Read on to learn five questions to ask in order to find out if you need a data integration solution, some of the main elements of a data integration solution, how to master the role of data integration and more. 

This White Paper discusses methodology and language support for requirements management in TOGAF. 

This white paper examines and further explains the importance of scale-out storage architecture; its emergence into the contemporary storage world, the benefits it delivers to businesses, and takes an in-depth look at the specific capabilities. 

This paper proposes several sample virtualization architectures based on Dell's server and storage products. Architectures are divided into three main categories: Small, Medium, and Large. These categories are based on the features and capacity of each product, as well as the complexity of the overall architecture. 

This paper from the Open Group reveals how banks can benefit from combining complementary industry frameworks on enterprise architecture. 

<p>This paper explains how modeling information architecture (IA) can help reduce the costs associated with data management. Read this now and learn about the benefits of implementing IA and how Sybase's option offers modeling support for database design and enterprise architecture.</p> <p> </p> 

Whether your organization's service-oriented architecture (SOA) has 50 services being used by one customer, or 50 customers using one service, you need SOA governance; increased business agility depends on it. 

A capability-led approach to enterprise architecture provides the rigour and structure that will allow companies to ‘do EA properly’ and deliver real business value, this paper argues. 

Read this paper to find out why the FAA's System Wide Information Management program selected four open source service-oriented architecture (SOA) components to combine with its other development and management tools to create an enterprise infrastructure that will be deployed between 2010 and 2015 to support NextGen satellite air traffic control. 

To help simplify enterprise desktop management, Dell and VMware have created a flexible, highly scalable desktop virtualization reference architecture based on Dell PowerEdge servers, Dell EqualLogic PS Series iSCSI SAN arrays, and powerful new VMware View 4 technology. 

Many organizations struggle to carry on the processes of multiple large data integration and SOA projects for reconstructing data flows, ontologies, transformations and more. This paper addresses the obstacles faced when attempting data projects and the strategic plans for overcoming these issues to attain a higher ROI and reduce overall cost. 

This paper presents an overview of strategies and practices for governing the transformation to, and the evolution of, SOA. In particular, it explores the role of governance throughout the SOA lifecycle as well as the technology enablers that help organizations develop and maintain an SOA that delivers measurable, sustainable business value. 

IT operations are evolving in a number of ways. Some of the obvious changes include virtualization and the cloud. However, there are 5 less obvious trends that are changing the dynamics of IT operations, each of which is explained in this white paper.