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SAN FRANCISCO, October 30, 2008 – The Open Group, a vendor- and technology-neutral consortium focused on open standards and global interoperability within and between enterprises, today announced that SAP AG has joined other multinational companies and IT industry leaders, Capgemini, EDS, HP, HSBC, IBM, NEC and Sun, as a Platinum Member of the organization.
“SAP is actively working to drive greater alignment between business and IT through its SAP® Enterprise Architecture Framework methodology, which is more flexible and better integrated with current applications and helps organizations adopt SOA,” said Sascha Kuhlmann, global lead, EA Program, SAP. “Our extended participation within The Open Group will enable our customers to develop a holistic blueprint across their landscapes based on solutions from SAP and other vendors. We will continue our active involvement in the ongoing development of TOGAF™ and the IT Architect Certification (ITAC) program. ITAC, in our view, is tomorrow’s standard architecture certification, akin to what PMI is for the program management community today.”
SAP’s long-term customer Valero has already created an Enterprise Architecture (EA) team. “EA enables us to react more effectively to our business needs,” said Nayaki Nayyar, vice president of Enterprise Architecture and Technical Services at Valero. “SAP’s expanded partnership with The Open Group, along with the Business Transformation Consulting group of SAP Consulting and SAP’s reference content, can help support more seamless integration between our business and IT landscapes.”
As a Platinum Member, SAP will participate in The Open Group’s Architecture Forum, mainly to help drive development of TOGAF™, the industry’s de facto standard for developing an information systems architecture. SAP plans to refine its own architecture methodology while also contributing the company’s perspective, gained from working with customers worldwide, to TOGAF. TOGAF is used by more than 80 percent of the Forbes Global Top 50, and over 7,500 individuals have been certified on the standard worldwide. In addition, SAP will be actively involved in the ITAC program, standardizing on this skills- and experience-based certification for the company’s architects located around the world.
“We are very pleased to welcome SAP into The Open Group as a Platinum Member,” said Allen Brown, president and CEO of The Open Group. “The company’s interoperability efforts parallel The Open Group’s, and we very much value their history and global influence. We look forward to the expertise of their vast network of enterprise architects supporting efforts toward achieving Boundaryless Information Flow™ through open standards and global interoperability.”
For more information on The Open Group, please visit: http://www.opengroup.org/member/.
The Open Group is a vendor-neutral and technology-neutral consortium, which drives the creation of Boundaryless Information Flow™ 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.
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