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OMG Announces Resignation of Object Technology Institute
as Official Japanese Representative
Longstanding OMG activities in Japan to continue

Needham, MA, USA and Tokyo, Japan - August 6, 2007 - The Object Management Group™ (OMG™) today announced that the Object Technology Institute (OTI) has resigned its official representation of OMG interests in Japan to pursue a broader market focus. OMG will now represent itself directly in Japan with the assistance of its Japanese Special Advisor and leading Japanese corporations already active within the OMG.

Soon after its founding in 1989, OMG formed the Japan Special Interest Group to give a platform to Japanese companies. With the continued and growing interest from Japanese companies, OMG recognized Soken Planning, and its President Mr. Hiroki Kamata, as its official representative in 1991 and opened the Tokyo office of OMG Japan nine years later with Mr. Kamata as president. In 2002, OMG sold OMG Japan to Mr. Kamata, who broadened its focus beyond OMG representation and renamed it Object Technology Institute (OTI). Mr. Kamata has resigned as the official OMG representative in Japan in order to better focus on the continued expansion of OTI's business. OTI will continue as an active OMG member, and OMG and OTI expect to continue supporting each other's worldwide activities.

"Since its founding, OMG has enjoyed great success in Japan. We have three board members from Japanese companies, I travel to Japan many times a year and Japanese membership is still growing," said Richard Mark Soley, Ph.D., chairman and CEO of Object Management Group. "Given how central Kamata san has been to OMG's success in Japan for the past sixteen years, we are sorry to lose him as our representative; nevertheless, we are very pleased and congratulate him on the success and growth of OTI. I look forward to continuing to participate at his events and extend him our best wishes for continued success. OMG will maintain a strong presence in Japan, with the assistance of Special Advisor Masaru Murai and our strong and continuing relationships with leading Japanese corporations."

"It is a great honor having represented this innovative and energetic organization for sixteen years, and having had the opportunity to contribute to the promotion of successful OMG initiatives, including CORBA, UML and MDA. In fact, in 1991 I had told OMG leadership that the company should represent itself in Japan," said Hiroki Kamata, president of Object Technology Institute. "I am happy to know the time has come and I can work with OMG as a member. OTI is redesigning its business to broaden its focus, and that means more active involvement in model-driven engineering technologies."

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About the Object Technology Institute, Inc (OTI)
OTI was founded in 2002 by Hiroki Kamata, renowned technology analyst, newsletter editor, strategy consultant, and author, directly inheriting his previous involvements with Soken Planning, Co., Ltd. (1980-1999) and OMG Japan Inc. (2000-2002). OTI's mission is to promote the use of model-driven engineering (MDE) to better control the complexity of the world by providing key technical intelligence to industry users and policy makers. OTI publishes the Object Report Newsletter (www.object-report.jp) and a blog (http://maglog.jp/object-insiders/) as well as market and technology reports on model-driven technologies. OTI has organized technology conferences and seminars targeted high-level professionals, including UML Forum, LiMTec, and MDA Technology Forum (MTF) series of seminars since 2002. Until the end of August, 2007, Hiroki Kamata with OTI represented the Object Management Group (OMG) in Japan for 16 years.

More information about OTI is available at www.otij.org. OTI is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

About the Object Management Group
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, 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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