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Open Systems for Europe AD. Elliman, C. Sanger Open Systems for Europe combines two important and topical themes. First, Open Systems - the development of vendor-independent means to link and interwork with applications across a range of different systems. Secondly, the formation of a single European market after 1992 with its attendant opening up of public purchasing and the removal of the remaining obstacles to the free movement of products, people and services between the member states of the European Community. What unites these two themes is the issue of standards. As Walter de Backer, Director of Informatics of the Commission of the European Communities ( CEC) says in his keynote paper [Ch. 1J, more and more organisations are beginning to realise that an IT strategy based on standards is feasible, econo­ mic and necessary. It is feasible, if not immediately, then certainly through an evolutionary path phased over a number of years; it is economic because the costs associated with interface changes and conversions can be avoided, if not eliminated totally; and it is necessary if organisations are to communicate and interwork effectively. Moreover, the restructuring of Europe into a single market has already prompted a realignment of corporate interests - existing groups are breaking up and forming new, pan-European conglomerates.

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Author:   T. Elliman ,  C. Sanger
Publisher:   Chapman and Hall
Imprint:   Chapman and Hall
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
Volume:   7
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.326kg
ISBN:  

9780412378508

ISBN 10:   0412378507
Pages:   186
Publication Date:   01 January 1991
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part 1 Keynote papers from governmental agencies: guidelines for an inormatics architecture, de Backer; the DTI programme to encourage Open Systems, W.Greaves; towards a European GOSIP, L.Caffrey. Part 2 Vendor views of standards and the European market: OSI gaining a foothold in Europe through standards, R.Matthews; standardization for OSI - recent developments and future directions, N.Bush and B.Wood; relational database opportunities within the single European market, M.Eaton; proprietary and public standards, P.Morgan. Part 3 User case studies of Open Systems and interworking: why Open Systems - a management perspective, C.Calder; OPen Systems in NHS, P.Bishop; implementation of value-added network at Lloyds, M.Anstee; commercial applications of EDI, W.Bedford. Part 4 Other issues in Open Systems development: planning for information resource centres, C.Lazou; standards for scientific languages, S.Hammarling; development and application of software tools to verify standards, A.Twigger.

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