Architecting the Enterprise
"To succeed in today's highly competitive environment, it is critical that Enterprise and IT Architecture initiatives are led by people with the right skills and competencies. The Open Group's IT Architect Certification program provides a much needed benchmark for IT professionals in this area. TOGAF is a methodology which supports these competencies and enables organizations to develop these skills using best practice process."
Judith Jones, CEO, Architecting the Enterprise

Austin Energy
"The establishment of a proper professional structure for IT Architects is crucial for the development of this new discipline. We applaud The Open Group for taking the initiative to drive this new standard."
Andres Carvallo, Chief Information Officer, Austin Energy

British Sky Broadcasting Group
"Certification is a vital part of IT professional development. BSkyB has looked extensively at the available certification routes for its IT architects. Our conclusion from this review is that The Open Group’s ITAC program is the most mature, comprehensive and internationally recognized certification programme available. For BSkyB the main differentiators were as follows:

• Direct route to certification.
• Acceptance of any of the main IT architecture methods.
• Experience and evidence based.

Capgemini
“A well-defined IT architecture that supports the needs of the business is highly dependent on ensuring that key employees -- IT architects -- have the required ability, experience and skills. We applaud The Open Group for leading the initiative to create a recognized global standard that will allow organizations to benchmark against these important attributes.”
Andy Mulholland, Global CTO, Capgemini

Credit Suisse
"Credit Suisse's information technology division is required to provide high-quality, innovative and cost-efficient technology solutions to our integrated global bank. In order to achieve our goals, it is critical that we attract and retain the best IT professionals in the market. The independent, global and well-founded IT Architecture Certification (ITAC) of The Open Group presents a strong opportunity. By following industry best practices, The Open Group has defined an outstanding benchmark for IT architects, which makes it easier to identify the highly skilled and experienced professionals that Credit Suisse is looking for. In addition, I am very much in favor of The Open Group's efforts to certify skills and experience, rather than academic qualifications only."
Andreas Buzzi, Head of Software Engineering, Credit Suisse

Deutsche Post
"The IT Architecture Certification program is very helpful to Deutsche Post World Net. Due to the international nature of our business, we need clear standards that define how we work together uniformly whilst being spread over four locations worldwide. The Open Group has given us these clear standards saving us the work of defining our own, proprietary set. Due to these global standards we can now cooperate more efficiently and can define more exact criteria for recruiting new Architects."
Robert Leaman, Head of Architecture & Technology Consulting at Deutsche Post

HP
"Certification is important for any profession and it's something that IT Architects have lacked on an industry-wide basis. Certification provides a comfort feeling for those who want to engage an architect, an indication that the architect is skilled in their profession and understands how to go about solving IT problems in a consistent and reliable manner. Certification further means that standards will be maintained, best practices developed, and the rogue architects who give themselves the title without any grounding in IT architecture concepts and principles will gradually be eliminated from the industry. All in all, certification for IT architects is long overdue and HP is proud to support The Open Group in their initiative to introduce and develop this important program. "
Tony Redmond, VP and CTO, HP Services

IBM Software Group
“The Open Group’s new IT Architect Certification program represents an industry-wide recognition that IT architecture has emerged as a true discipline and is one that makes critical contributions to a modern enterprise. Industry standards for measuring expertise and experience in this area have been long overdue. The process introduced by The Open Group’s IT Architect Certification program will ensure that the industry has the right benchmark for identifying highly skilled and experienced professionals who are experts in this field.”
Lauren States, Vice President, Technical Sales and Software Group Enablement, IBM Software Group

Intel® Solution Services
"For many years, I have been working as an IT Architect and watching the profession evolve and mature. Now, with The Open Group's IT Architect Certification, an independent and internationally recognized program has been created. I see this program as a standardized benchmark to assess and prove my experience. Unlike most other certifications, the ITAC gives the opportunity to prove skills and experiences in the development and implementation of Enterprise Architectures as well as to position the role of an IT Architect in the IT World."
Oliver Mark, Senior Architect EMEA, Intel® Solution Services, Germany

Lufthansa Transport
"The IT Architect Certification program equips us with an internationally recognized qualification that demonstrates that our architecture skills and experience have been independently assessed and verified against a worldwide standard benchmark"
Antonio Mastrolorito, Chief IT-Architect, Lufthansa Cargo, Frankfurt

National Bank of Abu Dhabi
"An independent global certification program based on IT industry best practice for the enterprise IT architecture community is indeed a positive development. An industry-wide standard for IT Architects, backed by certification, will set the benchmark for measuring the skills and experience of IT Architects, and the conduct of IT Architecture practices within organizations."
Srood Sherif, Head of IT, National Bank of Abu Dhabi

Palestinian National Authority
"As an IT professional, who is intensively involved in developing eGovernment Strategies and implement related action plans, I insist that the IT Architect (ITAC) and the Enterprise Architecture (TOGAF) certifications provided by The Open Group are considered as the best independent certification Programs that help specialists to implement huge and long-term eGovernment Initiatives and ensure high quality results of their action plans."
Dr Bishara AlKhouri, Head of the Department of Informatics, Palestinian eGovernment Initiative, Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology, Palestinian National Authority

POSC
"POSC, the Petrotechnical Open Standards Consortium, is an international, not-for-profit, membership organization. POSC seeks to unite industry people, issues and ideas to collaboratively address information challenges and opportunities in the Exploration and Production sector of the oil and gas industry.

"As a long-standing member of The Open Group, POSC is pleased to endorse the IT Architect Certification program at its launch during The Open Group's IT Architecture Practitioners Conference.

"POSC encourages our industry's companies that are involved in IT solution development and, therefore, enterprise architecture development and management, to seek The Open Group Certified IT Architects to do such work and/or to establish The Open Group IT Architect Certification programs for their in-house staff architects."
POSC

Rolls-Royce
"The IT Architect Certification Program is an important initiative driving Enterprise Architecture maturity.  The complexity of Enterprise Architecture, which integrates multiple vendors and products into a coherent platform for business transformation and growth, requires that every practitioner have a solid foundation in principles and practices of the craft.  Therefore, The Open Group's certification program fills a critical gap in the professional evolution of the IT Architect.  We endorse this initiative and are rapidly moving towards making this a requirement for every Enterprise Architect doing work for our company."
Doug Tracy, Global CTO, Rolls-Royce

ScottishPower
"We are looking to the IT Architect Certification program to form a key component in the continuous professional development of our IT architects. It will allow us to demonstrate that our IT architects meet a recognized open standard. We hope that this will provide benefits for both ScottishPower and our employees."
Brian Arbuckle, Technology Standards Manager, ScottishPower

Swinton Group
"The Open Group IT Architect Certification qualification shows that Swinton Group Architects have demonstrated their skill amongst top industry experts. Their ability is proven and assessed against a worldwide standard benchmark. When bringing in consultancy resource for major projects a supplier's credibility can be assured by having Certified Architects representing them."
Tim McQuin, Technical Architect, Swinton Group, UK

Swisscom IT Services Ltd
"Swisscom IT Services Ltd, a member of the Swisscom Group, invests in the education, training and re-skilling of its employees, with the goal of reaching higher maturity in software and system engineering projects. One way to reach this goal is to motivate employees to obtain certification in their specific expert fields. It is great now to have an IT Architect Certification program, offered by the Open Group. Hans Peter Gisiger will be our pilot candidate and we hope he will be successful in this process of certification."
Swisscom IT Services, Swisscom Group, Switzerland

The Washington Post
"We have certifications for programmers, database administrators and network engineers. These certifications are specific to the technology and platforms that are used within our organization. Certification at an architectural level should be based on open standards and be vendor and technology neutral. That is why The Washington Post chose The Open Group as its certification authority for IT Architects."
Tom Burke, Chief Architect, The Washington Post, USA

Vodafone
"In today's highly competitive world, the value of a well organized Architecture team cannot be overstated. As such skills are not always easy to locate, IT Architect Certification is an invaluable benchmark against which IT professionals can be measured. Professionalism, and the certification that goes with it, is not being considered optional in other business disciplines, so The Open Group's program is key to ensuring that good IT Architects build the professional reputation they deserve."
Ed Fletcher, Global Technology, Global Information Services, Vodafone Group Services