Sustainable Enterprise Architecture to be discussed by leading enterprise architect Richard Latham at The Open Group’s UK conference

Smart421, specialists in integration and managed services for business critical systems, announced today that Lead Consultant and leading enterprise architect Mr Richard Latham has been selected by The Open Group to deliver a presentation on “Sustainable Enterprise Architecture” at 11.00am on Thursday 30 April. This key presentation has been timed to coincide with the 22nd Enterprise Architecture Practitioners conference, to be held 28th – 30th April 2009 at Central Hall Westminster, London. This event will see the European launch of “TOGAF™ Version 9 Framework - Enterprise Edition”, the globally accepted leading architecture framework published by The Open Group. TOGAF™ has emerged as the definitive framework among enterprise architects for developing information systems architectures.

Robin Meehan, Chief Technology Officer at Smart421 said: “The downturn in the current economic landscape makes the significant cost saving opportunities presented by enterprise architecture (EA) even more relevant. As members of The Open Group, Smart421 believe that the sustainability aspect must be highlighted if organisations are to realise the ongoing cost advantages from their EA strategies.”

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About Smart421

Smart421 is an information technology company specialising in systems integration and managed services of business-critical systems. It is best known for its work with FT UK 500 companies, especially among leading financial institutions, power utilities and tier one telcos.

Smart421’s agile business approach is solving business problems for companies more reliably than offshore outsourcing and more cost effectively than many of the big names in IT consulting.

Founded in 1989 as a privately held business, today Smart421 is part of the KCOM Group, a UK public limited company with an annual turnover of over £500M, 2,500 staff and offices in major locations across the UK.

The Group's portfolio of businesses works with both leading private enterprise customers and public sector organisations. Through its Affiniti, Smart421 and JAM IP brands, the Group delivers solutions covering unified communications, contact centre solutions, data management, applications integration and managed services.

Smart421 concentrate on two key specialities:

Architecture and Design Consultancy
Optimisation of your enterprise architecture through design, delivery and management. This means that you benefit from greater alignment of IT with business and the ability to adapt dynamically to change, as well as outstanding return on expenditure.

Managed Services
Maximisation of your system performance and reliability through end-to-end managed services. This means that you benefit from enhanced business continuity and managed risk, as well as improved operational resource and cost efficiencies.

For more information, please visit www.smart421.com/aboutus
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