In this paper we show how to utilize enterprise architectures to model relations between information sources of an enterprise. With our approach the enterprise architecture models are not passive entities anymore but can be operationalized to identify dependencies between the various models and to integrate information sources. It thus is the basis for agile enterprises. We show that the elemen...

A significant investment in resources is required for implementation of integrated enterprise systems while the effectiveness of these systems to achieve business benefits remains unclear and empirically largely unexplored. Organizations are realizing that it’s not enough to put in an enterprise system and expect an automatic improvement. The business benefits can be achieved from improvements ...

Enterprise systems are being transferred into a service-oriented architecture. In this article we present a procedure for the integration of enterprise systems. The procedure model starts with decomposition into Web services. This is followed by mapping redundant functions and assigning of the original source code to the Web services, which are orchestrated in the final step. Finally an example...

In this position paper, we present certain observed characteristics of global software development for the enterprise, as well as trends in enterprise information technology needs for a global enterprise. We then identify IT workforce needs and the consequent curriculum

Nowadays, the UML language is one of the most widely accepted software modelling language. Enterprise modelling is concerned with the externalisation of knowledge about the enterprise, for a different set of purposes. One possible, future and challenging objective of enterprise modelling is to provide a base for developing, composing and selecting enterprise software applications. Therefore, t...

One of the major investments of information technologies in large companies in the past decade has been the enterprise system. Although the enterprise system has the advantages of managing and integrating almost all of the business processes in the whole company, there have been strong criticisms that the enterprise system often imposes its own logic or business process on a company and lacks f...

as spending on it rises steeply, organizations become increasingly technology-dependent and, consequently, they become highly vulnerable to the risks of it failure. the latest report on the failure of many complex it projects to deliver key benefits on time and to target cost and specification was published jointly by the royal academy of engineering and the british computer society. one of the...

In recent years, the economic growth has slowed down structurally, real business environment been deteriorating due to rising costs, insufficient demand, low innovation capacity and other factors, industrial investment rate continued decline, operating profit situation is not optimistic, many enterprises are struggling on verge of bankruptcy. On contrary, financial market ushered in a vigorous ...

J. A. Vayghan S. M. Garfinkle C. Walenta D. C. Healy Z. Valentin The ability to utilize data as an enterprise asset is central to every enterprise transformation initiative. This ability is critical for reusing data consistently throughout the enterprise and deriving actionable knowledge from it. Accurate and high-quality data must consistently propagate meaning and value throughout the enterpr...