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Press Releases
San Francisco, CA – August 9,
2004 – The challenges of information management
and the need for interoperability and access to integrated
information were at the forefront of the discussions at The
Open Group’s summer conference, Boundaryless Information
Flow™: Enterprise Information Management, which took
place at the Hyatt Harborside Hotel in Boston, MA. Executives
across industries identified interoperability as a critical
enabler.
Stephen James, Director of Strategic Programs, EMC, and Marshall
“Tip” Slater, Deputy Director, Strategic Architecture,
Boeing, discussed the need for interoperability in the defense
sector and introduced a new consortium focused on network
centric operations, which will formally commence its role
in September 2004. The primary objective of the new consortium
is to help customers achieve interoperability by using open
standards and following commercial and defense best practices.
Douglas Barton, Director, Network Centric Programs and Technology,
Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems & Solutions, quoted
Secretary Rumsfeld that interoperability can be simply taking
what we have and making it work together in a way that is
transformational, and emphasized the need for architecture-driven
development to ensure interoperability. The challenge of securing
enterprise information assets when enabling extended business
and efficient business-to-business partnering across companies
in multiple countries was addressed by Stephen Whitlock, IT
Security Architect, Boeing.
The importance of managing information, interoperability and
inter-enterprise connectivity in the healthcare industry was
pointed out by Elliot Stone, Executive Director and CEO of
Massachusetts Health Data Consortium (MHDC) and Michael Brown
MD, CIO of Harvard Health Services (HUHS).
“The Open Group members consider interoperability based
on open standards a key issue and a prerequisite of moving
towards a more boundaryless environment with integrated access
to information,” noted Allen Brown, President and CEO
of The Open Group. “The need for interoperability is
becoming pervasive across industries, and companies look for
assurance that their systems will, indeed, interoperate,”
Brown added. “As a result, we are seeing a tremendous
growth in demand for the interoperable solutions to be certified.”
Other speakers at the conference included:
Professor Alan McAdams from Cornell’s Johnson Graduate
School of Management; Mark Potts, CTO, Strategy and Technology,
Software Global Business Unit from HP; Scott Ogawa, CTO, Children’s
Hospital in Boston; Richard Sturm, President of Enterprise
Management Associates; Dr. Nathaniel Borenstein, Distiguished
Engineer, IBM Lotus Division, and President, Computer Professionals
for Social Responsibility; Larry Krantz, Senior Technologist,
Office of the CTO, EMC; Mike Ball, Director and General Manager,
Application Xtender Product Business Unit, Documentum; Tom
Bishop, CTO, Vieo Corporation.
Presentations of speakers at the conference are currently
available here.
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.
Note to Editors: Boundaryless Information Flow is a trademark
of The Open Group.
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