Roadmap | Strategic IT Architecture

Enterprise Architecture Governance

Posted on12. Dec, 2010 by vbrown.

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In a recent LinkedIn discussion, I offered the following definition of Enterprise Architecture (EA) EA is the logical framework that links and aligns business strategy and organizational structures, processes, information, and technologies. What I find fascinating is that EA as a business function whose intent and benefits seem so obvious to me (based on many [...]

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Clouds + SOA = Ultimate Service Platform

Posted on04. Jun, 2010 by vbrown.

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Clouds and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Do they conflict as IT strategies? Are they flavors of the same approach – service orientation? Can you even adopt Cloud Computing without SOA? How do they relate and complement each other? Ther

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SOA is Mainstream

Posted on01. Feb, 2010 by vbrown.

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SOA is growing up. In fact, for many of SOA’s early or mid-term adopters, SOA is in late adolescence or early adulthood. By that I mean that the application and disciplines of service-based architecture and applications have matured and are being

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Cloud Computing Roadmap

Posted on23. Dec, 2009 by vbrown.

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Don’t miss the truly strategic opportunities offered by the various forms of Cloud Computing! Cloud Computing, like any innovation, will progress through the cycle of early excitement, followed by disillusionment as stories surface about earl

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Flight Plan: Deploying the Cloud

Posted on06. Nov, 2009 by vbrown.

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The early phases of a new technology paradigm are disruptive and confusing. And the confusion usually starts with words and the difficulty of clearly communicating complex topics! That’s definitely true of the cloud computing paradigm. The term