TIPS Enterprise Architecture

Most of the time for large applications / implementations, enterprise architecture is being ignored which has negative impact on digitization. What is Enterprise Architecture?
Enterprise architecture (EA) is process to standardize, organize IT echo system to achieve organization goals. EA supports digital transformation, maintaining IT infrastructure and applications repository using defines principles. The most popular EA Frameworks are: TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework), Zachman Enterprise Framework, Federal Enterprise Architectural Framework and Gartner.

• 1. TIPS / GUIDELINES
  • High Level Architectures TIPS
    • a. Business Architecture
    • b. Information System Architecture (Foundation, Industrial, Specialized)
    • c. Technology Architecture
  • General TIPS
    • a. Specialized Interoperability Tool - Enterprise Service Bus, Avoid P2P Integration like OSB, IBM ESB, TIBCO, etc.
    • b. Specialized Data warehouse DW for transactional reports and analytics to avoid discrepancies in information
    • c. Specialized Business Intelligence BI Tool
    • d. Specialized Central Master Data Management MDM Tool for Data Governance and Data Quality
    • e. Maximum Applications deployed in Single Data Center - Intranet connectivity for security and performance
    • f. Deployment at Tier-3 Data Center with Primary PR and Disaster Recovery DR Sites, data replication, backups
    • g. Prefer to use Hardware Firewall or at least Soft Firewall
    • h. Prefer to use Unix or Linux Platforms
    • i. Regular update Anti-Virus and Cyber Security Tools
    • j. Intranet and Internet users must connect via different Web Servers
    • k. Prefer to Develop Application on Frameworks like Laravel, CodeIgniter, MVC, etc.
    • l. Use Secure and Reliable databases like Oracle, SQL Server, MYSQL, etc.

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