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Richard Soley's On The Road Blog http://blog.omg.org/ en-US 2015-05-13T13:18:00-04:00 Richard Soley's On The Road Blog http://blog.omg.org/2015/05/richard-soleys-on-the-road-blog.html The past few months have been extremely busy, but in a great way because of the awareness and momentum that both IIC testbeds and OMG standards have generated. After keynoting the YU-INFO 2015 and ICIST 2015 conferences in Kapaonik, Serbia in March, I spent a couple days vacationing in Belgrade....
The past few months have been extremely busy, but in a great way because of the awareness and momentum that both IIC testbeds and OMG standards have generated.

After keynoting the YU-INFO 2015 and ICIST 2015 conferences in Kapaonik, Serbia in March, I spent a couple days vacationing in Belgrade. Kapaonik has a ski resort. which was lovely but I found myself in a four-hour traffic jam caused by snow. At least I felt like I was home!

The Kapaonik ski area is 3 hours south of Belgrade and offers an excellent Balkan ski experience

Boston's winter was rough this year.  Fortunately I spent some of it in Chile's sunny summer.

Spectacular view at height of Chile's summer season (and our winter)

My next destination was the OMG, CSCC, IIC & CISQ meetings in Reston in March. We set a record in attendance, culminating with the largest IIC meeting ever. Unfortunately, we lost Ken Berk, our Vice President of Business Development, which was sobering for all of us http://www.omg.org/Ken/.  I want to thank you for your thoughts and prayers for him and his family -- an extension of OUR family, the OMG family.

CENTER STANDING: Ken Berk, VP of BD, networking with attendees during TC luncheon

April started off with a simple 44-hour, 40-minute door-to-door trip from Coyhaique, Aysén, Chile to Singapore where I spoke at the IoT Asia 2015 show. It was quite a well-produced show, with about 2000 attendees from all over Asia. There was intense interest in IIC and OMG IIoT standards.

My next stop included 14 hours of flying and 13 hours of sitting around in London  (I enjoyed the flying more) before arriving in Hannover, Niedersachsen in Germany, the largest IT trade fair in the world (6,500 exhibit booths, 250,000 attendees).  The scale of the venue was so large that there is a bus system to navigate through the fairgrounds, though I walked for the exercise and fresh air. The fair is the size of a small city, with 20 major exhibition halls. Look at the map (http://www.hannovermesse.de/dynmaps_hm15/map?lang=EN) and keep in mind that hall #9, in the bottom right-hand corner, is roughly the size of the Moscone Center in San Francisco!

It was an incredible event. "Industrie 4.0" was a major theme, which was displayed all over the fairgrounds - "Industrial Internet" less so, but still evident. I can't even count the number of times I showed my card, got no glint of recognition, but then pointed out the acronym "IIC" -- and was immediately recognized.  My schedule on Monday also included a lot of very interesting meetings, including one with the Economics Minister of Slovenia (guarded by private security with microphones in their sleeves) to talk specifically about the IIC and the future of the Industrial Internet, as well as how standards are created.

Tuesday started out bright and early with the launch of the "Plattform Industrie 4.0 Konsortium", which is meant to bring together all the threads of what's going on in Germany around Industrie 4.0 (I4.0).  A deputy cabinet minister invited me to attend and send the message that I4.0 and IIC are cooperative and complimentary initiatives. In fact, the announcement featured at least six mentions of IIC.  I then participated in the PwC-sponsored Global Industry Summit, where I gave a brief talk  about the Industrial Internet and standards, which was very well received (and generated quite high-level interest).

That evening, I was privileged to be invited to the conference's Gala Dinner, where I was seated with the head of Deutsche Messe AG (parent company of Hannover Fairs USA and one of the world's largest trade show producers) and the head of international relations of the company as well as the Deputy Undersecretary of Commerce of the United States. The Gala was quite something -- 1,000 people feasting on topnotch cuisine, the Hannover Philharmonic Orchestra playing, local opera stars singing Mozart arias, and fireworks blazing. Quite an impressive event.

Experiencing the splendid Hannover Fair conference Gala dinner

I learned that while this year's "country partner" for Hannover Fair was India, next year's venue will be the United States and I was invited to help plan it!

Wednesday wasn't any quieter.  I spent a long time with the top executives of HARTING, an old-line firm (the second exhibitor ever at Hannover Fair in fact, which always gets a visit from the Chancellor when the Fair opens). The company builds connectors and smart devices. The company is joining  IIC and is interested to talk to all testbed developers about being the "bottom of their stack".  This is very important to them (one of the executives that attended was a Mr. Harting -- grandson of the founder).

Next I met with Vogel, the publisher that has printed many articles about OMG and IIC over the years. I then spent a couple hours with Rainer Glatz, head of VDMA (a major industry association and the people that started I4.0). I then presented at Accenture's in-booth event. Their support for IIC and OMG is unwavering.

Lastly, I was scheduled to speak to two mid-level Microsoft executives - instead, six high-level executives crowded into the meeting room to talk about both OMG and IIC. Microsoft's commitment to the future of the Industrial Internet and standards to smooth change is clear.

At the end of the week, I used up the last bits of my round-the-world ticket to go to an event we co-sponsored with the Club de Investigación<http://www.clubdeinvestigacion.com/> in San José, Costa Rica on IoT.  This was definitely one of the best events we've ever done with them, over more than twenty years of joint events!  There was talk given by a dairy farmer on IoT-enabled dairy farming. His cows produce up to 40% more milk than the other cows at other dairies in the area. This from a  MIT-trained fellow whose previous job was Editor-in-Chief of the nation's biggest newspaper.  You never know where you'll meet another MIT alumnus. It's an interesting world!(agenda & videos for above at http://www.clubdeinvestigacion.com/usuarios/articles/seminario-ejecutivo-aplicaciones-retos-y-oportunidades-de-internet-de-las-cosas.html )

My next stop was Stockholm, where I met my friend of more than thirty years, Agneta Jacobson, who arranged a very full day for me. The day started with breakfast at THINGS Stockholm, a startup incubator focused on supporting Swedish startups that build software for the Internet of Things.  I then spoke with the Board of the Swedish National IoT program (SIP-IOT), which also ran the Spring 2015 IoT event in the afternoon (I was the keynote).

I also met with key influencers in the IoT space and with press & analysts. If you know Swedish, you can read my interview with Marlène Sellebråten, the editor-in-chief of mobilbusiness - http://www.mobil.se/mobilbusiness/internet-of-everything/stora-sociala-f-r-ndringar-v-ntar-med-iot#.VT1KPEJ7gUU[AM1]

With Agneta Jacobson who is very involved in  Swedish national and European-wide IoT efforts

I returned to OMG headquarters at the end of April to congratulate out staff for their outstanding work in Reston. Berlin, Germany is the next destination for our quarterly TC meeting which is right around the corner in June.  Germany is the European epicenter of IIoT, smart manufacturing and automotive systems, so the meeting looks to be our largest European gathering yet.

I'll have more updates on my travels for this month in the next blog post.

 Dr. Richard Mark Soley 2015-05-13T13:18:00-04:00 Kenneth Alan Berk http://blog.omg.org/2015/04/in-memoriam-ken-berk.html In Memoriam, 1945-2015 Working at OMG is not like working at any other company. Not only do we have a small staff but, with the frequent traveling we do for the TC meetings, we've spent a significant amount of time with each other throughout the years. Being an employee of...

In Memoriam, 1945-2015

Working at OMG is not like working at any other company. Not only do we have a small staff but, with the frequent traveling we do for the TC meetings, we've spent a significant amount of time with each other throughout the years. Being an employee of OMG is like being part of a family. We all have our private jokes and our shared stories from "way back when". We are always there for each other: both during good times and bad - work-related and personal. Even those of us who have moved on to other jobs have to admit: The people at OMG stay with you forever (there are in fact OMG staffers that left years ago that stay in touch constantly). They really and truly become your family.

This past weekend, we lost one of our family members. Ken Berk came to OMG in 2003 on a contract job for outbound telemarketing. He joined as a full-time employee in 2004 and has run the Business Development department for more than a decade. From day one, Ken played an integral role to our staff and the hole he leaves behind will not easily be filled. Ken absolutely loved working for OMG and probably would have continued working here after the rest of us retired. He took his role as VP of the Business Development department very seriously, in both good times and bad. Staffers use to joke that he would never miss any opportunity to make a sale. In fact, he would hone his sales skills on us; his love of tech toys drove him to buy the latest gadget before turning around and selling it. It was well-known that, should any of the staff need something - a new iPad for the registration desk, a memory card for a camcorder - the first stop was Ken's office to see what was "on the market" today.

Though Ken took his work seriously, he made sure to take time to laugh every day. When GEICO debuted their "Hump Day" commercial last year, Ken loved it so much that for months, he re-enacted it every Wednesday morning on his way into the office (taking special care to shout, "MIKE MIKE MIKE MIKE MIKE!" across the cubicles to Marketing Manager, Mike Narducci).

Frequent accomplices to practical jokes were Ken's penguins - an assortment of penguin-shaped stress balls accumulated from years of trade shows. These penguins would mysteriously appear on colleague's desks and hidden-away spots around the office with Ken innocently claiming he had no clue how they got there. Ken even masterminded the penguins' kidnapping and eventual return in a FedEx box addressed from Florida - much to the amusement to the rest of the staff! I guess we could say that not only did Ken never pass up an opportunity for a sale, but he never passed up the opportunity for a joke.

Despite fighting a litany of maladies for many years, some of which robbed him of keen eyesight, he remained an enthusiastic photographer to the end; many of his photographs are museum quality and lovely to behold. Anyone who stepped into his office couldn't help but be in awe of the frame photos on his walls: rainy days in Europe, a cockeyed barn, and wintry mornings in the country. Ken was a man that was always on the go and his photos reflected a quieter, more peaceful side that we didn't get to see often in the office.

We all thought Ken was indestructible, having lived through more than his share of medical issues. It's hard to imagine that Ken will never again walk through the office door. But we will carry his memory with us every day. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family - including his wife and two sons - during this difficult time.

Goodbye, Ken. May you be at peace.

-The OMG staff

UPDATE:

Services will be held on Sunday, April 12th at 1pm at Congregation Beth El in Sudbury MA. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to MGH Transplant Fund. Donations should be made out to Mass General Hospital and sent c/o MGH Transplant Fund, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114 Att: Dr. Nina Rubin.
 Dr. Richard Mark Soley 2015-04-07T09:48:01-04:00 Richard Soley's On The Road Blog http://blog.omg.org/2015/03/february-and-early-march-have-been-very-hectic-travel-months-first-i-flew-to-orlando-for-a-keynote-then-to-india-for-meeti.html February and early March have been very hectic travel months, First, I flew to Orlando for a keynote, then to India for meetings and to accept an award. Berlin was the next stop in my itinerary, where I also keynoted a major industry event and then met with senior government...
February and early March have been very hectic travel months, First, I flew to Orlando for a keynote, then to India for meetings and to accept an award. Berlin was the next stop in my itinerary, where I also keynoted a major industry event and then met with senior government officials to talk about the future of Industrie 4.0 and the Industrial Internet Consortium. And then to cap everything off, I flew to Las Vegas to keynote at an IBM conference.  I'm still in Europe, but I am very excited to fly back to the States in a few days, to Reston, Virginia where OMG will host its quarterly Technical Meeting!

I kicked off my latest business trips to Orlando, Florida where I led a panel discussion at the ARC Industry Forum.  This year was the Forum's nineteenth and it attracted 700 attendees from approximately 300 different companies and 25 countries.  The theme for this year's Forum was "Industry in Transition: The Information-driven Enterprise for the Connected World."  In the afternoon, I moderated a panel titled "Global Initiatives of the Industrial Internet Consortium" to a standing room only audience. The focus was on the technologies and security requirements companies will need to enable the Industrial Internet in their organizations. Other IIC members of the panel were: Jamie Smith, Director of Embedded Systems Product Marketing, National Instruments; Jean-Philippe Provencher, Senior Director, IoT Solution Strategy, ThingWorx, a PTC company; and Ekaterina Golovchenko, Fellow, TE Connectivity.

My next stop took me to 12429 km (7768 miles) to Mumbai, India where I met with a senior executive from a conglomerate operating in oil exploration & production, refining and marketing, petrochemicals, retail and telecommunications. He was well aware of OMG, having been at IBM for years as well as ExxonMobil, Pfizer and other brand name companies. I expect I can look forward to many more conversations, explaining how membership in OMG and IIC can help facilitate his IT goals.

At least my next destination was in the same country!  At Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India (many people just call it "Vizag"), I delivered the keynote at the Vision 2020 with the Internet of Things conference and received the first Panini Award, (named after a Sanskrit scholar credited with the invention of the first formal notation to describe languages) from the Super Computing Consortium of India. The honor recognized OMG foundational work on distributed object computing standards.

Standing with the SCCI Awards Committee after Receiving the Panini Award for 2014

Berlin was my next destination, where I was honored to keynote alongside the CEO of Bosch at the Bosch ConnectedWorld 2015 conference.  I spoke about the convergence between the Industrial Revolution and the Internet Revolution.You can watch a video excerpt here.  All in all, the event went extraordinarily well, including a live demonstration of the first public testbed from the Industrial Internet Consortium, and I was approached all day long (and for the rest of the conference) with interest in IIC and OMG IIoT standards.

After the Bosch event, I spent the entire day at the BMWi, the Economics & Energy Ministry of Germany, eventually meeting with Staatssekretär Machnig to discuss how IIC and Germany's Industrie 4.0 (I4.0) program complement each other, and how OMG also provides standards in the space. While there, I also attended a meeting on the future of I4.0 standards. It was gratifying to listen to all the speakers talk about how important it is to work with OMG so that eventual standards, such as those expected to come from the I4.0 program, are international.

The meeting went off well enough that I am invited to attend an announcement by the German government and influential industry groups on the upcoming launch of an Industrie 4.0 Consortium at the Hanover Fair in April. Stay tuned for further developments!

The following week, I delivered a keynote at the IBM InterConnect 2015 event in Las Vegas and met with many key press and analysts. The event drew more than 20,000 attendees on-site and another 10,000 on live stream.  No wonder the event completely filled the conference space at both the MGM Grand and the Mandalay Bay hotels!

Wherever my travels take me, I'm struck by the brand awareness of OMG and of course, the promises that open standards bring to create new markets. I look forward to espousing OMG standardization initiatives and cementing my relationships with all the like-minded organizations and individuals I've met in my trips.

On to Reston!

 Dr. Richard Mark Soley 2015-03-12T09:32:00-04:00 Richard Soley's On The Road Blog http://blog.omg.org/2015/02/richard-soleys-on-the-road-blog.html I've just returned to OMG's Needham headquarters after another trip to Chile in January and early February. Last April, I briefed government, academic and industry leaders there on the OMG-managed Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) -- see the blog post from April, including pictures with the President of Chile [http://blog.omg.org/2014/05/a-few-days-in-santiago-introducing-the-industrial-internet-consortium-to-chile.html]. This...
I've just returned to OMG's Needham headquarters after another trip to Chile in January and early February. Last April, I briefed government, academic and industry leaders there on the OMG-managed Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) -- see the blog post from April, including pictures with the President of Chile [http://blog.omg.org/2014/05/a-few-days-in-santiago-introducing-the-industrial-internet-consortium-to-chile.html]. This trip was a trifecta of activities all converging.

One of the many high points was the enormous amount of activity in Chile around the Internet of Things and the Industrial Internet, focusing on real systems and standards. For example, I learned that the Chilean government is developing nationwide Centers of Excellence in the Industrial Internet. At the same time, CODELCO[http://www.codelco.cl/] (Chile's largest company, and the largest copper miner in the world) joined the IIC and is developing a set of use cases for Industrial Internet test-beds in mining and to drive standards in that space. This is just more validation that there is pent-up global demand for our work to support and facilitate vendor-neutral Industrial Internet test-beds & standards.

Meeting top government officials, including Luis Felipe Cespedes, Chile's Minister of Economics, to discuss Internet of Things and the Industrial Internet

On a personal note, everybody has multiple facets of his or her life - the most important to me are my roles as husband to a remarkable and accomplished wife and father to two exceptional young adults. I also advise a number of fascinating start-up companies, academic & technical conferences and many other organizations. During this trip, I worked with a number of international experts to help set up the Instituto Internacional de Innovación Aysén-Patagonia (the International Institute for Innovation Aysén-Patagonia).

Speaking at the Internacional de Innovación Aysén Patagonia

This new institution, headquartered in southern Chile, studies typical Chilean issues and problems in areas such as biodiversity management and bioprospection, agriculture, emergency response and aquaculture, all through the lens of the Industrial Internet. Case in point, Chile has a recurring red-tide problem in the south. As one of the world's leading commercial producers of farmed salmon, Chile will require widespread application of sensors (of fish, tides, currents, weather, etc.) and deep analysis of billions of data points to predict when red tide infections are likely to occur; when would be the best places and times to farm salmon; and how much of the mollusk population is being affected by these infections. This Institute project has been a year-long project, garnering huge support in Chile and elsewhere, and the turn to focus on Industrial Internet solutions brought together the project with the goals of both OMG and IIC, and in line with the Chilean government focus on Industrial Internet excellence.  An exciting trip!

In the middle of my Chilean sojourn, I took time out to tavel to Munich to speak at a special workshop entitled "Smart Connected Products" (SCP) produced by FAZ Forum in Germany[http://www.faz-forum.com/scp/]. I shared the stage with Jim Heppelmann, President and CEO of PTC, one of the Big Three product lifecycle management tools companies; and Professor Michael Porter, Harvard Business School, the inventor of the concept of "value chain" and the re-inventor of competitive strategy. Approximately 100 European CEOs attended and heard how they should design and build SCP devices that are powerful enough to harness vast streams of data arriving at increasing volumes and speed over the Internet. I also had many substantial conversations about how OMG is at the forefront of creating IIoT standards, such as the Data Distribution Services standard, while the IIC test-beds will produce transformative business outcomes including new, disruptive products & services.

Presenting IIC at the FAZ Forum in Germany

It was definitely a high-travel month (and as I write this, further travel to India and Germany and around the United States are helping my frequent flyer balances).  But it is absolutely worth it to see the reach of the Industrial Internet and the importance of IIoT standardization.
 Dr. Richard Mark Soley 2015-02-17T11:32:26-05:00 The Cloud Standards Customer Council 2014/2015 Year in Review http://blog.omg.org/2015/01/the-cloud-standards-customer-council-20142015-year-in-review.html By Melvin Greer, Co-Chair, CSCC Steering Committee, and Senior Fellow, Chief Strategist, SOA & Cloud Computing, Lockheed Martin The Cloud Standards Customer Council (CSCC) is an end user advocacy group dedicated to accelerating cloud's successful adoption, and drilling down into the standards, security and interoperability issues surrounding the transition to...
By Melvin Greer, Co-Chair, CSCC Steering Committee, and Senior Fellow, Chief Strategist, SOA & Cloud Computing, Lockheed Martin

The Cloud Standards Customer Council (CSCC) is an end user advocacy group dedicated to accelerating cloud's successful adoption, and drilling down into the standards, security and interoperability issues surrounding the transition to the cloud. The Council provides cloud users with the opportunity to drive client requirements into standards development organizations and deliver materials such as best practices and use cases to assist other enterprises.

In 2014, the CSCC worked to lower the barriers for widespread adoption of cloud computing by helping to prioritize key interoperability issues and provide practical guidance to cloud customers in areas such as cloud service agreements, cloud security and application migration.

Our key 2014 accomplishments include:

Delivered five major customer-focused white papers providing best practices and specific guidance on a number of critical cloud topics:

Interoperability and Portability for Cloud Computing: A Guide

Practical Guide to Cloud Computing V2.0

Deploying Big Data Analytics Applications to the Cloud

Migrating Applications to the Cloud: Assessing Performance and Response Time Supplement

Social Business in the Cloud: Achieving Measurable Business Results

Influenced the standards development process for new cloud standards by establishing Standards Development Organization (SDO) alliances with ISO SC38 and the China Electronics Standardization Institute

Facilitated the exchange of real-world stories, practices, lessons and insights:

Launched CSCC Membership Survey: Cloud Adoption Trends

Hosted CSCC Public Sector Cloud Summit, March 24, 2014 in Washington, DC

Hosted CSCC Cloud Industry Symposium (Topic: Hybrid Cloud), June 18, 2014 in Boston, MA

Hosted CSCC Summit: Preparing for the Post-IaaS Phase of Cloud Adoption, September 18, 2014 in Austin, TX

Launched the Government Working Group

Hosted several webinars on key cloud standards and open source projects including OASIS TOSCA, OpenStack and Cloud Foundry

Added numerous new member companies (CSCC membership now over 500 companies) including Dell as a major sponsor and member of the CSCC Steering Committee

The CSCC has fantastic plans for 2015 that will continue to further our mission and engage our client community:

Host CSCC membership conferences and webinars

Host the "Privacy in the Cloud" Summit on March 26, 2015 in Reston, VA

Publish several new customer-focused white papers:

Impact of Open Source on Cloud Computing

Containers: The Key to Interoperability

Practical Guide to Platform as a Service

Cloud Computing Reference Architectures

Plus others

Deliver major updates to both the Security for Cloud Computing: 10 Steps to Ensure Success and Practical Guide to Cloud SLA white papers

We are excited about the activities for 2015 and want to encourage you to join us. There is no fee to become a member or to join a Working Group. Please contact Tracie Berardi (firstname.lastname@example.com) for any questions.

 Dr. Richard Mark Soley 2015-01-12T11:47:23-05:00 2014: A Review of OMG Highlights http://blog.omg.org/2015/01/2014-a-review-of-omg-highlights.html 2014 was one of the best years that OMG has experienced in quite a while! It was the year of our 25th anniversary -- which we celebrated in style at our June meeting in our hometown of Boston, MA Cake featuring our 25th anniversary logo 25th anniversary party-goers Not only...
2014 was one of the best years that OMG has experienced in quite a while! It was the year of our 25th anniversary -- which we celebrated in style at our June meeting in our hometown of Boston, MA

Cake featuring our 25th anniversary logo

25th anniversary party-goers

Not only were numerous standards adopted by the OMG Board of Directors (in particular, standards for the financial services industry), we entered into the Industrial Internet of Things space, announced we would be managing a new consortium, and updated two of our certification programs.

Technologies Adopted

This year, the OMG Board of Directors adopted numerous specifications as official OMG standards. In particular, 2014 was a major year for the adoption of finance service standards at OMG. Not only was the Financial Instruments Global Identifier (FIGI) specification adopted, but three parts of the Financial Industry Business Ontology (FIBO) suite of specifications were adopted as well:

FIBO Business Entities

FIBO Foundations

FIBO Indices and Indicators

Click here for more information on these financial services standards.

The Industrial Internet of Things

Early in the year, we realized what an impact interconnected devices and machines and smart analytics -- commonly known as the "Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)" -- will have on all major industries. We identified seven OMG standards and standardization processes underway that are directly related to the IIoT. Most predominant among these standards is the Data Distribution Service (DDS).

DDS is a protocol for the IIoT which enables network interoperability for connected machines, enterprise systems, and mobile devices. It provides the scalability, performance, and Quality of Service required to support IIoT applications. DDS can be deployed in platforms ranging from low-footprint devices to the Cloud and supports efficient bandwidth usage as well as agile orchestration of system components. It provides a global data space for analytics and enables flexible real-time system integration.

William Ruh, GE, and I on the day of the IIC launch

In addition, at our March meeting in Reston, Virginia, we announced that we would be managing the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) -- a not-for-profit group founded to accelerate the development, adoption, and wide-spread use of IIoT technologies in industry. In 9 months, we have ballooned from the five founding members (AT&T, Cisco, GE, IBM, and Intel) to almost 120 members ranging from international corporations to individual entrepreneurs, thus showing the universal interest in applying IIoT technologies in all industries. Many OMG members have already joined the IIC and if you haven't, we encourage you to do so! Visit www.iiconsortium.org for more information on what IIC members are currently working on.

OMG Certification Programs

Finally, 2014 was the year that we updated our BPM and UML certification programs to reflect changes made in the specs since the certification programs were first released.

The OMG Certified UML Professional 2 (OCUP 2) program tests UML knowledge and skills in the context of software modeling, unlike the original OCUP program which concentrated on UML language syntax. At this time, the OCUP 2 Foundation Level will replace the original OCUP Fundamental exam with the other examination levels being updated throughout 2015.

The Fundamental examination level of the OMG Certified Expert in BPM (OCEB) exam, on the other hand, was updated at the end of 2013 with the Business Intermediate level updated this past November. The OCEB 2 Business Intermediate exam will include a section on Decision Modeling based on the OMG's Decision Model and Notation specification.

2014 was an exciting year at OMG and 2015 holds lots of promise as well. We would like to extend a major thank you to all of our members who have contributed to the success of the past year. We can't wait to see what 2015 has in store for us all!

OMG staffers mini golfing for summer outing 2014

 Dr. Richard Mark Soley 2015-01-07T09:49:54-05:00 OMG's Data Distribution Service: the Internet of Things Fabric http://blog.omg.org/2014/12/omgs-data-distribution-service-the-internet-of-things-fabric.html By Dr. Angelo Corsaro, Chief Technology Officer, PrismTech Two distinct classifications for the Internet of Things (IoT) have sharply started to emerge -- the Industrial IoT and Consumer IoT. Although there are differences in the environments for which they're best suited, the Industrial IoT (IIoT) and Consumer IoT (CIoT) share...
By Dr. Angelo Corsaro, Chief Technology Officer, PrismTech

Two distinct classifications for the Internet of Things (IoT) have sharply started to emerge -- the Industrial IoT and Consumer IoT. Although there are differences in the environments for which they're best suited, the Industrial IoT (IIoT) and Consumer IoT (CIoT) share a basic need. Both derive their true value from ubiquitous information availability, and consequently, the decisions that can be made from it.

A great example is a Smart City application, such as the Connected Boulevard initiative in Nice, France, where real-time access of information such as parking and traffic, street lighting, waste disposal and environmental quality is enabling smarter and faster decisions. The ubiquitous availability of data provides better optimization of the various city management functions. Likewise, in a Smart Grid application, real-time access to energy production and demand can help match production to demand, improve energy trading strategies, and allow micro-power generators to decide whether to sell or store their energy surplus.

As ubiquitous, timely and efficient information availability is key in IIoT and CIoT environments, the technical (and non-technical) community has been engaging in passionate online discussions around the technologies that can best provide the right data-sharing platform -- the fabric -- to deliver the right data to the right place at the right time. Across the various discussions and augmentations, a common theme has emerged: the importance of a standards-based solution to ensure openness and interoperability across the variety of IIoT and CIoT environments.

In this post, I'll analyze the requirements posed by the variety of data-sharing protocols found in a generic IoT system and then describe how the OMG Data Distribution Service standard is the best answer to serve as the fabric for IoT.

IoT Data-Sharing Requirements

IIoT and CIoT systems have very articulate data-sharing requirements. As such, these requirements have to be addressed holistically as to keep the complexity of developing and deploying these systems low and the efficiency of running them high.

There are three standard classifications to represent the different data-sharing characteristics of IoT systems.

Device-2-Device. Device-2-Device (D2D) communication is required in several different use cases. This communication pattern is prevalent on edge systems such as Industrial Plants and Vehicles. That said, it is slowly being exploited in more use cases. The latest notable example is FireChat, the infrastructure-less peer-to-peer chat. D2D is facilitated by broker-less peer-to-peer infrastructures that facilitate deployment, foster fault-tolerant execution, and can provide for more performance-sensitive applications, low-latency and high-throughput data-sharing.

Device-2-Cloud. Devices and sub-systems interact with cloud-based services and applications for mediating data-sharing and data collection. Device-2-Cloud (D2C) communications can feature vastly different needs and requirements based on the application and environment and the type of data that needs to be shared. For instance a remote surgery application has far more stringent temporal requirements than a smart city waste disposal application. At the same time, however, a smart city application may have more stringent requirements with respect to efficient network and energy management of devices. Depending on the use case and environment, D2C communication needs to be able to support high-throughput and low-latency data exchanges as well as operation over bandwidth constrained links. An additional key is the ability of the D2C communication to support intermittent connectivity and variable latency links.

Cloud-2-Cloud. Currently there are few systems being deployed across multiple IaaS instances or multiple IaaS regions (eg deployed across EC2 EU and US regions), however, it is becoming clear that it will be increasingly important to seamlessly and efficiently exchange data across clouds. For these applications, the data-sharing technology needs to support high throughput and low per/message overhead in order to keep the per-message cost under control.

In addition to the data-sharing patterns references above, there are a number of crosscutting concerns that a data distribution technology needs to support, including platform independence, eg the ability to run on embedded, mobile, enterprise and cloud apps and security.

OMG's Data Distribution Service -- the IoT Fabric

The Data Distribution Service (DDS) is an Object Management Group standard for ubiquitous, efficient, timely and secure data-sharing, independent from the hardware and the software platform. DDS implementations are available today for sharing data across mobile, embedded, enterprise, cloud and web applications. DDS defines a wire protocol that allows for interoperability among multiple vendor implementations as well as an API that allows applications to be easily ported across vendor products. The standard requires implementation to be fully distributed and broker-less, meaning that DDS applications communicate without any mediation, yet when useful, DDS communication can be transparently brokered.

The basic abstraction at the foundation of DDS is the Topic. A Topic captures the information to be shared along with the Quality of Service (QoS) associated with it -- this makes it possible to control the functional and non-functional properties of data-sharing. DDS provides a rich set of QoS policies that allow for the control of local resource usage, network utilization, traffic differentiation, as well as data availability for late joiners. In DDS, the production of data is performed through Data Writers while consumption is through Data Readers. For a given topic, data readers can further refine the information received through content as well as temporal filers. DDS is also equipped with a dynamic discovery service that allows applications to dynamically discover the information available in the system and match the relevant sources.

The DDS Security standard provides an extensible framework for dealing with authentication, access control, logging and encryption. As an example, you may provide certain applications with rights for reading only certain topics, while other application for reading as well as writing and perhaps creating new topics. The rules that define access rights are very flexible and allow for very granular control over what applications are allowed. For securing communication, DDS Security takes an approach similar to that taken by SRTP, thus (1) allowing the use of multicast when possible, and (2) avoiding the in-line key re-negotiation issues by TLS/DTLS.

Applying the DDS Fabric

Among the standards that have been identified as relevant to IoT applications, DDS is the one that stands out with respect to the breadth and depth of coverage of data-sharing requirements. This does not come as a surprise to DDS aficionados, yet, those not familiar with the technology are astonished to learn of its many deployments in IoT systems. As you read below, you'll see what makes DDS so special.

Device-2-Device. DDS provides a very efficient and scalable platform for D2D communication. DDS implementation can be scaled down to deeply embedded devices or up to high-end multi-core machines. In regard to efficiency, a DDS implementation can have latency as low as ~30usec on Gbps Ethernet networks and throughput of several million messages per second. At the same time, DDS has a binary and efficient wire-protocol that makes it a viable solution in network constrained environments. The broker-less and peer-to-peer nature of DDS makes it ideal for D2D communication, and at the same time, the ability to transparently broker DDS communication -- especially when devices communicate through multicast -- eases the integration of subsystems into IoT systems.

Device-2-Cloud. DDS supports multiple transport protocols, such as UDP and TCP, and when available takes advantage of multicast (support for Source Specific Multicast is available through vendor extensions and will soon be included in the standard). The support for UDP/IP is extremely beneficial for applications that deal with interactive, soft real-time data for which TCP/IP would be introducing either too much overhead or head-of-line blocking issues. For deployments that can't take advantage of UDP/IP, DDS alleviates some of the challenges introduced by TCP/IP vis-a-vis head-of-line blocking. This is achieved through its support for traffic differentiation and prioritization along with selective down-sampling. Independent of the transport used, DDS supports three types of reliability: best effort, last value reliability and reliability. Of these three, only the latter behaves like "TCP/IP reliability," the others allow DDS to drop samples to ensure that stale data does not delay new data.

The efficient wire-protocol, combined with the rich transport and reliability semantics support, make DDS an excellent choice for sharing both periodic data such as telemetry as well as data requiring high reliability. In addition, the built-in support for content filtering ensures data is only sent if there are consumers that share the same interest and whose filter match the data being produced.

Cloud-2-Cloud. The high throughput and low latency delivered by DDS makes it a perfect choice for data-sharing across the big pipes connecting different data centers.

In summary, DDS is the standard that better addresses the most compelling data-sharing requirements presented by Industrial and Consumer IoT applications. DDS based platforms, such as PrismTech's Vortex, address mobile, embedded, web, enterprise and cloud applications along with cloud messaging implementations, and allow for scaling and integration of devices and sub-systems at an Internet scale. Solutions based on DDS are deployed today in Smart Cities, Smart Grids, Smart Transportation, Finance and Medical environments.

If you want to learn more about DDS check this tutorial or the many educational slides freely available on SlideShare.
 Dr. Richard Mark Soley 2014-12-01T14:25:32-05:00 IIoT Standards for World Standards Day http://blog.omg.org/2014/10/iiot-standards-for-world-standards-day.html Today is World Standards Day -- our favorite holiday here at OMG headquarters! It's the one day of the year where people who use industry standards in their everyday lives take a moment to acknowledge the important role these standards actually play. Standards are the greatest force for innovation in...
Today is World Standards Day -- our favorite holiday here at OMG headquarters! It's the one day of the year where people who use industry standards in their everyday lives take a moment to acknowledge the important role these standards actually play.

Standards are the greatest force for innovation in the world, and OMG has always prided itself on being at the forefront of new technological shifts. We invented the standard middleware world with CORBA before moving on to set modeling standards such as UML and SysML. OMG progressed throughout the years to creating technology standards in dozens of vertical markets including automotive, finance, and healthcare. Now, OMG stands on uncharted territory with the rise of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).

The IIoT is the convergence of machines and intelligent data -- enabled by cheap computing, universal connectivity, and better real-time, predictive analytics. The capabilities of the IIoT reach from the much hyped self-driving cars to homebound patient monitoring systems that connect to doctors' offices. It is the collision of the Industrial Revolution and the Internet Revolution. But while the concept of the IIoT is relatively new, OMG members have been working on standards that can be perfectly applied in the IIoT space for decades.

Take the Data Distribution Service (DDS) for example. DDS has already been widely deployed in hundreds of IIoT application domains including Industrial Control, Healthcare, Aerospace, Telecommunications, Defense, Energy, Smart Cities, and Transportation. The standard enables network interoperability for connected machines, enterprise systems and mobile devices. It provides the scalability, performance, and Quality of Service that is required to support IIoT applications. The DDS standard can be deployed in platforms ranging from low-footprint devices and the cloud.

Other OMG standardization efforts focus on the security of the IIoT -- a major concern for IIoT critics. With universal connectivity and access to machines through other machines, the opportunity for hackers to delve into personal information, including bank accounts, credit cards -- even an individual's current location -- increases exponentially. OMG standards and standardization efforts underway that will tighten security on IoT platforms, products, and services include:

Threat Modeling: While the OMG Systems Assurance Task Force is currently working on a standard for threat modeling, a future standard would enable system engineers and architects to build system-of-systems that implement and leverage the capabilities to share threats and security attacks across different devices, IT systems, and standards.

Automated Source Code CWE-SANS Top 25-Based Security Measure (Top 25 CWEs): According to the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) -- a cybersecurity community repository -- there are over 800 known weaknesses in software that can be exploited by hackers. With such an overwhelming number of ways software can be attacked, it can be a daunting task for developers to protect and review all weaknesses in a new system. Top 25 CWEs defines a method for automating the measurement of an application's security posture regarding violations of secure architectural and coding practice in source code with the violations being drawn from the CWE repository. The specification was developed from the CWE/SANS Institute Top 25 most commonly exploited weakness, 19 of which can be detected in source code.

The three standards and standardization efforts outlined above aren't the only standards that OMG has identified as being important for IIoT platforms, products, and services. We recently released a whitepaper, "Standards for Things: OMG Standards in the Age of the Industrial Internet of Things", which outlines all IIoT-related standards. In addition, we have named IIoT standards a "Hot Topic" on the OMG webpage, creating a resource hub for IIoT documents, case studies, and news.

This World Standards Day, we hope you'll not only reflect on how far technology has come thanks to standards, but what technology frontiers need to be standardized in the future. We've identified IIoT as a key area. Let us know what you think in the comments section below!

HAPPY WORLD STANDARDS DAY FROM THE OMG STAFF!
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As part of OMG's effort to create comprehensive ecosystems around our standards, we began offering certification programs for practitioners of our most widely used standards starting with the Unified Modeling Language (UML). This program -- the OMG Certified UML Professional (well-known by its acronym OCUP) -- has given thousands of practitioners recognition of their knowledge of the UML language and proof of their commitment to their profession. And, from the opposite point of view, this (and other) OMG certification programs give employers a benchmark to measure job candidates against.

The original OCUP certification program, released in 2003, was OMG's first and tested only specification contents which OMG owned and was an authority on. While informative, it did not test the modeling knowledge and skills that practitioners needed to know and use in the day-to-day operations. Since that time, our experience with subsequent certifications has demonstrated that the industry respects OMG's status and standing and recognizes our ability to design programs that test and certify the knowledge and skills that accompany use of our specifications, as well as direct application of the standards themselves.

Today, OMG is pleased to announce the release of the OCUP 2 Foundation level exam and certification. As each of the OCUP 2 certification exams and levels -- Fundamental, Intermediate, and Advanced -- replaces its original version, it will extend the program's topical coverage at that level to include software modeling knowledge and skills, broadening the audience for certification. Consider this: Once a software architect completes his design and renders it into a set of UML diagrams, the life of the model should be just starting. Stakeholders can use the model to confirm that their functional requirements are met in the design, and their scalability requirements are met in its architecture. Developers need to understand the models in order to implement the application properly (unless the project is being worked in OMG's Model-Driven Architecture, of course). Technical (and non-technical) management can use the models to oversee implementation and deployment. The list goes on and on, but the point here is that the OCUP 2 program -- and especially the Foundation level -- is designed to serve model users in addition to the model builders who are more typically thought of as the certification audience. (Note that OCSMP, our SysML -- MBSE certification, has offered a Model User certification for several years already.)

As with all exams for OMG certification programs, the OCUP 2 exam is being offered worldwide in English at Pearson VUE testing centers. Pricing information as well as information on discount vouchers for those who took the original OCUP Fundamental exam can be found at www.omg.org/ocup-2.

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I'm back at the OMG offices in Needham, MA after an amazing week in Santiago, Chile. I'm exhausted from the travel, but it was well worth the trip. The primary focus of my visit was to brief government, academic and industry leaders on the OMG-managed Industrial Internet Consortium, and with a group of equally enthusiastic old and new friends, propose a new research/think tank initiative in Chile to carry out test-bed proof-of-concepts for large (even global) systems for the Industrial Internet.

My trip was sprinkled with a few pleasant surprises. During the middle of the week, Senator Antonio Horvath from the southern Chilean province of Aysen heard about the push for a Chilean research initiative and adopted it as his own program. We ended up having a private dinner with him at which the conversation on the program continued.

Meeting the President Michelle Bachelet of Chile (from left): Juan Carlos Letelier, Bernardo Caro, Luis Donoso, Eduardo Vera, Wolfgang Schuch, Alejandro Jofre, Isabel Szabo, Radu Popescu-Zeletin, President Michelle Bachelet, myself, Senator Antonio Horvath and Maurizio Arienzo

The dinner with Senator Horvath led to another government introduction: the next day, we were invited to meet with the Chilean president, Michelle Bachelet! President Bachelet thought the think-tank project was "fantastic" and stated her interest in seeing Chile take a leadership position in Industrial Internet activities -- especially in the areas in which Chile already has world-class technology, including mining, agriculture, aquaculture, and emergency response.

The response from all organizations and institutes I met with was overwhelmingly positive, from a beautiful country with extraordinary human and other capital, unequaled hospitality, and blessed with magnificent natural beauty. I look forward to working with academic, government and industrial participants in Chile and throughout Latin America!
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Prior to the financial crisis, Olstein, who founded Olstein Capital Management in 1995, had an impressive track record of profiting on stocks he bought during a time of turmoil. He purchased oil-related stocks at the height of the Asian crisis and bought property-and-casualty insurance companies after Sept. 11, 2001. Bank stocks seemed no different -- until Lehman Brothers. The Olstein All Cap Value Fund (OFALX) fell 43.8% in 2008. "I've been in the industry 44 years and have never, ever gotten clocked like this," Olstein recalls.
Financial stocks have been nothing short of career killers for some value managers. Many grossly underestimated the breadth and depth of their problems. But the sector has rallied this year, up 22%, and many managers are starting to take a closer look. Barron's talked with several widely respected value managers to see what they're finding.
ONE OF THEM, Wally Weitz, isn't finding much. "In a world where the Fed is printing money and you can get mortgages for 4%, it seems like their relative bargaining power will be depressed for a while, leading to a lower return on equity," says Weitz, who co-manages the Weitz Partners Value fund (WPVLX). Though he thinks the worst is over, he continues to mainly avoid the sector. One exception has been top holding Wells Fargo WFC 1.1913229018492177% Wells Fargo & Co. U.S.: NYSE USD56.91 0.67 1.1913229018492177% /Date(1435784535978-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 11983181 AFTER HOURS USD56.91 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 182148 P/E Ratio 13.91442542787286 Market Cap 289591302236.52 Dividend Yield 2.635740643120717% Rev. per Employee 343985 More quote details and news » (WFC), which Weitz held through much of the financial crisis, sold in 2009 then bought again last year. "Wells has been a comfortable place to hide for people who feel they want to, or have to, own banks," says Weitz. But at today's $35 per share, he says, "it's not exciting anymore."
Oakmark fund (OAKMX) co-manager Bill Nygren, however, sees a lot of opportunity in some of the big financial names. The fund's top holdings include Capital One COF 0.7161532340570649% Capital One Financial Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD88.6 0.63 0.7161532340570649% /Date(1435784543009-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2715264 AFTER HOURS USD88.6 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 14190 P/E Ratio 11.612057667103539 Market Cap 48068920934.9658 Dividend Yield 1.8058690744920993% Rev. per Employee 523043 More quote details and news » (COF), JPMorgan Chase JPM 1.1140819964349375% JPMorgan Chase & Co. U.S.: NYSE USD68.07 0.75 1.1140819964349375% /Date(1435784415748-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 13908306 AFTER HOURS USD68.07 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 56117 P/E Ratio 12.467032967032967 Market Cap 251463257224.612 Dividend Yield 2.585573674158954% Rev. per Employee 403801 More quote details and news » (JPM) and Bank of America BAC 1.1750881316098707% Bank of America Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD17.22 0.2 1.1750881316098707% /Date(1435784673699-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 61018773 AFTER HOURS USD17.22 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1298579 P/E Ratio 25.97676874340021 Market Cap 178745740159.042 Dividend Yield 1.1614401858304297% Rev. per Employee 426549 More quote details and news » (BAC). Nygren has been increasing his allotment to financial stocks over the past year and counts them as the most interesting sector in the market now. "You don't have to believe they're wonderful businesses to believe they're wonderful investments," says Nygren.
That said, Nygren has raised the bar on how he values bank stocks and says he does think that fundamentals have improved. "The lending standards before [the crisis] versus now are like night and day," he says. "And the biggest asset they're lending against, the nation's housing stock, is increasing in value."
Nygren agrees that banks don't warrant the kinds of valuations they were getting before the crisis -- in many cases, two times book value. But he thinks they're now a bargain at 50% to 75% of book value. "The bears are saying banks are getting overregulated and will become like utilities," says Nygren. "But look where banks are today versus utilities. If banks look like utilities on those metrics, they would be a fantastic investment."
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THE LONGTIME VALUE MANAGERS at Prospector Funds, meanwhile, eschew the handful of large banks most of the market fixates on, instead choosing from the thousands of smaller insurers, thrifts, and community banks that operate in a more manageable world and with a fraction of the leverage. They've had a heavy stake in small and medium-size financial companies since they launched their Prospector Opportunity fund (POPFX) in 2007. "In 2008, our financials actually outperformed our other holdings," says manager Kevin O'Brien. The beauty of investing in regional institutions, he adds, is the ability to handpick areas with strong or improving economies and housing markets. This led them to the likes of Oritani Financial ORIT -0.06230529595015576% Oritani Financial Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD16.04 -0.01 -0.06230529595015576% /Date(1435784400248-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 320389 AFTER HOURS USD16.04 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6045 P/E Ratio 16.725755995828987 Market Cap 706232048.796082 Dividend Yield 4.364089775561097% Rev. per Employee 585867 More quote details and news » (ORIT) in New Jersey and Chicopee Bancorp CBNK -3.391812865497076% Chicopee Bancorp Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD16.52 -0.58 -3.391812865497076% /Date(1435784400295-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5448 AFTER HOURS USD16.5 -0.0199999999999996 -0.12106537530266344% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 79 P/E Ratio 78.66666666666667 Market Cap 88157475.4795074 Dividend Yield 1.694915254237288% Rev. per Employee 204908 More quote details and news » (CBNK) in Massachusetts.
While skeptics point to regulatory pressures as a reason to stay away from banks, the Prospector team sees the benefits. Not only do highly regulated industries provide additional opportunity for scrutiny, they're fertile grounds for mergers and acquisitions.
Keith Trauner and Larry Pitkowsky also see value in staying away from the behemoths. The duo launched the GoodHaven Fund (GOODX) in April 2011, after leaving Bruce Berkowitz's Fairholme Fund (FAIRX). While Berkowitz wagers on big financials -- they were recently 77% of his portfolio -- the GoodHaven managers are following a different tack, favoring niche firms, such as Federated Investors FII 0.477754553598089% Federated Investors Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD33.65 0.16 0.477754553598089% /Date(1435784684918-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 366940 AFTER HOURS USD33.84 0.18 0.5646359583952452% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 7285 P/E Ratio 23.368055555555557 Market Cap 3516416614.69497 Dividend Yield 2.971768202080238% Rev. per Employee 607757 More quote details and news » (FII), known for its money-market and other short-term funds, or the relatively small investment bank and asset manager Jefferies Group (JEF). "It's not that we think everyone is wrong or there isn't money to be made," says Trauner. "But we're more interested in things we can get our arms around. People inside those large banks don't even know how to value them."
The Bottom Line
Financial stocks have rebounded nicely from their lows, but despite the run-up, many value managers are still finding opportunity -- and keeping their fingers crossed.
Four years after getting burned on financials, Olstein hasn't forgotten the lessons he learned. As he sees it, his firm made two huge mistakes -- overweighting these stocks and underestimating their potential to reverse quickly and dramatically. "When you make a mistake on a leveraged business model, you pay dearly," he says.
With that in mind, Olstein instituted a new rule: "We stop buying at 1% [of fund assets] and put no more than 10% of the portfolio in leveraged businesses."
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