1. OVERVIEW OF THE NC EDUCATION ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE KEN THOMPSON ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT, NCDPI

2. OBJECTIVES OF THE NCE ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE Collect similar things into groups where they can be dealt with more effectively Establish a framework that manages competing concerns in a consistent fashion Orient customer/vendor/technology staff to where they fit into the picture Inform decisions about resource allocations and technology uses

3. ZONE MAP Infrastructure (OS/DB/AS/Network/etc) Application (Service/Collection/Utility) Integration (Transport/Transform/Hygeine) Analysis and Reporting (ODS/LDS/OBI) Content Delivery (Portals/Email/ Security Management

4. Infrastructure (Servers & Storage) Database Hosting Enterprise Data StoresApplication Data Stores Integration & Data Hygiene Services Business Intelligence Applications Info Delivery (Web Portals, Email, RSS Feeds, SMS Alerts, Paging) ODSLDS Systems & Applications ManagementIdentity Management and Security NC WISE CECASCIMSOthers Middleware Data Stores MFTSODIZIS Web Svcs LEP LDS/ODS Transform& Load Svcs User Community (Human and Machine Consumers at varying Levels of Granularity) NCE OBJECTIVE ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE Machine Data Flow Human Data Flow Service Flow

5. WHAT ARE WE MANAGING? 1)Adaptability 2)Cost 3)Data Quality 4)Performance 5)Governance 6)Workload 7)Knowledge

6. KEN THOMPSON KTHOMPSON@DPI.STATE.NC.US 807-3415