The business world has been moving toward digital for more than a decade, with the pandemic accelerating that shift. Companies that have embarked on digital transformation, and those that haven’t, have had to transition as their businesses have shifted from in-person to online engagement. In the post-pandemic world, digital is the only way to compete and win, and Ed Granger, enterprise architecture product strategist at Ardoq, enumerates how enterprise architecture can enable that. The emergence of macro conditions like geopolitical instability and the potential for another recession hasn’t changed the need for organizations to continue their move toward digital. However, organizations must prioritize profitable transformation as they enact change. Given that IT is no longer the sole gatekeeper to technology resources, the role of enterprise architecture (EA) in enabling organizations to truly understand and optimize their assets, such as how they’re being used and valued versus spend, is more critical than ever. This type of overview is important for the CIO. As organizations grow and departments evolve, ownership of this information can become decentralized. Optimizing IT then becomes challenging, as the CIO no longer has direct access to information regarding spending, current trends, or risks. Here is where enterprise […]