Industry Advisory Council's Enterprise Architecture Shared Interest Group Recommends Use of OMG Model Driven Architecture in Building US Federal Government Data Systems

Business Wire, July 8, 2003

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NEEDHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 8, 2003

The Object Management Group(TM) (OMG(TM)) announces that the Industry Advisory Council's (IAC) Enterprise Architecture SIG recommended the use of the OMG's Model Driven Architecture(R) (MDA(R)) as a viable way to build integrated Federal Government Data Systems. Released in June 2003, the report is aimed at educating government Chief Information Officers, Executives, Business and IT Managers about this new approach to software development that delivers the ultimate benefits of reduced costs and increased efficiency across federal agencies. Entitled, "Business Integration Driven by Business Lines," the paper offers a perspective on the Data Reference Model as it relates to Cross Agency challenges with standards based architecture to support federated data management.

MDA is recommended as an integration solution because it separates the fundamental logic behind a specification from the specifics of the particular middleware that implements it. This allows rapid development and delivery of new interoperability specifications that use new deployment technologies but are based on proven, tested business models. Organizations can use MDA to meet the integration challenges posed by new platforms, while preserving their investments in existing business logic based on existing platforms.

"The OMG is delighted that the IAC has chosen MDA as the technology of choice for enterprise software integration. It provides proof that MDA is the direction needed to solve the vexing problem of integrating what federal agencies have in place. MDA can provide far reaching benefits, such as enabling, for example, the Department of Homeland Security to better search arrest records in order to identify threats to national security," remarked Dr. Richard Soley, Chairman and CEO, OMG.

"Use of open standards is a very important aspect of information sharing across government agencies for government to effectively deliver citizen centric services. Within the IAC EA team's approach and concept to address business process driven data integration, OMG's MDA, Unified Modeling Language(TM) and Meta Object Facility(TM) played a key role in ensuring that information can be shared across business lines independent of platforms that the data resides on," said Venkatapathi Puvvada (PV), Unisys Global Public Sector CTO and Chairman of the IAC EA SIG.

The Industry Advisory Council (IAC) is a broadly based organization of information technology (IT) professionals representing private sector organizations that provide information resources management products and services to government.

Visit http://www.omg.org/mda/mda_files/IAC_report.pdf or www.iaconline.org/ to access the report.

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