture Modeling Tool


• Does Architecture Visualization Enable ITGovernance?


• Enterprise Architecture PMO: Common Framework For Investments


• Information Technology Architecture: Operational Excellence Projects ...


• IT Governance Role: Architecture

SOA Implementation: Governance and Project Management: Seminars

Seminar series by Cape Clear addresses project management and governance best practices for implementation of a service oriented architecture, or SOA. ...

SOA Implementation: Governance and Project Management: Seminar: Via Cape Clear Software: Cape Clear Provides Practical Guidance for SOA Implementations with SOA Architects' Forum Seminar Series ...

... "Cape Clear Software announced details for the company's latest series of SOA Architects' Forums - free, interactive workshops that provide practical guidance for Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) implementations. Cape Clear's interactive workshops are designed to simplify the often complex and confusing process of moving SOA initiatives from hype to reality. Seminars will cover: Organizational, governance, and project management best practices; Identifying and prioritizing projects, and determining ROI for implementation success; ... " ...

Cape Clear Software provides the fastest, simplest, and most proven way to implement a Service Oriented Architecture, delivering enterprise SOA projects in 20% of the time and cost of alternative approaches. With over 200 customers, Cape Clear is the proven leader in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) software. Cape Clear's True ESB software is based completely on open standards, works with your existing infrastructure, and enables business users to flexibly align their business processes with their infrastructure. Founded in 1999, Cape Clear Software is a privately held firm with headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts and offices in Atlanta, San Mateo, Dublin, and London.

IT Governance: New Initiatives Executive Alignment

IT Governance still requires a degree of executive alignment before significant investments can be approved. Any delay can seem bureaucratic, however it is necessary to build an executive support network, or coalition, to align behind a major multi-year investment program. Lawrence M Walsh explores the challenges vendors face when they must align their sales cycles with public sector governance processes.

IT Governance: New Initiatives Executive Alignment: Via CRN: VARs Must Play Politics To Expedite Government Sales

... "Even with centralized IT governance, such as Takai's in Michigan, in which the CIO has budget and oversight of all IT deployments, it still takes time to build consensus for new initiatives. " ...

PMThink references on IT governance:

• CA Niku ITGovernance Growth Engine?


• Centralized IT Governance: Enterprise Architecture Modeling Tool


• COBIT Course: IT Governance Controls Framework ...


• Discussion on Distributed IT: Governance ...


• Does Architecture Visualization Enable ITGovernance?


• EPM Software IT Governance Market Growth ...


• From CIO Magazine - A Cry for Full-Cyle Governance


• Governance Alignment: Project Portfolio Management (PPM)


• Governance Software: OMB A123 Compliance


• IT Governance Common Themes ...


• IT Governance Integrated Application Development: Software Solution


• IT Governance Repeatable Processes ...


• IT Governance Road Map ...


• IT Governance Role: Architecture


• IT Governance Solution: Maturity Acceleration ...


• IT Governance Transformation: New York State CIO


• IT Governance: Application Services Flexibility or Efficiency?


• IT Governance: Board-Level Visibility ...


• IT Governance: Board of Directors ...


• IT Governance: SAP ESA Strategy


• IT Governance: Services Transformation ...


• IT Governance: Service Portfolio Management Applications ...


• IT Governance: Shift Investment to Business Value Opportunities


• IT Governance: The Board ...


• IT Governance: Value and Cost Measurement ...


• IT Governance; Where the Value of IT is Hiding


• IT Savvy: Governance Best Practices: Peter Weill


• Leadership and IT Governance


• Microsoft IT Governance Woes ...


• Process Governance Tool Upcoming ...


• Process Models: ITIL ITGovernance ...


• Project Management and Governance


• ProjectManagement ITGovernanceSoftware Linux Capable ...


• SOA and IT Governance ...


• SOA Governance: Best Practice Strategies Webinar ...


• SOA IT Governance


• Software Supports ITGovernance CorporateGovernance

IT Service Delivery Management: Excellence Model

Ah!, the sweet taste of ITSM IT services management ... Hershey's adopt Sun Micro's service excellence model to improve the delivery of business value. Sun has developed a portfolio of aligned IT services, called SunTone. ...

IT Service Delivery Management: Excellence Model: Via Sun Microsystems: The Hershey Company Continues To Use Sun Microsystems' SunTone Service Excellence Model to Improve IT Service Delivery Management ...

... "Sun Tone is part of Sun's integrated portfolio of aligned services that provide IT infrastructure planning, assessments, and resolution services for customer business issues. SunTone helps enterprises derive greater business value from IT, transforming IT from a support function to a provider of business-led services that create competitive advantage. SunTone Service Excellence Model provides guidance and a measurement system for Sun Tone users. The new SunTone Service Excellence Model 3.0 brings advancements in industry standard and regulatory compliance, major enhancements in security, greater manageability, and requirements for financial management.

By adopting the SunTone Service Excellence Model and consistently operating enterprise data center services in accordance with SunTone certification requirements, Hershey was able to improve service availability and operational efficiency. Hershey was also able to reduce the time and effort required to meet requirements for IT governance. Hershey's experience is representative of a current global market trend to adopt IT service management (ITSM) principles to improve IT governance, compliance, drive operational efficiencies and derive greater business value from IT. The SunTone Service Excellence Model covers all the elements involved in delivering IT services -- system architecture, operational processes, and human skills. " ...

The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) is a leading snack food company and the largest North American manufacturer of quality chocolate and non-chocolate confectionery products. With revenues of over $4 billion and more than 13,000 employees worldwide, The Hershey Company markets such well-known brands as Hershey's, Reese's, Hershey's Kisses, Kit Kat, Almond Joy, Mounds, Jolly Rancher, Twizzlers, Ice Breakers, and Mauna Loa, as well as innovative new products such as Take 5 and Hershey's Cookies.

IT Governance: SAP ESA Strategy

Implementing effective IT governance is suggested as a pre-requisite to the transition to SAP's enterprise services architecture, SAP ESA.

IT Governance: SAP ESA Strategy: Via Search SAP: Breaking down SAP's ESA strategy ...

... "... according to Naeem Hashmi, chief research officer of Information Frameworks, an IT research and strategic consulting group in Londonderry, N.H. Good IT governance and a hefty amount of planning should prepare most enterprises for the changes ahead, he said. " ...

SAP has developed a consortium-based strategy to its enterprise services architecture ESA:

... "SAP has established Enterprise Services-Ready to identify products that incorporate the Enterprise Services Architecture, leveraging the power of business process services in the enterprise. This standards based certification ensures that SAP and partner ISV solutions that are Enterprise Services-Ready are able to extend ESA functionality across the IT landscape, to help organizations design, deploy, run and maintain innovative business processes at lower cost and higher flexibility. Industry support for Enterprise Services-Ready and ESA as the enabler of flexible, next-generation business continues to grow, already adopted by Adobe, Avaya, Computer Associates, Dell, EMC, HP, Intel, Macromedia, Mercury, Microsoft, Network Appliance, Novell, Research In Motion, RSA Security, Symantec and VERITAS. " ...

IT Strategy: Motorola Exec Podcast ...

IT Strategy: Motorola Exec Podcast: Via SATN.org: Podcast with Motorola executive ...

Dan Bricklin posts podcast by Motorola exec ...

... "Toby Redshaw of Motorola. ... Toby has a strong Enterprise IT background (he was a senior IT person at Federal Express before Motorola and is corporate vice president, Corporate IT Strategy, Architecture and e-Business at Motorola) and talks about cell phones from that perspective. He also talks a lot about building systems and their experience with Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). " ...

Dan Bricklin is also best known as the co-creator of VisiCalc. He is currently founder and CTO of Trellix Corporation.

Centralized IT Governance: Enterprise Architecture Modeling Tool

Centralized IT Governance: Enterprise Architecture Modeling Tool: Via Troux: Troux Announces Metis Enterprise 5.0 Technology Availability: Market leader rolls out integrated offering to help improve IT governance through Enterprise Architecture processes ...

Troux converges its product set on visualization and analysis of enterprise architecture data to enable effective centralized IT governance ...

... "Delivering on the successful acquisition of Metis earlier this year, Troux's Metis family of EA products now combines the visualization and analytic capabilities of the Metis modeling tool with Troux's highly scalable repository for automatic capture and management of enterprise IT and business data. This comprehensive offering gives enterprise architects, business analysts, IT planners and other decision-makers in even the largest and most complex organizations a toolset capable of centralizing the management of all IT governance processes. " ...

Troux Technologies (pronounced "true") is a global provider of IT Governance software that accelerates IT and business transformation. Troux's IT Governance solutions enable organizations to strategically plan the enterprise, capture and analyze critical IT and business data and deliver actionable decisions to transform the business. Troux's breakthrough technology provides the enterprise-class information, policies, and analytics critical for IT excellence. With Troux, organizations succeed in breaking the traditional IT silos and effectively aligning IT with core business goals. Based in Austin, Texas, Troux Technologies serves the Global 1000 and government marketplaces.

Information Technology Architecture: Operational Excellence Projects ...

Information Technology Architecture: Operational Excellence Projects: Via Ecutel: Constellation Energy Selects Ecutel Viatores Mobile IP VPN: Re-engineers Mobile Remote-Access Capabilities for Field Services ...

IT architecture aligned with strategic goal of operational excellence drives project portfolio for Constellation Energy ...

... "Several years ago Constellation Energy developed a process for guiding their IT Architecture and Practices called Achieving Operational Excellence, or AOE. The program mandated common practices across operating units, reduction of IT vendors and utilization of standard off-the-shelf applications wherever feasible. Several projects were instituted as part of the AOE program, including a Field Resources Management (FRM) project. Wireless mobility was incorporated under the FRM project. " ...

Ecutel Systems, Inc. is a pioneering provider of networking and enterprise mobility solutions. The company’s next-generation, standards-based Mobile IP VPN products bring together security and seamless mobility to improve productivity throughout all facets of the enterprise, from simple and secure remote access for mobile workers to remote management for IT professionals on the go. Ecutel's products are currently sold worldwide and are used by hundreds of government, public safety, healthcare, education, and enterprise customers. The company's products include Viatores Mobile VPN and Infrastructure Command and Control (IC2).

Beth S. Perlman, Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President, Constellation Energy: Beth S. Perlman joined Constellation Energy in 2002. As Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President, Ms. Perlman is responsible for all company-wide information technology initiatives, including the standardization of systems and architecture.

Enterprise Architecture PMO: Common Framework For Investments

Enterprise Architecture PMO: Common Framework For Investments: Via OMB: Enabling Citizen Centered Government: 2005-2006 FEA PMO Action Plan ...

Feds leverage an enterprise architecture program management office (PMO) to provide visibility across IT investments ...

... "The FEA Program Management Office (FEA PMO), located in OMB’s Office of E-Gov and IT, equips OMB and Federal agencies with a common language and framework to describe and analyze IT investments, enhance collaboration and ultimately transform the Federal government into a citizen-centered, results-oriented, and market-based organization as set forth in the President’s Management Agenda (PMA). The FEA consists of a set of interrelated reference models designed to facilitate crossagency analysis and the identification of duplicative investments, gaps and opportunities for collaboration within and across agencies. " ...

Proof Of Concept Projects

Consider a proof-of-concept prior to developing a full business case proposal for a new project investment. Proofs have been very effective for IT projects, especially when introducing emerging technology. It should be an important first step when introducing new technology partners into the enterprise architecture. Jeffrey Bauer, Dryden Flight Research Center, provides some insights in this article ... Proof Of Concept Projects: Via NASA - Proof of Concept

... "View graphs and a lot of conjecture don't inspire people to invest in projects. Proof of concept does. Once he had our video as proof of concept, he successfully sold a $50-million program based on our low-cost (roughly $100,000) prototype." ...

CIO Council: Enterprise Information Board

Via VA Office of Information and Technology: The Enterprise Information Board

VA leverages an enterprise information board as their CIO council to perform project and portfolio governance of the enterprise architecture ...

... "The information technology planning process supports the review of information technology investment proposals for compliance with VA's Enterprise Architecture. The Enterprise Information Board (EIB) oversees this process. The Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology (who is also VA's Chief Information Officer), as the process owner of VA's information technology planning process, is the steward responsible and accountable for creating, leveraging, coordinating, and implementing VA's Enterprise Architecture. " ...

Functions of CIO Council

CIO Council: Originally established by Executive Order 13011 (Federal Information Technology) and later codified by the E-Government Act of 2002, the Chief Information Officers Council (the CIO Council) is the principal interagency forum to improve agency practices for the management of information technology ...

Here are some excerpts of the functions / role of the CIO Chief Information Officer Council, which is becoming a more prevalent organizational entity in major enterprises ...

... "The CIO Council performs functions that include the following:

Develop recommendations for information resources management policies and requirements.

Share experiences, ideas, best practices, and innovative approaches related to information resources management.

Assist in the identification, development, and coordination of enterprise projects and other innovative initiatives to improve performance through the use of information technology.

Promote the development and use of common performance measures for information resources management.

Develop recommendations on information technology standards and maximize the use of commercial standards as appropriate. " ...

Asset Portfolio Management Teams Drive Reuse

Asset Portfolio Management Teams Drive Reuse: Via Flashline Community Weblog: Want Reuse? Recruit Asset Portfolio Management Teams ...

Sharon Fay writes about reuse opportunities, which leverage teams for portfolio management of assets ...

... "Asset Portfolio Management Teams are responsible for identifying, acquiring, managing, and monitoring the use of their assets. These assets are typically related to IT initiatives such as: Enterprise Architecture (EA); Product Line Architecture; Enterprise Application Integration (EAI); etc. ... " ...

Tag: Portfolio Management

EPM: Enterprise Program Management: ROI ...

EPM: Enterprise Program Management: ROI: Via Headstrong - Consulting and Outsourcing Service Provider - EPM: Maximizing Project ROI across the Enterprise ...

... "Enterprise Project Management (EPM) is the strategic management of business and IT priorities, investments, and projects across the enterprise. The objective of EPM is to take full advantage of the synergies across your enterprise architecture, portfolio management, and project management office disciplines to get maximum strategic value and return on project investments. " ...

Headstrong, Inc. is a global consultancy and financial solutions company that delivers expertise across business processes, management consulting and technology within financial services, manufacturing, public sector and service industries. Headstrong’s Financial solutions include matching engines and electronic exchange systems as well as trading, order management, stock lending, clearing, settlement and financial messaging systems. Customers include stock exchanges, commodity exchanges, brokerage houses and investment banks in addition to new generation marketplaces such as ATS’, ECNs, financial portals and private e-marketplaces. With a global resource pool of qualified advisors and its Global Delivery Centers, Headstrong can furnish a full range of integration services including strategic assessment, design, implementation, application development and maintenance both onshore and offshore. Headstrong helps clients align technology initiatives with business goals while leveraging its steadfast heritage (as James Martin + Co) of strong methodologies and standards for delivery. Headstrong maintains a 23-year track record of proven results and a solid client base. The company is headquartered near Washington, DC, with a global presence across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Does Architecture Visualization Enable ITGovernance?

Does Architecture Visualization Enable ITGovernance: Via Troux:Troux Announces Metis Enterprise 5.0 Technology Availability ...

Having a documented as-is IT architecture is important. How important will visualization tools, such as Troux Metis, be in enabling a quality IT governance process? Certainly, it should help with end-of-life IT investments. Can it really play a role in transformative IT investments ...

... "Troux Technologies, the global leader in IT Governance and Enterprise Architecture (EA) solutions, announced the general availability of Metis Enterprise 5.0, an industry-leading Enterprise Architecture Modeling and Repository offering for Global 1000 companies and the government market. Delivering on the successful acquisition of Metis earlier this year, Troux's Metis family of EA products now combines the visualization and analytic capabilities of the Metis modeling tool with Troux's highly scalable repository for automatic capture and management of enterprise IT and business data. This comprehensive offering gives enterprise architects, business analysts, IT planners and other decision-makers in even the largest and most complex organizations a toolset capable of centralizing the management of all IT governance processes. " ...

Troux Technologies (pronounced "true") is a global provider of IT Governance software that accelerates IT and business transformation. Troux's IT Governance solutions enable organizations to strategically plan the enterprise, capture and analyze critical IT and business data and deliver actionable decisions to transform the business. Troux's breakthrough technology provides the enterprise-class information, policies, and analytics critical for IT excellence. With Troux, organizations succeed in breaking the traditional IT silos and effectively aligning IT with core business goals.