There can be no illusions that the transition to Agile won't impact the organization. There will be effects on the organizational structure, hiring practices, funding/budgeting approaches, HR reviews, and more, if the transition is to be successful. Fortunately, our authors in this issue have encountered both the problems I've listed and the solutions to them. They provide practical advice from real-world situations to manage the difficulties you will encounter.

As with the evolution of architecture in enterprises, accidental emergence was the invisible hand behind the architecture of this issue of Cutter IT Journal. You will see that each of the five articles deals with a very different facet of architecture. While these do not represent the totality of everything needed to make architecture successful, I hope you will see, as I do, that these five are some of the most significant aspects that we need to wrap our minds around.

Building trust and partnership requires credible performance, accountability, common goals, and clear roles for all partnership members, which happens when leadership -- both business and IT -- defines the relationship in these terms.

The new mobile freedom is germinating a sense of self-reliance in users. Recent controversies such as high-profile privacy leaks of celebrities' photos and similar stories have gained enormous coverage in the press and loom large in mobile users' minds. They see themselves at risk, personally. This is an opportunity for tutelage that users' employers should seize. Better digital hygiene can reduce risks and let a user rest easier. And it can provide IT security directors with a glimmer of light at the end of a very dark tunnel.