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Interoperability: The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and...; Full Interoperability Definition >>

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Sun waits out Microsoft, gets some interoperability bang after all: What a nut I was. Back when Sun Microsystems and Microsoft announced they would be joining forces on interoperability between Sun, nee Java, and .NET (remember Steve Ballmer [of "Ballmer and Butthead" fame) and Scott McNealy sitting side by side) I thought they meant it. I pushed...; Tags: Interoperability, Sun Microsystems Inc., Thin Client, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Thin Clients, Programming Languages, Java, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-03-10
Yahoo could be Microsoft's 'prove it' moment on open source interoperability: What do you get if you couple an email from Kevin Johnson, Microsoft president of the company Platforms & Services Division, to employees about the Yahoo deal and the software giant's pledge to be more interoperable with the open source world? One big moment to prove Microsoft is serious about...; Tags: Interoperability, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Obviously, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-02-23
News to know: Microsoft interoperability; Bypassing FileVault; Woz; Black Hat; More benchmarks: Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft pledges interoperability--again Reading the fine print on Microsoft's new open-source promises Larry Dignan: Microsoft's real game: Open interoperability protects its stack Dana Gardner: Microsoft on open APIs: New tune or blowing more smoke? Dana Blankenhorn:...; Tags: Black Hat, Interoperability, Disk, Dana Blankenhorn, Apple MacBook, Microsoft Corp., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-02-22
Microsoft's real game: Open interoperability protects its stack: Microsoft's real game: Open interoperability protects its stackInteroperability works both ways.If you want to rip out that Linux server, the fact that it works with Microsoft products as Microsoft intends helps assure that you won't (what?) miss a beat by eliminating the foreign element.You have many Microsoft products already and...; Tags: game, Microsoft Corp., real game, interoperability; Discussion threads 2008-02-21
Microsoft's real game: Open interoperability protects its stack: The cynics are out in force over Microsoft's open interoperability initiative, but it's actually a positive development. Just don't get carried away with the Kool-Aid though because there's a good business reason for Microsoft to make this move: The software giant is protecting its stack. As a...; Tags: Game, Interoperability, Reaction, Cynic, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-02-21

EU regulators cool on Microsoft open-source move: EU regulators cool on Microsoft open-source moveEU regulators cool on Microsoft open-source moveOh jeez, is there anything that will please the EU? Despite Microsoft even going as far as offering source code these regulators still can't accept it. Money laundering is what its really turning out to be....; Tags: Regulations, Money Laundering, Todd Bishop, ECIS, open source, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft open-source, Microsoft open-source move, regulator, interoperability; Discussion threads 2008-02-21
Microsoft pledges (yet again) that it wants to be interoperable: Microsoft's "significant" announcement on February 21 turns out to be not so significant at all. Microsoft is promising -- for the umpteenth time -- that it will share all the protocols and programming interfaces needed to allow interoperability between its products and others. Why is Microsoft going...; Tags: Interoperability, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Operating Systems, Software, Quality, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-02-21
Will you trust your medical information to Google?: The Cleveland Clinic has announced a partnership with Google that will essentially be a soft launch of the long-awaited Google Health personal health record service. Privacy concerns may not be too far behind. According to a statement, Google will help the Cleveland Clinic to offer personal health...; Tags: Google Inc., Interoperability, Goal, Personal Health Record, Cleveland Clinic, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-02-21
Solving the Virtual World interoperability Problem: Despite the popularity of SecondLife, there are in fact several such services on the market today. Enabling interoperabilty between There, Entropia Universe, Moove, Habbo Hotel, and Kaneva could go along way towards promoting the Virtual World industry. IBM researcher Ian Hughes' excellent post poses the question of what that...; Tags: Interoperability, IM, Presence, Stage, Service Provider, Cooperation, Standards, Adolescent, VIRTUAL WORLDS ARE ADOLESCENTS Virtual World Service, Business Services, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications, Dave Greenfield; Blog posts 2008-02-20
Honeywell Uses Smart Tags to Improve interoperability, Save $1.5 Million Annually: Honeywell Transportation Systems employs thousands of engineers who design engine-boosting systems and other automotive products. Early in the design phase, they consult parts data that resides in an SAP R/3 ERP system, and parts drawings that reside in a Linux-based Product Data Management PDM application. Engineers spent hours each week...; Tags: Honeywell International Inc., Smart Tags, Interoperability, Microsoft Corp., Honeywell Transportation Systems, Microsoft Office, Enterprise Software, Office Suites, Software; Case studies 2008-02-01
End-to-End interoperability Testing of a Global e-Commerce System Ensures Reliability for Vicataulic: For over 80 years, Victaulic is the world's leading producer of mechanical pipe joining systems with manufacturing and distribution facilities worldwide and over 3,200 employees. The company's challenge was to integrate data across multiple platforms and ensuring availability to stakeholders based on permissions granted. It also wanted to implement an...; Tags: MindTree Consulting, Interoperability, E-business, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Software; Case studies 2008-02-01
Microsoft starts rolling out more OOXML translators: Over the next three months, Microsoft will be releasing new and updated translators designed to aid customers who want interoperability between Microsoft's Office Open XML OOXML and other document formats, including Open Document Format ODF. On December 4, Microsoft began rolling out three new translators that...; Tags: Interoperability, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, OOXML, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Emerging Technologies, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2007-12-04
Smarter homes with an Amigo: I'm sure that some of you remember Jini, an initiative launched in 1998 by Bill Joy of Sun Microsystems. This software was supposed to turn all the devices we use into 'network citizens,' as Joy said. It never really worked. And even if the electronic devices we own are...; Tags: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Interoperability, Device, Network, Middleware, Information And Communication Technology, Amigo, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Networking, Management, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-12-01
Microsoft Unified Communications shuns G.722 wideband interoperability: Microsoft launched its UC Unified Communications products this month with the intention of replacing the traditional PBX. But before it can get to a dominant market share position if it ever gets there at all, it's going to have to interoperate with existing telephony systems on the existing standards that...; Tags: Interoperability, Phone, IP Phone, Codec, IP, Microsoft Corp., Polycom Inc., G.722, RTAudio, G.722.1, Telecom & Utilities, George Ou; Blog posts 2007-10-31
de Icaza: .NET source code release a non-event for open source world: de Icaza: .NET source code release a non-event for open source worldI think he's correctClean room is still the best approach to open source development, which means that Mono's developers cannot allow themselves to be influenced by proprietary code in any way (their job is to implement the protocols, not...; Tags: .NET, Application servers, Middleware, Development tools, Microsoft .NET, Icaza, open source, open source world, Clean Room; Discussion threads 2007-10-05
Today's Debate: How do we reach interoperability?: Today's Debate: How do we reach interoperability?That's easyMicrosoft needs to open up a bit more and stop being so anti-competitive. IBM and Apple need to as well. Linux and the *BSD's are already open and well documented. Until the above identified start playing nice and working with the system instead...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, interoperability, hospital; Discussion threads 2007-09-28
Today's Debate: How do we reach interoperability?: At a House hearing this week there was a lot of talk about medical interoperability. (Rep. Bart Gordon of Tennessee, left. chaired the hearing.) The problem of moving medical data between different medical record systems was called a "daunting challenge" by HCA president Noel Williams, who noted there...; Tags: Interoperability, Open Source, U.S. Congress, Health Care, Standards, Vertical Industries, Quality, Benefits, Healthcare, Government, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-09-28
Microsoft weighs options after EU defeat: Updated: Microsoft said Monday it will take the necessary steps to comply with a European Union ruling after an appeal court gave the software giant a stinging defeat. Now Microsoft will have to share code with rivals to ensure interoperability. Specifically, The EU's second highest court backed a European...; Tags: Interoperability, Brad Smith, European Commission, Commission, Microsoft Corp., Decision, Court, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-09-17
Improving Testing Capability of interoperability for Link-11 by Building a Gateway for a TCP/IP Network: Link-11 is a tactical digital communication network standard deployed in military platforms now for several decades. The standard employs the digital modulation technique Differential Quadrature Phase Shift Keying DQPSK to encode formatted binary messages (M-series messages) onto an audio channel, which are then modulated and transmitted over a radio communications...; Tags: University Of Arizona, TCP/IP, Interoperability, Gateway Inc., Network, Link-11, Networking, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing; White papers 2007-09-04
Achieving interoperability With Ajax Using Java and .NET Technologies: In "Java EE .NET Interoperability: Integration Strategy, Patterns, and Best Practices", the Java and .NET interoperability constraints across presentation, business, integration, and resource tiers were raised. Web 2.0 introduces a new layer of complexity to this - where particularly in the mashup scenario, one can be faced with interoperability challenges...; Tags: Web 2.0, Interoperability, Microsoft .NET, AJAX, Web Browser, Tier, Mashup, Web Browsers, Programming Languages, Java, Internet, Software Development, Software/Web Development; White papers 2007-08-01