Enterprise Architecture A to Z: Frameworks, Business Process Modeling, SOA, and Infrastructure Technology / Edition 1

by Daniel Minoli

Overview

Driven by the need and desire to reduce costs, organizations are faced with a set of decisions that require analytical scrutiny. Enterprise Architecture A to Z: Frameworks, Business Process Modeling, SOA, and Infrastructure Technology examines cost-saving trends in architecture planning, administration, and management.

To establish a framework for discussion, this book begins by evaluating the role of Enterprise Architecture Planning and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) modeling. It provides an extensive review of the most widely deployed architecture framework models. In particular, the book discusses The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) and the Zachman Architectural Framework (ZAF) in detail, as well as formal architecture standards and all four layers of these models: the business architecture, the information architecture, the solution architecture, and the technology architecture.

The first part of the text focuses on the upper layers of the architecture framework, while the second part focuses on the technology architecture. In this second section, the author presents an assessment of storage technologies and networking and addresses regulatory and security issues. Additional coverage includes high-speed communication mechanisms such as Ethernet, WAN and Internet communication technologies, broadband communications, and chargeback models.

Daniel Minoli has written a number of columns and books on the high-tech industry and has many years of technical hands-on and managerial experience at top financial companies and telecom/networking providers. He brings a wealth of knowledge and practical experience to these pages. By reviewing the strategies in this book, CIOs, CTOs, and senior managers are empowered by a set of progressive approaches to designing state-of-the-art IT data centers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780849385179
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/19/2008
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	498
Product dimensions:	7.10(w) x 9.80(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction: Enterprise Architecture and Technology Trends. Enterprise Architecture Goals, Roles, and Mechanisms. The Open Group Architectural Framework. The Zachman Architectural Framework. Official Enterprise Architecture Standards. Enterprise Architecture Tools. Business Process Modeling. Architecture Fulfillment via Service-Oriented Architecture Modeling. Evolving SAN, GbE/10GbE, and Metro Ethernet Technologies. Evolving MAN/WAN Technologies. Networking in SOA Environments. Server/Storage Virtualization and Grid Computing for Commercial Enterprise Environments.