Category Enterprise Architecture

Enterprise Integration in a Nutshell

During past two decades, I worked for Oracle, Accenture, Deloitte and involved clients from different industries, including consulting, forestry, finance, healthcare, retails and government agencies, what I observed was their IT environments are more and more complex and expensive, hard to manage and maintain. To simplify IT and reduce cost become strong demands from business.

In enterprise environment, Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) is outstanding since the IT environment is changing quickly with the continuous procurement and integration of new systems. The purpose of this article is to provide the perspectives on middleware selection, approaches and tools, and enterprise integration strategies.

A few key principles of enterprise integration:

  • Build SOA-based IT ...
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EA Program: The Key to the Success of Your Digital Strategy

Quite a few of our public sector clients are busy in planning their digital strategies. But to my surprise, one of my potential clients told me although they have their digital strategy, they don’t have directions to implement it and they don’t know how.EA_Roadmap

Before we move forward, we need to understand what’s included in the digital strategy of an organization. Generally, digital strategy is to use digital technologies, including mobile,  social media, big data and analytics, and the IoTs (Internet of Things), to create new opportunities for innovative business models, based on the vision, mission and goals of the organization.

Then what’s the key to the success of your digital strategy? One of a famous researching & consulting firm said Enterprise Architecture is the key...

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