Enterprise Architecture Links

The Open Group works towards enabling access to integrated information within and between enterprises, based on open standards and global interoperability. It is a vendor-neutral and technology-neutral consortium that works with customers, suppliers, consortia and other standard bodies to capture, understand and address current and emerging requirements, establish policies and share best practices.

Enterprise architecture ( EA) is a contested term that refers to the architecture of an enterprise-an organized complex of people and technologies-and the activity of describing or designing enterprises. The term "enterprise architecture" has been and still is used with various meanings.

Zachman International®, Inc. Closes Acquisition of the FEAC® Institute, Inc. ALEXANDRIA, VA, USA -- Apr. 29, 2012 - Zachman International®, Inc., a Colorado Springs, CO, USA based Enterprise Architecture firm with operations in Los Angeles, CA, USA, announced today that it has acquired all shares and interest in FEAC® Institute, Inc., the leading and premier Training and Certification Institution for Professional Enterprise Architects based in Alexandria, Virginia, USA.

The Zachman Framework is a schema for organizing architectural artifacts (in other words, design documents, specifications, and models) that takes into account both whom the artifact targets (for example, business owner and builder) and what particular issue (for example, data and functionality) is being addressed.

Considering which features to realize should be dependent on time to market for the product and difficulty of realization. Properly used this little tool can help architects balance the organization cash flow. Using this kind of diagraming technique it's easy to get a comparison overview across many products.