Enterprise Architecture

The Mobile Architecture Imperative
Architect For Thin And Thick Mobile Clients For The Next Five Years
by Jeffrey S. Hammond, Ellen Daley, August 1, 2008
The past eight years have shown little business adoption of mobile applications beyond wireless email and a few key applications. As a result, firms have been able to limp along without comprehensive mobile architectures. No longer. Today, the imperative . . .
For Technology Product Management & Marketing Professionals
Role Profile: The Enterprise Architect
Understanding And Marketing To The EA Professional
by Emily Van Metre, Eric G. Brown, July 25, 2008
Knowing your customers will help you start the right conversation with a prospect, understand how your products are relevant to your customer's daily life, and in the end help to land you a sale. This role profile will take you through key attributes . . .
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
SOA Adoption: Budgets Don't Matter Much
Although Adoption Patterns Differ, Firms With Budgets Of Varying Sizes Adopt SOA
by Randy Heffner, April 9, 2008
IT organizations with small, medium, and large budgets are adopting service-oriented architecture (SOA) in large numbers; this is true whether looking at overall IT budget, overall software budget, or the percentage of software budget spent on new initiatives. . . .
For Technology Product Management & Marketing Professionals
Which Vendors Are Well Positioned For The Renewal Of The Application Landscape In European Financial Services? (136 KB PPT)
by Jost Hoppermann, March 13, 2008
This data chart provides highlights of the European Financial Services Architecture Strategy Survey 2007.
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
SOA Adoption: Many Firms Got Started In 2007
SOA Satisfaction Still Runs High; Strategic Business Use Of SOA Is Still Increasing
by Randy Heffner, March 11, 2008
The IT industry is continuing its strong adoption of service-oriented architecture (SOA), according to Forrester's latest survey data. A year ago, our data highlighted a general slowness in moving from SOA planning to actual use of SOA. This slowness . . .
For Application Development & Program Management Professionals
Enterprises View Open Source As A Key Tactic For Strategic Software Initiatives
by Michael Goulde, December 13, 2007
Forrester's Enterprise And SMB Software Survey, North America And Europe, Q3 2007, separated Linux from other open source software and found that current usage dropped dramatically from previous studies. However, overall interest was exactly the same . . .
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Canonical Information Modeling Is Key To Many Information-As-A-Service And SOA Strategies
by Mike Gilpin, November 15, 2007
Forrester recently surveyed 1,017 decision-makers at North American and European enterprises on the adoption of service-oriented architecture (SOA) and related technologies including information-as-a-service (IaaS). Compared to other SOA technologies . . .