Modeling technology services
In this section, we will be exploring ways to identify potential duplicate resources within ABC Trading's technology infrastructure. To do this, we will be referencing the devices and systems software elements that we imported in the last section. The process that we will use involves identifying and modeling the discrete services supplied by each of the technology elements in place.
Identifying existing services
Technology Service elements are used to describe functionality performed by the node that is made available to other elements in the environment. If you're new to the concept of technology-providing services, this process can seem a bit daunting. What are the services? What should they be called? What do they mean? Fortunately for us, the TOGAF® Technical Reference Model (TRM), https://pubs.opengroup.org/architecture/togaf8-doc/arch/chap19.html, provides an excellent starting point in the form of a taxonomy of technical services...
