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Case Study: BI-LO Directly Links EA Goals To Business Strategy

Gene Leganza
 and  two contributors
Jun 24, 2010

Summary

For an EA team that succeeded in significantly reducing costs by virtualizing infrastructure technology, success is a two-edged sword: It boosts the credibility of the EA team but links architects to technology plumbing at a time when they should be moving closer to the business. The BI-LO architecture team found a bridge in becoming indispensible to the business by defining the retail technology for the "store of the future," capitalizing on its former role as a team of technology experts but requiring regular interaction with the business.

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