September 10th, 2008
OMG, Microsoft joins OMG
There’s certainly been plenty of concern in recent times over Microsoft’s pursuit over what appeared to be “Microsoft Oriented Architecture,” especially when it came to service modeling, which appeared to lack adherence to widely accepted standards such as Unified Modeling Language (UML), promoted by the Object Management Group (OMG).
Well, it looks like the software giant has signed onto OMG in a big way. In a release issued today, Microsoft said it was joining OMG, driven by the recognition that “modeling is a core focus of Microsoft’s Dynamic IT strategy, the company’s long-term approach to provide customers with technology, services and best practices to enable IT and development organizations to be more strategic to the business.”
In the words of Bob Muglia, senior vice president, Server and Tools Business at Microsoft:
“We’re building modeling in as a core part of the platform. This enables IT pros to specify their business needs and build applications that work directly from those specifications. It also brings together the different stages of the IT life cycle — connecting business analysts, who specify requirements, with system architects, who design the solution, with developers, who build the applications, and with operations experts, who deploy and maintain the applications. Ultimately, this means IT pros can innovate and respond faster to the needs of their business.”
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