Dr. Gopala Krishna Behara

Dr. Gopala Krishna Behara, a Lead Enterprise Architect in the Global Enterprise Architecture division of Wipro, observes that a majority of customers are moving from a data center business to the use of cloud services, but not all enterprise applications are equally suited for migration to the cloud. In this Article, he proposes Application Portfolio Analysis as a solution to determine which applications are best suited for cloud migration.

In this Article, Dr. Gopala Krishna Behara, a lead Enterprise Architect at Wipro Technologies, takes an in-depth look at Government Reference Architecture which, he concludes, helps as a reference for the various architectures that the Government can implement to provide solutions for a variety of process challenges.

Telecom Reference Architecture, Part 2 In the final installment of their Article on telecom reference architecture, Gopala Krishna Behara, Pradyumna Mahajani, and Prasad Palli provide a detailed analysis of the major building blocks of any telecom service provider architecture and demonstrate how using a BPM tool facilitates the management and maintenance of the business processes.

Maturity Assessment for Enterprise Architecture Many organizations know that they need to improve their Business and IT alignment in order to successfully manage change, but don’t know how. Such organizations typically either spend very little on process improvement or spend a lot on a number of parallel and unfocused efforts. The first step in aligning […]

Telecom Reference Architecture, Part 1 In their capacity as Senior Consultants for Wipro Consulting Services, Gopala Krishna Behara, Pradyumna Mahajani, and Prasad Palli have had considerable experience working with telecom service providers. In Part 1 of a two part Article, the authors define a telecom reference architecture and its purpose, describe common pitfalls for telecom […]

Service Oriented Architecture for E-Governance Recognizing the challenges of effective e-governance, Gopala Krishna Behara, Vishnu Vardhan Varre and Madhusudhana Rao argue that SOA, properly implemented, can enhance the delivery of government services. The authors offer a step by step roadmap to successful execution of Service Oriented E-Governance.

Proposal: A Vendor Approach to a Business Problem In this Article, Gopala Krishna Behara and Madhusudhana Rao of Wipro Consulting Services, offer their best counsel on preparing business proposals. In addition to consolidating the concepts and benefits of writing successful proposals, they also identify various pitfalls to avoid in the process. Readers involved in responding […]

SOA and Integration In this insightful and comprehensive Article, Dr. Gopala Behara makes a convincing case for integrating applications in a SOA environment. He enumerates the many benefits of integration, discusses the various methodologies, and presents a correlation among various integration maturity levels to SOA maturity levels. For all involved in SOA, this Article offers […]

SOA: To Do or not to Do Gopala Behera & K.T.R.B. Sarma, with their vast experience in witnessing SOA projects gone awry, offer a series of criteria for determining when to launch a SOA and, equally important, when not to. This Article should be required reading for both IT and business managers who are in […]

An Approach to Service Management in SOA Space In this comprehensive Article, Gopala Behara and Srikanth Inaganti discuss the management of SOA at different layers and the challenges faced by SOA Management.