Art Of Enterprise Information Architecture, The eBook

Implement architectures that unlock the business value of information and deliver it to decision-makers in real time

•The first comprehensive, approachable, and realistic guide to enterprise architecture for the Intelligent Enterprise.
•Practical technical guidance for building architectures that integrate and rationalize SOA, SaaS, cloud computing, green IT, Web 2.0, mashups, TOGAF, and more.
•Introduces important new architectural models presented in no other book

IBM's Intelligent Enterprise is a comprehensive and innovative architectural approach to unlocking the business value of information, and making it available to decision-makers in real-time and in context. It's a core component of IBM's global 'Smarter Planet' initiative: the next major step forward in Information on Demand. In this book, two of IBM's leading architects introduce the Intelligent Enterprise, and illuminate the next-generation architectural strategies required to achieve it. The authors show how an information-centric architectural approach can build on SOA and Web 2.0, enabling companies to derive more value from these technologies. In doing so, they outline a path for maximizing the value of technology megatrends ranging from Software as a Service (SaaS) to green IT, enterprise mashups to end-to-end metadata management.