Association Memberships for Open Group End Users
Offering based on new alliance between UniForum and The Open Group
The Open Group and the UniForum Association have announced that all end-user
corporations belonging to The Open Group will receive blocks of memberships
in UniForum. These memberships will be made available to individuals at
the corporations.
The Open Group was recently formed by consolidating two leading consortia
for open systems development: Open Software Foundation (OSF) at Cambridge,
MA, and X/Open Co., Ltd. with offices in Reading, U.K.
Major UniForum membership benefits received by individuals at current and
new end-user companies of The Open Group include:
- Voting privileges for UniForum Board of Directors elections
- Qualification to serve on UniForum committees such as the Technical
Steering Committee and the Editorial Advisory Board
- Subscriptions to all UniForum publications, such as UniForum's
IT Solutions, UniNews and the Open Systems Products Directory
- Access to the online Open Systems Products Directory
- Discounts on all UniForum conferences.
"We are extremely enthusiastic about this announcement that will offer
the customer members of The Open Group the significant added benefit of
membership in the UniForum Association," said Peter Shaw, vice president
of marketing and sales at OSF. Shaw stated that the new alliance with UniForum
further strengthens the ties among end users and the various industry consortia
supporting open systems development.