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CDC Software Joins The Open Applications Group
CDC Software, a wholly owned
subsidiary of CDC Corporation (NASDAQ: CHINA) and a provider of
industry-specific enterprise software applications and business services,
has recently announced it has joined the Open Applications Group Inc.
Read more here.
High Tech Industry
Council Formed.
The Open Applications Group, Inc. has formed a High Industry Tech Council to
create the Business Network Integration Standards that support the diverse
process integration needs of the High Tech community. The charter members of
the OAGi High Tech Council include Cisco, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Oracle,
GXS, and SAP with the plan to add several more members in the coming
months.
Read more details here. Also,
read GXS separate press release here.
Mid-Market Workgroup Formed.
The Open Applications Group, Inc.
has approved the formation of a new Working Group focused on the needs of
the Mid-Market. The Mid-market Working Group intends to address the
need to enable more open standards based “out-of-the-box” plug and play
types of solutions. It will initially address the Order-to-Cash process with
an expectation to eventually establish a follow on chartered Work Group to
expand into other mid-market business process domains.
Read more details here.
OAGi extends their Convergence Efforts by signing MoU for Manufacturing
Standards.
ISA, MIMOSA, the OPC
Foundation, the Open Applications Group, Inc. (OAGi) and WBF have
established Open O&M, a cooperative forum where members can work together to
solve automation challenges through standardization and harmonization of
industry guidelines.
Open O&M intends to stimulate continuous improvement of specific standards
and specifications overseen by participant organizations.
Read more details here.
OAGi Sterling Commerce joins Open Applications Group. Announces direct
support for OAGIS in their products.
Sterling Commerce, a
subsidiary of AT&T Inc.,
has announced enhanced capabilities for industry and horizontal standards
that promote interoperability, including additional support for Chemical
Industry Data Exchange (CIDX), Petroleum Industry Data Exchange (PIDX), Open
Applications Group (OAGi) and the Global Upstream Supply Initiative (GUSI).
Standards support will enable
its Gentran Integration Suite (GIS) 4.3 customers to automate their
implementation of key initiatives across various supply chains, including
aerospace, automotive, chemical, consumer packaged goods, high technology
and petroleum.
Read more here.
The
Open Applications Group announces changes to bylaws and membership.
The OAGi Policy Board has
approved changes to the OAGi Bylaws to ensure that OAGi standards will remain
free and open and OAGi has also changed their membership categories to better
serve their members, users, and partners.
Read full press release here.
Here is a
short presentation
describing the changes and also the full detail of the new
membership
categories here. and
new bylaws may be downloaded here.
The
Open Applications Group and the HR-XML Consortium Announce the Start of
Architectural Alignment.
The Open Applications Group
and the HR-XML Consortium have announced that work has begun on a project to
align the business-language standards produced by the two organizations. The
planned architectural alignment represents a significant step forward for
enterprise application interoperability.
Full press release online
here
or you can download a PDF version
here.
Nigel
Davies named OAGi Chairman
Infor has adopted
OAGIS as native interface.
We are pleased to announce
that Infor, one of the largest application software companies in the world,
has adopted the Open Applications Group Interoperability Standard (OAGIS) as the
native interface for all communication between Infor solutions. Infor is
comprised of many important software companies that you may have heard of,
including Baan, SSA Global, Mapics, GEAC, and others).
Full press release online
here
you can download a PDF version
here.
IBM increases
investment in OAGi.
We are pleased that IBM has
recently increased their commitment to the Open Applications Group. they
have also named a new Board member.
Read more here.
STAR announces
intent to use OAGIS 9.0.
The Standards for Automotive
Retail (STAR) organization has recently voted to move from OAGIS®
8.0 to OAGIS 9.0®
as their base.
Read more here.
OAGi Board of
Directors votes to implement the ISA-95 manufacturing standard in OAGIS, signs
MoU with ISA.
In yet another
major development in the ongoing manufacturing standards convergence efforts,
the Open Applications Group Board of Directors has voted, upon the request of
the Manufacturing Integration working Group (MIG), to express the work of the
ISA-95 working group in OAGIS, thus providing the end user a world class XML
solution based on a popular and respected body of work.
Read more here.
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