Enterprise Architecture and TOGAF

Infosys made a presentation on The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) at The Open Group Conference in Glasgow on April 20, 2008. Among the observations is that TOGAF is not easy to explain to customers... but it is nevertheless essential to demonstrate its value. Our expert argues in favor of highlighting the need for enterprise support and appropriate governance to adopt TOGAF.

Business agility, delivered with SOA

Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) enables companies to respond dynamically to market trends and modify their business models, according to Srinivas Padmanabhuni, Head of SOA research, Infosys. In an article published... – eWeek Strategic Partner in eWeek, he discusses how Infosys helped one of its clients develop and reuse 40 business services. Srinivas believes that SOA delivers real value by enabling a business transformation.
– eWeek Strategic Partner

Best practices in Performance Benchmarking

Performance Benchmarking eliminates bottlenecks in applications, saves time and cuts costs. Applications should be tested for functionality and benchmarked against performance parameters. They must be performance-tested... and benchmarked before deployment in the production environment, or after deployment. Infosys has developed best practices, which when properly executed, eliminate rework post-deployment and reduce application costs.

SOA: Bridging Enterprise Architecture and Solution Architecture

Enterprise architecture (EA) ensures business-IT alignment. Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) bridges the gap between business and IT through well defined, business aligned services...

The objectives of EA and SOA are quite similar. However, while EA is a framework that covers all dimensions of enterprise IT architecture, SOA provides an architectural strategy that uses the concept of a 'service' as the underpinning business-IT alignment entity. This article highlights the dependencies between an EA framework and an SOA strategy from an artifact point of view.

Redefining the 'Enterprise Architect'

The work being offshored to and by software services companies is highly technical in nature. The bulk of such technical work involves translating requirements to workable solutions and also... to ensure that such solutions continue working according to Service Level Agreements (SLAs) defined by businesses. It is therefore imperative that these initiatives get the required oversight from technical experts and stakeholders. Such oversight includes review of architecture and design for use of industry best practices and conformance with the required Quality of Service (QoS). The real skill comes in contextualizing the applicability of technology, validating best practices and reuse in the specific business and enterprise context.

SOA on the fast track

Being privy to multiple SOA projects in different continents and stages provides some interesting insights. Technology is hardly a problem, but it is always mentioned as one. However, with the abundance of intelligent people,... we have reasonable confidence in stating that if a problem can be identified it can be solved. So, what are some the real problems?

SOA, Business Media and Viewpoints

When the business press dissects aspects of a technology, one can be assured of one thing: your business users are going to expect that you and your CTO deliver on the promises that the 'case studies' they are reading about deliver to those clients.

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