Features

Enterprise architecture (EA) is not new. It’s not hip, it’s not being hyped (much) and it’s probably not funky either. What it is, apparently, is a means for an organisation to align business and IT, that oft mentioned but seldom achieved Holy Grail.

EA is also, Brainstorm is told, a means to reduce risk, improve efficiencies, rectify errant processes and save the planet; oh, no, wait, that was virtualisation, wasn’t it? Jokes aside, EA promises a lot that many other practices, frameworks and methodologies have promised over the years. And a CIO would probably be forgiven, given current circumstances, for wondering why he or she should add another long-term, expensive and resource-intensive practice to the list of practices (like SOA) currently being investigated or implemented by the organisation.