- 08 April, 2008 06:04 PM EST
- Cloud Computing Will Force EA Shift
This week, during one of our research community meetings, we discussed the various possible impacts of cloud computing on the management of IT, enterprise architecture and process management. Out of this discussion, we have released three new findings:
"Findings: Cloud Computing Will Force a Massive EA Shift Toward Relationships"
"Findings: Cloud Computing Will Impact IT Budgets and Balance Sheets"
Finding from Business of IT Community: Cloud Computing Will Unleash Opportunities for CIOs
Gartner defines cloud computing as a style of computing where massively scalable IT-enabled capabilities are provided 'as a service' to external customers over the Internet. What we are really talking about is leveraging computing, human, process, services resources that may be off in the internet ether (cloud) somewhere that we don’t manage, control or own. This model of using cloud IT resources raises new challenges around how you should be focusing on in EA, on how you may be managing your IT budget, and on how CIOs balance their investment risks and rewards.
For EA, the move toward cloud computing will force architects to focus less on trying to manage and control specific entities (people, processes, information and systems), and more of the inter-relationships and communications between entities. In the short term, architects should start to evaluate their organizations propensity to leverage cloud resources, and in what areas. Further, understand how to evolve your EA initiative to enable the appropriate use of cloud resources - balancing risks and rewards.
Check out some of our new research in this area, and, if you are planning on being at Symposium in either Las Vegas this week or in Barcelona, look for some of the new presentations.
Highlights From the Enterprise Architecture Track at Symposium/ITxpo
Symposium/ITxpo Trip Report: Enterprise Architecture
A Template for Technical Patterns and Services
Web Platforms: Web-Centric Delivery Models for Infrastructure, Applications, Data and Business Services
Alternative Delivery Models: A Sea of New Opportunities and Threats
Predicts 2008: The Client Computing Market Will Undergo Fundamental, Structural Changes
