Best Practices: Running IT Like a Business Requires Creating an Architecture of Architectures

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• Manufacturing Insights Opinion
• In This Report
• Situation Overview
  • Running IT Like a Business
• Future Outlook
  • An Architecture of Architectures
  • Figure: Architecture of Architectures Reference Framework
    • Physical Delivery Infrastructure - Invest to Optimize
    • Figure: PDI Architecture Reference Model
      • Datacenter - Virtualizes to Manage Growth
      • Network - Convergence Controls Costs
      • Client Devices - Portability Presents Problems
      • It' s Not All About Cost
    • Industry Process Platform: Invest to Integrate
    • Figure: Industry Process Platform Architecture Reference
    • Collaborative Decision Environments - Creating Corporate Feedback Loops
    • Figure: Collaborative Decision Environment Reference Architecture
    • Figure: Network Decision Domains
    • Table: Domain Structure for Collaborative Decision Applications
    • Multienterprise Business Networks - Keep Your Head in the Cloud
    • Figure: Cloud-Client-Server Architecture
• Essential Guidance
  • Actions to Consider
    • Create a Service Catalog, Use Market Based Pricing
    • People: Organize Around Services, Put Architects in the Middle
    • Figure: Service-Oriented IT Organization
    • Process: Communicate, Invest, and Repeat
    • Technology: Time for the Cobbler' s Children to Get Their Shoes
    • Invest in the Architecture Portfolio
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  • Related Research
  • Synopsis