PBDJ - PowerBuilder Journal
In today's business world change is a constant and companies need to ensure
that they keep up with that change. Whether the change is an opportunistic
response to new conditions - requirements, regulations, market conditions, a
merger/acquisition - or a major transformation, companies need the power to
succeed and that power is knowledge.
The need for knowledge is expanding what companies require from their data.
Not only is there a need to analyze it and clearly understand the metadata
(data about data), companies now need to create an enterprise-wide view of
their organization through clear, concise, and accurate metadata synergy from
all three views of the organization: business, information, and technology.
Starting with traditional Data Modeling, PowerDesigner v15 continues to
innovate. In our Physical Data Modeling (PDM), continuous ... (more)
This article will discuss what Enterprise Architecture is, why you need it
and how you can achieve it. The term Enterprise Architecture (EA) can mean
different things to different people. For the confines of this article, we
will use a definition from Paul Weill, Director of MIT Center for Information
Systems Research, which states, "Enterprise Architecture is the organization
of logic for business processes and IT infrastructure, reflecting the
integration and standardization requirements of the firm's operation model."
In breaking EA down we understand that "enterprise" equals "... (more)
Courtney Driscoll is a Product Manager at Sybase, an SAP Company. Courtney manages PowerDesigner,the industry-leading modeling and metadata management solution for data architecture, information architecture and enterprise architecture. She has over 10 years of experience in the industry and has been working at Sybase since 2000.
David Lucas
Cathy Lopez
Shaul Efraim
Terence Martin Breslin
Cory Marchand
David Hughes
James Carlini
John Iffert
Dan Stolts
Joe Zeto
