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alfabet and planningIT are frequently reviewed by independent market analysis organizations. Read what they are saying in some of the latest research notes and reports below.
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IT Financial Management Targets Business Spending on What Counts
In this 30-minute interview, Dr. Ulrich Kalex, Vice President at alfabet, discusses how to use the enterprise architecture information in IT Financial Management to achieve a clear understanding of IT costs and identify potential savings.
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alfabet Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant for Enterprise Architecture Tools Magic Quadrant 2009
alfabet, the leading software provider in Business IT Management, is once again positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders Quadrant in the "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Architecture Tools" report (Gartner, Inc. "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Application Tools" by Robert A. Handler and Chris Wilson, November 12, 2009).
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Bridging Project and Portfolio Management and Enterprise Architecture for Successful IT Planning
In this 30 minute interview Dr. Ulrich Kalex, Vice President at alfabet, provides insight into how to bridge Project and Portfolio Management and Enterprise Architecture for successful IT planning in order to reduce operating expenses and facilitate innovation.
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alfabet Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant for Enterprise Architecture Tools Magic Quadrant
alfabet, the leading software provider in strategic IT planning and management, is positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the leaders quadrant in the "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Architecture Tools" report (Gartner, Inc. "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Application Tools" by Greta A. James, June 17, 2008).
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PlanningIT 4.0: Technology Audit 2008
As organisations adopt a more mature approach to IT planning and governance, so products like planningIT will become the mainstay tools of the CIO and his management team. The report takes a critical look at planningIT’s strengths and weaknesses and discusses ROI scenarios of this modular and flexible product.
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alfabet Tops Competitors in Comprehensive Study of Enterprise Architecture Products by Technical University of Munich
The Technical University of Munich is one of the few elite universities in Germany and is renowned for its IT program “Software Engineering for Business Information Systems.” Enterprise Architecture is a focal point of the program. The university published an initial Enterprise Architecture vendor study in 2005 and published a second study Enterprise Architecture Management Tool Survey in 2008 in April.
The report is available for general purchase in print for 450 EUR plus VAT (German excl. MwSt.) and in print and PDF for 1200 EUR plus VAT (German excl. MwSt.). For further information contact eamts@systemcartography.info.
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Forrester report: “Tooling EA Roadmaps”, January 2008
In a recent independent Forrester report on “Tooling EA Roadmaps”, alfabet’s planningIT is recognized as the “most advanced solution” in delivering road mapping capabilities. “Enterprise architects increasingly use road maps as essential graphics for technology planning and synchronizing business planning with technology strategy.” The report covers the needs, features and benefits of effective tool support for road mapping, citing planningIT.
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Customers report on best-practice EAM
alfabet customers Peter Weisbach, T-Systems, and Manfred Kroll, Deutsche Post, together with Ulrich Kalex, alfabet, discuss their IT-Business Management and EAM initiatives with Gartner analysts Robert Handler and Nick Gall during the Premier Sponsor Panel at the Gartner Enterprise Architecture Summit 2007, London.
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Applying Enterprise Architecture Management to SOA
ZapThink’s perspective on Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is that SOA is essentially a set of Enterprise Architecture (EA) best practices, linking the disciplines of SOA and EA together. As organizations make progress with their SOA initiatives, they generally come to agree with this perspective. As a consequence, one of the primary benefits of the “SOA as EA” perspective is the ability to leverage EA Management (EAM) tools for SOA initiatives. Most EAM tools, however, do not have capabilities specific to SOA. planningIT from alfabet is an important exception.
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Gaining Business Benefit from Effective IT Planning
Utilizing a collaborative and integrated solution incorporating value management, enterprise architecture management, demand management, application architecture management and an integrated program portfolio management, such as alfabet's, will be essential in boosting business benefit.
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