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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19, 2007 – The Open Group, a vendor- and technology-neutral consortium focused on open standards and global interoperability within and between enterprises, today announced that Arismore, a services consultancy dedicated to enterprise architecture design and implementation, has signed a Franchise Agreement to represent the organization in France.
The goal of the new franchise is to provide the IT and enterprise architecture communities in France with seamless access to localized information, resources and certification programs offered by The Open Group. This will be achieved through facilitating local initiatives and events for professional architects, translating The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) and other materials from English into French, and delivering various certification programs in French language. In addition, the new franchise will be primarily responsible for recruiting and enrolling new members in the region.
“France has a long tradition with enterprise architecture as a means to drive information systems and business process transformation,” said Eric Boulay, CEO for Arismore. “The recent decision of CIGREF, France’s venerable CIO group, to set up an Enterprise Architecture Review board in cooperation with The Open Group, sets even higher expectations on the profession. In order to reach these expectations and raise the understanding of enterprise architecture in France, we will rely on and contribute to the guiding principles of the Architecture Forum: to achieve IT/business alignment; and to make the usage of TOGAF easier.”
“The highly distributed nature of today’s business climate makes enterprise architecture an industry imperative for organizations around the world,” said Allen Brown, president and CEO for The Open Group. “Eric and his team at Arismore are already doing so much to advance the profession and successful implementation of enterprise architecture. They are a logical partner to represent The Open Group in France.”
Arismore is a consultancy and service company focused on the practice of enterprise architecture (EA) as an enabler to quickly align information system with business needs. Arismore gathers a wide range of skills in order to build multi-cultural architecture and project teams ready to understand information system stakeholder requirements. Based on EA best practices, Arismore helps large companies to transform information systems by designing and building service-oriented infrastructures such as identity management for secure services, service quality management and interoperability services to raise agility. Arismore has been an Open Group member since 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. 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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