PRESS ARCHIVE
2008
Sasol Joins The Open Group February 2008
Sasol has joined the Open Group and will contribute to the consortium's base of enterprise architecture best scenarios practice.
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2007
Armscor Eyes Open Source November 2007
Armscor, the military version of the State IT Agency (SITA), is keen to shave millions off its IT budget by going open source and cutting out license fees.
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EA: Common Sense and Business Imperative November 2007
Enterprise architecture is required to transform a legacy of fragmented applications, organisational structures and processes (both manual and automated) into an integrated environment with optimised processes that are responsive to change and the delivery of the business strategy.
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Don't procrastinate when it comes to enterprise architecture October 2007
Many companies have understood the value of running their business in line with enterprise architecture principles.
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Internal EA? September 2007
It's becoming an accepted fact that the development of enterprise architecture capability within the organisation is fundamental to improving the alignment of business and IT, and thus overall business effectiveness.
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TOGAF™ Certification Paves The Way To A Top Career August 2007
The key to a career as an Enterprise Architect is TOGAF™.
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SOA To Integrate By 2012 August 2007
Service-Oriented Architecture will not exist as a seperate discipline by 2012.
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Mitigate Change and Risk July 2007
To become and remain competitive, organisations have to address the ongoing disconnect between business requirements and IT.
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EA Enduring competitive advantage June 2007
Enterprise architecture has evolved from an obscure thing some overly clever IT people talked about into a business necessity.
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Armscor Lays Foundation For Change With Real IRM June 2007
Armscor has slashed its IT costs by 40%, laid a foundation for the future and broken down its former silo-based mode of operation through an enterprise architecture.
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Enterprise Architecture: engineering a blueprint for success March 2007
One management fad delivered on its promises.
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EA Top of Mind at Conference: March 2007
Johannesburg, 19 March 2007 - South African CIOs and enterprise architects heard the latest news and trends from The Open Group at the Enterprise Architecture Practitioner's Conference, held at Cape Town's Sheraton hotel last week.
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Top lineup of speakers at Architecture Practitioners Conference: February 2007
The Open Group and its South African representative, Real IRM, have assembled a glittering lineup of speakers for the second Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference, to be held in Cape Town from Sunday 11 March to Tuesday 13 March.
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Real IRM, TOG host 2007 EA Conference: January 2007
The Open Group, the international vendor- and technology-neutral consortium, and its local representative and enterprise architecture specialist, Real IRM, are hosting the second IT Architecture Practitioners Conference in Cape Town from 11 to 13 March, 2007.
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2006
Eskom EA Implementation Complete: October 2006
Real IRM and IT services and solutions company arivia.kom have completed an enterprise architecture (EA) documentation project at Eskom Distribution, involving more than 60 distributed applications.
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Increased Focus on EA Standards: September 2006
South African organisations are among the 23 new members of Open Group, an international industry body, aimed at setting enterprise architecture standards.
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Architecture Standards Necessary: August 2006
The significance of standardised enterprise architecture is becoming increasingly evident both worldwide and in the South African market.
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EA Training Formalised: June 2006
There is a significant gap in the enterprise architecture (EA) market where training and certification is concerned, says Ian Prinsloo, head of Real IRM's newly established training division.
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Surging Demand for Enterprise Architects: March 2006
Enterprise architecture is maturing and delivering value to organisations around the world. However, as the demand surges, there's a chronic shortage of top-class enterprise architects. These were among the key messages to emerge from the IT Architecture Practitioners Conference being held in Cape Town this week, attended by more than 165 delegates from around the world.
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