INTEROPERABILITY: Creating Choice and Economic Opportunity

1. INTEROPERABILITY:Creating Choice and Economic Opportunity A view from Microsoft www.microsoft.com/interop

2. What is Interoperability? Interoperability is a property referring to the ability of diverse systems and organizations to work together (inter-operate). The term is often used in a technical systems engineering sense, or alternatively in a broad sense, taking into account social, political, and organizational factors that impact system to system performance. -- Wikipedia “ Interoperable hardware and software ultimately give customers, businesses, and governments the confidence to choose IT products that meet their respective needs.” —Ina Gudele, Minister, Special Assignments for Electronic Government Affairs, Republic of Latvia

3. Computing Demands Interoperability ConnectedEra Internet Client-Server Time PC Now is the time for Interoperability by Design

4. This Connected Era Demands Interoperability Driving forces Mobility blurs work & home, social networking/media, always on/always connected expectation Heterogeneous environments, web services, SOA Government regulations & legal requirements Distributed workforce, open innovation models, return on IT investment Interoperability drives innovation and fosters competition

5. Microsoft Interoperability by Design Listening, innovating, and providing access Interoperability • Access for • Developers • Partners • Customers • Community Interoperability drives innovation and fosters competitive markets

6. Building on Microsoft’s Interoperability Foundation Listening to our customers & the industry, taking pragmatic steps • Interoperability PrinciplesSix high-volume products • Open Connections • Data Portability • Enhanced Support for Standards • Open Engagement • Bridge Building • Support for Mixed Environments • Solving key Customer Issues with Industry Partners • IP Licensing, Standards Support, Protocol Licensing • Innovative Community Licensing • Announcement of Windows Principles 2003 2008

7. - Microsoft Interoperability Principles • Ensuring Open Connections Applies to these products: including the .NET Framework • Data Portability • Enhanced Support for Standards • Open Engagement “The interoperability principles and actions announced today by Microsoft present significant opportunities for the vast majority of software developers and will benefit the broader IT community.” —Thomas Vogel, Information Management, Novartis Pharma

8. Principle 1: Open Connections to Microsoft Products Greater opportunity & choice • Better integration with high-volume products • More information about Microsoft patents in protocols and access to RAND licensing at low rates • Enables people to decide whether to work around or use Microsoft technology • Open source developers have royalty free access to patents in protocols for development and non-commercial purposes "The importance of this effort by Microsoft to promote interoperability with its most popular products in the enterprise should not be underestimated. Driving interoperability through the implementation of this set of Principles is a best practice for the IT industry that will provide greater opportunity and choice.“ - David O'Berry, Director of Information Technology Systems and Services, South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services Opportunity & choice create competition & innovation

9. Principle 2: Data Portability Giving customers the ability to access & use their data in third-party software products • Customer access to their data in high volume Microsoft products • Customers able to port their data to other applications • Increased user choice among document formats “The move should help software developers to write software that works with and improves Microsoft's existing products. Making more technical details available should make it easier to exchange data between Microsoft's systems and systems developed by its competitors.” – Mike Gilpin, Forrester Research

10. Principle 3: Enhanced Standards Support Defining how standards are supported in Microsoft products • Customer and industry input into which standards to support. • Transparency how specific standards are supported in high volume products • Access to patents necessary to implement extensions related to interoperability • Interoperability between significant implementations of supported standards “In laying out this third principle, we map out the means by which customers will help us prioritize which specific industry standards that our products will support, and how we will ensure that we've implemented those standards in a way that's interoperable with other popular products in the real world, and how we will continue to innovate in a fully open manner respectful to the role of standards and the committed individuals behind them.” - Ray Ozzie, Chief Software Architect, Microsoft Corporation

11. Principle 4: Open Engagement Inviting you to join the conversation • Increased interoperability with open source communities • Increased communication between Microsoft, customers, partners and competitors about interoperability • Creating forums and tools to exchange information and solve problems “The principles and actions announced today by Microsoft are a very significant expansion of its efforts to promote interoperability. While Microsoft has made considerable progress on interoperability over the past several years, including working with us on the Interoperability Executive Customer Council, today’s news takes Microsoft’s interoperability commitment to a whole new level.” - Manfred Wangler, Vice President, Corporate Research and Technology, Software and Engineering Siemens

12. Interoperability Executive Customer (IEC) Council Identifying real-world scenarios • Separate cross-industry from vendor-specific issues • Education of existing solutions is helpful • Industry competition frequently playsa role in issues • Collaboration among competitors is often beneficial to both parties “Intellect, the trade association for the U.K. hi-tech industry, warmly welcomes initiatives such as Microsoft’s Interoperability Executive Council, which seeks to meet customers’ needs by improving software and hardware interoperability.” —John Higgins, Director General, Intellect and Member of the IEC Council

13. Interoperability Vendor Alliance Testing real-world scenarios • Identify most pressing interop challenges faced by customers • Labs used for testing solutions to issues raised by customer • Results published on IVA web site as practical guidance “EMC’s engagement with the Interop Vendor Alliance builds on our long-standing commitment to hardware and software interoperability testing on the Microsoft platform and reduces complexity in deploying solutions in open, multivendor environments.” —Mike O’Neill, vice president of Technology Alliances at EMC For more information: http://www.interopvendoralliance.org

14. Document Interoperability Initiative Identifying real-world document interoperability scenarios • World-wide series of technical discussions • Test interoperability among product implementations of document format standards • Work with community to develop solutions “We are pleased to collaborate with Microsoft to meet customer demands for content solutions that easily interoperate. Utilizing open document standards, such as Open XML and ODF, will improve the way organizations work across disparate platforms.” —Andy Feit, senior vice president of Marketing at Mark Logic

15. Interoperability Forum Discussing real-world interoperability scenarios • Web-based forum to discuss interoperability topics • Everyone is invited to participate • Live March 20, 2008 • http://microsoft.com/interop/principles/forum

16. Open Source Interoperability Initiative Fostering open engagement • Increasing business opportunities for all partners • Broad range of facilities, events, and resources supporting • http://www.microsoft.com/opensource/interop

17. Open Innovation At MS APIs Patents Protocols Formats SDK/DDK Microsoft Technology Patents Code and IP TM/TS

18. Governments Support Open Innovation • Neutral procurement policies promote choice • Software choice, not software preference, is the best policy Interoperability results in more choice, competition, & innovation

19. Promoting Interoperability New Research from Harvard University and University of St. Gallen* • No single meaning • No single solution • Context determines solution • Private sector should lead • Universal mandates produce unintended consequences “Breaking Down Digital Barriers: When and How ICT Interoperability Drives Innovation,” —Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School and the Research Center for Information Law, University of St. Gallen. Interoperability results in more choice, competition, & innovation

20. Case Study: eGov Portugal • e-Government Interoperability • Bridging: Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, HP… • Bridging: .NET and Java development • Solution Enables: data integration, app integration, simplified identity, privacy, and security "Microsoft software is interoperable with a wide range of other applications and supports open standards, such as XML and SOAP, which were critical to the success of this project.“ —Pedro Nunes, Project Manager, Agency for the Modernization of the Public Administration Interoperability results in more choice, competition, & innovation

21. Collaboration Agreements Sun Microsystems Novell

22. Collaboration: Sun • Technical Collaboration • Interoperability Lab • Microsoft Communications Protocol Program • Windows Certification for Sun Server • Future Collaboration for Java and .NET • Patents and IP • Legal Settlements

23. Collaboration: Novell • Interoperability Agreement • Interoperability Lab • Accessibility Agreement • Patent Agreement • Business Collaboration Agreement

24. Interoperability: .NET/Java Integration Driving Value • Bringing people together • Ensuring interoperability between .NET and Java • Web services–based architectures • Improving business efficiencies • Giving developers the resources they need to build • innovative IT solutions Broad Industry Relationships JBoss, Oracle, IBM WebSphere, BEA WebLogic, Sun Project Tango, Novell Supporting Industry Standards Kerberos protocol, AES, HTTP, UDP, XML, Open XML, SOAP, WSDL, WS-Interoperability (WS-I) Basic Profile, and WS-* Key Technologies BizTalk Server, Windows Vista, Visual Studio, Microsoft Office, SQL Server 2005

25. Interoperability: Application Integration Driving Value • Bringing people together • Integrating diverse systems • Improving business efficiencies • Providing opportunities for developers to build • innovative products and technologies Broad Industry Relationships Apple, BEA, IBM, JBoss, Oracle, SAP, Sun, and WebLogic Supporting Industry Standards FTP, HTTP, IMAP, IP, IPSec, Kerberos protocol, POP3, LU 6.2 protocol, MIME, SNA, SOAP, SSL, SNMP, TCP, TLS, UDP, WSDL, WS-*, and XML Key Technologies Microsoft Office, .NET Framework, BizTalk Server, Microsoft Dynamics, Exchange Server, Windows Server

26. Interoperability: Communications Integration Driving Value • Providing unified communications for business and • enterprise customers • Building bridges between global instant messaging • platforms • Improving business efficiencies • Helping businesses meet compliance and • regulatory requirements Broad Industry Relationships AOL, AT&T, Cisco, Hewlett Packard, Motorola, Nortel, Siemens, Sun, Unisys, Verizon, Yahoo! Supporting Industry Standards DNS, HTTP, IMAP, IPv4, IPv6, IPsec, Kerberos protocol, POP3, LDAP, MIME, NNTP, SALT, SIP, SOAP, SSML, SSL, SMTP, SNMP, SRGS, TCP, TDM, TLS, UDP, WSDL, WS-*, and XML Key Technologies Microsoft Exchange Server, Windows Server, Office Communications Server, Outlook, Windows Mobile, Windows Embedded

27. Interoperability: Data Integration Driving Value • Bringing people together • Giving customers better control over, and access • to, their data • Improving business efficiencies • Bridging disparate technologies Broad Industry Relationships Apple, BEA, IBM, JBoss, MySQL, Novell, Oracle, SAP, Siebel, Sun, Sybase, and WebLogic Supporting Industry Standards ACORD, AIAG, ARTS, CABA, CDISC, DTMF, EAN.UCC, EEMA, EPCglobal, FIX/FPL, HL7, HR- XML, IFX, IMS, OFX Consortium, OPC, OTA, RosettaNet, SIF, SWIFT, and TM Forum Key Technologies BizTalk Server, Host Integration Server, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office, SQL Server, Visual Studio

28. Interoperability: Legacy Systems Integration Driving Value • Supporting connected IT systems • Providing technology solutions • Improving business efficiencies • Providing tools for developers Broad Industry Relationships BEA Systems, IBM, Intel, Fujitsu, HP Novell, Oracle, SAP, and Sun Supporting Industry Standards DRDA, FTP, HTTP, IP, IPsec, Kerberos v5, LU 6.2 protocol, Microsoft Message Queuing, SNA, SOAP, TCP, UDP, WebSphere MQ, WS-*, X.509, and XML Key Technologies Microsoft Host Integration Server, SQL Server, BizTalk Server, Identity Integration Server, Message Queuing

29. Interoperability: Network Integration Driving Value • Ensuring interoperability with the Windows • platform • Providing broad cross-platform support • Promoting security and reliability across the • network • Improving business efficiencies and reducing • total cost of ownership Broad Industry Relationships Apple, Cisco, Epson, Fujitsu, NEC, Novell, Siemens, Sun, and Toshiba Supporting Industry Standards Apple File Protocol, AppleTalk network protocol, FTP, HTTP, IDN, IPv4, IPv6, iSCSI, LU 6.2 protocol, SOAP, SMB, SNA, TCP, UDP, and VHD Key Technologies .NET Framework, Host Integration Server, Identity Integration Server, Visual Studio, Windows Mobile, Windows Server

30. Interoperability: Security and Identity Integration Driving Value • Providing identity authentication technologies • Helping safeguard users from malicious software • attacks • Enabling enterprise single sign-on scenarios • Building more secure and reliable systems Broad Industry Relationships McAfee, Global Infrastructure Alliance for Internet Safety, Microsoft Virus Initiative, Virus Information Alliance, Microsoft Security Response and Safety Summit, Symantec Supporting Industry Standards AES, DHCP, Kerberos protocol, HTTP, IP, IPsec, PKI, SAML 1.1 Token Profile, SSL, TCP, TLS, WPA Security, WS-*, and X.509 Key Technologies Microsoft Identity Integration Server, Windows CardSpace, Host Integration Server, Visual Studio, Microsoft Forefront

31. Interoperability: System Integration Driving Value • Simplifying IT operations • Supporting cross-platform solutions • Promoting best practices • Integrating IT environments Broad Industry Relationships Advanced Micro Devices, Fujitsu, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Microsoft Management Alliance, Intel, and Quantum Supporting Industry Standards DNS, HTTP, IPv4, IPv6, ISO/IEC 20000, SOAP, TCP, UDP, XML, SML, SOAP, WSDL, WS-Addressing, WS-Management, WS-Management Catalog, and WS-MetadataExchange Key Technologies Data Protection Manager, Operations Manager, Systems Management Server, Virtual Server, Visual Studio, Windows Server Update Services, Windows Storage Server

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