Latest The Open Group Stories

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Open Group today announced the availability of two new industry standards that enable businesses to effectively integrate fundamental elements of SOA and Cloud Computing into a solution or Enterprise Architecture. The new standards are: SOA Reference Architecture (SOA RA), a blueprint for creating and evaluating SOA Solutions; and the Service-Oriented Cloud Computing Infrastructure Framework (SOCCI), the first Cloud standard of...

READING, England and BANGALORE, India, Jan. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Open Group and the Interactive Technology Software and Media Association (ITSMA) today announced they have partnered with a consortium of leading European and Indian research and technology developers to identify future areas for coordination of government funded IT research. Supported by the European Commission, the Fostering Cooperation in Computing Systems for EU and India (EU-INCOOP) project is...

MILAN, Italy and READING, England, Nov. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Open Group today announced that it has partnered with a consortium of leading European real-time technology developers, industrial manufacturers and research organizations to develop a new model-based software development framework for complex real-time systems in Aerospace and Defense. Supported by the European Commission, the Model-based Methods and Tools for Avionics and Surveillance Embedded Systems (MADES) project is...

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Open Group today announced the release of the TOGAF® SABSA® Integration Whitepaper, a new guide developed in collaboration with The SABSA® Institute to enable enterprise and security architects to integrate security and risk management approaches into enterprise-level architectures. Endorsed and developed by The Open Group Security and Architecture Forums and The SABSA Institute, the whitepaper aims to help architects align IT...

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Open Group today announced it has extended its global reach to include its first office in South America. The Open Group's new office in Sao Paulo, Brazil and presence in the region will allow IT professionals throughout South America to more easily participate in the consortium's development of vendor-neutral IT open standards and certification programs. The Open Group's new South American office and member network increase the...

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Open Group today announced the immediate availability of its new book, Cloud Computing for Business, which takes an in-depth look at Cloud Computing and how enterprises can derive the greatest business benefit from its potential. The publication is part of the ongoing work of The Open Group Cloud Computing Work Group, which exists to create, among buyers and suppliers, a common understanding of how enterprises of all sizes and scales of...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Open Group today announced the results of its Cloud Computing Survey, which reveal that organizations are struggling with how to measure Cloud ROI, with more than 60 percent of respondents saying that their organizations do not currently have an ROI mechanism in place. The survey is available by emailing us with your request. "The ability to transform business is the most exciting feature of the Cloud phenomenon," said Dr. Chris Harding, Forum...

SAN FRANCISCO, April 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Open Group today announced a new information security management standard, The Open Group Information Security Management Maturity Model (O-ISM3), which enables the creation of Information Security Management (ISM) systems that are fully aligned with any organization's business mission and compliance needs regardless of size, context and resources. The new standard allows organizations to prioritize and optimize investments in information...

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The Open Group today announced the formation of The Open Group Trusted Technology Forum (TTF), a global standards initiative that will provide a collaborative, open environment for technology companies, customers, government and supplier organizations to create and promote guidelines for manufacturing, sourcing, and integrating trusted, secure technologies. The forum's objective is to shape global procurement strategies and best practices to help...

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The Open Group today announced the availability of the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Ontology Technical Standard to develop and foster a common understanding between business and information technology (IT) communities regarding SOA concepts and terminology. Produced by the members of the Open Group's SOA Work Group, the ontology defines the concepts, terms and semantics of SOA in a common language that will allow for more precise and...