OPEN to innovation.
Interoperability drives innovation within a thriving IT industry, creating technologies that improve citizen services and government efficiency. Governments and businesses alike are looking to new technologies, like cloud services, to enable innovative offerings.
Open data
There is a growing list of Microsoft products that implement the Open Data (OData) Protocol.
See articles by Dan Kasun, Doug Purdy, and examples of how OData is opening new opportunities including iPhone and Java interoperability; and how governments are delivering citizen value including Europe‘s Eye On Earth project and Vancouver‘s Open Data project.
eHealth and interoperability
See how interoperability in healthcare (video) is making eHealth a reality at University of Cleveland and Swedish Red Cross.
Liberating data
Microsoft on the issues (blogs):
- Tear Down the Walls and Liberate the Data, by Peter Nuepert
- Liberate the Data Part II, Perspectives from Eclipsys & Microsoft on Health, by Peter Nuepert
Spotlight
Microsoft has made Open access to data part of its Interoperability strategy, enabling governments to unlock data from heterogeneous repositories and make it available in a flexible spectrum of e-government services. European Open Government Data Initiative www.govdata.eu is a free, open-source collection of software assets for Government organizations to upload, publish and store open data into the Microsoft Cloud – combined with an Open API enabling developers to Reuse Data with a wide variety of development languages e.g. .NET, PHP, Ruby, Python etc.
(Additionally please consult the PSI Directive).
Interoperability and the cloud
Cloud computing provides business and consumers with new IT choices while making computing more cost-effective. While the Windows Azure software platform has been built from the ground up for interoperability, recent initiatives in Europe and US are examples of how governments are transforming the way they serve their citizens on connected cloud platforms.
Microsoft brings cloud interoperability down to earth
An interoperable cloud could help companies cut costs and governments connect constituents. Learn more.
European Environment Agency is using online tools to raise awareness
An agency of the European Union, the European Environment Agency (EEA) is using innovative online tools to bring revolutionary data to citizens. Learn more.
