This study aims to explore the role and importance of the concept of enterprise architecture within the modern company management. For this purpose, it clarifies the nature, scope, components and relationships of enterprise architecture, based on the Zachman model. Based on a critical analysis...

NEBULA is a proposal for a Future Internet Architecture. It is based on the assumptions that: (1) cloud computing will comprise an increasing fraction of the application workload offered to an Internet, and (2) that access to cloud computing resources will demand new architectural features from...

We use audited financial statements to examine claims that service-oriented architecture (SOA) leads to higher profits relative to traditional software delivery models. Specifically, we examine vendors that rely on the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) pricing model, and compare their performance to...

Although SOA development and service identification are widely discussed among academics and practitioners alike, little is known about how they are performed in practice. Thus, this paper investigates how SOA development and service identification work in real-life projects. An explorative...

Connectivity, the characterising feature of the Internet, requires the definition of access prices, transit charges, among connected operators. However, for many information exchanges, the network hierarchies in the Internet are not fixed: two providers can be simultaneously supplier and...

An innovative guide to the organization and function of enterprises in the technological age In the era of big data and automation, this book presents a cutting-edge approach in how enterprises should organize and function. Striking a practical balance between theory and practice, The...