The Standards Edge
For some years, Sun has participated in a series of
international conferences, workshops and research programs
on IT industry standardization, many of which built upon a
provocative "Future of Standardization" conference sponsored
by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the U.S.
Department of Commerce, and the Information Technology
Industry Council.
Sun has also supported the publication of the conference
proceedings and related papers in a series of books called
The Standards Edge, and we're pleased to make a limited
number of copies available to customers and partners.
Conference summaries are available at
www.thebolingroup.com.
The notion of IT standardization might conjure up boring
images of glaringly lit conference rooms and interminable,
complex meetings, but the reality is that successful IT
standardization practices and choices are essential to
effective business decisions, continued innovation and
interoperability within the IT industry despite increasing
systems complexity, and national economic growth.
Standards Edge books include:
Future Generation (2005): focuses on the
increasingly complex requirements of interoperability in distributed
global ICT ecosystems, or the "Internet of Things"
Open Season (2005): a look at the powerful relationship
between
open standards and open source and their attendant
business, legal
and technical issues
Dynamic Tension (2004): focuses on the impact IT
standardization
has on business innovation, market creation and the
role of
government regulation and legislation
The Standards Edge (2002): a general primer on IT
standardization,
how to evaluate the merits of technology standards, and
the legal
underpinnings of Intellectual Property policies
If you would like to receive a copy of any of these
collected articles, please send an email to
corp-standards@sun.com. Remember to include the title of the
book you're requesting, number of copies, and an accurate
shipping address.
This paper briefly outlines the relationship between technical standards and the network effect and their impact on expanding participation in the Information Society.
This white paper was submitted as part of Carl
Cargill's testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives, Science
Committee, Environment, Technology & Standards Subcommittee,
Hearing on "Standards Setting and United States Competitiveness",
June 28, 2001. For more information on the House Hearing, see: http://www.house.gov/science/ets/etshearings.htm
This white paper was submitted as part of Carl
Cargill's testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives, Science
Committee, Technology Subcommittee, Hearing on "The Role of
Standards in Today's Society and In the Future," September 13,
2000. For more information on the House Hearings, see: http://www.house.gov/science/hearing_106.htm
An overview of failed evolution submitted to the
Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission
Presented by Carl Cargill, Director of Standards, Sun Microsystems,
Inc.
