Günter Böckle Siemens AG Convergence – The ‘must haves’ - Software interoperability, profiles, building blocks, architectures and middleware Günter Böckle Siemens AG
Many things are converging: Telephony and internet (voice and data + video: triple play), fixed and mobile, TDM and IP, services, devices, … Source: Gartner ITXpo, November 2004
Architecture and Engineering NESSI Holistic View EU Economy NESSI Landscape (Business level Services) Cross business Collaborations Business Domain 1 Domain 2 Domain n Open Standards - Open Source - Quality - Connectivity - Federation Comprehensive View Trust - Dependability Business Services NESSI Framework Infrastructure Layer Service Integration Layer Semantic Layer Security Interoperability Management Services Practices and Usages Architecture and Engineering Regulatory Governance Adoption Core Services
Discussion Topics Software interoperability is the goal Profiles help to understand requirements Building blocks: different approaches– do they need standardization? Architecture: there are styles and patterns – do they need standardization? Middleware: lots of approaches for standards, many overlaps – how to clear the jungle? Additionally: business process modeling – where to standardize?