About the Book

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.

Contents

Part I: The Logical Level: Enterprise Architecture A tO Z:

Frameworks, Business Process Modeling, and SOA 1. Introduction: Enterprise Architecture and Technology Trends 2. Enterprise Architecture Goals, Roles, and Mechanisms 3. The Open Group Architectural Framework

4. The Zachman Architectural Framework 5. Official Enterprise Architecture Standards 6. Enterprise Architecture Tools 7. Business Process Modeling 8. Architecture Fulfillment via Service-Oriented Architecture Modeling Part II: The Infrastructure Level: Migrating to State-of-the-Art Environments in Enterprises with IT-Intensive Assets: Network Virtualization 9. Evolving SAN, GbE/10GbE, and Metro Ethernet Technologies 10. Evolving MAN/WAN Technologies 11. Networking in SOA Environments 12. Server/Storage Virtualization and Grid Computing for Commercial Enterprise Environments

About the Author

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.