“To keep the business from disintegrating, the concept of information systems architecture is becoming less of an option and more of a necessity”

—  John Zachman

Source: A Framework for Information Systems Architecture, 1987, p. 276, cited in: Jaap Schekkerman (2003) How to Survive in the Jungle of Enterprise Architecture. p. 131

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