Step Into a Career in Data Science

By Dan Riley, Distinguished Engineer & Vice President, Data Science, Kyndryl

November 2022’s post, “The Fully Credentialed Data Science Professional”, recommended a combination of credentials toward which data scientists and related professionals should work. However, as the well-known Chinese proverb roughly says, “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” The Open Group is adding a clear starting point for students, trainees, and career changers to begin their professional data science journeys.

The ArchiMate® Patterns Library: What is it and how to contribute

By Kelly Canon, ArchiMate® Forum Director, The Open Group

The ArchiMate Modeling Language, standardizes an organizations framework to effectively describe, analyze and visualize their enterprise architecture. By using a standardized language like ArchiMate, not only does it allow internal stakeholders to understand and communicate simple to complex architectural concepts and relationships, but it can encourage the sharing of non-proprietary “patterns” with other enterprise architects.

Enabling Effective Emissions Data Management and Sharing

By The Open Group Open Footprint™ Forum. The Open Group Open Footprint™ Forum today published a white paper that provides an overview of the GHG emissions data management area, regulations that are driving activity, and the work of the Open Footprint Forum. The Forum is making significant progress in our standards work related to building a standard data model for emissions, and related open source tools to ease adoption.

Why Enterprise Architecture Must Drive Sustainable Transformation

By Jim Hietala, The Open Group, VP Sustainability and Market Development In the coming years, Enterprise Architects will increasingly be called upon to take a leading strategic role in designing, establishing, and refining their organizations’ […]

Power Hour: Looking Back at the Women Reinventing Energy London Event, April 2023: Part 1

By Ash Patel, Marketing Specialist, The Open Group

A few months ago, the Women Re:Inventing Energy event was held in London, with a mission to empower women and their executive allies in the energy sector, showcasing success stories, and discussing challenges. The event also featured inspiring DEI speakers from Amazon and executive trailblazers from Accenture and Thoughtworks.

The Business Case for Federated Data Governance and Access Control

By Myles Suer, Strategic Marketing Director at Privacera

Around 2011, I was working as a product manager to work with HP’s enterprise architecture team. Soon after, I noticed these folks were wired just like me—they were systems thinkers. About this time my new friend, Don Brancato, encouraged me to get a copy of Enterprise Architecture as Strategy by Jeanne Ross, Peter Weill, and David Robertson. As I read the book from cover to cover, I remember  thinking, “now everything that is going on in IT makes sense.” It was only later that I actually got to be trained in TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework).

Sitting Down with Kim Padeletti- Elected Member of The OSDU™ Forum OMC Committee

Recently we reached out to Kim Padeletti, Head of OSDU and Energy Data Platforms, Amazon Web Services (AWS), to discuss her role as Elected Member of The OSDU™ Forum OMC Committee.Upon talking to Kim, we discussed her role, advice she may have for those looking to work in the field she is in and much more. Thank you again to Kim for her time.
Written by Ash Patel, Marketing Specialist at The Open Group