Maintain EA Repository using Integrations

Unite Enterprise Architecture information from all sources: humans, systems and documents

Using the right tools for the right purposes is fundamental for efficiency. Therefore, companies need best-of-breed tools for process modelling, virtualization and monitoring.

If the data is trusted, it can be a great source for an end-to-end enterprise architecture view. SAMU unites information that is important from an EA perspective into a common meta-model.

Typical systems our clients use SAMU with include:

  • BPM tools, such as Signavio or Camunda
  • CMDBs, like HP Service Manager, CA, BMC
  • Service management tools, including IBM Tivoli, HP Netview, ServiceNow
  • Virtualization engines, eg. VMware vCenter, Hyper-V

SAMU has been designed to collaborate and integrate with other tools

Intelligent data synchronization module for bi-directional data exchange
Web Services to expose functionality to external apps
Excel wizard and XML import / export
Frontend referencing to external URLs, eg. BPMN diagram defined in a BPM tool

SAMU screenshot: Integration capabilities
 
SAMU lesson

Lessons learned

Everything is possible technically, but
integrations have to make business sense.

Integrations must be analysed and implemented
in alignment with the governance processes.

Automation do not substitute human brainwork.
The most valuable information generally are in people’s mind.

Interested in more insights?
Check out our experiences about creating a live knowledge base.
Curious how SAMU can integrate to Amazon Web Services in order to visualize the AWS cloud environment? Check out this blog post…

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