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Enterprise Architecture – Strategies that Enable Technology Trends: Chicago (Rosemont/O’Hare), Illinois

For businesses to adopt cloud computing in a way that aligns with their business strategy, enterprise architecture (EA) is an absolute necessity.

June 1, 2022

9:00am-5:00pm

7 CPE / 0.7 CEU / CISSP / 7 PDU Credits Awarded

Conference location: Donald E. Stephens Convention Center Rosemont (O’Hare) Illinois

Overview

For businesses to adopt cloud computing in a way that aligns with their business strategy, enterprise architecture (EA) is an absolute necessity.

What You Will Learn

In this conference, content that will be covered includes:

• How to Modernize Your Architecture
• Strategies to Design and Build a Business Driven Enterprise Architecture
• Application & Technology Rationalization- How EA Can Deliver Business Value
• The Role of Business Architecture in Enterprise Architecture
• Driving Innovation Through Enterprise Architecture

Conference Price: $299.00 per person

Each attendee will receive a certificate awarding 7 CPE credits for CISSP continuing education, in addition to 0.7 CEUs and 7 PDUs. CISSP is a registered certification mark of (ISC)², Inc.

9:00am-10:00am:  Application & Technology Rationalization- How EA Can Deliver Business Value

Pavi Agrawal, Global VP IT, Applications and Architecture, Tupperware Brands

It’s no surprise that Application Rationalization has become one of the most important initiatives for CIOs and Enterprise Architects today.

In this session, Pavi Agrawal will share the What, Why and How of Applications and Technology Rationalization and how his teams have accomplished it successfully.

Agrawal

10:00am-10:30am: Refreshment Break

10:30am-11:30am: Strategies to Design and Build a Business Driven Enterprise Architecture

How does Business Transformation and changing Cloud Initiatives impact Enterprise IT Architectures? This session will cover strategies on how to develop or modify an IT strategy that gives you flexibility to adapt to changing business drivers.

11:30am-12:30pm:  Enterprise Architecture – Driving Innovation, Agility, and Security with Low-Code Platforms

Storm Anderson, Partner and Practice Architect, Kumo Partners

In this session, we will cover:

• The Current Landscape of Low Code and the 4 waves driving adoption
• Forrester backed research into the current low code players
• Given the crowded landscape, how does an Enterprise Architect navigate all of this?
• Once the Enterprise Architect has a platform in place, how do they start to drive organizational innovation with it?
• Case Study: How to evaluate organizational readiness for low code platforms?

Anderson

12:30pm-1:30pm: Lunch Break

1:30pm-2:30pm: How to Modernize Your Architecture

Digital Transformation may be overused as a catchphrase but it is a necessary disruption for most organizations to sustain their operations and continue to be successful let alone think of innovation or adding new revenue streams. There are 3 keys aspects to transformation – culture, business model and technology. While cultural and business process transformations are daunting and could be more challenging to execute, organizations need a strong technology foundation with modern capabilities that deliver better outcomes, speed to market and quality that is reflected in great customer experiences. How do you get there?

A few highlights of the content that will be covered:

• Business and Technology trends driving the need for modernization
• How to develop a clear vision, define a strategy and create roadmaps for execution
• Key strategies to adopt in your modernization journey across all technology domains
• Transition from monolithic legacy systems to a distributed architecture by applying modern technology solutions and practices

2:30pm-3:00pm: Refreshment Break

3:00pm-4:00pm: Technical Architecture: Containers, Kubernetes and Microservices

Containers enable the transition to a service-based architecture, which is scalable and agile. Kubernetes has emerged as the de facto standard for orchestrating these services.

This session will look at the business value of deploying microservices infrastructure.

4:00pm-5:00 pm: The Role of Business Architecture in Enterprise Architecture  (Panel Discussion)