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SAN FRANCISCO, December 12, 2007 – The
Open Group, a vendor- and technology-neutral consortium focused
on open standards and global interoperability within and
between enterprises, and the Network Applications Consortium
(NAC) today jointly announced a partnership as the NAC ends
its charter. Recognizing NAC’s years of valuable influence
over enterprise application technologies, and past collaborations
both on joint standards work (Common Core Identifiers) and
in presentations in Open Group Conferences, The Open Group
has extended an invitation for NAC members to join its Security
Forum. The Open Group will benefit from the expertise of
the former NAC members, who are security professionals on
both the customer and supply sides of industry, government
and academia.
Sixteen years ago a number of organizations joined forces
and formed the Network Applications Consortium to address
relevant technical issues affecting organizations. The group’s
goal was to influence vendors in a number of areas, spanning
virtual-enterprise application and infrastructure technologies.
NAC has a successful track record in fulfilling this mission,
and now seeks to evolve to bring the organization’s
critical lessons learned and expertise to other industry
influencers. It recognizes The Open Group as the ideal home
where it can achieve these objectives.
The Open Group Security Forum works to raise industry confidence
levels by defining technical standards and guidelines to
counter the whole range of security risks and vulnerabilities,
and also addresses business and technology perspectives in
its Manager’s and Technical Guides. The Forum covers
all aspects of information security in open systems environments
in order to deliver secure interoperable solutions in today’s
globally networked business world where mobile and wireless
connectivity raise new challenges.
“Over the years the NAC has been instrumental in providing
industry insights and influencing vendors for the next generation
enterprise technologies and infrastructure,” said George
Dobbs, information systems architect, Knights of Columbus,
and chairman, NAC. “With the NAC officially ending
its charter, we are we are looking forward to being able
to collaborate with The Open Group and its Security Forum.
This is a great opportunity to be involved in the evolution
of security within today’s global technology industry.”
“The Open Group’s Security Forum values the
significant contributions that NAC has made over the years
and is delighted to extend invitations to their members,” said
Ian Dobson, director, Security Forum, The Open Group. “The
Security Forum has in the past few years become increasingly
focused on activities oriented towards secure IT architectures
and frameworks, best practices and governance. Former NAC
members will be a valuable asset to this group, as they provide
years of valuable insight into all things related to enterprise
applications and security.”
NAC (www.netapps.org) is a consortium of IT end-user organizations
representing combined revenues of over $800 billion, more
than 55,000 network servers, and more than 1 million workstations.
55% of NAC members are Fortune 500 companies - members
include large, complex, distributed end-user organizations,
in healthcare, insurance, education, automotive, financial
services, government, technology, and aerospace. Since
its founding in 1990, NAC has emerged as a premier group
of information technologists dedicated to promoting technology
integration, interoperability, and member and vendor collaboration.
NAC's collaborative process – involving members,
alliance partners and vendors – is designed to improve
members’ ability to deliver agile IT infrastructure
in support of business objectives.
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. Further information on The Open Group can be found at http://www.opengroup.org.
Note to editors: Boundaryless Information Flow and TOGAF are trademarks of The Open Group. All other company, brand and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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