OMG to Acquire Green Computing Impact Organization (GCIO)

NEEDHAM, Mass.--(Business Wire)--
The Object Management Group™ (OMG™) today announced it will acquire the Green
Computing Impact Organization, Inc. (GCIO). GCIO is a collaborative membership
organization with a mission to promote and increase sustainability across all
facets of the business. The membership works together on standardized
definitions and measurements of sustainability, shares stories of lessons
learned and successes, compares ROI and TCO metrics, develops educational and
promotional material to drive sustainability throughout the enterprise business
world. GCIO will work cooperatively with the OMG-managed SOA Consortium and BPM
Consortium.

“We are very excited about the opportunity to help companies save money, reduce
their dependence on resources such as power, paper, water, etc. and increase
their sustainability through business IT,” states Richard Mark Soley, Ph.D.,
chairman and CEO of OMG. “GCIO has led a movement to view green computing not
just in the context of data centers and equipment, but as a vital role in an
enterprises‘ business processes, management and operation. We believe this is
crucial and GCIO will play a very important role in our strategic initiatives
going forward.”

Prior to the merger, GCIO and OMG already had a relationship for work on OMG’s
proposed Green Computing Maturity Model™ (GCMM™). GCMM will be a formal industry
standard way to define, assess and monitor the sustainability of an organization
across all aspects of the business. GCMM looks at all facets of the business
such as facility management, corporate procurement / supply chain, governance,
business processes, business operations and business data and provides a means
for companies to model and measure their “green” maturity.

“OMG has a long history of bringing communities of business and IT leaders
together to solve common problems and to advocate and promote important trends
in the business IT community,” said Karen D. Larkowski, founder and CEO of GCIO,
Inc. “It was a natural fit for GCIO to join OMG in their important work and help
propel the business IT community towards a sustainable future.” Ms. Larkowski
will continue to lead GCIO as well as provide leadership of the BPM Consortium
as General Manager at OMG.

For more information about on joining OMG and getting involved in its green
computing, BPM Consortium and SOA Consortium initiatives, please contact Ken
Berk, Vice President, Business Development at kenberk@omg.org or
+1-781-444-0404.

About OMG

OMG is an international, open membership, not-for-profit computer industry
consortium. OMG Task Forces develop enterprise integration standards for a wide
range of technologies, including: Real-time, Embedded and Specialized Systems,
Analysis & Design, Architecture-Driven Modernization and Middleware and an even
wider range of industries, including: Business Modeling and Integration, C4I,
Finance, Government, Healthcare, Insurance, Legal Compliance, Life Sciences
Research, Manufacturing Technology, Robotics, Software-Based Communications and
Space.

OMG’s modeling standards, including the Unified Modeling Language™ (UML®) and
Model Driven Architecture® (MDA®), enable powerful visual design, execution and
maintenance of software and other processes, including IT Systems Modeling and
Business Process Management. OMG’s middleware standards and profiles are based
on the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA®) and support a wide
variety of industries.

More information about OMG can be found at www.omg.org. OMG is headquartered in
Needham, MA, USA.

Note to editors: MDA, Model Driven Architecture, OMG Logo, XMI, UML, UML logo
and CORBA are registered trademarks, and OMG, Object Management Group, SOA
Consortium, MOF, MDA Logos, OMG SysML, Unified Modeling Language, Green
Computing Maturity Model, and GCMM are trademarks of Object Management Group.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

About Green Computing Impact Organization (GCIO)

Formed in 2008 by a group of Global-minded IT executives, Green Computing Impact
Organization (GCIO) was created to be an active participant in transforming the
enterprise business community from an environmental liability to an Earth
conscious example of responsibility. GCIO does so through its collaborative
membership programs and initiatives, which bring together enterprise business
and IT executives, visionaries, pundits, authorities and practitioners all with
a vested interest in the promotion and adoption of sustainable business
practices.

As a community, GCIO’s members and sponsors provide the foundational information
a company needs to make business sustaining and environmentally responsible
decisions and directions. GCIO works with all facets of industry and government
operations as well as educational institutions and complimentary non-profit
agencies. For more information on GCIO, visit www.gcio.org.

Object Management Group
Stephanie Covert, +1-843-737 0637
pr@omg.org
or
Green Computing Impact Organization (GCIO)
Karen Larkowski, +1-781-444 0404
larkowski@gcio.org

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