Enterprise architecture (EA) has become a mainstream activity in large or information-intensive organizations. Several years ago, Cutter IT Journal covered the emerging best practices in EA, and since then readers have requested that we check back to explore how things are evolving. What are EA programs focusing on in 2010 and beyond? Well, what has changed since then? In the past few years, the industry has seen a lot of flux: outsourcing, “the cloud,” Enterprise 2.0, Zachman Framework 2.0, TOGAF certification, a maturing definition of business architecture, the financial crisis, and new priorities. How have these affected EA in different organizations? What activities are they focused on now? What are the new issues? Not surprisingly, …

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