What is Enterprise Architecture?
A strategic framework aligning an organization's IT landscape with its business strategy.
Enterprise architecture (EA) is a discipline that defines the structure and operation of an organization's IT landscape in alignment with business strategy. It provides blueprints for how technology, data, applications, and infrastructure should evolve to support business goals. In transformation contexts, EA ensures that individual initiatives contribute to a coherent target architecture rather than creating new silos.
Related terms
Digital Transformation
The fundamental rethinking of how an organization uses technology, people, and processes to drive performance.
Composable Architecture
Building systems from modular, interchangeable components that can be assembled as needed.
Technology Debt
The accumulated cost of deferred technology maintenance, upgrades, and modernization.
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