Enterprise Architecture Conference & Expo

EA Now More Than Ever

Enterprise Architecture has become one of the pillars of the federal IT world to help make operations run smoothly, seamless and easy to maneuver.  It's no longer an option but a necessity for every federal agency.  Because no matter what technology is touted, no matter what delivery mechanisms are implemented, and no matter how service oriented and agile the applications are -- especially cloud-based or SAAS environments -- technology systems must be designed and implemented to support the business or mission and enable processes.   If integrated IT systems don't work or fail, the business or mission may be in jeopardy. The only insurance any enterprise or organization has is a fully articulated and robust EA program.

EA is not about IT, per say, or even mostly. It is about understanding the business, the mission and how to maintain, improve, fix or transform it, often involving IT as a transformational mechanism. EA is the skeleton that makes any federal IT system hum:  it helps an agency understand inter-relationships between investments, minimize duplication, improve interoperability and compatibility between systems, and is essential to any agency's modernization. Every agency has an EA now, but it is not something that can be deployed and forgotten. EA must be kept current and every agency head must regularly evaluate how it is working, in order to avoid damaging the enterprise or jeopardizing secure network systems.

Join us at DGI's 10th Annual EA Event -- which is Free for government professionals -- to explore where we are today and what you need to do to keep your EA plan vibrant, useful and up to speed for today's challenges.

The annual FEAC CEA Symposium is held in conjunction with DGI's conference.  FEAC's Outstanding EA Practicum Awards will be presented at the event.