The document discusses the challenges of managing complex and interconnected IT environments. It proposes using an architectural model and management platform to address these challenges. The solution involves three steps: 1) Creating a unified model of the entire IT environment across four levels. 2) Leveraging the model to optimize systems and ensure compliance. 3) Using the model to support future implementations, modernizations and growth. The model provides visibility, insights and a baseline for strategic alignment of IT assets with business needs.
End-User Computing (EUC) is the realm of spreadsheets, word processing, presentations, email, stand-alone users, individual devices, and file sharing applications like Dropbox. It is fair to say that EUC is not a traditional focus of Data Governance in many organizations, although individual aspects of EUC may be dealt with. However, EUC is so large in most organizations that Data Governance must start to ensure that data management is done appropriately in it. Additionally, regulators are becoming increasingly interested in ECU, which is an additional impetus to address it. This webinar focuses on the major challenges that exist in EUC and how Data Governance can address them. Fundamental questions, such a simply understanding what is a “production” EUC application are discussed. The data life cycle in the context of EUC, particularly data capture and interaction with corporate systems is examined, as is the need for quality of all kinds in EUC, including data quality.
Attendees will learn:
•What End User Computing (EUC) is and why Data Governance urgently needs to address it
•Why EUC environments often cannot be replaced by corporate systems from IT
•Problems that can arise from ungoverned EUC environments
•Basic strategies for governing EUC environments
•Tools and techniques for EUC governance
VMworld 2013: End User Computing Solutions for Financial ServicesVMworld
VMworld 2013
Muthu Somasundaram, VMware
Erick Stoeckle, Northrim Bank
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
This presentation was provided by Chris Shillum of ORCID during the NFAIS Forethought Strategic Summit "Transforming Systems Through Transformed Content." The event was held June 16-17, 2021.
End-User Computing (EUC) is the realm of spreadsheets, word processing, presentations, email, stand-alone users, individual devices, and file sharing applications like Dropbox. It is fair to say that EUC is not a traditional focus of Data Governance in many organizations, although individual aspects of EUC may be dealt with. However, EUC is so large in most organizations that Data Governance must start to ensure that data management is done appropriately in it. Additionally, regulators are becoming increasingly interested in ECU, which is an additional impetus to address it. This webinar focuses on the major challenges that exist in EUC and how Data Governance can address them. Fundamental questions, such a simply understanding what is a “production” EUC application are discussed. The data life cycle in the context of EUC, particularly data capture and interaction with corporate systems is examined, as is the need for quality of all kinds in EUC, including data quality.
Attendees will learn:
•What End User Computing (EUC) is and why Data Governance urgently needs to address it
•Why EUC environments often cannot be replaced by corporate systems from IT
•Problems that can arise from ungoverned EUC environments
•Basic strategies for governing EUC environments
•Tools and techniques for EUC governance
VMworld 2013: End User Computing Solutions for Financial ServicesVMworld
VMworld 2013
Muthu Somasundaram, VMware
Erick Stoeckle, Northrim Bank
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
This presentation was provided by Chris Shillum of ORCID during the NFAIS Forethought Strategic Summit "Transforming Systems Through Transformed Content." The event was held June 16-17, 2021.
Master the Ever Expanding Puzzle of End-User Computing with a Strategy and Ro...Info-Tech Research Group
Develop a strategy and roadmap to fit all the end-user computing pieces together and prioritize trends in your organization.
Your Challenge
The end-user computing landscape continues to grow more and more complex.
Developing a strategy and roadmap that meet the capabilities of IT and the needs of end users is more and more important.
Organizations need to focus on more than just the technology – people and processes need focus too.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
The number of options available for end-user computing today—complicated by trends like mobility, consumerization, and BYOD—can be overwhelming for infrastructure managers developing a long-term strategy.
Blindly following trends results in wasted effort and spending when initiatives have not been designed to fit together.
An end-user computing strategy is not only about technology. Processes and people are equally important if a strategy is to be successful.
Most strategies are stuck years in the past. Users have evolved faster than IT. Catch up, and ensure that your strategy is ready for the next decade.
Focus on the user, not the device. A locked-down PC is obsolete.
Impact and Result
A well-planned end-user computing strategy can:
Improve the lives of users by enabling access to company resources in a way that fits their use cases.
Improve the lives of IT by implementing the most efficient tools for deploying, managing, and supporting end-user computing resources.
Improve the business by reducing wasted spending and identifying new revenue opportunities enabled by new end-user computing trends.
Develop an end-user computing strategy and roadmap that fits all the pieces together, and then communicate the plan with a set of simple documents.
Technology Controls in Business - End User Computingguestc1bca2
The Use of Spreadsheets: As it relates to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
The use of spreadsheets in financial reporting and operational processes, is a key tool for some corporations, and is an integral part of the information and decision-making framework.
This presentation was provided by Chris Iannicello of The Optical Society during the NFAIS Forethought Strategic Summit "Transforming Systems Through Transformed Content." The event was held June 16-17, 2021.
Notes from the field - End User ComputingJames Charter
Long View Systems presentation to VMware Knowledge Series on End User Computing. What are we seeing in the field in EUC, what are some approaches for success that can be applied to make projects and adoption more successful.
Explains why the characteristics of large anc complex software systems mean that agile methods cannot be used without change in their development
Accompanies YouTube video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1JcQDHJzHA
Architectural approaches for implementing Clinical Decision Support Systems i...Luis Felipe Tabares Pérez
Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) were explicitly introduced with the aim of providing knowledge to clinicians in order to influence its decisions and, therefore, improve patients’ health care. Its architectural approaches are based on Cloud Computing, which provides on-demand computing resources over internet. The goal of this presentation is to determine and discuss key issues and approaches involving architectural designs of a CDSS using cloud computing.
Software Architecture by Reuse, Composition and Customization Ivano Malavolta
Ivano Malavolta.
Research Fellow at the Computer Science Department of the University of L'Aquila (Italy).
PhD thesis presentation, University of L'Aquila, March 2012.
The full PhD thesis is available here:
http:www.di.univaq.it/malavolta/files/IvanoMalavoltaPhDThesis.pdf
This is a power-point presentation prepared for the students who are studying SYSTEM ENGINEERING in Fourth Semester (CBCS) of the branches of colleges affiliated to RGPV, Bhopal (M.P.). In this presentation, topics of the first unit in the syllabus are covered. I hope it will be helpful to the students.
SECURE SERVICES: INTEGRATING SECURITY DIMENSION INTO THE SA&D cscpconf
Services security is often assimilated to a set of software solutions (Firewall, data encryption.) but rarely consider the organizational security rules as a fundamental part of the Services security policy. With the increasing use of new Services architectures (Open Services architecture, distributed database, multi web server, multi-tier application servers) security leaks become crucial and every security problem is harmful to the organization business continuity. To reduce and detect major security risks at an earlier step of the Services project, our approach is based on different knowledge exchange between end users, analyst, designers and developers collaborating at the Services project. The knowledge is mainly oriented to the detection of weak signals inside the organization. In this paper, we present the different knowledge surroundings an Services project and a knowledge pattern structure that can be used for the formalization aspects of the established exchange that should be established during the Services project between the different participants
Master the Ever Expanding Puzzle of End-User Computing with a Strategy and Ro...Info-Tech Research Group
Develop a strategy and roadmap to fit all the end-user computing pieces together and prioritize trends in your organization.
Your Challenge
The end-user computing landscape continues to grow more and more complex.
Developing a strategy and roadmap that meet the capabilities of IT and the needs of end users is more and more important.
Organizations need to focus on more than just the technology – people and processes need focus too.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
The number of options available for end-user computing today—complicated by trends like mobility, consumerization, and BYOD—can be overwhelming for infrastructure managers developing a long-term strategy.
Blindly following trends results in wasted effort and spending when initiatives have not been designed to fit together.
An end-user computing strategy is not only about technology. Processes and people are equally important if a strategy is to be successful.
Most strategies are stuck years in the past. Users have evolved faster than IT. Catch up, and ensure that your strategy is ready for the next decade.
Focus on the user, not the device. A locked-down PC is obsolete.
Impact and Result
A well-planned end-user computing strategy can:
Improve the lives of users by enabling access to company resources in a way that fits their use cases.
Improve the lives of IT by implementing the most efficient tools for deploying, managing, and supporting end-user computing resources.
Improve the business by reducing wasted spending and identifying new revenue opportunities enabled by new end-user computing trends.
Develop an end-user computing strategy and roadmap that fits all the pieces together, and then communicate the plan with a set of simple documents.
Technology Controls in Business - End User Computingguestc1bca2
The Use of Spreadsheets: As it relates to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
The use of spreadsheets in financial reporting and operational processes, is a key tool for some corporations, and is an integral part of the information and decision-making framework.
This presentation was provided by Chris Iannicello of The Optical Society during the NFAIS Forethought Strategic Summit "Transforming Systems Through Transformed Content." The event was held June 16-17, 2021.
Notes from the field - End User ComputingJames Charter
Long View Systems presentation to VMware Knowledge Series on End User Computing. What are we seeing in the field in EUC, what are some approaches for success that can be applied to make projects and adoption more successful.
Explains why the characteristics of large anc complex software systems mean that agile methods cannot be used without change in their development
Accompanies YouTube video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1JcQDHJzHA
Architectural approaches for implementing Clinical Decision Support Systems i...Luis Felipe Tabares Pérez
Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) were explicitly introduced with the aim of providing knowledge to clinicians in order to influence its decisions and, therefore, improve patients’ health care. Its architectural approaches are based on Cloud Computing, which provides on-demand computing resources over internet. The goal of this presentation is to determine and discuss key issues and approaches involving architectural designs of a CDSS using cloud computing.
Software Architecture by Reuse, Composition and Customization Ivano Malavolta
Ivano Malavolta.
Research Fellow at the Computer Science Department of the University of L'Aquila (Italy).
PhD thesis presentation, University of L'Aquila, March 2012.
The full PhD thesis is available here:
http:www.di.univaq.it/malavolta/files/IvanoMalavoltaPhDThesis.pdf
This is a power-point presentation prepared for the students who are studying SYSTEM ENGINEERING in Fourth Semester (CBCS) of the branches of colleges affiliated to RGPV, Bhopal (M.P.). In this presentation, topics of the first unit in the syllabus are covered. I hope it will be helpful to the students.
SECURE SERVICES: INTEGRATING SECURITY DIMENSION INTO THE SA&D cscpconf
Services security is often assimilated to a set of software solutions (Firewall, data encryption.) but rarely consider the organizational security rules as a fundamental part of the Services security policy. With the increasing use of new Services architectures (Open Services architecture, distributed database, multi web server, multi-tier application servers) security leaks become crucial and every security problem is harmful to the organization business continuity. To reduce and detect major security risks at an earlier step of the Services project, our approach is based on different knowledge exchange between end users, analyst, designers and developers collaborating at the Services project. The knowledge is mainly oriented to the detection of weak signals inside the organization. In this paper, we present the different knowledge surroundings an Services project and a knowledge pattern structure that can be used for the formalization aspects of the established exchange that should be established during the Services project between the different participants
Virtual Instruments - Infrastructure Performance Management White PaperJohn McDonald
Summary
Enterprise IT Agility Challenges Mission critical Federal IT application delivery infrastructures are being virtualized at a break-neck pace, and are increasingly abstracted and complex. Agile development means changes are continual, and these same infrastructures are required to deliver a flawless end-user experience characterized by hyper-responsive performance and availability.
Impediments to Aligning IT Organizations with Mission Goals Not having the right people, processes and technology solutions, and leveraging old technologies that weren’t purpose-built to handle today’s complex and ever-changing infrastructure, prevents IT from delivering mission-aligned service levels.
Infrastructure Performance Management (IPM) – a Platform to Ensure Federal IT Value IPM is a new platform category for managing the physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure.
Capabilities Required in an IPM Platform Key requirements include continuous, real-time, system-wide data collection from heterogeneous IT infrastructures, combined with unbiased correlation and analysis.
Benefits of an IPM platform Delivers ROI to Federal Agencies for both CAPEX and OPEX savings. Ensures optimal budget alignment. Guarantees performance, mitigates risk and aligns Federal IT infrastructures with agency application and mission requirements.
Virtual Instruments’ VirtualWisdom platform A comprehensive IPM platform providing 360o visibility into the performance, health and availability of the IT infrastructure
Software Architecture Standard IEEE 1471vconovalov
This presentation covers the IEEE 1471/4210 Architecture Standard for the Software Intensive System. Following areas such as Stakeholders and their concerns, Architecture Description and System Qualities Attributes were mainly addressed. The audience consisted of Development leads, developers & testers. Hope other disciplines such as Architects and Business Analysts will find it useful as well.
decentralized, siloed environment in which most development now occurs, the need for effective governance is higher than ever.
In the fast-paced, decentralized, siloed environment in which most development now occurs, the need for effective governance is more significant than ever
The Role of the Architect in ERP and PDM System DeploymentGlen Alleman
The architect’s role in the development of an ERP or PDM system is to maintain the integrity of the vision statement produced by the owners, users, and funders of the system.
Implementing IT changes is imperative to the infrastructure of a business, but it can also open the door to breaches, viruses and malware, such as ransomware. So, how can organizations manage change effectively, maintain compliance and still reduce security risk? One answer lies in change management across your IT systems.
Jeff Lawson, Sr. Director, Product Management at Tripwire, and Geoff Hancock, Principal at Advanced Cybersecurity Group, cover:
-How IT operations and security teams can cooperate to improve IT stability and reduce security risk.
-How to reduce risks associated with poor configuration management.
-How leveraging Tripwire Enterprise for change detection enhances your change control process and keeps your systems, and organization, operating effectively and securely.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
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We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
2. Information technology solutions
are not merely black boxes frozen
in space and time but belong to an
ever-expansive and increasingly
interconnected environment, with
systems working in unison for
delivery of business services
wherever and whenever they are
needed. Their scope and
complexity grows in time and this
occurs on several levels: system,
software, hardware, and network;
each one of them undergo
changes that influence the entire
environment. Efficiently managing
and leveraging such an
environment at all times becomes
a great challenge, one that takes
up much of IT personnel
timesheet.
• system
• software
• hardware
• network
Manegement frameworki
Complexity occurs on several levels
Introduction
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3. • Which technologies from different vendors
are in use by our solutions?
• How many applications are in use and how
do they interface with each other and
users?
• Which systems are hosted where? Are they
physical or virtual?
• Are we taking advantage of our resources
optimally? Are there any bottlenecks?
• Is there unnecessary duplication of
functions?
• Who is administering particular systems
and how?
Management platformi
The absence of a complete picture
arises many questions:
Occupied by numerous tasks, IT staff
is unable to fully serve the business
user with fresh, innovative approaches
that drive the company’s further
development. This puts considerable
pressure on IT both internal and
external, which results in inefficient
use of resources and delays in
achieving business goals. Superfluous
tasks like manual management of
systems grow increasingly harder for
they are prone to human error,
perhaps even dependent on key
individuals involved and their obscure
knowledge of the environment. The
absence of a complete picture of the
situation across the environment
hampers overall agility as numerous
questions arise.
The problem
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4. • Are our systems up-to-date and
protected against known threats?
• Are our systems’ current
deployments documented and still
supported by the vendor?
• Is our licensing current, the capacity
compliant and aligned with business
needs?
• Where in their lifecycles are our
systems at this time, are support and
spare parts still available?
Management platformi
Non-technical benefits:
There are several levels of integration among
systems that have long ceased being
isolated siloes and as such depend on each
other in delivery of business services. In case
any of them become compromised, so do
the solutions built on top of them.
Furthermore, every solution has a lifecycle of
its own that necessitates keeping proper
documentation so planning, maintenance
and management can all be tackled at an
appropriate time. Architectural model of the
environment is not intended to replace
systems’ documentation that contains key
data on a particular system, but to tie them
all together on a larger scale, and describe
their place within the environment. Besides
technical benefits it also provides much
insight into software licensing, deployed
components and their compliance,
communication security and the ability to
discover opportunities for infrastructure
optimisation.
The ecosystem
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5. • Do we have reliable backups of our
data?
• Are our systems safe and secure, are
there any potential weak points?
• Where are potential single points of
failure and how do they affect key
systems availability?
Management platformi
Data protection issues:
Mission-critical systems’ availability
is always limited by their weakest
link, which in case of deep
integrations can be any one in a
host of components. Review,
identification and remediation of
potential issues ensures appropriate
actions can be taken before a
possible crisis may occur. Knowing
answers to data protection issues
such as those outlined on the right
can be a crucial difference between
having a resilient or a vulnerable
environment in time of need.
Business continuity
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6. By utilizing a single all-encompassing
architectural model of the
environment, the company is able to
regain control over the entirety of
included IT assets wherever they are
and however they happen to be
delivered, whereas the possible level
of detail inclusion is virtually unlimited
and open to growth in time. A unified
model of the entire environment
provides a visual, segmented situation
on four different levels.
• Technology (infrastructure and
systems)
• Application (components and
interfaces)
• Business (processes and roles)
• Relational (relationships among
artifacts)
Management platformi
4 levels of unified model of the
entire environment:
The solution
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7. Having awareness of the current
situation throughout the
environment establishes a
baseline starting point from which
the company is able to align IT
assets with business requirements
in a strategic manner. On this basis
the whole organization becomes
nimbler and capable of focusing
on further development instead of
crisis management, which
ultimately leads down the path of
gaining a real competitive edge
over others.
1.MODEL
2.OPTIMIZE
3.GROW
Management platform
The roadmap to this solution
lies in the following three
steps below:
i
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8. Modeling the environment is the first
step which involves information
gathering on the entire infrastructure
inventory starting with hardware,
networking and zones, software
systems and their components,
applications and their interfaces, and
various user types. All of these represent
inputs for appropriate Archimate®
standard artifacts that form relationships
tying them all together, accompanied by
important metadata such as software
maintenance levels, system
administrators, network addresses,
dates, makes and models etc. This
process involves assets in both on-
premise and cloud infrastructures.
Complete architectural
model representing the
entirety of the organization's
IT assets, allowing for a
thorough understanding of
the environment and
providing answers to the
questions outlined above.
Management platformi
End result of this step:
STEP 1: MODEL
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9. The second step is to leverage the model in order
to discover relevant interdependencies between
particular artifacts, which can be displayed
visually up to eight layers deep. All integration
points between systems can thus be evaluated
for bottlenecks, security issues, possible role
duplication and whether mission-critical systems
are in fact highly available on all required levels
throughout their stacks. The model also provides
insight into actual deployment of systems aiding
in evaluation of their licensing, lifecycle and
requirements compliance. It has become
increasingly difficult for larger environments to
keep track of all their assets, and efficiently scale
them alongside changing business needs,
however using the architectural model it becomes
possible to do so from a single point, regardless if
the assets in question are on-premise systems,
SaaS or any other subscription models.
Keep track of all
environment’s assets
and efficiently scale
them alongside
changing business
needs - however using
the architectural model
it becomes possible to
do so from a single
point.
Management platformi
End result of this step:
STEP 2: OPTIMIZE
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10. With current systems hardened and
optimized, the organization can leverage the
architectural model in subsequent
implementations, modernizations and
migrations in the future. Once the model has
been established, inputting regular updates
becomes easy and transparent. An additional
benefit alongside the completely mapping of
environment is the fact that the model itself
supports further inclusion of business
processes, associated business artifacts,
actors’ motivations, interactions, and a host
of other object types, thereby offering an
additional level of insight into relationships
and interdependencies on an even higher
level that ultimately allows for the
optimization of business processes
themselves.
Scalability and
transparency of
architectural model in
subsequent
implementations,
modernisations and
migrations.
Management platformi
End result of this step:
STEP 3: GROW
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12. Picture 1: A sample of the
complete model view which
includes (from bottom up):
networks, physical devices,
database and configuration
repositories, system
software components,
nodes, applications,
application interfaces, users,
and their relationships.
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13. Picture 2: A sample of various pieces of metadata belonging to an artifact, in this case
a UPS device; demonstration values include: make and model, date of
implementation, network address, serial number, and full name of the system
administrator
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14. Picture 3: A sample of visual representation of dependencies based on a randomly selected
artifact, in this case the view is shown four levels deep; such views provide visual discovery of
interdependence between integrated systems, infrastructure and users.
DO NOT LET IT CONTROL YOU
15. Picture 4: A sample of an export of the model with its complete set of data accessible using a web
browser; such exports are to be generated each time a change is made.
DO NOT LET IT CONTROL YOU