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Enterprise architecture

A blueprint for your business. A foundation for AI.

Capture how your business works in one shared blueprint, so people and AI can make better decisions.

You don’t need your whole AI strategy figured out. Start with the knowledge it will depend on.

  • The work
  • The people
  • The information
  • The technology
The four parts of the blueprint, the work, the people, the information, and the technology, connected on one line, with your AI strategy in a box above them, a line rising from each one into it.
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A company blueprint taking shape Above a permanent sidewalk and three people from the original illustration, a one-story glass office is drawn up to four stories. Each new story adds vertical window frames together, horizontal beams, a thick solid floor slab, then interior partitions, office doors, and glazing. The slab blocks the far facade while the next story rises. The completed building pauses before the sequence repeats.

One blueprint. A shared understanding.

A building’s blueprint shows what each room is for and how the rooms connect. It gives every trade a shared plan to work from.

Cardinera does this for your company: what it does, who does it, what they use, and how it all connects.

01 / Technology portfolio

Know what you have.

Keep applications, infrastructure, and cloud services in one place, with their owners, costs, and renewal dates.

  • See technology costs by application and team.
  • Review renewals before notice deadlines.
  • Find applications that do the same job.
  • See critical systems and risks at a glance.
  • Know where to invest, consolidate, or retire technology.
Technology inventory4 applications
Monthly software cost$2,480 / month
Next decisionSalesforce · 15 Oct
Software portfolio with owners, decide by dates, and monthly costs
ApplicationOwnerDecide byMonthly
SalesforceSarah15 Oct$1,200
HubSpotPriya3 Nov$560
Microsoft 365Alex18 Mar$480
QuickBooksJamie3 Dec$240

Review Salesforce by 15 October. Give notice before the December renewal.

02 / Business architecture

Capture how your business works.

Record your people, processes, equipment, products, and services, and the connections between them.

  • Bring knowledge out of people’s heads.
  • Show who does what and what they need.
  • Connect the business to its information and technology.
  • Find bottlenecks and gaps in how the business operates.
  • See which capabilities matter most to your business goals.

What is enterprise architecture?

Your business blueprint
ProcessFulfil a customer order
  • PeopleWarehouse team
  • EquipmentPacking station
  • InformationOrders & stock
  • ApplicationsOrder platform
  • ProductsOffice supplies
  • ServicesDelivery & returns

One process. The people and resources that make it work.

03 / AI and change planning

Put that knowledge to work.

Give AI the context to help with your company’s decisions.

  • Ask questions about your business and technology.
  • Understand what a change could affect.
  • Compare options and turn decisions into projects.
  • Identify where AI could save time or improve results.
  • Build a roadmap from today’s business to tomorrow’s goals.

AI helps you investigate. You decide.

Project / Review SalesforceUnder review

“Should we improve Salesforce or replace it?”

✧   Proposed next step

Compare both options.

Check requirements, cost, dependencies, and migration effort.

Connected teams
Sales · Customer support
Connection to check
Salesforce → QuickBooks
Overlap to weigh
HubSpot holds the same customers
Still to confirm
Data migration effort
Turn the decision into a project.Set an owner, a date, and the next steps.

Questions a leader asks first.

Do we need an enterprise architect?

No. Start with your application list and add owners, teams, and dependencies as you go.

How do we add our information?

Add records manually, import a spreadsheet, forward invoices, or use supported connections such as QuickBooks and Microsoft 365.

Does the AI make decisions for us?

No. It helps you investigate and proposes next steps. You approve its proposed changes.

How is Cardinera priced?

By application count, not by seat. Every plan starts with 30 days free. See pricing.

Start with what you know.

Capture the knowledge your business runs on. Build a shared foundation for your next decision and your future AI strategy.

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Cardinera.
Guiding companies into a
future shaped by AI.