SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Association of Open Group Enterprise Architects, the definitive professional association for Enterprise Architects, today announced the formation of the Ethics Work Group. The goal is for practicing Enterprise Architects to come together to develop ethical guidelines for their own professional conduct. In doing this, the Work Group seeks to further advance the profession of enterprise architecture for the mutual benefit of individual practitioners and the industry at large. An initial call for participation has resulted in over 123 Association members joining the Ethics Work Group. The first task of the group will be the development of a code of ethics for Association members.

"The formation of this Ethics Work Group is a major milestone for practicing architects and the IT community at large," said Len Fehskens, vice president and global professional lead for Enterprise Architecture, The Open Group. "A consensus of industry adopted ethics will benefit individual enterprise architects and employers alike by further ensuring practitioners have the appropriate interests in mind as they develop, deploy and manage architecture related initiatives across global industries."

"As enterprise architecture evolves and becomes more pervasive in business and IT, so does the need for the practice of enterprise architecture to mature as a profession," said Allen Brown, president and CEO, The Open Group. "The Association already helps ensure professional excellence and the addition of the Ethics Work Group will bolster this commitment by ensuring ethical standards for all members and the organizations they serve."

The formation of the Ethics Work Group follows the launch of The Association of Open Group Enterprise Architects (AOGEA), a body created to further the profession of enterprise architecture by maintaining and enforcing standards of excellence and ethics for its members. The Association, formally launched in January 2007, also aims to increase job opportunities for all members and provide employers with enterprise architects whose skills are based on recognized best practices and transferable between companies. The AOGEA has registered over 1,366 members to date.

For more information on membership in The Association of Open Group Enterprise Architects and/or The Ethics Work Group, please visit: https://www.aogea.org/membership/.

About The Association of Open Group Enterprise Architects

Launched in January 2007, the Association of Open Group Enterprise Architects (AOGEA) is the definitive professional association for Enterprise Architects. Through the establishment of a standard of professional ethics, a code of conduct, architecture certification and professional development programs, AOGEA is advancing professional excellence in EA and raising the profile of the profession overall. The objective is to provide assurance to corporations that the staff or service providers hired possess the skills and experience required for complexities of enterprise architecture while giving professional enterprise architects a recognized, portable and professional grade qualification to make them more marketable. For more information, log on to http://www.aogea.org/.

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 works with customers, suppliers, consortia and other standard bodies. Its role is to capture, understand and address current and emerging requirements, establish policies and share best practices; to facilitate interoperability, develop consensus, and evolve and integrate specifications and open source technologies; to offer a comprehensive set of services to enhance the operational efficiency of consortia; and to operate the industry's premier certification service. Further information on The Open Group can be found at http://www.opengroup.org/.

CONTACT: Bill Bourdon of The Bateman Group, +1-415-602-1491,
opengroup@bateman-group.com, for The Open Group

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