PowerDesigner to be certified

Sybase is working with Zachman International, an enterprise architecture (EA) certification company, to enable incorporation of the Zachman Framework into future releases of Sybase's PowerDesigner modelling and metadata management tool for EA, according to prdomain.

With PowerDesigner, says Sybase, it has a solid history in enterprise information architecture, which the company says will be enhanced by incorporating the Zachman Framework.

Sybase plans to certify the Zachman Framework on PowerDesigner to support the concept and inter-relationship of primitive and implementation composite models.

Enterprise architects must build systems with long-term efficiency in mind, but that task must also be balanced against the short-term needs of the business, and right now that usually includes the need to cut costs, states E-commerce Times.

The role of EA has never been more important, and never have IT departments had to be as responsive to the businesses they support as now.

During a recent panel discussion at The Open Group's 22nd annual Enterprise Architecture Practitioner's Conference, the question of whether enterprise architects are perceived as saviours or door stops in a daunting economic recession was probed.

Broadcom is rolling out a host of products to support a unified networking vision both at the core of the enterprise data centre and on the edge of business WLANs, reports eWeek.

Broadcom has rolled out its XGS Core networking fabric architecture armed with new low-power, high-density Ethernet switches for data centres, enterprises and service provider networks.

The company simultaneously unveiled a hardware and software solution designed to enable enterprises to take advantage of the 802.11n standard in their wireless networks.