The pIT stop technology Q&A offers IT managers the opportunity to have their key technology questions answered by a panel of industry experts. Please read our weekly Q&As and get the chance to have your say.

Question of the week: Can enterprise architecture bridge the IT-business divide?

Question of the week: Is the concept of “enterprise architecture” a route to bridging the IT-business divide? If so, how do you sell this to business decision-makers?
Peter Child

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Previous questions:

Question: Drivers such as cost and the green agenda are making organisations rethink their approach to storage, as well as the opportunities offered by cloud / utility computing – so are we going to see a shift towards remote storage or are legal risks such as privacy and data protection going to get in the way?
Alison Turner

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Question: With the increasing demand for home working, what technology developments can be made to help support teams to resolve issues more efficiently when there could be multiple different ways that each home user connects?
Paul Chandler

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Question: When should you virtualise a server and when should you not? What are the most important aspects of the decision process?
Dave Pearce

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Question: What is the consensus on companies moving to Windows Vista as their main operating system? We have remained with Windows 2000 but need to do something soon and it seems too late to go to XP but a bit early to consider Vista.
John Craggs

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