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DevOps

Jun 20, 2024 · Fundamentals

Understanding the 4A Enterprise Architecture: Business, Technology, Application, and Data Architecture

This article explains the TOGAF framework and its 4A architecture model—Business, Technology, Application, and Data Architecture—detailing each domain's definition, purpose, value, and step‑by‑step guidance for creating enterprise architecture diagrams to align strategy, processes, and technology.

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Understanding the 4A Enterprise Architecture: Business, Technology, Application, and Data Architecture

Architects Research Society

Feb 14, 2024 · Fundamentals

Overview of Modern Application Architecture Trends and Principles

The article outlines emerging forces such as cloud, mobile, social, and big data that drive modern application architecture, advocates moving beyond traditional three‑tier designs, and recommends adopting service‑oriented, microservice, event‑driven, and open‑standard approaches while considering paradigms, models, and organizational structures.

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Overview of Modern Application Architecture Trends and Principles

Architects Research Society

Feb 1, 2024 · Fundamentals

Understanding Application Architecture: Concepts, Strategies, and Patterns

This article explains the role of application architecture within enterprise architecture, describes its focus on application behavior and data exchange, outlines strategic alignment and common architectural patterns, and details the responsibilities and knowledge areas of an application architect.

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Understanding Application Architecture: Concepts, Strategies, and Patterns

DaTaobao Tech

Jan 8, 2024 · Fundamentals

Understanding Application Architecture: From Chaos to Order

Understanding an application's architecture—defining clear module and package hierarchies, adopting layered patterns like Hexagonal or Clean Architecture, and applying principles such as Dependency Inversion and CQRS—transforms chaotic codebases into maintainable, testable systems that reduce onboarding time and simplify future development.

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Understanding Application Architecture: From Chaos to Order

Architects Research Society

Mar 21, 2023 · Fundamentals

Understanding Application Communication Diagrams, UML/BPMN EAP Profile, and Archimate

The article explains the purpose and structure of application communication diagrams, describes SOA‑oriented component layering, introduces the UML/BPMN EAP profile and Archimate concepts, and provides a detailed list of application component types for enterprise architecture modeling.

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Top Architect

Nov 5, 2022 · Fundamentals

Understanding Software Architecture: Concepts, Layers, and Classifications

This article explains the essential concepts of software architecture, distinguishing systems, subsystems, modules, components, frameworks, and architecture itself, and then details the various architectural layers—including business, application, data, code, technical, and deployment—while highlighting their purposes and design considerations.

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Understanding Software Architecture: Concepts, Layers, and Classifications

Architect's Guide

Nov 3, 2022 · Fundamentals

Understanding Software Architecture: Definitions, Layers, and Classifications

This article explains the fundamental concepts of software architecture, distinguishing systems, subsystems, modules, components, and frameworks, and then details the various layers—business, application, data, code, technical, and deployment—while outlining the architect’s responsibilities and the criteria for when architecture design is needed.

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Understanding Software Architecture: Definitions, Layers, and Classifications

Architects Research Society

Oct 11, 2022 · Fundamentals

Application Architecture Guidelines and Enterprise Solution Architecture Roles

This article explains the concept and logical levels of application architecture within enterprise solution architecture, outlines the roles of enterprise and project‑level solution and application architects, and describes how standardization, reuse, and coordination of current and future states are achieved through defined guidelines and SOA practices.

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Application Architecture Guidelines and Enterprise Solution Architecture Roles

Architects' Tech Alliance

Oct 1, 2022 · Fundamentals

Understanding Software Architecture: Essence, Layers, and Classifications

This article explains the fundamental concepts of software architecture, distinguishing it from frameworks, defining system, subsystem, module, and component, outlining the four core aspects of architecture, and detailing the various layers such as business, application, data, code, technical, and deployment architectures.

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Understanding Software Architecture: Essence, Layers, and Classifications

Architects Research Society

Apr 16, 2022 · R&D Management

Introduction to Enterprise Architecture (EA)

This article explains enterprise architecture (EA), its role in aligning technology with business strategy, distinguishes developers from architects, outlines the three main architect roles—application, solution, and enterprise—and highlights the benefits of establishing an internal EA team.

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Introduction to Enterprise Architecture (EA)

Architects' Tech Alliance

Mar 16, 2022 · Fundamentals

Comprehensive Overview of Software Architecture: Concepts, Layers, Levels, Evolution, and Best Practices

This article provides an extensive introduction to software architecture, covering its definition, essential concepts such as systems, subsystems, modules, components, and frameworks, various architectural layers and classifications, architectural levels, strategic versus tactical design, evolution from monoliths to micro‑services, common pitfalls, measurement criteria, and recommended learning resources.

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Comprehensive Overview of Software Architecture: Concepts, Layers, Levels, Evolution, and Best Practices

Top Architect

Feb 28, 2022 · Fundamentals

Understanding Software Architecture: Concepts, Layers, and Evolution

This article explains the essential concepts of software architecture, differentiates systems, subsystems, modules, components, frameworks and various architecture layers—including business, application, data, code, technical, and deployment—while describing design principles, evolution from monoliths to micro‑services, and how to evaluate a good architecture.

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Understanding Software Architecture: Concepts, Layers, and Evolution

IT Architects Alliance

Nov 24, 2021 · Fundamentals

Understanding Software Architecture: Concepts, Classifications, and the COLA Application Architecture

This article explains the definition and purpose of software architecture, outlines various architectural classifications such as business, application, distributed, data, physical, and operational architectures, and introduces typical patterns like layered, CQRS, hexagonal, and onion architectures, culminating in a detailed overview of Alibaba's COLA application architecture and its design principles.

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Understanding Software Architecture: Concepts, Classifications, and the COLA Application Architecture

Architects Research Society

Jul 24, 2021 · Fundamentals

Overview of Application Architecture and Moving Beyond Traditional Three‑Tier Assumptions

The article reviews modern application‑architecture trends, explains why traditional three‑tier designs are insufficient for cloud, mobile, social and big‑data environments, and proposes service‑oriented, micro‑service, event‑driven and open‑computing approaches together with architectural paradigms, models and organizational considerations.

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Overview of Application Architecture and Moving Beyond Traditional Three‑Tier Assumptions

Architects Research Society

Jul 21, 2021 · Fundamentals

Application Architecture: Concepts, Strategies, Patterns, and the Role of Application Architects

The article explains application architecture as a pillar of enterprise architecture, detailing its focus on application behavior, data flow, strategic alignment, common architectural patterns, and the responsibilities of application architects in guiding interoperable, scalable, and reliable solutions.

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Application Architecture: Concepts, Strategies, Patterns, and the Role of Application Architects

IT Architects Alliance

Jun 14, 2021 · Fundamentals

Typical Software Architecture Diagrams: Application, Technical, Security, and Deployment

This article presents typical examples of software architecture diagrams—including application, technical, security, and deployment views—to help developers understand and reference common architectural patterns in everyday project development.

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Typical Software Architecture Diagrams: Application, Technical, Security, and Deployment

Architects Research Society

Feb 11, 2021 · Fundamentals

Application Architecture: Concepts, Strategies, Patterns, and the Role of the Application Architect

The article explains application architecture as a core pillar of enterprise architecture, detailing its focus on application behavior, interaction, data flow, strategic patterns, and the responsibilities and knowledge areas of the application architect within an organization.

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Application Architecture: Concepts, Strategies, Patterns, and the Role of the Application Architect

Architects' Tech Alliance

Dec 22, 2020 · Fundamentals

Understanding Software Architecture: Concepts, Classifications, and the COLA Application Architecture

This article explains the abstract nature of software architecture, why it is essential for any system, the responsibilities of architects, various architecture classifications, typical patterns such as layered, CQRS, hexagonal and onion, and introduces the open‑source COLA architecture with its layered design, extension and specification concepts.

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Architects Research Society

Jun 13, 2020 · Backend Development

Overview of Application Architecture and Emerging Trends

The article examines modern application architecture trends, emphasizing service‑oriented and microservice approaches, the need to move beyond three‑tier designs, and adopting patterns, models, and structures that accommodate cloud, mobile, social, and big‑data influences.

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Overview of Application Architecture and Emerging Trends

Architects Research Society

Feb 10, 2020 · Backend Development

Managing Stateless Microservices and Stateful Data Stores: Architectural Evolution and the Role of DC/OS

The article examines the evolution of web application architecture toward stateless microservices and stateful data stores, discusses the silo problem created by heterogeneous components, and explains how the open‑source DC/OS platform can unify management, improve scalability, and streamline development.

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Managing Stateless Microservices and Stateful Data Stores: Architectural Evolution and the Role of DC/OS