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Press Releases
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – January 6,
2004 – Dawn Meyerriecks, Principal Director for
GIG Enterprise Services at the Defense Information Systems
Agency (DISA) of the US Department of Defense, will give opening
keynote address at The Open Group’s conference “Boundaryless
Information Flow: Open Standards and Certification”.
Meyerriecks will speak about the role of open standards and
certification and their importance to DISA, and to the future
of DoD’s GIG Enterprise Services. The conference will
be held in San Diego, CA, February 2-6, 2004.
The Open Group is a vendor-neutral and technology-neutral
consortium, which drives the creation of Boundaryless Information
Flow™ that will enable access to integrated information
within and between enterprises based on open standards and
global interoperability. The Open Group works with customers,
suppliers, consortia and other standard bodies. Its role is
to capture, understand and address current and emerging requirements,
establish policies and share best practices; to facilitate
interoperability, develop consensus, and evolve and integrate
specifications and open source technologies; to offer a comprehensive
set of services to enhance the operational efficiency of consortia;
and to operate the industry’s premier certification
service.
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