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The Open Group Announces Key Milestones, Membership Growth Related to Enterprise Architecture
Thursday, August 07, 2008
TOGAF(TM) Certification and AOGEA Membership Both Surpass 7,500 Practitioners Worldwide; Over 2,600 Individuals Achieve IT Architect Certification
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The Open Group, a vendor- and
technology-neutral consortium focused on open standards and global
interoperability within and between enterprises, today announced several
milestones related to enterprise architecture initiatives within the
organization and membership overall. In the quarter ending June 30 alone, 21
new members joined the organization. New members, representing a diverse set
of companies across numerous industries, include Deloitte Consulting LLC,
Discover Financial, Principal Financial Group, Rio Tinto, Symantec and
Kingdee, the organization's first Gold Member Company from China.
The Open Group's initiatives for advancing professional excellence within
the field of enterprise architecture, in particular, continue to draw interest
from both practitioners as well as companies seeking architectural frameworks
that will bring together the business and technical needs of their
organizations. For example, The Open Group's quarterly Architecture
Practitioner's Conference (APC) series has become a standard for conferences
within the profession with more than 6,000 individuals attending since their
inception five years ago. This fall, The Open Group will host its 20th APC in
Munich, October 20-22, and in 2009 the organization will host its first
conference in China.
Additional enterprise architecture-related milestones reached during the
first half of this year include:
-- Widespread global adoption of TOGAF(TM) as the de facto standard
method for enterprise architecture, including certified practitioners
in 67 countries
-- More than 7,500 individuals worldwide who are TOGAF(TM) 8 certified
-- Certification of more than 2,600 people under The Open Group's IT
Architect Certification Program (ITAC)
-- Expanded membership of the Association of Open Group Enterprise
Architects (AOGEA) to more than 8,000 members in less than two years,
including chapters in the U.S., Canada, India and Australia
"The state of The Open Group and the state of enterprise architecture are
very good right now as evidenced by just how far both the profession and
attendance at our global events have come in the past five years," said Allen
Brown, President and CEO, The Open Group. "The tremendous adoption for our
certification programs, such as TOGAF(TM) and ITAC, and the fast-growing
membership of the AOGEA confirm that our objective of elevating enterprise
architecture to the status of an industry recognized profession reflects both
what individual practitioners and global organizations need."
About The Open Group
The Open Group is a vendor-neutral and technology-neutral consortium,
which drives the creation of Boundaryless Information Flow(TM) 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.
SOURCE The Open Group
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