Raghu works with enterprises in financial services and other sectors to architect business transformation initiatives. With more than 23 years’ experience in IT, he has spearheaded architecture and applications work at ING Direct UK and Accenture.

Raghu holds a Bachelor in Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology and an MSc from Syracuse University, New York.

Presentation

The Network: Enabling Next-Generation Enterprise Architecture

New business priorities and ways of working are putting more pressure on IT organizations to shift from a cost center to a strategic enabler. Using a business-aligned enterprise architecture plan and by leveraging functionality and services provided by the network, enterprise architects can pave the way for IT to help transform the business. Because the network touches every element of IT infrastructure, it is uniquely positioned to provide consistent and reliable services that can be used by multiple applications throughout the enterprise. Services including real-time communications, mobility, application delivery, security, management, and virtualization can not only improve existing applications, but can enhance them for improved productivity and interaction with customers and partners.

This session will outline a step-by-step approach to identifying business goals, the capabilities required to overcome the challenges in reaching those goals, and the services that can be leveraged, along with a discussion of how to properly design and deploy the infrastructure that houses the services. Examples of enterprises that have successfully followed this approach will be used to illustrate the concepts covered in this session.

Audience:
Enterprise architects, CIOs

Key takeaways:-
1. Attendees will learn a step-by-step approach to identifying business goals, the capabilities required to overcome the challenges in reaching those goals, and the services that can be leveraged.
2. Proper design and the best way to deploy the infrastructure that houses these services will be discussed.
3. Examples of enterprises using this approach will be shared.

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