Aligning IT Architecture to the Business Strategy

Ivan Ivanov

SUNY Empire State College, New York, U.S.A.

Ivan.Ivanov@esc.edu

Abstract: Increasingly the business success and economic opportunities steadily depend on IT-enabled capabilities

and IT-driven business transformations. In today’s global digital economy, the technology and business

domains are colliding forcefully than ever and new business models and growing prospects emerge. The IT,

and especially emerging technologies, profoundly changes how companies strategize their technology

architectures and create value and business growth as a result of IT, both within specific industries, and

through industry boundaries. For the IT domain it is most important to define and establish the

organization’s IT architecture underneath the enterprise architecture. A well-formulated IT architecture

comprises content and processes and outlines the systemic effect of the mutually dependent technological

components and processes of the enterprise architecture. The talk will explore the impact of emerging

technologies on the process of aligning organizational IT architecture to the business strategy and will

emphasize the driving forces intertwining IT domain with the business agility, growth and asset utilization.

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY

Ivan I. Ivanov is an Associate Professor of Computer

Science and Information Systems at State University

of New York - Empire State College. He holds a

Ph.D. degree in Computers and Networking

Technologies and a MS degree in Computer

Engineering. He was a research fellow in leading

universities in Great Britain, The Netherlands,

France, and Germany. Dr. Ivanov worked in joint

European IT projects with partners from France,

United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, Spain,

Greece, Italy, and in cooperation with worldwide

technology leaders ensuing developing advanced

technological infrastructure and information services

at educational establishments in Bulgaria. His

scholarly work is built upon his wide range of

competences within Computer Architecture,

Information Systems Design, Network Services, and

Information Technology Management blended with

proficiency in aligning technological solutions to

organizational requirements and needs. His latest

professional interest is in emerging computing

models and the correlation between computing and

technology innovations with business and society

advance. Dr. Ivanov works with students from

diverse area of studies in emerging technology

topics that reflect their educational plans and career

opportunities. His undergraduate studies are in broad

areas of Computer Architecture, Data Communica-

tions and Networks, Systems Analysis and Design,

Information Security and Policy, and Information

Technology for Management. He has developed and

teaches graduate courses in Project Management,

Management Information Systems, and Strategic IT

Management for the MBA program. He is an

organizer and sponsor for the Annual Technology

Workshops at the Long Island Center, forums for

Empire State College students to build up

researching, analytical, critical thinking and

presentation skills; sharing best practice in

technology topics as it relates to course projects and

professional development to a select group of peers,

college alumni and professionals.

Ivanov I.

Aligning IT Architecture to the Business Strategy.

DOI: 10.5220/0004462600050005

In Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Business Modeling and Software Design (BMSD 2012), page 5

ISBN: 978-989-8565-26-6