The Adaptive Enterprise: It Infrastructure Strategies to Manage Change and Enable Growth

Suggests a flexible approach to managing a company's computer infrastructure that anticipates change and growth. The authors discuss strategies for categorizing the component technologies into layers, grouping the components into common patterns, designing shared infrastructure services, methods for infrastructure planning, organizing a planning team, and creating a proposal for funding. An appendix lists examples of the primary component technologies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)