The Bleeding Edge of OPEN Technology
- The IBM software three open strategies -
It was in 1996 when IBM started its software business. From that time, IBM has focused on "Open strategy" as its software strategy. This consists of three concepts. These are open standards, open source and open architecture.
Open standards are industry-wide standards decided by standards bodies. Open source is a mechanism for the collaboration between software vendors and the community.
Open architecture is system architecture that combines open standards and open source, and achieves software environments independent of hardware architecture and OS.
This article explains the ideas behind these three "Open" concepts and the IBM approach to them. The article also explains when software technology is developed, how the "Open" concepts contribute. Moreover, it introduces some of the latest open technologies and their prospects.
Profile of the author
Yukihisa Yonemochi
The Chairman of the Software Technology Council Japan
Consulting Technology Evangelist
IBM Japan, Ltd.
Hiroyuki Tanaka
Linux Technical Sales
Systems Technical Sales
IBM Japan, Ltd.