An integrated approach to enterprise computing architectures
George S. Nezlek, Hemant K Jain, Derek L. Nazareth · Communications of the ACM · 1999
The rapid growth of cooperative computing throughout the 1990s has transformed the information systems function and its management in many organizations. The term "enterprise computing architecture" is used to describe the set of computing platforms and the data networking facilities to support an organization's information needs. Synthesizing an organization's computing infrastructure to support the spectrum of tasks performed by users in a geographically distributed organization. The growth of Internet and intranet applications raises considerable interest in techniques to plan for their successful adoption and exploitation. The techniques developed and presented are capable of accommodating these applications. The modular design of interchangeable components in the Information Architect also facilitates meaningful comparison of alternatives across multiple sets of technology offerings. Given the nature of problem addressed, it offers unique opportunities for collaboration between organizations, researchers and technology providers. INSET: Heuristic Classification.