• IASA Member Survey

• IASA Connections Event

• The Architecture Journal

• Article: Modern CRM Solutions

• IASA Training: New Module Release

• Featured Job Description

Are you an IASA member yet?

For the past five years, everyone at IASA has worked hard to provide resources and services for practicing architects of all types and levels. From chapter meetings and regional conferences to webcasts and articles, we strive to deliver the very best for our members. Click here to discover the benefits of IASA membership. To become an IASA member, please register here!

IASA Survey: Architecture Skill set

Over the past two years IASA has developed a comprehensive education program and skill set taxonomy based on rigorous reviews, information from IASA membership, and industry thought leaders. We have developed a survey to get your feedback on this skill set and look for potential opportunities for improvement.

The survey will take approximately 15 minutes of your time but will dramatically affect our ability to provide you education and content.

The first 20 people to take the survey will receive a free professional membership for 1 year including content repository access worth $125.

Please click here to take the survey now!

IASA Connections: First International Conference for IASA chapters and members

IASA has grown it’s event strategy over the past two years to maximize the education and support of our membership. The IASA Connections event builds on the success of IASA ITARCs ( www.itarc.org) and provides additional education, workshops and chapter networking for architects from around the world. We will be hosting detailed education in architecture skills and team development, chapter Birds-of-a-Feathers for networking, major member discounts and more. Check it out at: www.iasaconnections.com.

The Architecture Journal : Call For Articles

The next issue of the Architecture Journal will focus on Distributed Computing. We are approaching an inflection point with today’s hardware and technologies where a vision from only a few years ago is becoming reality –from deploying applications on microscopic devices in our environment through to football-sized datacenters offering applications in the cloud. Whether small or large, distribution and concurrency of multiple services can introduce a number of challenges – the focus of this issue is to understand what these challenges are, and how they can be overcome. The cut-off date for abstracts for the next issue is July 28th 2008. If you are interested in making a submission, please click here for directions.

Aspiring Architect Skills Library Article: Modern CRM Solutions
How a modern customer relationship management system solved the business loss faced by Humongous Insurance.
Written by Thilaga K. Ganapathy

Our group of consultants was informed by our customer, Humongous Insurance, that in the past year, customer statistics had fallen and they suspected a potential loss of ten million dollars. They wanted us to investigate the reason behind this loss. We had a number of meetings and long discussions with the Board of Directors and managers. We questioned payroll records, primary costs of business, and comparison statistics of business performance. The data clearly depicted that the customer statistics had been badly affected, thus most likely accounting for the loss of revenue. Continue reading

IASA Training Program: Latest Module Released
Strategy Rationalization and Development

This course details the partnership between the business architect and the technical architect relative to the creation of a business model that defines the principles, standards, structure, and dynamics of the integrated business and technical strategic direction. The student will learn the components of a sound architecture strategy and how to evaluate a business problem and identify an appropriate technology direction. The student will learn the foundations of business markets, how organizations function within them, and how businesses develop strategies to serve those markets. Trending will be covered. You can click the image or click here to view the module.

About the Course Author:

Dr. Gaiye “Gail” Zhou is a SVP of Strategic Architecture Management for Bank of America. She was formerly Director of enterprise CRM, middleware and data architectures for BellSouth, Chief Architect and a member of architecture leadership council for Keane Federal. Over the years, she has been a senior developer, business analyst, architect, technical lead, and development manager. Dr. Zhou has a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering and an Executive MBA. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

For more information on the IASA Training Program and the courses under development, please join us at http://www.iasahome.org/web/training/oversight

Featured Job Description: EnterpriseOne Solutions Architect (Stamford, CT)

Responsibilities:

·  Operates as a consultant, working within the EnterpriseOne business and IT implementation teams to provide best in class standard business solutions, design, develop and implement business solutions.

·  Provides Business Process Improvement services, working within Finance, Order to Cash, Supply Chain and Master Data Management teams to re-engineer targeted business processes and to apply continuous improvement disciplines.

·  Works with the EnterpriseOne implementation team to leverage ‘best practices’ into business operations.

·  Perform impact and system analysis based on business requirements.

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