In previous ZapFlashes, we discussed architecture frameworks, which leaves the topic of reference architectures left untouched by ZapThink.

Army published the Thin/Zero Client Computing Reference Architecture, one of five that directs development of standardized, interoperable, and consistent IT solutions across the Army.

He keynotes leading technology conferences on cloud computing, SOA, enterprise application integration, and enterprise architecture. Dave writes the Cloud Insider blog for InfoWorld.

As technology environments become more complex, many organizations are considering the concept of the enterprise reference architecture as a guide for technology investments and as a way of making ...

Sun Microsystems at the SunNetwork 2003 conference here Wednesday introduced eight Sun Reference Architectures featuring repeatable methodologies to boost business processes in several network ...

In addition to converged infrastructure solutions, various vendors and solution providers offer reference architectures, which are basically blueprints or frameworks for deploying converged ...

This is the second article of a two article series in which we try to work from the abstract level of IoT reference architectures towards the concrete architecture and implementation for selected ...

The intelligence community wants to move its IT platform from a desktop environment to a new standardized architecture, ICITE, a dashboard of shared services.

A reference architecture should provide a clear, easy-to-understand functional representation of a future-state environment that encapsulates the agreed upon design goals of all key stakeholders.

The value of a SOA reference architecture In many ways, SOA projects are in desperate need of well-thought out reference architectures. ZapThink sees a high degree of variability in SOA projects.