Multisupplier Governance and Service Integration: Related White Papers
- Multisupplier Governance
- As companies become more global, the scale of their business increases and their products diversify, they are seeking IT operations that enable, rather than constrain, growth. Still, the complexities of business expansion can leave the IT organization fragmented. CIOs are turning to new outsourcing models – including those involving multiple suppliers performing a range of tasks – to determine if these strategies support their corporate goals of growth, innovation and competitive advantage.
- Governance: The Key To Unlocking the Challenges of SOA
- The service-oriented architecture (SOA) promises to reduce costs, improve performance and generate efficiencies in a wide range of industries. But to reap those benefits, organizations must understand and address a number of key SOA governance issues. In this paper, EDS outlines the nine processes of a closed-loop SOA governance model and demonstrates how SOA governance facilitates service planning, service funding and runtime policy enforcement.