How Old is Enterprise Architecture?
posted by Anna Mar, September 09, 2012Most businesses began to invest in information technology in the 1960s and 70s.
By the mid 1980s — many of these organizations had complex systems and integrations. This complexity drove the need for enterprise architecture.
The 1987 paper A Framework for Information Systems Architecture by John Zachman is usually credited as the first publication to discuss enterprise architecture.
The paper begins with the words:
The subject of information systems architecture is beginning to receive considerable attention.
It's clear that enterprise architecture was a hot topic by 1987.
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