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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Report:How To Successfully Set Up IT Infrastructure For Your Business In China

For the thousands of foreign companies that establish business operations in China every year, one of the first things on their to-do lists is setting up IT infrastructure, including horizontal and...

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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Report:Cut Through Silos With An Agile Technology Introduction Strategy

To succeed in the digital age, enterprise architects must seize opportunities by adopting new approaches for emerging technolgy introduction. This report highlights the technology introduction and...

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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Report:Develop Business-Focused And Strategic EA Organizations

Organization: The EA Practice Playbook

This report outlines the organizational structures, roles, and skills you'll need to make sure that your enterprise architecture (EA) program is strategic, business-focused, and pragmatic. Building a...

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Report:Forrester's EA Maturity Assessment, Q3 2011

Use this tool to periodically assess the maturity of your EA program relative to the expectations of your stakeholders and your target EA mission. The assessment results are displayed by EA archetype...

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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Report:Forget EA Nirvana: Assessing EA Maturity

Use EA Archetypes To Assess Maturity And Align Effort With Expectations

Enterprise architecture (EA) maturity models abound. Each comes with its own opinion on EA maturity, its own system for scoring it, and a single set of beliefs on the proper role of EA within a firm....

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Report:Planning For Cloud 2.0

How Cloud Infrastructure-As-A-Service Will Change For The Better

Cloud computing is still in its infancy, and it's already becoming clear that the first versions of infrastructure–as-a-service (IaaS) need some improvement. To plan their strategy for public...

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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Report:TechRadar™ For Enterprise Architecture Professionals: Infrastructure Virtualization, Q2 2011

I/O Virtualization Enters Its Growth Phase

Every major category of IT infrastructure has been endowed with some virtualization capability. Although virtualization can make your IT environment more cost-effective and agile, the underlying...

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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Report:Branch Office Infrastructure Capabilities Road Map

It is possible to greatly reduce the complexity of your branch office infrastructure, thanks to cheaper bandwidth, desktop virtualization, and cloud computing technologies such as...

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Report:Which Technology Trends Will Affect Your Infrastructure Architecture

EAs Should Track The Impact Of Technology Change To Their Infrastructure

Enterprise architects should track key infrastructure technology trends in end user computing, servers, networking, and storage to identify the areas of greatest technology volatility that will...

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:Updated 2010: The Pillars Of Enterprise Architecture Terminology

Understand And Communicate The Broad Structure Of EA

Since Forrester originally published this report in 2002, little has changed in the overall structure of enterprise architecture (EA), but business architecture practices are considerably more...

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Report:Enterprise Cloud Management Capabilities Road Map

Cloud computing, in all its variants, is the trend that will change your infrastructure the most. Today, public cloud is a distinct world from your data center — it involves different...

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Report:Responsibilities And Requirements For Common Architecture Roles

Forrester has assembled job descriptions for five roles found within a typical enterprise architecture (EA) practice — the group of IT professionals who report to the manager of EA and provide...

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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Report:The Future Of Configuration Management

Hint: Virtualization Changes Everything

Configuration management has been a necessary but time-consuming function that's become increasingly important as IT has embraced better processes. Unfortunately, the tools used to track...

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:Top Priority For Cloud Planning: Integrate Cloud Computing Into Existing Architecture Strategies

Don’t Fall For Hype — Build A Strong Foundation For Your Approach To Cloud

With the level of industry hype about cloud computing, CIOs may get the impression that adopting cloud-based offerings is a sure path to business benefit. But cloud computing is not the answer to all...

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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Report:Assessing Your IT Infrastructure Architecture

Few firms get to really design their infrastructure architecture with a blank sheet of paper. Your technology architecture is most likely the product of many years of evolution — old platforms...

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Report:The State Of Enterprise Architecture 2010: Organization, Priorities, And Support

The EA team of 2009 reports high into the IT organization (either to the CIO or senior planning roles beneath the CIO), has broad acceptance and support, and spends about half its time on strategic...

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Report:Put DCIM Into Your Automation Plans

Data Center Infrastructure Management Should Be A Part Of Your Architecture

Data center infrastructure management (DCIM) tools are system management platforms covering rack, cooling, and electrical infrastructure for your data center facilities. Most companies have...

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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Report:Characterizing EA Teams And Their Challenges

Forrester has seen that the mission and operating model of enterprise architecture teams can be characterized along two dimensions: orientation (technology-oriented or business-oriented) and focus...

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:European Airline Aims To Delight Passengers Through RFID Bag Tracking

Event-Driven Solution Lowers Costs While Promoting Happy Travelers

Processing lost bags costs airlines a lot of money: more than $1,200 per thousand passengers, not to mention the inconvenience to passengers. Thus, airlines are highly motivated to apply new...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Role Overview: Virtual Infrastructure Architect

As the adoption of virtualization across servers, storage, and networks continues to climb and organizations push to larger implementations of virtual infrastructure, a new question arises: Who is...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Virtual Infrastructure Architect -- Job Profile And Description

Position overview: The virtual infrastructure (VI) architect is responsible for managing all of the virtualized infrastructure across technology domains (this usually does not include the virtual...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Wireless Architect -- Job Profile And Description

Position overview: Wireless architect professional has the expertise to design and manage wireless networks by making mission-critical and business-critical wireless network decision.

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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Report:EA Pros: Must-Read Research In An Economic Downturn

Economists are debating the length and depth of the economic impact of the credit crunch and the October market meltdown. What can enterprise architects do to survive or — dare we think it...

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Report:Global Telecom Manufacturer Uses Automated Discovery To Develop Its Enterprise Architecture

Case Study: Finding Out What You Do Not Know But Should Know

In an organization with applications spread across 500 networks and many more subnets, knowing what is running where and with what interdependencies is beyond purely human capabilities. A global...

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Report:Infrastructure Architects Link Technology Strategy With Long-Term EA And Business Goals

The specifics of various architecture roles have become a hot topic as enterprise architecture (EA) practices have matured. A common role in many organizations is the infrastructure architect. A...

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