In a recent mHealthNews article, Carole C. Carey, Chair of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society/Standards Committee addresses the critical role open standards have in empowering medical wearable devices. It doesn’t require extensive research to understand the benefits of wearables for E-Health innovation. From heart rate and diabetes monitoring, personal wearable devices are helping […]
As the development around the Internet of Things, smart devices, and wearable technology continues to explode, industries that serve end users are zeroing in on the importance of interoperability and user experience. Open Standards can play an important role in these industries, as we pointed out in a recent post featuring Kevin Meagher, VP of […]
OpenStand is pleased to share that it has received a recent mention in the newly-published report, Ten-year Review of Progress Made in the Implementation of the Outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society, prepared by the secretariat of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD). The report purposes to assist the […]
In a recent presentation at one of the Internet Engineering Task Force’s (IETF) Lunch Speaker Series sessions, Dave Ward, an OpenStand Advocate at CISCO, addressed the connection between open standards and open source, with the intention of opening up a conversation around the topic. The reality of the importance of this dialog became evident after Ward […]
This week saw the advent of a powerful call to action regarding internet security issues on The Internet Society’s (ISOC) blog, where Chief Internet Technology Officer Olaf Kolkman asks the following questions regarding cyber security: How do we enable people to trust in the security of their communication and connections across the Internet while ensuring the […]
It’s no secret that enterprise technology and corporate reliance on critical systems is growing exponentially. Data centers need to scale just as fast to keep up with demand, service times, and security, while meeting increasing expectations with regard to speed and capability. We discussed how geographic infrastructure is boosted by open standards a few weeks ago. […]
In this article, written in celebration of World Standards Day, held on October 14, 2014, Daniel Dardailler, Associate Chair of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), asserts that much has been accomplished in the area of open standards and there is still much progress to be made. Dardailler remarks that open standards have helped the […]
The OpenStand Principles embrace openness, transparency, cooperation, and voluntary adoption in a manner that is very compatible with the open source community. As a key player in this community, the Linux Foundation’s missions states that “open collaboration powers everything.” This has initiated an ongoing dialog surrounding open source development practices that is integral to a […]
The Lowe’s store around the corner may seem like an unlikely influencer of open standards, but Kevin Meagher, the VP and GM of Lowes’ Smart Home Division, was brushing elbows with IoT technologists at Gigaom’s Structure Connect Conference last fall, speaking on a panel with Joanne Domeniconi, co-founder of The Grommet, and Kif Leswing of […]
The Internet Society (ISOC), a leading global standards development organization and an OpenStand affirming partner, recently responded to an article from The Economist which predicted a future internet that looks more like a series of sealed-off app stores, separated by walls of proprietary security. According to ISOC, while this “walled garden” scenario isn’t infeasible, it […]