The Open Group: archived home page headlines Podcast: Why IBM and Capgemini Back The Open Group's IT Certification Program. ebizQ's Beth Gold-Bernstein took time out from our ITSC show to interview IBM's Distinguished Engineer Phil Stauskas and Capgemini's CTO for Continental Europe & Asia Pacific Ron Tolido on why their companies see great value in The Open Group's standardized certification. Podcast: What Makes a Certifiable IT Specialist?  ITSC panelist Beth Gold-Bernstein spoke to The Open Group's Vice President of Certification, James de Raeve, about the key technical and non-technical criteria that can be applied to a board-level interview process to develop a more professional-level certification program. Vodafone is the latest in a line of major organizations to endorse our IT Architect Certification program Member Spotlight: Terence Blevins, MITRE Corporation's lead architect supporting the Air Force Agile Combat Support Architecture - who has been involved with The Open Group since the early 1980's - is the latest member to come under our spotlight. The open source project directory, ohloh.com, assesses OpenPegasus as having a mature, well-established code base with well-commented source code ... and estimates that it would have cost $8 million to date if written by a conventional team! Dr. Dobb’s Journal has issued a call for participation in a survey that explores an organization's adoption and experiences with several common process/architectural frameworks, including TOGAF. The Open Group invites you to register your interest in its upcoming IT Specialist Certification program - the first to certify IT specialists on an independent assessment of skills and experience.Download the white paper for more information, and register your interest Rolls-Royce Global CTO endorses The Open Group's IT Architect Certification program New IT Architect Certification level announced as program surpasses 2,000 certified - Read more Archived: November 22, 2007 Our latest Member Spotlight focuses on Jason Uppal, Chief Architect at QRS, who is also a member of The Open Group’s Architecture Forum, the TOGAF™ Certification Standing Committee, the TOGAF Development Team, and the ITAC Certification Board. Archived: November 13, 2007 The Open Group Names Len Fehskens Vice President and Global Professional Lead for Enterprise Architecture. Archived: October 8, 2007 The Open Group unveils plans for the IT Specialist Certification (ITSC) program which will be the first to certify IT specialists on an independent assessment of skills and experience Archived: October 5, 2007 Our latest Member Spotlight focuses on Sam Ceccola, Deputy Chief Technical Officer at BEA, and his views on the importance and benefits of Open Group affiliation to the IT end user community. Archived: September 19, 2007 Podcast: SOA Insights analysts discuss likely future of SOA at The Open Group's Austin conference - Transcript here Archived: August 14, 2007 ebizQ Podcast, David Linthicum on The Open Group's Enterprise Architecture Practitioner's Conference Archived: August 14, 2007 The Open Group announces key milestones - worldwide membership continues to rise amidst other strong performance indicators Archived: 14 August, 2007 Lottery Insights reports: Louisiana Lottery Association the first US lottery to gain quality assurance verification from The Open Group, acting for NASPL Archived: July 14, 2007 Infosys Technologies and The Open Group present a webinar on Enterprise Architecture trends: July 11, 2007 read more Archived: May 17, 2007 The Open Group's COO, Steve Nunn, joins the debate on the future of UNIX® certification ... and predicts "significant activity" ahead. Archived: May 17, 2007 The Open Group's CEO tells CNET how the latest information revolution demands a new breed of architect. Archived: April 10, 2007 British Sky Broadcasting Group endorses IT Architect Certification program Archived: January 22, 2007 The Apache Software Foundation is latest technology leader to embrace LDAP standard and achieve Open Group certification Archived: December 5, 2006 Infosys expands Enterprise Architecture capabilities with record number of TOGAF certified architects Archived: December 5, 2006 SOA In Practice - Open Group member ING derives real benefits from early SOA implementation Archived: December 5, 2006 Two Jericho Forum members have featured on a BBC radio program highlighting identity theft. Listen on-line to Privacy in Peril. Archived: December 5, 2006 The Open Group goes live with computer-based TOGAF™ 8 Certification testing.Exams also offered at Thomson Prometric Testing Centers worldwide Archived: October 31, 2006 IT Architect Certification program gaining ground — over 1,200 already registered, CEO tells eWeek. Also see the press release Archived: October 31, 2006 Worldwide membership in The Open Group reaches new high — growing importance of global standards cited as significant factor Archived: October 16, 2006 The new DirecNet task force has been formed under The Open Group. Its objective is to establish an open-standard directional networking system that can provide 1-gigabit-per-second data communication within hundreds of miles. Archived August 17, 2006 The Open Group has launched a new certification program for S/MIME Secure Messaging, to support deployment of secure e-mail systems. Archived:July 20, 2006 Average salary for TOGAF Certified professionals increases by almost 30% in one year Archived:July 19, 2006 Modeling SOA Implementation is the subject of Chris Harding's latest article in ebizQ Archived:July 19, 2006 First IT Architects from EDS Achieve Certification from The Open Group Archived:July 18, 2006 Lottery Insights showcases launch of NASPL Bar Code Certification Program, which is designed and operated by The Open Group Archived:July 18, 2006 IT Architect … Profession of the Future: SAP INFO interviews The Open Group's Allen Brown and Graham Bird Archived:July 18, 2006 IEEE and The Open Group give the NetBSD Foundation permission from to incorporate material from the POSIX® standard Archived:July 17, 2006 The Open Cannes Awards dinner was held in Washington DC on April 24. photo gallery award winners Archived: May 1, 2006 The Open Group-led Telcert project promises major implication for interoperability in learning technology more Archived: May 1, 2006 ebizQ features Chris Harding's new article, ISO 11179 Versus Ontologies more Archived: March 23, 2006 In its article Java Breaks Out, EE Times featured work of The Open Group's Realtime and Embedded Systems Forum on a safety-critical Java standard more Archived: March 23, 2006 IBM's internal IT Architect program the first to achieve accreditation for The Open Group's IT Architect Certification program more Archived: March 23, 2006 The Open Group's IT Architect Certification program adds a complementary level more Archived: March 3, 2006 The Open Group's Interconnect Software Consortium (ICSC) releases Version 2.1 of the Interconnect Transport Application Programming Interface (IT-API) more Archived: March 3, 2006 A collaborative white paper by the Integration Consortium, OMG, and The Open Group, TOGAF/MDA Mapping, is now available from The Open Group Bookstore more Archived: February 26, 2006 In his latest article for ebizQ, Chris Harding discusses the intriguing concept of Semantic Name Service more Archived: February 27, 2006 The Open Group's Architecture and Security forums release Guide to Security Architecture in TOGAF ADM more Archived: February 27, 2006 NewsFactor Magazine discusses the growing demand for IT Architects and quotes HP's CTO, Tony Redmond more Archived: February 27, 2006 Certification Magazine features The Open Group's certification program, spotlighting IT architects and the growing importance of credentials.   more . Archived: February 26, 2006 Chris Harding's article, Achieving Business Agility through Model-Driven SOA, published on ebizQ more Archived: January 10, 2006 The Open Group, The Object Management Group™, and the Integration Consortium announce the availability of a jointly developed white paper, TOGAF/MDA Mapping more Archived: January 10, 2006 Software Development Magazine features The Open Group's IT Architect Certification program and interviews IBM's Chief Architect, Andras Szakal more Archived: January 10, 2006 The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF -- 'The Book') - 500 pages fully illustrated in color - is now on sale at our Book Store. more Archived: December 19, 2005 Chris Harding's article "Making SOA Happen" is featured in the current edition of ebizQ. more Archived: October 19, 2005 Allen Brown, The Open Group's President and CEO, discusses certification for IT Architects with SD Times more Archived: October 19, 2005 The Open Group's Graham Bird shares his thoughts with Certification Magazine: certification of IT Architects needs to be skills- and experience-based more Archived: October 13, 2005 IT Architect Certification seen as taking "a decidedly professional direction" more   Archived: October 13, 2005 Capgemini and NEC join other industry leaders as Platinum Members of The Open Group more Archived: October 13, 2005 New POSIX® Certification addresses predictability in realtime computing services more Archived: September 1, 2005 The Open Group launches global certification program for IT Architects more Archived: September 1, 2005 IPv6 Forum & The Open Group to cooperate on deploying an industry-wide IPv6 Product Standard more Archived: September 1, 2005 Chris Harding's article, "Information Technology for Government Services" featured on ebizQ more Archived: August 4, 2005 European Community supports High Integrity Java (HIJA) project, led by The Open Group, to develop architecturally neutral real-time system more Archived: August 2, 2005 HTNG launched the first branding and certification program for hotel technology, developed jointly with The Open Group more Archived: August 2, 2005 Chris Harding speaks with IT Business Edge on semantic interoperability more Archived: July 18, 2005 IT Architecture Practitioners Conference in Dublin an overwhelming success with over 300 attendees from 25 countries - if you missed it, check out the Proceedings more Archived: July 18, 2005 Chris Harding's article, "IT Architecture Comes of Age", featured on ebizQ more Archived: July 1, 2005 HTNG members briefed on the upcoming certification program that it is developing jointly with The Open Group more Archived: June 6, 2005 The upcoming IT Architecture Certification Program at the forefront of discussions at The Open Group's Dublin conference more Archived: June 6, 2005 Chris Harding's article "Is SOA a Fad or Silver Bullet?" featured in ebizQ more Archived: May 27, 2005 Interview with Jamie Lewis, CEO and Research Chair of the Burton Group more Archived: May 27, 2005 Computer Weekly features John Spencer's article: When is an architecture change required? more Archived: May 27, 2005 CIO Magazine lists TOGAF as one of the most popular frameworks more Archived: May 4, 2005 NASPL Standards Initiative Certification Program Launches - a customer testimonial more Older headlines here