1. Introduction to The Open Group
5 July, 2018
Introduction to The Open Group
Copyright © The Open Group 2014

2. The Open Group
… is a global consortium that furthers the achievement of business objectives through open standards

3. A consortium is …
An association of two or more individuals, companies, organizations or governments (or any combination of these entities) with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources for achieving a common goal
Any net income is used to further the organization's goal (whether that be paying for programs or investing for security), rather than being distributed to share-holders, partners or owners
Vendor and technology neutral
Definitions courtesy of Wikipedia

4. The Open Group Vision Boundaryless Information Flow™
achieved through global interoperability
in a secure, reliable and timely manner
Boundaryless does not mean there are no boundaries – it means that boundaries are permeable to enable business.

5. The Open Group membership
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
China
Colombia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Hong Kong
India
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Korea
Luxembourg
Malaysia
468 Memberships signed in
39 Countries
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Philippines
Poland
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Turkey UK
United Arab Emirates
USA
Vietnam

6. A few of our members

7. The Open Group Mission Customer / Vendor need Market adoption
Forum or Work Group
Collaborate with other consortia and standards bodies
Certification process
Standards process

8. Programs Managing Complexity Managing Risk Managing the business of IT
Enterprise Architecture
Risk Analysis
Managing Supply Chain Risk
Managing the emerging
platform
Professional Development
T-Shaped People
Open Platform 3.0®

9. The professional body for Enterprise Architects
Over 40,000 members
35,423 members as of 30 August

10. Security Forum Focus Security architecture projects
Adding security to TOGAF
Security services catalog
Security automation
Information security management projects
O-ISM3 standard and certification
Data principles & protection
Risk Management
Open FAIR standards & certification for risk analysis
Risk management practices survey