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Tutorial: An Introduction to Recovery-Oriented Computing
Abhijit Belapurkar
Though a blot on business competitiveness, system failures are inevitable. The focus, therefore, needs to be on faster recovery rather than on failure prevention. Recovery-Oriented Computing prescribes some dos and don'ts about how enterprise architectures should be to facilitate a reduced recovery time.
Perspective: The SOA Challenge: Defining Services Effectively
Sohel Aziz & Shakir Badami
Enterprises are increasingly looking at Service-Oriented Architecture for respite from the heterogeneous IT landscape. The challenge is to identify the services and define them. Basing the overall architecture around the concept of a service results in a more adaptable and flexible IT infrastructure.
Third Angle: "No firm has failed in EA because the technology wasn't right"
For many, the definition of EA has moved beyond strictly technical issues to include information and business processes. Selecting appropriate technologies is a skill -- a very important one that can be, thankfully, learned, says Brian Burke,noted META Group thought leader and senior analyst.
View Point: Over-Engineering Enterprise Architecture and Business Competitiveness
Shireesh Jayashetty, Pradeep Kumar Manjunatha & Harish Kashyap
Enterprises that lack an agile IT infrastructure are at the risk of losing out in the global markets. However, while attaining agility and robustness the tendency among managers is to ignore the interdependency between technology and business and over-engineer the enterprise architecture.
Implementation: Threat Modeling in Enterprise Architecture Integration
Visveswaran Chidambaram
The ability of EAI to provide limitless sharing of information across the globe and across technology platforms has resulted in heightened security concerns among enterprises. An exercise to identify, analyze and rate the threats, if perform regularly,can help enterprises to prevent a security crisis.
Research: An Integrated Modeling Approach to Enterprise Systems Architecture
Santonu Sarkar & Srinivas Thonse
Several approaches have been recommended to model various aspects of an enterprise system architecture. However, there is none that offers a complete solution. An integrated architecture modeling approach is attempted at bringing together the best of all the previous approaches.
Case Study: Optimizing the Field Force: Service Territory Management
Venkat Pavan
Companies are targeting CRM as the key differentiator to promote their business because a high level of customer satisfaction is key to the success of a service provider. Consumer-driven companies are automating their mobile workforce to reduce response time, increase first-call effectiveness and retain customers.
Practitioner's Perspective: Enterprise Integration Styles 101
Shanmugam Devaraj
The integration architecture of an enterprise balances the requirements of the business and the requirements of individual applications. Integration styles play a significant role in achieving the enterprise integration architecture. They are a step towards creating a zero latency enterprise.
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