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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / JUNE 16, 2003: VOL. 2 NO. 24
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Applications:
OMG INTRODUCES MODEL DRIVEN
ARCHITECTURE FastStart PROGRAM
The Object Management Group (OMG) announces the MDA FastStart Program, a
new
way to help IT organizations jumpstart their use of OMG's Model Driven
Architecture. Based on recent findings that numerous companies are interested
in deploying MDA but are looking for outside assistance to get started, OMG
has created the MDA FastStart Program. MDA FastStart helps companies locate
experienced service providers who can help them start using MDA quickly, and
at a reasonable cost. "The MDA FastStart Program is an exciting development
for OMG and its members. Organizations interested in implementing an MDA
solution and evaluating their corporate processes for effectiveness, have a
one-stop source for assistance through the FastStart Program," said OMG
president and COO Bill Hoffman.
OMG's MDA is a powerful way to model enterprise architectures that fully
exploits the popular Unified Modeling Language (UML), already the industry
standard for application design. For the first time, MDA provides a
standardized way to clearly separate all the fundamental logic behind an
enterprise-level specification from the specifics of the particular
middleware, messaging and programming languages CORBA, Web Services, Java,
XML, etc. -- that are used to implement it. Using MDA, IT organizations meet
the integration challenges posed by new platforms, while preserving and
upgrading their investments in existing platforms.
OMG Program Director Michael Guttman leads the MDA FastStart Program. Mr.
Guttman is an MDA pioneer with extensive experience consulting to IT
organizations in the architecture, design, development and deployment of
large-scale complex enterprise software systems and infrastructures. For MDA
FastStart, Mr. Guttman and his staff have been working with industry experts
to design a standardized services program, and to identify and work with
service providers qualified to deliver that program. As end-user organizations
request MDA educational and consulting services, the MDA FastStart Program
Office will refer them to those experienced providers. End-user companies
requesting MDA FastStart services choose among the participating providers who
will offer highly qualified sources of mentorship, training and implementation
support in addition to their MDA expertise.
According to Guttman, "MDA works best when you use it systematically across
the enterprise, but you have to start somewhere. We've created the MDA
FastStart program to make sure that MDA end-users requesting help from the OMG
can find the qualified service providers they need to begin to deploy MDA as
quickly as possible. At the same time, this should help accelerate the market
for both MDA services and MDA tools. It's a win-win approach for
everyone."
Interested end-users and potential MDA service providers are encouraged to
find out more information by visiting www.omg.org/fast-start/.
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