IT architecture

The corporate-wide architecture is a significant aspect of the IT strategy. It constitutes the basis for a successful support of the business processes through IT and thus functions as a connection between corporate strategy, organization and IT. For “agile” companies (Gartner’s “Real Time Enterprise”) a flexible IT architecture that allows for a timely and cost-effective implementation of the departments`demands is required. Additionally a successful IT architecture has to predict future requirements and give impulses for a further improvement of the IT.

Our goal is to provide ideal solutions for our clients in regards to the topic of IT architecture. With a holistic approach we develop solutions for our clients: From the corporate IT architecture and integration architecture (SOA) to the software architecture of the individual solutions.

corporate IT architecture

The corporate IT architecture is the framework for strategic planning helps with the evaluation and support of projects, shows saving potentials and enables a comprehensive life cycle management of the applications and systems.

Our consultants support you with the:

• documentation and analysis of architecture
• development of target architecture and development plans
• working out and coordinating architectural principles
• selection and definition of strategic platforms
• development of organizational- and process models for the architecture management

Based on the three-staged approach (as shown in the following illustration) a functioning IT architecture management (AM) can be established.

integration architecture

The time with monolithic application systems that are maintained and extended in slow release cycles has passed. Requirements such as agility and integration ability have become critical success factors. The key words enterprise application integration (EAI) and service oriented architecture (SOA) are being discussed as solutions for this topic.

Our consultants support you with the:

• conception and implementation of integrations on all levels (front end, application and data)
• an analysis for the potential of SOA
• conception and building a service architecture (domain analysis, business services and objects)
• platform evaluation and selection
• integration of applications into a complex IT architecture
• platform consolidation

software architecture

Although many areas of application can be supported very well with standard software other areas require individual applications in order to be ahead of the competition. Our flexible teams support you with the realization of individual solutions in all project phases from the initiation to putting it into operation.

Our consultants support you with the:

• definition and realization of software architecture and frameworks
• the creation of model architectures
• conceptual approaches from the analysis of the requirements and the specialist design to the technical design
• project support from project management to implementation
• architecture reviews

Apart from expert knowledge about the various technologies our consultants have the know-how of methods in order to create sustainable solutions.