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SNA Technologies became a member of Open Group(www.opengroup.org) in November 2006 and since then a very active member of Open Group. SNA Technologies is a registered TOGAF certification training organization. TOP (TOGAF Operational Pragmatic) 8 is a registered TOGAF training product from SNA Technologies giving a practical step-by-step for implementing TOGAF.
The Open Group
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.
The Open Group works with customers, suppliers, consortia,
and other standards bodies to:
- Capture, understand, and address current and emerging requirements, and establish policies and share best practices
- Facilitate interoperability, develop consensus, and evolve and integrate specifications and open source technologies
- Offer a comprehensive set of services to enhance the operational efficiency of consortia
- Operate the industry?s premier certification service
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The Open Group is a consortium with a foundation in its members: a diverse group that spans all sectors of the IT community ? IT customers, systems and solutions suppliers, tool vendors, integrators and consultants, as well as academia and researchers.
The members of The Open Group come from all over the world ? 50% from North America, 25% from Europe, and 25% from Asia-Pacific. Open Group has some of the largest IT buyers and vendors as active members, representing both government and commercial enterprises: Capgemini, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, IBM, NEC, Sun Microsystems, US Department of Defense, NASA, and many others
The Open Group has developed a range of services that it provides to its membership and also offers to third parties. These services include strategy, management, innovation, standards, certification, and test development.
Open Group recognizes the importance of assuring conformance throughcertification and operate a number of programs, including certification for Common Operating Environment (COE) Platform, CORBA®, Directory, IT Architect, LSB®, POSIX®, Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF), TOGAF, UNIX®, and Wireless Application Protocol (WAP). To learn more, go to www.opengroup.org/certification.
The Open Group Forums include:
- Architecture
- Enterprise Management
- Grid Enterprise Services
- Identity Management
- Messaging
- Platform
- Real Time & Embedded Systems
- Security
- UDEF
Some Facts about Open Group
- Vendor- and technology-neutral consortium with over 20 years’ experience
- Over 300 member organizations, with over 6,000 participants in The Open Group activities from 19 countries
- 50% of members from North America, 25% from Europe,and 25% from Asia-Pacific; all constituents brought 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, the TOGAF Architecture Development Method (ADM) provides an important toolset
- ?Making Standards Work?? ? extensive experience and track record in facilitating consensus to develop standards and operating a premier certification service
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