Analytix announced the introduction of the Togaf Version 8.1.1 Enterprise Architecture Training Course as an official member of The Open Group.
This contemporary course, which enhances the Analytix portfolio of internationally recognised best practice training courses, is being introduced as a result of growing market demand for IT governance and related training, according to Johan Botha, Managing Director of Analytix.
The practical four-day course, delivered by certified instructors, is designed to:
* Instruct students in the basics of Enterprise Architecture and TOGAF 8.
* To familiarise students with the features of TOGAF and its methodology.
* To enable students to take best advantage of how to use TOGAF in their work.
* To gain an understanding of the necessary body of knowledge to achieve certification to the TOGAF 8 CERTIFIED qualification.
The effective management and exploitation of information through IT has become a key contributor to strategic and operational success of most businesses today. This has resulted in IT being increasingly challenged to align IT with the business strategy and to understand how IT adds value to the business.
The purpose of a well-designed and implemented enterprise architecture addresses this need: to create a map of IT assets and business processes, and also a set of governance principles that drive a constant synergy between business strategy and IT.
Information architecture and technological architecture in the form of Togaf complement IT strategy, IT governance, and in particular frameworks, standards, and certifications such as CobiT.
The practical approach of Analytix ensures enterprise architecture is not a theoretical concept, especially since EA is not an "out-of-the-box" product. Analytix's approach rather ensures the active application built from within the company, which is unique to each company and its company culture.
For clients, Togaf is a means of enhancing the effective operations of a company, by providing them with the know-how and skills to translate business architecture into practice in line with IT, and furthermore makes delegates more marketable in the industry.
Botha explains that a well-designed enterprise architecture offers the following benefits to an organisation:
* Improved ability to respond to new business demands
* Improved ability to introduce new technology
* Greater business value from IT operations
* Faster, simpler, cheaper procurement
* Faster time-to-market
CISA / CISM CPE Credits
The Analytix Togaf training course is also directly applicable to the assessment of information systems or the improvement of audit, control, security or managerial skills to ensure a proper balance of professional development is attained.
As such, this training falls under ISACA definition "workshops, and professional meetings and related activities not sponsored by ISACA". Fourteen Continuing Professional Education (CPE) hours are earned by attending this course.
For more information on or to register for the Togaf Version 8.1.1 Training Course or other courses, please contact Analytix Customer Service on 011 215 2480, e-mail info@analytix.co.za or visit www.analytix.co.za.
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Analytix is a training and consultancy firm that assists organisations to understand, implement and comply with industry best practice standards and frameworks that lead to sustained process and business improvement. Its services are underpinned by internationally accepted IT management practices based on a range of de facto industry frameworks and standards including COSO, CobiT, ISO 27001, BS 25999, Togaf, ISO 20000, ITIL and the Balanced Scorecard.
TOGAF
TOGAF, The Open Group Architecture Framework, is an industry standard architecture framework that may be used freely by any organisation wishing to develop an information systems architecture for use within that organisation.
TOGAF has been developed and continuously evolved since the mid-90s by representatives of some of the world's leading IT customer and vendor organisations, working in The Open Group's Architecture Forum. Details of the Forum, and its plans for evolving TOGAF in the current year, are given on the Architecture Forum Web site, www.opengroup.org.
The Open Group
The Open Group is a vendor- and technology-neutral consortium, whose vision of Boundaryless Information Flow will enable access to integrated information within and between enterprises based on open standards and global interoperability. The Open Group operates as a not-for-profit organisation, with more than 20 years of experience in the field. It has more than 300 member organisations, with over 6 000 participants in The Open Group activities from 19 countries.
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