EDM Association Buys Assets of Object Management Group

EDM Association, a global trade association for data management and technology standards, has completed the acquisition of the assets of the Object Management Group (OMG), the open membership, not-for-profit technology consortium. This unites two organizations with complementary expertise, creating a sizeable global association for data, software, systems, and standards professionals.

The acquisition aligns OMG’s globally adopted standards, frameworks, and communities—including the OMG Standards Development Organization (SDO), Digital Twin Consortium, AREA (Augmented Reality for Enterprise Alliance), and CISQ (Consortium for Information and Software Quality)—with EDM Association’s data management best practices and professional development programs.

By leveraging a single authoritative standards partner and global expert community, members will have a greater range of tools, support, training and expertise to advance data and technology, including AI.

“EDM Association and OMG have a strong history of collaboration, and we’re excited to now bring our organizations together,” says John Bottega, president of EDM Association. “By uniting our communities under one roof, we’re giving the market a single, trusted path from data strategy to production—faster, simpler and ready for the rapidly growing intersection of data and AI.”

“The EDM Association’s acquisition of OMG marks a key milestone as we join forces to bring greater value to our members. This significantly expands our opportunity to work together to reach deeper across all industries and drive innovation that leads to better outcomes for all,” says Bill Hoffman, chairman and CEO of Object Management Group.

“This marks a pivotal moment for our industry, uniting two world-class communities—data management and systems engineering standardization—into a single, more influential force,” says Gan Wang, Ph.D., vice president at Dassault Systèmes and member of the Object Management Group Board. “With its unique position at the intersection of data, enterprise, systems, and software, EDM Association is well equipped to lead in this era of AI and digital transformation.”

Key Benefits

• A streamlined global trade association and partner linking data, tech, and standards for business transformation, AI adoption and best practices.
• Expanded access to globally recognized standards, with pathways to ISO.
• New professional development and certification opportunities that strengthen competitiveness in AI and digitalization.
• Enhanced collaboration via communities of practice, connecting data management with cross-disciplinary engineering, technology, and standards expertise.

“Bringing the EDM Association and OMG together means that we will support more than 700 corporate and public-sector member organizations, eight regional hubs, and a combined 50-year portfolio of internationally adopted best practices, standards and technology into a single non-profit association,” says Peter Serenita, chairman of the board of directors, EDM Association. “It gives our members an unparalleled end-to-end data-focused resource.”

With the acquisition finalized, EDM Association is now positioned to accelerate global adoption of data and technology standards, support cross-industry innovation, and provide members with comprehensive tools, frameworks, and networks.

About the EDM Association

EDM Association (formerly EDM Council) is an industry association focused on advancing trusted data, analytics and technology standards. With member organizations across financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, telecom, public sector and technology, EDM Association provides data management frameworks, standards, technical specifications and professional certification programs Learn more at edmcouncil.org.

About Object Management Group (OMG)

Since 1989, Object Management Group (OMG) has created a productive community with common technology interests and problems to resolve. OMG is part of EDM Association. Visit www.objectmanagementgroup.org for more information.

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