The Evolving Enterprise Architecture: A Digital Transformation Perspective

The advancement of technology has influenced all the enterprises. Enterprises should come up with the evolving approaches to face the challenges. With an evolving approach, the enterprise will be able to adapt to successive changes. Enterprise architecture is introduced as an approach to confront these challenges. The main issue is the generalization of this evolving approach to enterprise architecture. In an evolving approach, all aspects of the enterprise, as well as the ecosystem of the enterprise are considered. In this study, the notion of Internet of Things is considered as a transition factor in enterprise and enterprise architecture. Industry 4.0 and digital transformation have also been explored in the enterprise. Common challenges are extracted and defined.