Enterprise Architecture supports the business by providing the fundamental technology and process to enable an Information Technology strategy. This in turn makes Information Technology a responsive asset for a successful modern business strategy.

Our enterprise architects have typically gathered a wealth of experience throughout their professional career. Not just knowledge about the domains they work in, but also insights, rules of thumb and lessons learned. These allow them to make the "right" decisions when they face highly complex problems. Heuristics are general applicable and often abstract statements that express this experience. An effective use of heuristics support our architects in establishment of a sound Enterprise Architecture that leads to high quality systems that live and evolve within the Enterprises of our clients.

Solution Architecture is a sub-set of Enterprise Architecture.

iKatron Solutions has adopted Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) as a principle framework model for our enterprise level systems and solutions.

SOA is an architectural pattern, a design principle which can be describe as the policies, practices and frameworks that enable application functionality to be provided and consumed as sets of services published at a granularity relevant to the service consumer. Services can be invoked, published and discovered, and are abstracted away from the implementation using a single, standards-based form of interface. It focuses on solving, or meeting, a discrete business need. Solution Architecture provides an organization a structured approach that breaks a "solution" into components. These components can be re-used from other parts of the infrastructure, as well as have a solution-independent lifecycle.

The above diagram illustrates the stages of the enterprise SOA maturity model through relationship between Business Value and Time need to bring project to completion regarding traditional and SOA based approach.

Solution Architecture provides an organization a structured approach that breaks a "solution" into components. These components can be re-used from other parts of the infrastructure, as well as have a solution-independent lifecycle. It focuses on solving, or meeting, a discrete business need.

iKatron Solutions has a number of experienced and highly talented information system strategists and architects. They have an outstanding track record of assessing our clients' business and technical requirements then specifying and delivering enterprise architectures, technical strategies and solution recommendations that address these needs.

Our approach to architecture and strategy planning focuses on four factors:

• Establishing an architecture framework
• Establishing key qualities/drivers
• Investigation of options and/or alternatives
• Reasoning (intuitive and objective analysis)

The consultancy team has expertise in the following areas:

• Service Oriented Enterprise
• Information Exchange
• Information Management & Reporting
• Identity and Security
• Mobility and Wireless

Our SOA Solution Architecture provides an organization a structured approach that breaks a "solution" into components. These components can be re-used from other parts of the infrastructure or business, as well as have a solution-independent lifecycle. We help IT organizations by introduction of technology components in the manner that fits their particular needs.

The following diagram represents common adoption SOA pattern and of course in each business case it'll be cleanly defined and mapped to both business need and supporting component.

Our preferred approach to providing architecture and strategy planning services is to work closely with our client's architecture team, applying our knowledge and experience to assist in establishing enterprise and/or solution architecture. We work with the key stakeholders to define the most appropriate models and presentation frameworks required to analyse and communicate the artifacts that, when linked, comprise the architecture. Throughout this approach we foster the knowledge and skills transfer needed to provide for the ongoing governance, evolution and maintenance of the architecture.

Please contact us to learn more of how iKatron Solutions can help you to establish your own Enterprise Solution Architecture.