Enterprise Architectures and Applications

Enterprise architecture exists at the intersection of technology and business strategy and consists of the vision, principles, and standards that guide the purchase and deployment of technology within an enterprise. Students explore the design, selection, implementation, and management of enterprise-wide IT solutions. Frameworks and strategies for infrastructure management, system administration, data/information architecture, content management, distributed computing, middleware, legacy system integration, system consolidation, software selection, IT investment analysis, and total cost of ownership calculation are discussed. Students examine multiple types of IS functions, such as messaging and collaboration systems, business intelligence and analytics systems, customer relationship management (CRM) systems, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, and content management (CM) systems. Cloud computing, a widely used architecture to deploy enterprise applications as a service over the Internet, is also included. Case studies are employed to expose students to real-world scenarios.

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