architecture
Does it matter if it’s SOA or cloud services? Not to the business
Architecture is the missing ingredient needed to help cloud computing deliver to the business — but to date, “cloud architecture” has meant building or buying clouds, not leveraging them. Jason [Bloomberg] urges moving forward with “Enterprise Cloud Architecture” or “Cloud Consumption Architecture” to achieve business value.
The Dangers of “Checklist” Architecture
Move away from the “business requires X so we build X” mentality
E2AF Cheatsheet
I use the extended enterprise architecture framework (E2AF). I put together this E2AF cheat sheet which guides architects through the who, what, where, how, and why questions from the perspective of the business, the information, the systems, and the infrastructure. Enterprise Architecture Cheat Sheet.doc (489 KB)
More SOA, Less Dogma
A while back, I made a few off-the-cuff posts on the Service-Orientated (yes, Orientated) Architecture Yahoo Group on the topic of ESBs, Vendor-Driven Architecture, and making sure architects are in charge of architecture. I’ve included a few snippets of those posts below. On the topic of vendors having too much say about an enterprise’s architecture: [...]
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