Contacts:
Stephanie Covert
Object Management Group
+1-843-737 0637
pr@omg.org 

Karen Larkowski
Green Computing Impact Organization (GCIO)
+1-781-444 0404
larkowski@gcio.org 

OMG to Acquire Green Computing Impact Organization (GCIO)

Needham, MA, USA - December 11, 2008 - The Object Management Group™ (OMG™) today announced it will acquire the Green Computing Impact Organization, Inc. (GCIO). GCIO is a collaborative membership organization with a mission to promote and increase sustainability across all facets of the business. The membership works together on standardized definitions and measurements of sustainability, shares stories of lessons learned and successes, compares ROI and TCO metrics, develops educational and promotional material to drive sustainability throughout the enterprise business world. GCIO will work cooperatively with the OMG-managed SOA Consortium and BPM Consortium.

"We are very excited about the opportunity to help companies save money, reduce their dependence on resources such as power, paper, water, etc. and increase their sustainability through business IT," states Richard Mark Soley, Ph.D., chairman and CEO of OMG. "GCIO has led a movement to view green computing not just in the context of data centers and equipment, but as a vital role in an enterprises' business processes, management and operation. We believe this is crucial and GCIO will play a very important role in our strategic initiatives going forward."

Prior to the merger, GCIO and OMG already had a relationship for work on OMG's proposed Green Computing Maturity Model™ (GCMM™). GCMM will be a formal industry standard way to define, assess and monitor the sustainability of an organization across all aspects of the business. GCMM looks at all facets of the business such as facility management, corporate procurement / supply chain, governance, business processes, business operations and business data and provides a means for companies to model and measure their "green" maturity.

"OMG has a long history of bringing communities of business and IT leaders together to solve common problems and to advocate and promote important trends in the business IT community," said Karen D. Larkowski, founder and CEO of GCIO, Inc. "It was a natural fit for GCIO to join OMG in their important work and help propel the business IT community towards a sustainable future." Ms. Larkowski will continue to lead GCIO as well as provide leadership of the BPM Consortium as General Manager at OMG.

For more information about joining OMG and getting involved in its green computing, BPM Consortium and SOA Consortium initiatives, please contact Ken Berk, Vice President, Business Development at ken.berk@omg.org or +1-781-444-0404.

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About OMG
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, 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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About Green Computing Impact Organization (GCIO)
Formed in 2008 by a group of Global-minded IT executives, Green Computing Impact Organization (GCIO) was created to be an active participant in transforming the enterprise business community from an environmental liability to an Earth conscious example of responsibility. GCIO does so through its collaborative membership programs and initiatives, which bring together enterprise business and IT executives, visionaries, pundits, authorities and practitioners all with a vested interest in the promotion and adoption of sustainable business practices.

As a community, GCIO's members and sponsors provide the foundational information a company needs to make business sustaining and environmentally responsible decisions and directions. GCIO works with all facets of industry and government operations as well as educational institutions and complimentary non-profit agencies. For more information on GCIO, visit www.gcio.org.

Edited by Stephanie