1. Günter Böckle Siemens AG
Convergence – The ‘must haves’ - Software interoperability, profiles, building blocks, architectures and middleware
Günter Böckle
Siemens AG

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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?