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The Open Group is an open standards consortium that represents IT systems developers, integrators, researchers, government agencies, and customers worldwide. The organization serves 300 members across North America, Europe, and Asia. It defines standards and promotes the interoperability of IT systems. It also operates a leading certification service. The Open Group is known for its Common Operating Environment (COE) Platform, CORBA (R) Identity Management and Directory Interoperability, IT Architects, LSB (R) POSIX (R), UNIX (R), and Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) certification programs. The organization encompasses architecture, enterprise management, grid enterprise services, identity management, messaging, and other semi-autonomous forums. The forums allow IT vendors and consumers to share information. The Open Group also provides consortia with strategic development, research, test suite development, and certification services.
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