Businesses need to realise EA benefits

A new survey by Ovum suggests that there is a lack of 'buy-in' about the benefits of enterprise architecture (EA) amongst business leaders, says Inside SAP.

Mark Blowers, an Ovum analyst, says the survey revealed that there is “still some way to go before an architectural approach is relevant outside of the IT function for many organisations”.

He says that while IT departments are successfully exploiting the approach, its potential will not be realised until EA becomes an integral part of business decision-making. “There needs to be complete buy-in across the entire organisation, and at the highest level,” says Blowers.

A UK training company, QA, is expanding its business analysis training portfolio with three new ISEB-accredited courses, writes TTKN.

Aimed at senior architects and those aspiring to this role, the courses lead delegates towards a respected ISEB accreditation in enterprise and solution architecture.

According to Bill Walker, QA's commercial director, “From medium-sized to the very largest enterprises, investment in a well-defined systems architecture is essential. A forward-looking architecture can provide maximum support to the business, keep the cost of ownership to a minimum and control risk.”

Leapfactor is using the cloud to provide an enterprise-class mobility platform that will allow enterprise IT to quickly and easily get any business application or process ready to run on a mobile device securely, states Integration Developer News.

Leapfactor's cloud-based platform does not require complex infrastructure and middleware, according to Leapfactor CEO Lionel Carrasco. Leapfactor, he says, integrates with backend systems and delivers business data to any mobile user through consumer-like applications.

“Enterprises need to enable employees, partners and customers with timely access to data so that they can respond quickly and in an informed manner, but they face a complex set of choices about how to deliver this critical information to the proliferation of smartphones and mobile devices in use today,” Carrasco said in a statement.