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MIAMI, IT ARCHITECTURE PRACTITIONERS CONFERENCE, July
19, 2006 – The Open Group, a vendor- and technology-neutral
consortium focused on open standards and global interoperability within and
between enterprises, today announced a significant expansion of its membership
with 23 new companies joining the organization from around the globe in recent
weeks. These new members represent a diverse group of organizations from
across multiple industries, including Philips, Novartis Pharma, Wipro Technologies
and Unisys. Through its growing membership base of approximately 300 buyers
and suppliers of IT systems, The Open Group’s helps enable secure access
to integrated information wherever and whenever needed through the development
of open standards.
The Open Group members span all sectors of the IT community and include some
of the largest and most influential organizations in the world. The flexible
structure of Open Group membership allows for any organization, regardless
of size, to join and have a voice in influencing new methods and approaches
aimed at achieving Boundaryless Information Flow™. All members benefit
from working together on best practices, getting early access to new ideas,
technologies and standards, and networking with other Open Group members.
“Open Group members come together to form a global network of influential
organizations developing best business practices and standards in key areas
such as IT architecture, security, identity management, service-oriented architecture
(SOA) and application integration,” said Allen Brown, president and CEO,
The Open Group. “This recent increase in new members indicates the growing
importance of global standards designed to achieve Boundaryless Information
Flow among today’s IT leaders in government, academia and industry.”
Membership is open to organizations of any size and type, including large
enterprises, small companies, government organizations, universities and consortia.
Large organizations benefit from the wide range of topics offered by The Open
Group as well as exposure to the latest innovations being offered by smaller,
earlier-stage companies. Small-to-mid-sized organizations and individual departments
within large corporation benefit from the depth and breadth of The Open Group’s
core work areas and forums. For more information on becoming a member, please
visit: http://www.opengroup.org/member/
The following organizations become members of The Open Group during the second
quarter of 2006: APL Limited; Arcert Inc.; AppGate Network Security; BAE
Systems E&IS, CIP Branch, Cubic Defense Applications; DDC-I Inc.; Innovative
Concepts Inc.; Instrumental Inc.; ForeScout Technologies; L-3 Communications;
Mantix Ltd; NEHTA; Northrop Grumman; Novartis Pharma; Philips; PrismTech;
Rockwell Collins; Systems Flow Inc.; Telekom SA Ltd.; Unisys; University
of Pretoria; and Wipro Technologies.
The Open Group’s IT Architecture Practitioners Conference,
now in its third year, is a globally recognized event created
by and for IT Architecture professionals to engage in interactive
discussions about a wide variety of topics impacting the
profession, such as SOA, architecture disciplines, architecture
team development, and setting up an architecture practice.
The conference examines the evolving disciplines of IT Architecture
with a focus on further defining a common set of core competencies
for individuals involved with professional enterprise architecture.
Additional information is available at:www.opengroup.org/events/
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 www.opengroup.org.
Note to editors:: TOGAF and Boundaryless Information Flow
are trademarks of The Open Group.
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