For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Global Enterprise Architecture Self-Assessment Tool  (186 KB XLS)

by Jost Hoppermann, November 5, 2009

Forrester's Global Enterprise Architecture Self-Assessment Tool is an interactive tool designed to help enterprise architecture professionals identify their global EA initiative's probability of success. The tool bases this assessment on an organization's . . .

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Global EA Drives Global IT: Assess Your EA Initiative's Global Readiness

by Jost Hoppermann, November 5, 2009

Poor results when working to facilitate global IT are often a result of poorly executed global EA programs, poor preparation, and/or a too-positive perception of the global business and IT environment. Forrester's Global Enterprise Architecture Self-Assessment . . .

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Global EA Drives Global IT: Case Studies

by Jost Hoppermann, September 24, 2009

More and more, large global enterprises are going for global modes of operation, including global IT and, in particular, globally used applications. Enterprise architecture (EA) is one of the crucial tools organizations should use to establish global . . .

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Global Banking Platform Deals 2008: Functionality

Three Top Functional Areas Drive Banking Platform Projects

by Jost Hoppermann, August 20, 2009

Forrester surveyed 17 vendors of globally deployed banking platforms on their 2008 deals and analyzed the results from a functional and regional perspective. This analysis shows that the global perspective and regional perspectives differ: While there . . .

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Global Banking Platform Deals 2008: Regions

Some Like It Hot

by Jost Hoppermann, July 31, 2009

Forrester surveyed 17 vendors of globally deployed banking platforms on their 2008 deals and analyzed the results with a regional perspective. This analysis shows that North America joined Asia Pacific and Europe as one of the most active regions, and . . .

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Next-Generation IT Requires Next-Generation EA

EA Makes The New Core Processes Of IT Work

by Alex Cullen, Gene Leganza, Jeff Scott, Jost Hoppermann, June 30, 2009

What business wants from IT is changing, and that means IT has to change how it manages itself and the IT-business relationship. Building on current project delivery and operational management competencies, CIOs are adding new core management processes: . . .

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Global Banking Platform Deals 2008: Vendors

We Identify Globally And Regionally Successful Vendors

by Jost Hoppermann, June 4, 2009

Forrester surveyed 17 vendors of globally deployed banking platforms on their 2008 deals. Overall, looking at participants of both the 2007 and 2008 survey, counted deals shrunk by 10% from 2007 to 2008. Only two vendors of those participating in the . . .

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Global Banking Platform Deals 2008: Setting The Stage In A Maturing Market

by Jost Hoppermann, May 19, 2009

Forrester surveyed 17 vendors of globally deployed banking platforms on their 2008 deals. The outcome? The two top groups remained largely unchanged: Oracle and Temenos are the two Global Power Sellers; while the "old" Global Challengers Infosys Technologies, . . .

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Discovering Tech Opportunity In Islamic Finance

Big Segment Captures Banker And Tech Vendor Attention

by Ellen Carney, Jost Hoppermann, April 6, 2009

The move to Islamic banking will challenge conventional bank IT, which means strong opportunities for tech vendors with expertise and experience in rolling out Islamic finance systems. In the face of a deep and long-lasting recession, conventional banks . . .

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Five Hot Technologies For Enterprise Architects

SOA Lives Up To Expectations With Hot Technologies Paving The Way

by Jost Hoppermann, March 31, 2009

Forrester surveyed 140 enterprise architects, IT planners, and IT strategists on their take on service-oriented architecture (SOA) and 19 software infrastructure technologies. The outcome? Enterprise architects see SOA accelerating, and five supporting . . .

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A First Look At Islamic Banking

Large And Growing Segment Captures The Attention Of Conventional Banks

by Jost Hoppermann, Ellen Carney, March 26, 2009

Islamic finance and in particular Islamic banking is a growing segment within multiple countries as well as on a global level. Conventional banks increasingly show interest in Islamic banking. Enterprise architects need to understand the key principles . . .

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Enterprise Architects Are Not Proving Their Value

Gaps, Acceptable In Good Times, May Be Challenging In Bad Times

by Jost Hoppermann, March 11, 2009

Forrester surveyed 140 firms and their enterprise architecture (EA) groups in October 2008 — after the financial market meltdown — to identify the trends regarding EA organizations, resources, and governance processes. We also wanted to find the hot architecture . . .

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Use Procurement Touchpoints For A Lightweight Enterprise Architecture Governance Process

Targeted EA Artifacts Can Improve Governance Even When Resources Are Tight

by Jost Hoppermann, March 4, 2009

In difficult economic times, enterprise architecture (EA) groups must often switch from a strategic focus to more tactical issues and cost management. Nevertheless, EA groups should maintain some capability to steer toward the future-state vision. A strong . . .

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The Forrester Wave™: Global Banking Platforms, Q1 2009

A Compact Group Of Banking Platforms Offers Agile Banking Support

by Jost Hoppermann, January 30, 2009

Forrester evaluated world-leading banking platform products across 108 criteria and found that Infosys Technologies with Finacle, TCS Financial Solutions (TCSFS) with TCS BaNCS, and Temenos with T24 are in the Leader category. Infosys with Finacle scores . . .

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Trends For EA Professionals In 2009

Enterprise Architects: Use Today's Economic Challenges To Focus And Sharpen Your Efforts

by Jost Hoppermann, Gene Leganza, Jeff Scott, Ken Vollmer, January 7, 2009

Enterprise architecture (EA) will continue its journey up the value chain in 2009, but there's no doubt that the road will be bumpy at best. Helping their organizations deal with economic conditions will consume some EA teams, and most will have to narrow . . .

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The Future Shape Of Banking Architecture In 2023

Industrialized Banking And The New CRM Will Support High-Touch

by Jost Hoppermann, November 14, 2008

Forrester's research on banking IT in 2023 identified a series of requirements and the architectural layers of the future banking platform. The key layers show: (1) a focus on personalized customer services and real-time information analysis; (2) a separation . . .

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Intelligent Devices Will Drive Ubiquitous Banking

Smart Devices Will Shape High-Touch Banking

by Jost Hoppermann, September 23, 2008

An increasing number of banks are working on their long-term business and IT visions of the future, continually realigning their IT strategies. To help enterprise architects better understand the business and IT environment of the future, Forrester surveyed . . .

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Bank Branches Are Here To Stay — But With Key Differences

High-Tech Will Drive High-Touch Banking

by Jost Hoppermann, September 19, 2008

An increasing number of banks are working on their long-term business and IT visions of the future, continually realigning their IT strategies. To help enterprise architects better understand the business and IT environment of the future, Forrester surveyed . . .

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Financial Services Of The Future: Collaborative Competition Will Be The Norm

by Jost Hoppermann, August 20, 2008

An increasing number of banks are working on long-term business and IT visions of the future, realigning IT strategies on a continual basis. To help enterprise architects better understand the business and IT environment of the future, Forrester surveyed . . .

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Global Banking Platform Deals 2007: Regions And Functionality

Some Cool Regions Are Heating Up

by Jost Hoppermann, July 18, 2008

Forrester surveyed 15 vendors of globally deployed banking platforms on their 2007 deals. What is the outcome of the regional and functional analysis? Asia Pacific has overtaken Europe in the global banking platform race, with the Middle East, North America, . . .

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Global Banking Platform Deals 2007: Vendors

We Identify Globally And Regionally Successful Vendors

by Jost Hoppermann, June 17, 2008

Forrester surveyed 15 vendors of globally deployed banking platforms on their 2007 deals. Oracle Financial Services (Oracle FS) and TEMENOS remain the Global Power Sellers. But they are defending their territory against Global Challengers such as Infosys . . .

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A First Look At Enterprise Architecture In A Flat World

by Jost Hoppermann, May 14, 2008

An increasing number of firms are shifting the focus of their enterprise architecture (EA) practice from a local and national approach to a more regional, multicountry, and global one. This change in focus alters the way that architects must approach . . .

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The Next Phase Of Business Services Specification

SAP's Industry Value Network For Banking Gets Independent

by Jost Hoppermann, April 30, 2008

SAP and a group of vendor and user companies such as Microsoft and Standard Bank are currently building a new initiative, working on a business services ecosystem for banking called Banking Industry Architecture Network. The idea is to create an SAP-independent . . .

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Business Services Ecosystems For Banking: The Future Is Bright And Most Likely Heterogeneous

Vendors Use Multiple Approaches To Drive Semantic Business Services Specifications

by Jost Hoppermann, March 17, 2008

Forrester surveyed application infrastructure, banking platform, and IT services vendors on their approaches toward semantic specifications of business services in the banking industry. We specifically probed their positions regarding business services . . .

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Which Vendors Are Well Positioned For The Renewal Of The Application Landscape In European Financial Services?  (136 KB PPT)

by Jost Hoppermann, March 13, 2008

This data chart provides highlights of the European Financial Services Architecture Strategy Survey 2007.