Enterprise architecture and enterprise transformation: Related but distinct concepts that can change the world
February 22, 2012

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Architecture and change: The proper end is fitness for purpose
February 16, 2012

This guest post comes courtesy of Leonard Fehskens, Vice President of Skills and Capabilities at The Open Group. Read more

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Five tips enterprise architects can learn from the Winchester Mystery House
February 9, 2012

This guest post comes courtesy of E.G. Nadhan of HP Enterprise Services. Read more

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San Francisco Conference observations: Enterprise transformation, enterprise architecture, SOA and a splash of cloud computing
February 6, 2012

This guest post comes courtesy of Chris Harding, Forum Director for SOA and Semantic Interoperability at The Open Group. Read more

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Enterprise architects play key role in transformation, data analytics value — but they need to act fast, say Open Group speakers
February 1, 2012

Good data management, analytics, and helping to shape the goals of the business are keys to transforming the enterprise through impactful enterprise architecture (EA). That was the theme, from different perspectives, presented by a series of plenary speakers this week at The Open Group Conference in San Francisco. Read more

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MIT’s Ross on how enterprise architecture and IT more than ever lead to business transformation
January 11, 2012

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The Open Group, SABSA release white paper on aligning enterprise, security architecture to achieve business goals
November 7, 2011

In an effort to provide clearer guidance for enterprise and security architects in aligning security and risk management with business goals and objectives, The Open Group and the SABSA Institute have released a new TOGAF SABSA Integration Whitepaper. Read more

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Architect certification increasingly impacts professionalization of IT in the cloud era
August 8, 2011

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Enterprise architecture’s quest for its proper identity
March 19, 2011

This guest post comes courtesy of Len Fehskens, Vice President of Skills and Capabilities at The Open Group.

By Len Fehskens

It is my impression, from what I read and hear in many enterprise and business architecture  Enterprise architecture’s quest for its proper identityblogs and forums, that the enterprise architecture (EA) community comprises multiple factions, and which faction you are part of depends on how you answer two questions. These are fundamental questions that I suspect many in the EA community (present company excepted, of course) have not asked themselves explicitly, or, if they have, considered why they would answer them one way or the other.

I believe the answers to these questions color the way we talk and think about enterprise architecture, and until the EA community as a whole comes to a consensus regarding their answers, we risk talking past one another, using the same words but meaning significantly different things. [Disclosure: The Open Group is a sponsor of BriefingsDirect podcasts.] Read more

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Open Group cloud panel forecasts cloud as spurring useful transition phase for enterprise architecture
February 26, 2011

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Welcome to a special discussion on predicting how cloud computing will actually unfold for enterprises and their core applications and services in the next few years. Part of The Open Group 2011 Conference in San Diego the week of Feb. 7, a live, on-stage panel examined the expectations of new types of cloud models — and perhaps cloud specialization requirements — emerging quite soon. Read more

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