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The Software, Standards and Society in 2020 Series: 7. The Standardization Landscape in 2020

By trond-arne.undheim on May 27, 2009 9:48 AM

When you try to pitch a film, you try to relate it to another successful film. So, you might say of a Sci-Fi movie script: “it is Forrest Gump meets StarTrek”. Similarly, one could say of the future of standardization,...

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China—third largest economy—to shut down global IT industry?

By trond-arne.undheim on January 18, 2009 5:39 PM

The Financial Times this week reports that China becomes the world's third largest economy, bypassing Germany, with the new Chinese statistics published recently. While that is slightly surprising, it is not unexpected. In fact, projections are now for China to...

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The Open Document Format Sweeps Across 16 Governments

By trond-arne.undheim on January 5, 2009 3:52 AM

In another victory for open standards, 16 governments now require the use of Open Document Format, according to Information Week, see Open Document Format Has Been Accepted By 16 Governments (2 January 2009). Belgium, Brazil, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan,...

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Open Standards and Intellectual Property Rights

By trond-arne.undheim on October 10, 2008 4:49 PM

Les2008finalView SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: open standards)...

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Does an Invite-only Event Make e-business Standards Visible?

By trond-arne.undheim on October 3, 2008 8:29 AM

ISO's press release on 2 October 2008 cites Alan Bryden, ISO Secretary-General who concludes with three key actions to sum up the workshop recommendations for standardizers: ensure interoperability, develop communication and promote implementation. What follows is my impression from that...

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Will IBM's New Standards Policy Fix Leaking Pipes?

By trond-arne.undheim on September 23, 2008 6:36 AM

In a seminal move, IBM announces a new IT Standards Policy (see today's Wall Street Journal article, 23.08.09 or IBM's press release on 22.09.08) which will: -- Begin or end participation in standards bodies based on the quality and openness...

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Top Five Open Standards Setting Organizations

By trond-arne.undheim on August 12, 2008 11:51 AM

CEN's consortia survey (2007) identified several hundred fora/consortia. So, there are a myriad of arenas in which to potentially engage. Standards participants – whether they are small or large companies, governments, or individuals – cannot be everywhere. So, what standards...

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