Social translucence: designing social infrastructures that make collective activity visible
Communications of the ACM - Supporting community and building social capital
The Greening of IT: How Companies Can Make a Difference for the Environment
The Greening of IT: How Companies Can Make a Difference for the Environment
IBM Journal of Research and Development
IBM research division cloud computing initiative
IBM Journal of Research and Development
Life cycle and characteristics of services in the world of cloud computing
IBM Journal of Research and Development
Scalable data center provisioning and control
IBM Journal of Research and Development
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Stakeholders in business and information technology (IT) enterprises are faced with challenges that result from technological changes occurring at accelerated paces, economic and environmental issues demanding immediate actions, and a need for more precise collaborative decision making. Consequently, chief executive officers are required to respond with solutions that can only be sustained if built upon solid foundations. This paper introduces Intelligent Enterprise Architecture (IEA) as an architectural style and technique that addresses current and future business and IT trends, along with the technological impacts of a Smarter Planet™ on enterprise architecture. The building of a Smarter Planet involves thinking and acting in new ways to make systems more efficient and productive. Thus, we describe an IEA and ways in which foundations can be laid for enterprises to address business complexities that demonstrate Smarter Planet characteristics, including instrumented, interconnected, and intelligent characteristics. IEA is composed of four entry points, referred to as IEA for Cloud, IEA for Social Computing, IEA for Green & Beyond, and IEA for Information Intelligence. Example applications of IEA are provided and include a utility client that reduces energy use due to data-center architecture improvements. We also discuss the potential economic benefit of IEA.