1. Jean-François Abramatic Chief Product Officer ILOG
Does size matter ?
Jean-François Abramatic
Chief Product Officer ILOG

2. Agenda Interoperability from 50000 feet Architecture matters
Does size matter ?
Food for thoughts

3. Interoperability from 50000 feet
Digitalization
Science, Technology & Industry
Convergence
Deregulation
End of monopolies
Initiative & competition
Globalization
Internet
Pioneering openness
« Rough consensus & running code »
Role of Software : intelligence at the boundaries
Ease of deployment

4. Architecture matters Develop a vision Design standards
Understand opportunities
Conduct experiments
Ex : IP, TCP, URI-HTTP-HTML, XML, Web Services, SOA
Design standards
Cooperative work
Interoperable implementations
Role of Open Source
Deploy products & services
Lifecycle : assess, promote, deprecate
Software industry maturity
IPR : threat of fear, uncertainty & doubt

5. Does size matter ? Market requirements Societal requirements
Industry players
Large & small
End users
Societal requirements
Role of governments : public
Citizen needs : accessibility, internationalization
Citizen protection : privacy, security
Citizen awareness : best practices
Role of governments : industry
Encourage cooperation
Exemplary buyer
Interoperability is all about architecture
Nothing to do with size

6. Food for thoughts : reality check
TCP-IP : IP V6
Timing & legacy constraints
XML : From SGML to the Web
Bringing technical communities together
WAP & the Web
Timing & Cooperation between organizations
Chat
Timing & lost opportunities

7. Where this will all end up is anyone’s guess,
the only way to find out is to keep going !
Vint Cerf
The humble attitude of the founding fathers of the Internet is the most important lesson, the one we should never forget.