OMG promotes business ‘ecology’
May 11, 2009 —
The Object Management Group Inc. (OMG) leads industry-wide efforts on a number of technical specifications, most notably around the areas of service-oriented architectures, business process management and “green” computing efforts.
In a recent series of meetings, the organization’s leaders were assessing these technologies and what they mean to organizations from both an IT and a business perspective. From these talks, the OMG last week launched a Business Ecology Initiative, designed to bring IT closer to the business, according to Karen Larkowski, program director and general manager of OMG. IBM almost immediately signed on as a sponsor and partner, she added.
“We were really discussing how IT can be more important. In recent times, CIOs have lost status; now they’re seen as facilities managers,” Larkowski said. “But IT is the business. They’re the ones who understand the business processes. They’re more than just the ones who fix the network connections, or even in some place cleaning out the fridge.”
The Business Ecology Initiative brings together aspects of SOA, BPM and “green” computing through what the OMG is calling “actionable architecture.” Larkowski explained this was a necessary first step to prepare a business for ecology efforts.
A services architecture is created to support business processes, while BPM and the modeling notation are used to manage the business processes. Perhaps the key piece to the initiative, though, is being able to sustain the business when there is a lack of resources at its disposal. Larkowski said the work of the Green Computing Impact Organization, managed by OMG, is educating businesses on what it takes to become more environmentally friendly and cost-conscious.
“Especially in a down economy, the ability to keep the business going when there’s a lack of power, or paper, or water, or staff, is crucial,” she said. Business ecology, she went on, is about more than just power consumption.
“ ‘Green’ is still a hot topic. But people get bored if all you talk about is equipment. It’s really about getting the most out of your business, about maximizing your resources. When folks recognize that, ‘green’ as a topic will get even hotter,” she said.
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