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The Ugly Duckling of the architecture family?

Business Architecture is indeed the odd one out. Most other architectural disciplines have a strong IT focus. And if you ask me, that’s not strange, as IT has always required strong architectural structuring. With every new technology and the exponential growth of both adoption and possibilities, the complexity of the IT landscape has significantly increased. Consequently, organizations could no longer build monolithic systems without architectural structure; they had to invest considerable effort into data architectures, software architectures, integration architectures, and more. Yet even these architectures do not operate in isolation. They still aim to realize business value by providing functionality and delivering on quality attributes (e.g., scalability, performance).

Building the foundations for tomorrow’s innovation

Looking at the amount of data we generate and store today compared to last year, it doesn't take a genius to figure out that these vast amounts of data bring many challenges in managing it. Add to this the fact that data has become much more than just an asset—it has become a cornerstone of strategic innovation—and you soon realize that data management is a crucial practice for any organization.

The Art of the Trade-Off

If you’ve been recently involved in developing IT solutions, you’ve probably experienced that the challenge is no longer merely about building IT systems that work—it’s about crafting solutions that balance functionality with performance, security, and usability.

The growing complexity of operational risk management

Leaders accountable or responsible for operational risk must have a deep understanding of these risks and provide clear guidance on the extent to which they should be addressed and how best to manage them. As digital dependency rises, both preventing risks from materializing and responding effectively when they do become significantly more challenging.

Operational versus Analytical Data: Why and how are they different?

While many data practitioners have a good intuitive grasp of the differences between operational and analytical data, digging deeper and making these differences explicit allows for a more profound understanding. Which is exactly what you can find in this blog.

Platform play

The entrepreneurial mantra ‘Location, Location, Location’ still holds, yet nothing spells digital disruption like 'Platform, Platform, Platform'. Still, there remains a great deal of confusion and misunderstanding on the subject in the market. Time to untangle the knot.

XPLUS: a warm community brimming with talent

We do a lot to create our community of Enterprise and Business Architects where everyone feels welcome and inspired. HR manager Tom Faes and managing director Kris Marchi sat down with business newspaper De Tijd to detail our approach.

We’re striving to present a unique offer at a Champions League level with our group

Managing directors Wim Vochten and Kris Marchi recently sat down with business newspaper De Tijd to talk about XPLUS’ ambitions and how they want to create a unique offer to compete with others on a Champions League level.

How to use modern application foundation to create a modular architecture for composable applications

With every technology cycle, we somehow try to implement the concept of composable applications using a modular architecture. Even during the mainframe era. Today is no different and luckily we have plenty of tools available to assist us in this goal.

Free webcast: How to foster a knowledge-sharing appetite as an Architectural leader

At the dawn of the Architectural practice, there was collaborative content creation. And at the apocalyptic end, it will still be there. But how can you leverage that content to foster your practice's knowledge-sharing appetite?