The Open Group
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The Open Group is a global consortium that seeks to "enable the achievement of business objectives" by developing "open, vendor-neutral technology standards and certifications." It has 900+ member organizations and provides a number of services, including strategy, management, innovation and research, standards, certification, and test development.[1] It was established in 1996 when X/Open merged with the Open Software Foundation.
The Open Group is the certifying body for the
Members
The 900+ members include a range of technology vendors and buyers as well as government agencies, including, for example,
. There is no obligation on product developers or vendors to adopt the standards developed by the association.Platinum members:[4]
- DXC Technology, United States
- Fujitsu, Japan
- Huawei Technologies, China
- IBM, United States
- Intel, United States
- OpenText, Canada
- Shell, Netherlands
History
By the early 1990s, the major UNIX system vendors had begun to realize that the standards rivalries (often called the "
In January 1997, the responsibility for the
Programs
Certification
Key services of The Open Group are certification programs,
The Open Group offers certifications for technology professionals. In addition to
Collaboration Services
The Open Group also provides a range of services, from initial setup and ongoing operational support to collaboration, standards and best practices development, and assistance with market impact activities.[14] They assist organizations with setting business objectives, strategy and procurement, and also provide certification and test development. This includes services to the government agencies, suppliers, and companies or organizations set up by governments.[14]
Inventions and standards
- The ArchiMate Technical standard[15]
- The ArchiMate Exchange File Format standard[16]
- The Open Trusted Technology Provider Standard (O-TTPS)
- The ODBC)
- The Common Desktop Environment (CDE)
- The Distributed Computing Environment (the basis for DCOM)[17]
- The Distributed Relational Database Architecture (DRDA)
- The Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) Technical standard[18]
- The Motif GUI widget toolkit (used in CDE)
- The O-PAS Technical Standard[19]
- The Open Group Service Integration Maturity Model (OSIMM)[20]
- The Open Information Security Maturity Model (O-ISM3)[21]
- The Single UNIX Specification (SUS)
- The Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Source Book[22]
- TOGAF (Enterprise Architecture Framework)[3]
- The Application Response Measurement (ARM) standard
- The Common Manageability Programming Interface (CMPI) standard
- The Universal Data Element Framework (UDEF) standard
- The XA Specification
See also
References
- ^ "About Us". Opengroup.org. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
- ^ "The Open Brand". Opengroup.org. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
- ^ a b "TOGAF". Opengroup.org. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
- ^ "Open Group Membership Report". Opengroup.org. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
- ^ Salus, Peter H. "The Daemon, the GNU and the Penguin". Groklaw.net. Retrieved 2013-05-10.
- ^ "Certifications | The Open Group Website". www.opengroup.org. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
- ^ "Certified Architect (Open CA) | The Open Group Website". www.opengroup.org. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
- ^ "Certification Program Accreditation | The Open Group Website". www.opengroup.org. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
- ^ "Open Certified Data Scientist (Open CDS) | The Open Group Website". www.opengroup.org. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
- ^ "Certified Technical Specialist (Open CTS) | The Open Group Website". www.opengroup.org. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
- ^ "Certified Trusted Technology Practitioner (Open CTTP) | The Open Group Website". www.opengroup.org. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
- ^ "Open FAIR™ Certification | The Open Group Website". www.opengroup.org. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
- ^ "IT4IT™ Forum | The Open Group Website". www.opengroup.org. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
- ^ a b "Services | The Open Group Website". www.opengroup.org. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
- ^ "ArchiMate Technical Standard". Opengroup.org. 2009-02-09. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
- ^ "ArchiMate Exchange File Format Standard". Opengroup.org. 2015-08-10. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- ^ "COMsource Index Page". Opengroup.org. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
- ^ "Technical Standard for Future Airborne Capability Environment Edition 2.0". Opengroup.org. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
- ^ "O-PAS™ Standard, Version 1.0 (Preliminary Standard)". publications.opengroup.org. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
- ^ "OSIMM". Opengroup.org. 2011-11-04. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
- ^ "Open Information Security Maturity Model". Opengroup.org. 2014-02-14. Retrieved 2014-02-14.
- ^ "The SOA Source Book, 4th Edition". Opengroup.org. Aug 2011. Retrieved 2013-04-22.