ADM 2372 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Enterprise Architecture, Information Technology Architecture, Distributed Computing
4 Apr 2018
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Enterprise architecture: plans for how an organization builds, deploys uses and shares its data, processes and. Recent advances: low-cost computing promotes shift towards more distributed processing. Internet technologies provide low-cost connection for everyone on the same network: new technologies add to, improve and interconnect old technologies, complex applications can be built from re-usable modules. Unified enterprise architecture: standardizes hardware and software across the business, can make it cheaper, more strategic and more responsive to customers. Enterprise architect: provides the bridge between it and the business, grounded in technology, fluent in business, a patient diplomat. Challenges: technically complex with an overlay of potential political and cultural stumbling blocks, enterprises face possible higher prices, tariffs, import restricts and long lead times for government approvals, difficulty in estimating operational expenses across network. Internet links tens of millions of users in hundreds of countries.
