“Service-oriented
architecture (SOA) deployments
are increasing and becoming a
mainstream architectural model
for developing services,
applications and
infrastructures.”
— Effective Web Services and
SOAs Require Management,
Frank Kenney, Gartner, September
28, 2004
In a large modern enterprise, a
rigorously defined architectural
framework is necessary to capture a
vision of the entire organization in
all its dimensions and complexity.
The Enterprise Architecture
Framework (EAF) is the master plan
integrating the many facets that
make up the fundamental essence of
the enterprise:
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Business goals, vision,
strategies and governance
principles
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Business terms, organizational
structure, policies, processes,
procedures and guidelines
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Application systems and standard
interfaces
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Structured and unstructured data
repositories
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System management, monitoring
and autonomic computing
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Computing devices, operating
systems and networks
Service Oriented
Architecture (SOA) represents such a
framework and establishes a Business
Component Model that effectively
bridges business processes with the
IT domain. It provides a set of
architectural principles and
repeatable patterns, which
facilitate modularity,
encapsulation, loose coupling,
separation of concerns, reuse and
single implementation. SOA fulfills
the promise of flexibility and
component reusability, to enable
shorter development cycles and
easier enterprise integration.
Crescent Enterprise consultants have
provided SOA strategies and
implementation to major Fortune 1000
organizations. We help further
create an IT strategy aligned with
the business vision, and implement
an enterprise SOA roadmap and
framework for efficient information
delivery throughout the
organization. And we have the track
record to prove it.
CES brings value and thought
leadership in the following areas:
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Identification of business
requirements, challenges and
opportunities for SOA adoption
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Assessment of current state and
enterprise capabilities maturity
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Gap Analysis
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SOA Roadmap creation, including
entry points and scope
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Development and implementation
of a SOA-based EAF
"There is a
parallel between (Enterprise)
Architecture design and city
planning. City planners must
design in the face of many
unknowns, such as future
transportation technologies,
changing work, living, and
commuting patterns, and so on."
"As a result of this level of
planning, our major cities are
able to accommodate new
technologies for transportation
and communication which remain
viable for hundreds of years,
and which make a major
contribution to each city's
brand of urban culture."
— Nolan and Mulryan, 1987
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