OMG Recognized in Modeling Category by SD Times 100 Awards

Needham, MA, USA - June 23, 2009 - OMG™ today announced that it was a winner in the "Modeling" category in the "2009 SD Times 100" published in the June 15, 2009, edition of BZ Media's SD Times. The full article may be found at http://www.sdtimes.com/link/33549.

OMG is an open membership, international organization of information system vendors, software vendors, and IT end-user companies. Through its members, the OMG produces and maintains specifications for interoperable software for the enterprise and Internet, for real-time and safety-critical applications, for embedded systems, and other networked environments.

In the Modeling category, SD Times notes, "The bigger the project, the more important modeling becomes to achieving success;" and "We recognize four organizations that have demonstrated leadership by advancing the state of modeling in software development, whether through the use of specifications, integration or tool usability."

"The software development industry has always been led by innovation, and that's true even in today's challenging economic climate," said Alan Zeichick, Editorial Director of BZ Media's SD Times. "When choosing the 2009 SD Times 100 winners, we carefully considered each organization's products and services, reputation with enterprise development managers, and the new ideas and thought leadership that it has brought to the industry. Thanks to companies like OMG, the art of software development continues to advance at a rapid pace."

"OMG and our members have been advancing software standards for 20 years. We are happy to see that our hard work and dedication to software development have been recognized by the industry and SD Times," said Richard Mark Soley, Ph.D., chairman & CEO of OMG.

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About BZ Media
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BZ Media's SD Times® (www.sdtimes.com) is the twice-monthly newspaper of record for the software development industry. SD Times reaches more than 60,000 subscribers in 131 countries. SD Times was recognized by Media Business Magazine as the fastest-growing IT publication in 2007.

About OMG
OMG is an international, open membership, not-for-profit computer industry consortium that in 2009 is celebrating its 20th Anniversary. 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, Green Computing, 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.

Note to editors: MDA, Model Driven Architecture, OMG Logo, XMI, UML, UML logo and CORBA are registered trademarks, and OMG, Object Management Group, Business Ecology, Actionable Architecture, SOA Consortium, SysML, SoaML, MOF, MDA Logos, BPMN, OCRES, OCUP, OCEB, Green Computing Maturity Model, GCMM, Unified Modeling Language and "We Set the Standard" tagline are trademarks of Object Management Group. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Edited by Stephanie