Enterprise Architecture

Research Meeting Findings

• Findings: Mini Projects Have a Place, Just Not in the Governance Portfolio
  4 February 2010
• Findings: If You Are 'Too Big to Fail,' Architect for Divestiture
  10 December 2009

Featured Research

• Case Study: Enterprise Architecture at Syngenta Is Enabled by Leadership at Many Levels
  5 February 2010
• Key Issues for Enterprise Information Management, 2010
  29 January 2010
• Infrastructure Convergence Is Here, but Whose: IT's or the Vendor's?
  25 January 2010
• Round-Table Participants: The Future of EA Depends on a Strong Business Connection
  25 January 2010
• Enterprise Architecture Seminar Workshop Results: Top EA Challenges
  15 January 2010
• Mainframe Modernization: When the Platform Is the Solution
  8 January 2010
• Mainframe Modernization: When Migration Is the Answer
  8 January 2010
• Understanding EA Approaches: Middle-Out
  18 December 2009
• Role Definition and Organization Structure: Chief Enterprise Architect
  17 December 2009
• Becoming Chaos-Resistant: An Interview With Donald Sull
  17 December 2009
• Role Overview: Chief Enterprise Architect
  17 December 2009

Spotlights

Research collections focusing on current issues

• What Is the Right Approach to Developing an Enterprise Architecture?
  16 December 2009
• What the C-Suite Needs to Know About EA, and What the EA Team Needs to Know About the C-Suite
  5 May 2009
• Enterprise Architecture Research Index: Enterprise Technology Architecture
  12 March 2009
• Enterprise Architecture Research Index: EA Governance
  9 March 2009
• Enterprise Architecture Research Index: Enterprise Information Architecture
  4 March 2009
• Enterprise Architecture Research Index: Enterprise Architecture Tools
  4 March 2009
• Enterprise Architecture Research Index: Enterprise Architecture Case Studies
  4 March 2009
• Beyond Survival: Leverage EA Best Practices to Thrive
  5 February 2009
• Evaluating if Server-Based Computing Is Right for You
  16 June 2006
• What Grid Computing Is Really About
  30 March 2006
• Understand the Maturity of Your Enterprise Architecture Program
  17 November 2005
• Gartner's Enterprise Architecture Process and Framework Help Meet 21st Century Challenges
  8 November 2005

The Basics

Essential concepts and fundamental principles

• Understanding EA Approaches: Traditional
  9 December 2009
• Aligning Enterprise Architecture With the Top Business Priorities of 2009
  10 July 2009
• Align Enterprise Architecture to the Top 2009 CIO Priorities
  10 July 2009
• Why Do Enterprise Architecture?
  12 May 2009
• Link EA to Business Outcomes to Demonstrate Value
  23 April 2009
• Guide for Determining EA Business Value
  23 April 2009
• Cost Optimization Using Enterprise Information Architecture: Go Smaller, Simpler and Smarter to Meet Savings Goals
  22 April 2009
• EA and Cost Optimization, Part 1: Cutting IT Costs
  10 March 2009
• EA and Cost Optimization, Part 2: Cutting Costs Beyond IT
  7 April 2009
• EA and Cost Optimization, Part 3: Getting Started
  8 April 2009
• Functional Criteria to Select an EA Tool
  3 April 2009
• Enterprise Architecture Research Index: Integrating Enterprise Architecture With Business Strategy
  11 March 2009
• Communication Is Key to Enterprise Architecture Success
  24 November 2008
• Key Issues for Enterprise Architecture, 2008-2009
  1 August 2008
• Building the Enterprise Architecture Team
  30 May 2008
• Role Overview: Chief Enterprise Architect
  22 April 2008
• Role Definition and Organization Structure: Chief Enterprise Architect
  22 April 2008
• Myth Busting: What Enterprise Architecture Is Not
  4 April 2008
• Issues for Chief Architects When Outsourcing IT Services
  28 November 2007
• Service-Oriented Architecture Overview and Guide to SOA Research
  3 January 2008
• Follow These Best Practices to Optimize Architecture Tool Benefits
  21 December 2006
• Defining the 'Enterprise' in Your Enterprise Architecture
  27 October 2006
• Enterprise Architectures Provide Business Benefits Only When They're Used
  26 October 2005
• The Essential Building Blocks for Enterprise Information Management
  14 September 2005
• The Seven Fatal Mistakes of Enterprise Architecture
  22 February 2005

Magic Quadrants

Which vendors are leaders, visionaries, challengers or niche players

• Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Architecture Tools
  12 November 2009
• Magic Quadrant for Managed File Transfer
  18 September 2009

Vendor Ratings

The products, strategies and viability of specific vendors

• Vendor Rating: IBM
  26 May 2009
• Cool Vendors in Enterprise Architecture, 2009
  30 March 2009