The Open Group Panel Explores How the Big Data Era Now Challenges the IT Status Quo

We recently assembled a panel of experts to explore how Big Data changes the status quo for architecting the enterprise. The panel consisted of Robert Weisman, CEO and Chief Enterprise Architect at Build The Vision; Andras Szakal, Vice President and CTO of IBM’s Federal Division; Jim Hietala, Vice President for Security at The Open Group, and Chris Gerty, Deputy Program Manager at the Open Innovation Program at NASA. I served as the moderator.

SOA Provides Needed Support for Enterprise Architecture in Cloud, Mobile, Big Data, Says Open Group Panel

There’s been a resurgent role for service-oriented architecture (SOA) as a practical and relevant ingredient for effective design and use of Cloud, mobile, and big-data technologies. To find out why, The Open Group recently gathered an international panel of experts to explore the concept.

Social Networks – Challenging an Open Internet? Walled Gardens Tweet Jam

The Open Group will be hosting a tweet jam on Tuesday, July 10 at 9 a.m. PT/12:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. BST. The topic will be on “Facebook walled gardens” and is open to anyone interested in participating through Twitter. Please read on for more details

The Open Group and MIT Experts Detail New Advances in ID Management to Help Reduce Cyber Risk

Jim Hietala, vice president of security at The Open Group; Thomas Hardjono, technical lead and executive director of the MIT Kerberos Consortium; and Dazza Greenwood, president of the CIVICS.com consultancy and lecturer at the MIT Media Lab explore how the technical and legal support of ID management best practices have been advancing rapidly. All panelists will be speaking at The Open Group Conference in Washington, D.C. For more information on the conference, please visit: http://www.opengroup.org/dc2012

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