| | JULY 201919CIOReviewBy Jeff Greer, Vice President of Enterprise Architecture & IT Strategy, Cardinal HealthDO TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS STILL MATTER IN A WORLD OF EVER-CHANGING, CLOUD-NATIVE ARCHITECTURE?Historically, one critical function of enterprise architecture (EA) has been to identify and manage standards for the corporate technology ecosystem. However, in the digital age with increasing corporate complexity, how can an EA team keep up with the fast-moving changes in the technology landscape? Do standards even matter in a cloud-native world?Yes, they still matter! However, perhaps the way we manage these standards needs a fresh look.One of EA's most critical responsibilities is to manage the long-term technical direction of the company to ensure the complexity remains in check. However, the traditional governance approach may no longer be effective. In many companies, there is a perception that EA's technology governance is "prohibitive." EA controls 100 percent of what technology teams can and cannot use. Invariably, the business often feels like they are being forced to use something that doesn't quite fit their needs.
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