Architecture, Technology, and Digital Transformation

Microservices are small, individual and independent software pieces, which are beneficial in terms of independent development, deployment, and maintenance. This podcast explains the details.

Cloud native is the architectural design that provides the best cloud experience. This podcast explains how it differs from a lift and shift approach and an application running in a virtual machine. It also explains the difference between a microservice and a function as a service.

Corona has accelerated many digital developments in 2020. The IT architecture trends of 2021 are driven by the direct impact of corona, such as remote working, security concerns, and adapted IT infrastructures, as well as by indirect impacts, such as new digital business models, more available data, and more cloud users. Today´s podcast provides an overview of my top 10 IT architecture trends for 2021.

In today´s podcast, we talk about the role of Enterprise Architecture for today´s business departments and why EA is so important in the context of new business models and business capability management, in the context of data monetization, in the context of new technologies, and in the context of cloud computing.

Business capabilities can be used in different context, such as transparency, prioritization, demand management, landscape optimization, and integrations. This podcast explains the details.

In order to become modern again, Enterprise Architecture needs to adapt to the increased speed of technology changes, to stronger collaborate with the business, to deliver more and faster tangible value, and to move from hierarchies to teams.

The Open Group disappointed with version 9.2 of TOGAF. However, they published new certifications and seem to diversify their assets, so that TOGAF will be less important in the future.

TOGAF, which stands for “The Open Group Architecture Framework”, is the most important Enterprise Architecture Framework nowadays.

Although TOGAF is quite old and there has been many new developments in IT, it still has its place today. This podcast provides a comprehensive analysis of whether TOGAF is still relevant today or not.

TOGAF should focus more on business architecture, they should adapt the Architecture Development phases, and they should provide a solution to align Enterprise Architecture with agile practices.