Layout cloud Computing Enterprise architecture is the king of top design

Cloud computing is bringing the management of the enterprise into a new realm-business is at hand, opportunities are fleeting, the flow is everywhere, the data is within reach, the partners are ubiquitous, orders are on the verge! Such a realm is becoming a reality. E-commerce, mobile commerce, social commerce is bringing more and more enterprises into the cloud.

But many enterprises are still under the cloud management, how the day-to-day management of enterprises into the cloud, into the world of clouds management? This depends on the restructuring of the enterprise structure! Before cloud computing, lean Management, supply chain management, process management, project management and many other management methods and tools have been introduced into China, and has become a number of enterprises to the road of excellence choice. But now these management methods and tools are moving to the cloud. At this point, the enterprise will find that a single management optimization is not enough to support the operation of cloud enterprises, enterprises need a new road map and tools, the enterprise's business, processes, data and even information systems to integrate, to help enterprises to form a cloud-oriented environment for the integration of enterprises. This is where the enterprise architecture comes in.

The Enterprise Architecture (Ea,enterprise architecture), as the blueprint design that maps organizational strategic goals to it's overall goal, is a top-level design method widely used by governments in western developed countries. In 1996, the United States Congress passed the "clinger/cohen" Act (also known as the Information Technology Management Reform Act), which states that the Government lacks an overall framework for the development, use and maintenance of information systems, The Office of Administration and Budget (OMB) is empowered to enforce standards to analyse, track and assess the risks and effectiveness of all large-scale investments made by the administration in information systems. In 1999, the Federal CIO Commission released the FEAF (the Enterprise Architecture Framework, the Federal Enterprise architecture); In March 2005, the British Cabinet Office unveiled the UK e-Government interoperability framework , the EU has launched the pan-European E-government service Interoperability framework. So far, the European and American governments have taken the enterprise architecture as the top-level design method.

In the business sector, enterprise architecture has also been widely concerned, research institutions, consulting companies and large enterprises are also vigorously promote the application of enterprise architecture. In 1995, the Open group released TOGAF (the Open Group Architecture Framework), and in 1996 Capgemini Company (Cap Gemini) released IAF (integrated Architecture Framework).

The principle of enterprise architecture is the migration process from the status quo to the target. Therefore, the Enterprise architecture includes: current architecture, target architecture, migration plan, and it roadmap. Enterprise architecture, like strategic planning, can help enterprises to implement business strategic planning and it strategic planning. Currently, the industry's most famous Enterprise Architecture framework is the TOGAF (the Open Group Architecture framework).

TOGAF from Enterprise strategy, business planning, through a set of framework development methods and guidelines and technology, standard framework and Reference Model library, to help enterprises to achieve including strategic architecture, domain architecture, competency framework, including the enterprise management structure, It also provides an Enterprise Architecture competency framework to ensure that enterprise architecture related governance requirements can be effectively landed. Cloud computing is a new requirement for enterprise architecture, and the approach and tools of enterprise architecture coincide with the strategic requirements of the enterprise to cloud computing migration and the requirements of architecture design and transition Roadmap, so the TOGAF Enterprise architecture approach is very good.

Should companies plan cloud computing strategies? What kind of cloud computing strategy should be designed? How to construct cloud computing business model and management mode? How to construct cloud applications such as business services cloud, information sharing cloud, data storage cloud, etc. How to construct a cloud management platform? How to provide the ability to guarantee the cloud computing strategy? How do you effectively manage cloud computing's business architecture and it architecture?

The TOGAF9.1 Enterprise Architecture framework and Enterprise cloud guidance, released by the Open Group in 2011, optimized the Enterprise Architecture standards and analysis framework for these issues, helping enterprises to quickly locate problems. Therefore, the TOGAF Enterprise architecture planning and design method has become the first choice for domestic and foreign enterprises to layout cloud computing. For example, China's top 500 enterprises, 500 top 10 companies have already cooperated with the Open Group China Branch, through training and consultation to introduce TOGAF within the enterprise. There are more Chinese sea oil, Hunan Tobacco and other enterprises of cloud computing strategic planning directly using TOGAF. Forbes 50 companies, but also 80% using TOGAF.

The enterprise architecture is a top-level design method, and the main standard development organization is the international manufacturer's independent standard organization the Open group. The organization's six board members include Capgemini, HP, IBM, Kingdee, Oracle, and SAP, and the six board members are not only involved in the promotion of standards, but also the best practitioners of standards. Enterprise architecture Other agencies in the United States include the Federal CIO Commission, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of Defense, the American Computer Society, major business schools, engineering colleges, business research and advisory bodies. The enterprise architecture has become one of the six core courses of information systems specialty in the United States, and it is one of the most popular courses in American business school EMBA. The method of top-level design of enterprise structure in USA, UK and other countries is worthy of reference from domestic government, industry organization, research institution, university and enterprise scope.

At present, the main driving agency in China is the Open Group China Branch, which is authorized by the group, which was authorized by the Open Group in 2009 to set up the enterprise architecture in China through annual meeting, training, consulting and architect activities. At the same time, the idea of the top design has become one of the main ideas of the Chinese government's reform and opening-up in the transitional period, the enterprise structure as the top design method needs the government departments, industry organizations, research institutions to jointly develop the relevant standards and reference models, to provide enterprises with a reference to the implementation of the such as the United States CIO Committee issued a federal Enterprise Framework framework, the British Cabinet Office issued e-Government interoperability framework, the EU launched the pan-European e-government Services Interoperability Framework, the American Computer Society to promote the core curriculum of enterprise architecture, are worthy of domestic relevant government departments and institutions for reference.

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