Enterprise architecture works best today when it borrows start-up habits — testing fast, learning quickly and scaling what actually delivers value. In an era defined by rapid innovation, shifting ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. In this episode, Thomas Betts chats with ...

Like many midsize companies, my organization realized at a certain point that its IT systems were becoming a major cost burden that needed controlling. We had around 1,000 applications, mostly owned ...

Among the many buzzwords or common phrases used in business, “blueprint” is on the list. In many cases, the word serves as a great visualization for how a company wants to structure teams, processes ...

"City planning" is an easily understood metaphor that architects can employ to communicate more effectively the nature and value of architecture by relating the "unseen" enterprise architecture to ...

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This year’s winning EA initiatives, brought to you by Forrester and InfoWorld, focused on making digital transformation real, usually with agile techniques In past Forrester/InfoWorld Enterprise ...

The IT industry loves seismic shifts in technology architectures. In the 1990s, there was object-oriented programming. Later, service-oriented architecture and enterprise service bus built on these ...

Last month I referred to the cult comedy Office Space when I posed the question, Is Enterprise Architecture Completely Broken? After speaking with two authorities on The Open Group Architecture ...

A fundamental axiom of security is that we can never drive risk to zero. In other words, perfect security is infinitely expensive. We must therefore understand our tolerance for risk and our budget ...