The on-rushing convergence between infrastructure players (telcos, cable TV, satellite broadcasters) and content production (Internet portals, broadcasters, software vendors), is manifesting itself strongly across a wide range of industry mergers...
In such a scenario, interoperability and ease of integration are the most important things now for IBM, and their move towards industry standards makes perfect sense. The outline of IBM's software vision comes at a difficult time.
Matthew Shilts, senior engineer at Verisign, said: "This will do the same for security as SOAP did for application interoperability. This is about preserving interoperability as web services develop. This also meant different systems could have...
In an about-turn, IBM said last week it will back the creation of two more board members for the Web Services Interoperability Organisation (WS-I) after Sun cried foul over its exclusion. There is much suspicion that Microsoft is against the move...
One of the gravest problems is that of device interoperability. Has it not occurred to ISPs and Wi-Fi players to undertake interoperability testing before going to market? Then we come to the area of getting potential users attracted to this vision...
McNealy will be talking about recent low-cost Java-based server and desktop software bundles, while emphasising Sun's commitment to interoperability, innovation and future technologies such as grid computing.