Salamander Achieves TOGAF 8 Certification for MooD.YORK, England -- Salamander salamander, an amphibian of the order Urodela, or Caudata. Salamanders have tails and small, weak limbs; superficially they resemble the unrelated lizards (which are reptiles), but they are easily distinguished by their lack of scales and claws, and by their moist, today announces that its MooD Transformation Technology has achieved certification for TOGAF TOGAF The Open Group Architecture Framework TOGAF the Open Group Architectural Framework 8 - the latest release of The Open Group Architecture Framework. This positions MooD as an accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. tool for the industry standard architecture framework and method, one of only five such products worldwide. TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework) is a comprehensive, globally recognised, architecture framework and methodology that enables the design, evaluation and implementation of the right architecture for an enterprise's information systems. The Open Group is a vendor-neutral and technology-neutral consortium, which promotes a vision of Boundaryless Information Flow[TM] to enable access to integrated information, within and among enterprises. It does this by bringing together customers, vendors, consultants, governments and academia to work on open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced such as TOGAF. Salamander's chief technology officer Dick Whittington says: "We're delighted to achieve this certification and endorsement for MooD. TOGAF is widely recognised as a valuable international standard, and TOGAF certified tools are a common starting point for tool selection by many enterprise architecture initiatives around the globe. "Alongside our MODAF MODAF Ministry of Defence Architecture Framework Blueprint, achieving certification for our TOGAF Blueprint is an important milestone for MooD, enhancing our international exposure and giving recognition to our technology development team." Allen Brown, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of The Open Group, says: "The certification of MooD illustrates the evolution of enterprise architecture from its origins in the world of IT towards the wider challenges of business integration, transformation and performance. "This trend is increasingly viewed as vital to the success of enterprise architecture initiatives in delivering business agility in today's highly connected world. TOGAF aims to remain at the forefront of such developments, and we welcome Salamander's active participation." Notes to editors 1. About The Open Group The Open Group is a vendor-neutral and technology-neutral consortium, which drives the creation of Boundaryless Information Flow[TM]; that will enable access to integrated information within and between enterprises based on open standards and global interoperability. The Open Group has over 200 member organizations, with over 6,000 participants in The Open Group activities from 19 countries. 2. About MooD([R]) Salamander's MooD Transformation Technology combines the ability to build architectures, define and manage change programmes, increase performance and create business intelligence solutions - all based on a common Enterprise Business Model. By innovating on open architecture and technology standards MooD has become the first truly business-driven Service Oriented Architecture (SOA (1) (Start Of Authority) The first record in a DNS zone file. See DNS records. (2) (Service Oriented Architecture) The modularization of business functions for greater flexibility and reusability. ) solution, enabling business value to manage the strategy, design and integration of SOA environments. Salamander has achieved numerous awards for its technology including the IEE IEE Institution of Electrical Engineers IEE Independent Educational Evaluation IEE Initial Environmental Examination IEE Initial Environmental Evaluation IEE Idiopathic Eosinophilic Esophagitis IEE Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence IEE Interim Expendable Emitter Innovation Award and the Queen's Award for Enterprise The Queen's Award for Enterprise is an award for British companies and other organizations who excel at international trade, innovation or sustainable development. The prestigious award is the greatest accolade a British company can receive. and Innovation 2004. 3. MODAF MODAF is the UK Ministry of Defence Architecture Framework which provides a rigorous way to present an enterprise architecture, and is a key enabler to MOD's Network Enabled Capability (NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. ). |
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