OMG Announces Business Ecology Initiative (BEI)

IBM is a Founding Sponsor of new initiative focused on streamlining business
operations
NEEDHAM, Mass.--(Business Wire)--
OMG today launched the Business Ecology Initiative (BEI) and welcomed IBM as a
Founding Sponsor. The BEI, through advocacy programs, educational events,
relevant standards and resources, brings together best practices in process
management to develop and deliver on Actionable Architecture. The Initiative is
focused on erasing the artificial lines between business and Information
Technology (IT) so that IT becomes a ubiquitous, integral and vital asset to the
company and leads decision-making, structural change and enterprise-wide quality
initiatives, drives efficiency and revenue, and provides measurable, clear
return on investment. For more information about BEI, please visit
www.business-ecology.org/launch. Richard Mark Soley, Ph.D., chairman and CEO of
OMG, will be discussing BEI on May 6 during the IBM IMPACT conference.

"Business Ecology is more than just the mechanics of process optimization; it`s
a way of thinking about your business processes that eliminates the outdated
concepts of business and IT silos or stovepipes and focuses on the benefits of
ubiquitous IT," said Richard Mark Soley. "We look forward to working with IBM
and other interested organizations on promoting Business Ecology as a way to
streamline operations, remove waste, survive in difficult economic times and
thrive in the recovery to come."

"IBM`s sponsorship of this new Business Ecology Initiative is a continuation of
our long-term support for the OMG SOA Consortium," said IBM`s Sandy Carter, VP,
SOA, BPM and WebSphere. "Business Ecology will help provide the next milestone
in support of IBM`s focus for improved Business/IT alignment as a key element in
long term client success."

Business Ecology Initiative

OMG is the leading proponent of the drive towards Business Ecology through the
Actionable Architecture, which will provide details on how to create sustainable
business processes. This movement requires standards, but also relies on a
stronger relationship and communication mechanism for IT and business alignment.
OMG uses its proven ability to bring communities together and motivate new
initiatives through offerings beyond standards work and into industry
collaboration forums such as the SOA Consortium, BPM Consortium and GCIO.

OMG recognizes that there must be a way to measure, model and drive the
effectiveness of this transition to closer IT and business alignment through
standard maturity models. OMG supports this through our growing work in maturity
model definitions such as the Business Process Maturity Model (BPMM) and the
forthcoming Green Computing Maturity Model (GCMM).

As standards continue to play an instrumental role, OMG will continue its
standards work and play a key role in defining new standards that support
business and IT alignment. OMG currently has more than 100 standards programs
underway.

Outreach

The BEI will conduct outreach and advocacy programs around Business Ecology and
the Actionable Architecture. In addition, the Business Ecology Advisory Panel
will be formed and will comprise leading CEOs, CIOs, COOs, Analysts and
Visionaries from both technical and business backgrounds. This panel will assist
in analyzing market trends and insure that BEI work is in line with the business
needs of IT. IBM will be a participant in the Panel.

For more information on membership and sponsorship opportunities, 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 that in 2009 is celebrating its 20th Anniversary. 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, Green Computing, 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.

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OMG
Stephanie Covert, +1-843-737-0637
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