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IT Architecture For Dummies (For Dummies Series)
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Information architecture combines IT skills with business skills in order to align the IT structure of an organization with the mission, goals, and objectives of its business. This friendly introduction to IT architecture walks you through the myriad issues and complex decisions that many organizations face when setting up IT systems to work in sync with business procedures.
Veteran IT professional and author Kirk Hausman explains the business value behind IT architecture and provides you with an action plan for implementing IT architecture procedures in an organization. You'll explore the many challenges that organizations face as they attempt to use technology to enhance their business's productivity so that you can gain a solid understanding of the elements that are required to plan and create an architecture that meets specific business goals.
- Defines IT architecture as a blend of IT skills and business skills that focuses on business optimization, business architecture, performance management, and organizational structure
- Uncovers and examines every topic within IT architecture including network, system, data, services, application, and more
- Addresses the challenges that organizations face when attempting to use information technology to enable profitability and business continuity
While companies look to technology more than ever to enhance productivity, you should look to IT Architecture For Dummies for guidance in this field.
- ISBN-100470554231
- ISBN-13978-0470554234
- Edition1st
- PublisherFor Dummies
- Publication dateOctober 22, 2010
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions7.38 x 0.84 x 9.25 inches
- Print length356 pages
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From the Inside Flap
Learn to:
- Create an Enterprise IT strategy that meets business objectives
- Work with each layer of the technology stack
- Support organizational structure and processes
- Develop an action plan for implementation
Get a handle on enterprise architecture and develop a strategy for success
An enterprise network is a complex creature. This book breaks it down into simpler bites. You'll understand the parts, what they mean to your company, how to make technology match your business goals, and how to create an enterprise culture. Then you'll get help with long-term planning, managing security, and getting the most from your technology.
- Know the game and the players understand enterprise components, the management roles involved, and the impact of platform selection
- What IT can do learn to align technology with organizational goals and explore regulatory compliance and risk management practices
- Who you are examine the fundamental aspects of identity management and how to develop an enterprise culture
- Nuts and bolts look at the elements of a distributed network, its resources, and how to establish long-term operational strategies
- Increase technology's value through virtualization, high-performance computing, Green IT strategies, and other practices
- Keep your guard up create effective disaster recovery solutions and develop a sound game plan against the ever-changing threats to interconnected systems
Open the book and find:
- Tasks, roles, and tools of IT architecture
- Risk and compliance issues for management
- Tips for reducing complexity
- Identity and access management strategies
- Effective communication methods
- How to plan for the mobile enterprise
- When green is profitable
- What to consider when planning technology updates
From the Back Cover
Learn to:
- Create an Enterprise IT strategy that meets business objectives
- Work with each layer of the technology stack
- Support organizational structure and processes
- Develop an action plan for implementation
Get a handle on enterprise architecture and develop a strategy for success
An enterprise network is a complex creature. This book breaks it down into simpler bites. You'll understand the parts, what they mean to your company, how to make technology match your business goals, and how to create an enterprise culture. Then you'll get help with long-term planning, managing security, and getting the most from your technology.
- Know the game and the players - understand enterprise components, the management roles involved, and the impact of platform selection
- What IT can do - learn to align technology with organizational goals and explore regulatory compliance and risk management practices
- Who you are - examine the fundamental aspects of identity management and how to develop an enterprise culture
- Nuts and bolts - look at the elements of a distributed network, its resources, and how to establish long-term operational strategies
- Increase technology's value - through virtualization, high-performance computing, Green IT strategies, and other practices
- Keep your guard up - create effective disaster recovery solutions and develop a sound game plan against the ever-changing threats to interconnected systems
Open the book and find:
- Tasks, roles, and tools of IT architecture
- Risk and compliance issues for management
- Tips for reducing complexity
- Identity and access management strategies
- Effective communication methods
- How to plan for the mobile enterprise
- When green is profitable
- What to consider when planning technology updates
About the Author
Kalani Kirk Hausman is a specialist in enterprise architecture, security, information assurance, business continuity, and regulatory compliance. Susan L. Cook is a Senior IT Policy and Security Programs Administrator and a former compliance auditor. Both are employed by Texas A&M University.
Product details
- Publisher : For Dummies
- Publication date : October 22, 2010
- Edition : 1st
- Language : English
- Print length : 356 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0470554231
- ISBN-13 : 978-0470554234
- Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
- Dimensions : 7.38 x 0.84 x 9.25 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #766,342 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- Customer Reviews:
About the authors

Professor Hausman is an author and researcher (cyber terrorism, cyber crime, distance education and rapid prototyping), while also practicing information assurance and IT governance as an Assistant Commandant for Texas A&M University.
Kirk's professional experience has focused on project management, enterprise architecture, IT governance, green IT practices, security and business continuity, information assurance and regulatory compliance with a background including digital forensics, WMD/wide-area disaster response planning, pandemic response planning, and technology audit practices in higher-education, corporate and healthcare venues. His technology experience includes application design, data resource management, network architecture, server and storage virtualization, strategic technology modernization, network and backup centralization, research computing, cloud computing, and large network BCP/DR planning.
Kirk has served as a senior research scientist in the fields of cyber terrorism, cybercrime, and cyber security and he regularly lectures on uses of technology in education, solutions for persons with disabling conditions, network security, and strategic architectural planning to improve enterprise efficiencies. He has served as a subject matter expert before both Houses of the Texas State Legislature and has numerous books currently in print, together with professional publications, articles and white-papers addressing system interoperation, enterprise architecture, cyber terrorism and IT governance.
Kirk's professional certifications include the CISSP, CGEIT, CRISC, CISA, CISM, PMP, CCNA, GIAC-GHSC together with other technology, project management, and regulatory-specific designations.

Susan Cook is a technical author with over 25 years of IT experience covering operations, security, risk management, compliance, policy, and technology management. She has a Masters in Information Technology and a Master of Arts in Security Management. She has also worked as a compliance auditor in the financial industry and as a licensed private investigator.
















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