Celebrating the role of enterprise architecture in business

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http://www.infoworld.com/t/enterprise-architecture/celebrating-the-role-of-enterprise-architecture-in-business-204268?source=rss_enterprise_architecture

This year's five winners, although their initiatives varied widely, won the endorsements of our judges thanks to highly effective enterprise architecture programs:

National Grid. Based in London, this multinational electricity and gas utility established an enterprise capability mode that helped integrate the management of new smart grid functionality -- and raised the status of the IT department to that of equal partner in developing new solutions.

Scottish Windows Investment Partnership. One of the largest asset management companies in Europe transformed its enterprise architecture practice in 10 months by deploying a common platform made up of five portfolios: business architecture, applications, goals and strategy, technology, and information.

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance. To keep pace with the pace of change, the IT department of this top-tier insurance firm reinvented itself, applying business management principles to its internal operations while expanding the scope of enterprise architecture to include business architecture and SOA.

Sberbank. The largest bank in Russia, Sberbank began its enterprise architecture practice in 2009 with a focus on application and BPM platform architecture as well as on an overarching risk management system. Guided by the architectural principles it established, the bank also has plans to launch ambitious social networking and big data initiatives.

Telstra Global. With improving the customer experience foremost in mind, this leading provider of managed networked solutions transformed business processes by introducing SOA and a common information model into the company's overall enterprise architecture.