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The Confiance Group, a global provider of business transformation solutions for commercial and government organizations, today announced its selection to Penn State University’s newly formed Enterprise Architecture Advisory Group. The inaugural meeting, held earlier this month, consisted of nearly 70 corporate and government leaders to discuss the formation of new enterprise architecture degree programs and research center at the university.

“The opportunity to collaborate with leading industry organizations and Penn State is an ideal platform to deliver the true potential of Enterprise Architecture, through education of the current leadership and training the future knowledge worker,” said Navin Maganti, Vice President of Global Business Transformation, Confiance Group.

The Enterprise Architecture Advisory Group’s goal is the creation of undergraduate and graduate degrees in enterprise

architecture to be offered in Penn State’s College of Information Sciences and Technology.

In addition, group members will be tasked with providing guidance on the formation of an enterprise architecture-focused research center and professional development programs to ensure students receive a real-world understanding of enterprise business and technology.

The Confiance Group’s Enterprise Architecture services provide government and commercial organizations the ability to achieve the right balance between IT efficiency and business innovation. In addition, The Confiance Group allows individual business units to innovate safely in their pursuit of competitive advantage while addressing the needs of the organization for an integrated IT strategy, permitting the closest possible synergy across the extended enterprise.

For more information on Confiance Group’s Enterprise Architecture solutions, please visit: www.confiancegroup.com/ea-solutions.html : cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww .. .


About The Confiance Group

The Confiance Group is a global provider of business transformation solutions for commercial and government organizations. The company provides a comprehensive approach to Business Process Management, Enterprise Architecture and Service Oriented Architecture through a combination of consulting, education and technology that allows organizations to be more efficient, agile and improve service to customers and citizens. The Confiance Group is recognized by its Global 500 and government agency customers as a trusted partner that helps implement change in order to achieve business results. The Confiance Group’s customers include Alcoa, Bank of America, Bose, GE Commercial Finance, Kraft, State of NY, US Army, Vodafone and Wyeth. For more information visit: www.confiancegroup.com : cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww .. .



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