South Africa is ranked fifth in the world when it comes to TOGAF® 9 certification numbers. According to The Open Group, at the beginning of June there were already 7,200 individuals certified from more than 50 countries worldwide. Following on the heels of the UK, Netherlands, USA and Australia, South Africa has 5.5% of all these certified individuals.

In South Africa, the first TOGAF® course was presented by Real IRM in 2006. Since then the company has certified hundreds of individuals both locally and abroad, and continues to present public and in-house courses each month.

The Open Group South Africa’s EA Forum seminars, taking place on 24, 25 and 27 May, will focus on Transition Architectures that reflect how the enterprise evolves from Baseline to Target Architectures. The speaker, Komborero Makoni, is an Analyst at JD Group tasked with developing an enterprise architecture practice within the organisation.

Andrew Seldon, editor at Hi-Tech Security magazine, will facilitate a round table discussion on the state of information security in South Africa at The Open Group Johannesburg Conference in March.

Participants will discuss the biggest information security threats at the moment as well as how to integrate security into the core of all IT thinking. They will also touch on how South Africa compares to markets in the US and EU.

This year’s South African Open Group conference is maintaining its high standard with an agenda filled with interesting topics and high profile speakers. John Zachman leads the plenary, and is followed by presenters from Old Mutual, Shoprite, Internet Solutions, Sasol and others.

In addition to the presentations, there is an unconference, workshops to choose from and a networking event.