Information ManagementWe are all trying to do this

Information ManagementAIIM has a nice layman’s definition

CaptureStoreManagePreserveDeliver

This happens when we are talking and listening or when we are trying to manage Petabytes

There is a lot more behind the next slide

Cloud Platform (thank you Gartner)Turnkey Service (sounds like SOA)Elastic (scalable)Shared Environment (multi-tenant)Pay for what you use (have to track usage

stats)Use standard protocols (HTTP/HTTPS)Like an electric utility, just use it and pay the

bill

3 Levels of Cloud ServiceIAAS

Bare-bones VM capacityPAAS

Software development tools to create and run applications

SAASOut-of-the-box software solutions accessed

through a front-end portal

Cloud TypesPublic cloud

Resource dynamically provisioned on a self-serve basis via the web from an off-site 3rd party provider who shares resources and bills clients

Private cloudInstallations that emulate many aspects of

public cloud computing but do so on a completely secure private network

Hybrid cloudSome resource in-house and others managed

externally

IBM View Example

IBM Smart Analytics Cloud

Enterprise Services “Enterprise services architecture emphasizes abstraction and

componentization, which provides a mechanism for employing both the required internal and external business standards. The main goal of enterprise services architecture is to create an IT environment in which standardized components can aggregate and work together to reduce complexity. To create reusable and useful components, it is equally important to build an infrastructure allowing components to conform to the changing needs of the environment.” - Techopedia

In other words, “loosely coupled” services that perform specific tasks, can be easily inserted, updated or replaced

The services may be “course-grained” or “fine-grained”. Course-grained is what the business sees, fine-grained can be reused by the course-grained.

Enterprise ArchitectureMaturity Model4 stages

Application siloStandardized

TechnologyRationalized DataModular

From MIT Sloan School of Management Center for Information Systems Research

From MIT Sloan School of Management Center for Information Systems Research

Business Operating Models

From MIT Sloan School of Management Center for Information Systems Research

SOA Governance Example

Implementing Enterprise ServicesImplementing enterprise services starts not

with technology but with the business requirements.

What enterprise services does the business need?ReportingAnalyticsProcess managementPredictive analyticsMessaging and routing Data translation

Example Hadoop + Analytics

Defining ArchitecturesNetworkServerApplicationDataTransformationSecurityEvent and event handlingESB and adapters

Business and Ops SupportPlan for support of multi-tenant environment

Tools to capture usage statisticsPlan for proactive operational support

Tools for monitoring all aspects of the solution

MethodologyTwo Paths in Parallel

Business Gather high-level requirements

Functional Non functional

Technical Identify technology platforms and components Design architectures Design end-to-end proof-of-concept

Crawl, walk, run

MethodologyArchitectural blueprinting

Work in progress through project phasesDefine a multi-phase project management

strategyLook for small wins first

Architecture BlueprintsGraphical representation of the business view

of data, functions, technology, people and the relationship and/or interactions between them

Set the contextSet ground rules for modelingDetermine modeling levels of detail

Architecture Blueprints – Set the contextWho is the audience?What level of detail do they need to see?What will the content include?

Data, functions, technology, people?Communications layers?Sequence, flow?

What planning horizon will be used?What part of IT does the architecture need to

describe?

Architecture Blueprints – Ground RulesAgree on a set of standard componentsUse a standard representation schemeSet a scopeDetermine the level of detail

Level 0 – conceptual, one pageLevel 1 – More detailed, specificLevel N – Most detailed, form the bridge from

architecture to developmentDefine the state to be modeled (current, target)Define the environment (prod, dev, ops)

Project SummaryCapture data from many sources in many

formatsRoute data to data warehouse using ESBUtilize Analytics and/or BI platform on data