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Platform Architecture ReportJanuary 7, 2004

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• Common Requirements Vision– Enterprise Business Strategies– Technology Trends– Requirements for the Technical Architecture– Application Portfolio Implications

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• Conceptual Architecture– A Logically Consistent Set of Principles

• Derived From Business Requirements• Guide the Engineering of the Domain

Architectures• Are Understood and Supported

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• Business Architecture

• Information Architecture

• Application Portfolio

• Infrastructure (Technical) Architecture

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• Architecture Domains– Design Based on Business Strategy,

Technology Trends, Business Information Requirements

– Teams of Experts

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Network Application

Security Information

Middleware Database

Platform Systems Management

Technical Architecture Domains

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• Domain Architecture Technology Categories– Obsolescent– Transitional– Strategic– Emerging Technology

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• Policies, Standards and Guidelines– Developed from Domain Architecture Reports

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• Next Steps– Update the Vision– Develop Remaining Domain Architectures– Update the Existing Domain Architectures– Update the Policies, Standards and

Guidelines– The Architecture Is Never Complete

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• Scope– Personal Computing Devices

• Desktops• Notebooks• Handhelds

– Servers• High-end• Midrange to Low-end

– Storage

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• Technical Topics– General Discussion– “As Is” Architecture– Issues/Challenges– Technology Use Trends– Additional Recommendations

• Summaries of Recommendations• Glossary

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• Review of Recommendations– ITIB to Review Platform Technical

Recommendations (p.87)– VITA Architectural Review Board Reviews

Operational Recommendations (p.93)

• Request ITIB Action at Next Meeting

• Next Step – Policies, Standards, Guidelines

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