The Global Enterprise Architecture Organisation (GEAO) is the premier resource for Enterprise Architecture professionals around the world.

GEAO is a new not-for-profit organisation created by and for professionals who work in the field of Enterprise Architecture.

Enterprise Architecture reflects the translation of the overall vision of an enterprise into the very fabric of an organisation - its goals, strategies, tactics, policies, processes technology - into everything it does. It is a guiding blueprint that will hold the organisation together as it grows and evolves into the future and works across organisational boundaries and disciplines.

The fast-paced networked economy, together with the multi-disciplinary approach of Enterprise Architecture, requires professionals in this field to work harder than ever to maintain and improve their skills and knowledge. GEAO is designed to fulfil this requirement by providing professional information, support and resources that help professionals to succeed.

More information about GEAO can be found at http://www.geao.org/

The vision of the Association of Enterprise Architecture (a|EA) is to be the world's foremost organization for promoting scholarship, improving practices, establishing standards, and facilitating dialogue among all stakeholders with an interest in the field of enterprise architecture.

The Association of Enterprise Architecture (a|EA) uses the concept of an enterprise-wide architecture to promote the success of public and private sector organizations on a local, national, regional, and/or global basis.

Subscribe to the Journal of Enterprise Architecture and in the process become a member of the a|EA.

More information about a|EA can be found at http://www.aeajournal.org/

The Object Management Group™ (OMG™) is an international, open membership, not-for-profit computer industry standards consortium. OMG Task Forces develop enterprise integration standards for a wide range of technologies and an even wider range of industries. 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.

OMG has offices at 140 Kendrick Street, Building A, Suite 300, Needham, MA 02494 USA. For more information about OMG, please visit http://www.omg.org/, or call Ken Berk at +1-781-444-0404.

More information about OMG can be found at http://www.omg.org/

The International Council on Systems Engineering or INCOSE (pronounced as in-co-see) is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to the advancement of systems engineering and to raise the professional stature of systems engineers.

Founded in 1990, INCOSE has over six thousand members representing a broad spectrum – from student to senior practitioner, from technical engineer to program and corporate management, from science and engineering to business development. Members work together to advance their technical knowledge, exchange ideas with colleagues, and collaborate to advance systems engineering.

The organization's mission is to advance the state of the art and practice of systems engineering in industry, academia, and government by promoting interdisciplinary, scalable approaches to produce technologically appropriate solutions that meet societal needs.

INCOSE SA, the South African chapter was founded in 2002.  It has a total of more than 170 members from a wide range of industries in South Africa and in neighbouring countries.  Besides numerous activities such as having regular chapter meetings where renowned speakers are invited to present topics of interest INCOSE SA also organizes an annual peer-reviewed conference.  The 6th Annual INCOSE SA conference is scheduled for 18-20 August 2009 with the theme: “Systems Engineering: A South African Perspective". 

More information about INCOSE can be found at www.incose.org.za

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