The Hindu Business Line : ‘Enterprise architecture will be key tool for biz strategy’

Bangalore, Aug. 31 The role of enterprise architecture, a framework laying down the company’s operations and structure, is set to undergo a major change, according to findings revealed in a study by Infosys Technologies.

“The role of enterprise architecture is changing. When it started off it was simply an IT-centric function, whereas today it aims to align IT with business,” said Mr Sohel Aziz, AVP and Head-Strategic Technology & Architecture Consulting, EMEA at Infosys, in a release.

“We believe that the next stage in EA’s evolution will make the discipline of enterprise architecture a central tool not for managing IT, but for implementing business strategy.”

The survey asked 260 CIOs, Chief Architects, and business and IT managers why and how they are practicing enterprise architecture. Of the EA teams surveyed, 36 per cent actively participate in their company’s strategic business planning.

Survey findings

The research reveals that enterprise architecture has achieved the objectives of previous evolutionary stages – that it is helping IT to support the corporation; and that architecture is increasingly accepted as a tool for implementing business strategy across the enterprise.

The consensus among those surveyed is that enterprise architecture is now ready for the next step – to become a tool for transforming organisations by enabling flexibility and agility.

It will focus not only on IT, but also on defining a platform for implementing business strategy, and joint value creation with business partners and customers. However, integration and information integrity are concerns.

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