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Open Group Written by Neil Francis, The Open Group
We sat down with Jean-Baptiste Sarrodie, Chair of the ArchiMate® Forum, and Kelly Cannon, ArchiMate Forum Director, at The Open Group Summit in Oslo, Norway on April 28th, to discuss the landmark release of the ArchiMate® 4 Specification.
By Ash Patel – CDMP – Certified Copywriter (CMP), Content Marketing Manager, The Open Group During The Open Group Oslo Summit in April 2026, we
By Ash Patel – CDMP – Certified Copywriter (CMP), Content Marketing Manager, The Open Group
The Open Group Oslo Summit brought together 300+ attendees including distinguished experts, visionary industry leaders, and seasoned practitioners from diverse fields including Enterprise Architecture, Digital Transformation, and beyond. Hosted at the Clarion Hotel® The Hub, the Summit delivered four days of insights, collaboration, and continual celebration, marking a defining milestone: the 30th anniversary of The Open Group and the TOGAF® Standard.
By Curley Thomas, Chevron, Standards and Certification, Work Group Leader
Certain milestones redefine an industry, and we’re on the cusp of one right now. The Open Group OSDU® Forum will soon be releasing the OSDU Data Platform Standard Version 1.0 that has been quietly reshaping the energy ecosystem from the inside out. Version 1.0 represents a stable subset of a current OSDU Data Platform release capabilities by defining detailed, consistent behaviors for a defined set of APIs. It involves a set of guidelines created by The Open Group OSDU Forum, and it is meant for companies in the energy industry to better manage and use their data. Further providing a clear and predictable interface between applications and conformant OSDU Data Platform implementation instances, enabling greater interoperability across Cloud Providers and Vendor Applications.
By Ash Patel – CDMP – Certified Copywriter (CMP), Content Marketing Manager, The Open Group
Recently we sat down with Junkyo (Jack) Fujieda to discuss his career journey, and what it meant to him receiving The Open Group Fellowship. Junkyo (Jack) Fujieda, Founder and CEO of ReGIS (Research Environment of Global Information Society) Inc., a global research and consulting firm, leads all activities related to The Open Group in Japan since 1998. During this time, Jack has been a lecturer and visiting professor to the graduate school of Chuo University until March 2003 and from April 2004, Shinshu University Management School as Visiting Professor & also Kyoto university lecturer until 2014 and Visiting Professors to Tokyo Denki University. As Chairman of The Open Group Japan activity promoting the value of the membership, adapting the open standards, and teaching the standard for certifications. Prior to The Open Group, Jack Fujieda worked for 23 years at IBM, starting as a systems engineer, SOP Architect, product manager, SE manager, sales manager, and director of the complex systems division, covering finance, transportation, media, communication, public sectors, government, distribution, automobile and retail industry in the field.
By Ash Patel – CDMP – Certified Copywriter (CMP), Content Marketing Manager, The Open Group
Recently, we reached out to Milan Boros of IBM to discuss his role as the Vice-Chair of The Open Group Governing Board Open Professions Work Group.
Milan is the Chief Platforms Architect in the HR, Finance & Accounting business with 20 years of IT solutions experience. Milan started his career as a mainframe developer and still believes in the platform. Driven by the mainframe enthusiasm, he joined IBM in 2012 where over the years he first moved into architecture, then through different architecture domains like application architecture, mainframe modernization, cloud migration, and now platform architecture. He is an advocate of the Architect Profession, leading it globally for the enterprise (IBM) and also contributing to The Open Group Open Professions Work Group.
By Jim Hietala, Vice President, Sustainability and Market Development, The Open Group. The Growing Challenge of Scope 3 Emissions Data
Large multinational corporations face unprecedented challenges in capturing and managing Scope 3 emissions data across their complex value chains. As regulatory requirements intensify globally—from the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) to the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards and California’s Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act—the pressure to provide accurate, transparent emissions reporting has never been greater.
By Ash Patel – CDMP – Certified Copywriter (CMP) – Content Marketing Manager, The Open Group
The Open Group Summit Oslo 2026 is set to bring together enterprise leaders, architects, standards experts, and technology innovators from across industries for four days of collaboration, strategic insight, and real-world outcomes that drive business value and Digital Transformation. Whether you’re a seasoned practitioner, an emerging technologist, a standards contributor, or a business leader exploring how Open Standards enable interoperability, this Summit provides a unique platform to connect with a global community dedicated to solving complex challenges and shaping the future of Enterprise Architecture and technology.
By Ash Patel – CDMP – Certified Copywriter (CMP) – CDMA, Marketing Specialist, The Open Group
This year marks a major milestone: 10 years since the launch of The Open Group Open Process Automation™ Forum (OPAF), officially formed on January 31, 2017.
From the very beginning, our vision was clear—transform the way process automation systems are designed, integrated, and sustained. We set out to replace the limitations of proprietary, closed systems with a vendor-neutral, modular, secure, and interoperable architecture. That vision became the Open Process Automation Standard, a standard of The Open Group – built by and for the global industrial automation community.
By Ash Patel – CDMP – Certified Copywriter (CMP) – Content Marketing Manager, The Open Group
The Open Group EA Practitioners Conference officially marked a major milestone – the 30th anniversary of the TOGAF® Standard, a standard of The Open Group, the world’s leading framework for Enterprise Architecture. Further celebrating this remarkable journey – from the foundation of the TOGAF Standard to the evolution of the ArchiMate® Specification, the Open Agile Architecture™ Standard – O-AA™, The Open Group Eagle AI Assistant, and the entire Architecture Portfolio standards of The Open Group, with over 90 attendees from around the world joining in the celebrations.
By Steve Nunn, President & CEO of The Open Group
I hope that you have all had a peaceful/festive holiday period, however you celebrated it. The beginning of a new year is a good opportunity to take stock of the year before, and start to think about what lies ahead in the coming year.
By Ash Patel – CDMP – Certified Copywriter (CMP) – CDMA – Certified Proofreader and Editor (CMP), Content Marketing Manager, The Open Group
Recently we reached out to Jacob Jackson of ExxonMobil to discuss his role as an operator representative to The Open Group OSDU® Management Committee.