Chris Wiborg draws upon 15+ years of experience as an IT practitioner to help enterprises achieve better business results through the practice of architecture.  As a founding member of Cisco’s own Enterprise Architecture team, Chris led the establishment of Cisco standards for enterprise-class Web services, application messaging infrastructure, and SOA best practices.  He also has an extensive infrastructure background gained as a Cisco Product Manager.  Prior to Cisco, Chris was an IT solutions architect at Applied Materials and a Senior Consultant with several boutique consulting companies. He holds four RFID technology patents and a B.A. from Yale University.
 

Presentation

Enabling Next-Generation Enterprise Architecture with the Network

IT organizations are under increasing pressure to become a strategic enabler rather than a cost center. Enterprise architects can play a vital role in helping IT transform the business by employing a business-aligned enterprise architecture plan and leveraging functionality and services provided by the network. The network touches every element of IT infrastructure and is thus 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 improve and enhance existing applications for better productivity and interaction with customers and partners.

Audience:

Enterprise architects, CIOs

Key takeaways:-

1. Attendees will learn a step-by-step method for identifying business goals, which capabilities are needed to overcome obstacles in reaching those goals, and network services that can help
2. Correct design and how best to deploy the infrastructure that delivers these services will be discussed.
3. The audience will hear about enterprises that are successfully using this approach.

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