Links for 2009-10-04

Cloud Platforms: An Enterprise-Oriented Overview -
A short introduction to Cloud platforms more...
(tags: cloud microsoft architecture)

Links for 2009-09-24

10 Collaboration Platforms to Consider for Your Business -
Collaboration is the cornerstone of getting work done in the enterprise. It may start with e-mail clients, but there are a number of platforms that enable file sharing, offer wiki-like work space and provide real-time collaboration through Web conferencing. They also come in different packages, with some designed as on-premises installations and others deployed via the Web as cloud computing services. In this slideshow, eWEEK runs through some of the most popular collaboration platforms, from Microsoft SharePoint to Zimbra and other solutions in between. This isn't an attempt to rank the products, or favor one over the other, but to show businesses what's out there to help employees better work together. more...
(tags: collaboration tools architecture)

Links for 2009-09-12

Prioritizing IT Initiatives Using Business Architecture - The Architecture Journal -
This article describes a technique that Microsoft architects around the world use every day to ensure that IT projects have both a clear alignment with the strategic goals of the organization and a strong demonstrable impact. more...
(tags: architecture microsoft msba)

Links for 2009-08-20

The Architecture Journal -
The Architecture Journal is an independent platform for free thinkers and practitioners of IT architecture. New editions are issued quarterly with articles designed to offer perspective, share knowledge, and help you learn the discipline and pursue the art of IT architecture. more...
(tags: architecture EA)

Links for 2009-08-14

Sourcing Governance Framework -
Whitepaper explaining the Sourcing Governance Framework as developed by Quint Wellington Redwood more...
(tags: architecture governance framework)

Links for 2009-07-24

CAS 2 Architecture -
The Jasig Central Authentication Service was originally developed by Yale University. It has since become a Jasig project.

Since the availability of the Central Authentication Service server implementation and protocol, there have been many client programs developed for "CASifying" applications such that they can use CAS for user authentication. more...
(tags: architecture authentication)

Links for 2009-07-12

Get Off of My Cloud: Private Cloud Computing Takes Shape -
Private cloud computing is a different take on the mainstream version, in that smaller, cloudlike IT systems within a firewall offer similar services, but to a closed internal network. This network may include corporate or division offices, other companies that are also business partners, raw-material suppliers, resellers, production-chain entities and other organizations intimately connected with a corporate mothership. more...
(tags: cloud private architecture ea)

Links for 2009-01-01

Interesting Enterprise Architecture links gathered from all over the Internet

http://www.itst.dk/Members/heidi/english/publications-1/whitepaper-on-it-architecture/whitepaper.pdf
(tags: architecture enterprise infrastructure patterns)