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About The Open Group
Who We Are & What We Do
The Open Group is a vendor- and technology-neutral consortium, whose vision of Boundaryless Information Flow™ will enable access to integrated information within and between enterprises based on open standards and global interoperability.
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Vision & Mission
In accordance with its vision and mission, The Open Group works towards enabling access to integrated information within and between enterprises based on open standards and global interoperability.
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FAST FACTS
 

 

Vendor and technology neutral consortium, operating as ‘not-for-profit’, with over 20 years of experience

Offices in San Francisco (USA), Boston (USA), Reading, (UK), Tokyo (Japan), Johannesburg (SA), Paris (France), and Shenzhen (China)

Over 300 member organizations, with over 6,000 participants in The Open Group activities from 19 countries

47% of members come from North America, 34% from Europe, 12% from Asia-Pacific, and 7% from the Middle East and Africa; all constituents work together in an open process

Services provided to the members and third parties; include strategy, management, innovation and research, standards, certification, and test development

Vision of Boundaryless Information Flow™, with enterprise architecture as a critical element for making the vision a reality; TOGAF Architecture Development Method provides an important toolset

Making Standards Work®; extensive experience and track record in facilitating consensus to develop standards and operating the premier certification service

 
 
 
Management Team
The Management Team, lead by Allen Brown, President and CEO, consists of some of the most experienced technology professionals in the industry.
management team

Governing Board
The Open Group's Governing Board consists of Representatives of Platinum Members, Elected Representatives, and the President and CEO of The Open Group. All Members of the Governing Board share control and responsibility for strategy guidance, and provide approvals, oversight, and leadership.
governing board

Recent Successes
New program is the first to certify IT Specialists based on an independent assessment of skills and experience
ITSCDeveloped by The Open Group along with platinum members, Capgemini, IBM and EDS, the IT Specialist Certification (ITSC) offers an independent, comprehensive, global certification for determining the skills, experience and knowledge of professional specialists within several different technical focus areas.
ITSC ITSC

Global certification program for IT Architects establishes an industry benchmark
ITACRecognizing the industry demand for experienced IT Architects, The Open Group launched the first independent, comprehensive IT Architect Certification program. The program defines global standards for measuring the skills and experience of IT architects, and for the operation of IT architecture practices within enterprises.
ITAC

New POSIX® certification addresses predictability in realtime computing services
The Open Group and IEEE have introduced a POSIX® certification to aid predictability in operating system environments that involve realtime services. The certification is based on the criteria for bounded response times in Application Profile PSE54, which is part of the IEEE 1003.13™-2003 standard, and complements the existing certification program for the base POSIX 1003.1™ standard.
press release on POSIX certification

New UDEF Forum established to develop a Universal Data Element Framework (UDEF) Registry
The Open Group set up a new UDEF Forum, which aims to establish the Universal Data Element Framework (UDEF) as the universally-used classification system for data element concepts.
UDEF forum

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Contact Us
The Open Group has offices in the USA, United Kingdom, and Japan, and an affiliated office in Belgium. See Corporate Offices for office locations, directions and maps. For other inquiries, see Main Contacts.
corporate offices & directories

Jobs
If there are no jobs advertised here and you wish to be considered for a future position, please send your resume,pasted into the body of an e-mail to jobs@opengroup.org. We regret that we cannot accept attachments. Or you can fax your resume to: +44 870 131-0418, attention: Human Resources Manager.

 

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