| | September 20166CIOReviewThe role of Enterprise Architecture (EA) within industries--from automotive to software development--has been transforming drastically over the years. Today, companies are investing heavily on advanced EA frameworks and models to drive their current business strategies and determine the future efficiency. EA is now the key to identifying opportunities to leverage emerging technologies, and drive digital strategies. Traditionally, EA was focused on simplifying the IT environment and minimizing the IT risks. Today, architects are changing their strategies to derive better results. Merging technology, business, and information, they are building advanced frameworks that support business goals and objectives. It is also bringing visibility into business operations, in a fast-growing digital era, and allowing business leaders to adopt technologies like next-gen BI and analytics, virtualization, business apps, and integrated platforms. In many ways, such an EA-driven technology transformation ensures consistency across business units and functions, and modernizes IT systems. This calls for "a sophisticated EA expert team" with a heightened awareness on business value proposition and technology expertise to guide businesses adapt to the digital environment. A technology-minded architect should be able to integrate business solutions with the business domain, enterprise concerns, industry standards, and patterns while minimizing IT and business risks. In this edition of CIOReview, we present to you the 20 most promising Enterprise Architecture Technology Providers that can help you rapidly adapt new technology trends and improve operations across the enterprise lifecycle. We would love to hear your valuable thoughts on leveraging the EA solutions to accelerate the digital transformation. Jeevan George Managing Editoreditor@cioreview.comEditorialAiding the Digital Transformation Copyright © 2016 ValleyMedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.CIOReviewSEPTEMBER - 07 - 2016Mailing AddressCIOReview44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.402.1463, F:510-894-8405 September - 07 - 2016, Vol 05 SE 70 Published by ValleyMedia, Inc. To subscribe to CIOReviewVisit www.cioreview.com Enterprise Architecture SpecialCIOReviewEditorial StaffSalesT: 510.565.7623Alex D'SouzaArun Kant Frank Collins Jem ElizabethMatthew JacobShirley Faith Steve Millersteve@cioreview.comVisualizersJudith BrownArpita GhoshManaging EditorJeevan George
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