Industrial users are a driving force in demanding standards andopenness. Competition is forcing business to find ways to improveproductivity. A result is that businesses are calling forstandards, open..
Industrial users are a driving force in demanding standards and
openness. Competition is forcing business to find ways to improve
productivity. A result is that businesses are calling for
standards, open systems, interchangeability and interoperability of
systems (hardware, software, applications). Committees creating new
standards seem to be appearing everywhere.
Users hope that imposing hardware and software standards will
increase productivity by improving interoperability and
interchangeability. The result is expected to be increased
productivity and profitability due to more easily interconnected
systems and the ability to use the best-of-breed components in
their system
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