http://enterprise.siemens.com/open/be/fr The top-level strategists at Siemens Enterprise Communications will be posting their team blog, sharing all their ideas and opinions on IT and the communications industry. en-gb http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SiemensOpenCommunicationsBlogBEFR/~3/oqRRd7XcwpI/manylayeredcake.aspx Superficially, Open Communications (OC) suggests the adoption of open standards in communications technology and a move away from proprietary systems. In my personal view though, OC goes further and is much more important than this. Siemens AG 2006-11-27 http://enterprise.siemens.com/open/be/fr/OpenInformation/Bloguedelequipe/blogitems/manylayeredcake.aspx http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SiemensOpenCommunicationsBlogBEFR/~3/s-n78MQOreI/battleofstandars.aspx Perhaps it’s too much to say that standards are the genes of technology, but they certainly compete with each other for space in the technical genome. Some win and go on to influence future standards. Others just disappear. Siemens AG 2006-11-27 http://enterprise.siemens.com/open/be/fr/OpenInformation/Bloguedelequipe/blogitems/battleofstandars.aspx http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SiemensOpenCommunicationsBlogBEFR/~3/SNwbXvjNlE0/freaktobemainstream.aspx Every parent will eventually know the pleasure of seeing their freaky teenagers turn into ordinary human beings. Frightening as it seems now, Spotty Simon will eventually buy his own home and holidays and have to work for a living. In the world of technology, open sourcing is also coming of age. Siemens AG 2006-11-03 http://enterprise.siemens.com/open/be/fr/OpenInformation/Bloguedelequipe/blogitems/freaktobemainstream.aspx http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SiemensOpenCommunicationsBlogBEFR/~3/t0RTQ5Ro0ns/wonderfulvehicle.aspx I had a weekend recently at my parents’ home in Cornwall. As the weekend drew to a close and the packing started, I realised that I had mislaid my SecureID tag – the little security device which generates a new number every minute and is used as part of the authentication process for accessing our network. Siemens AG 2006-09-26 http://enterprise.siemens.com/open/be/fr/OpenInformation/Bloguedelequipe/blogitems/wonderfulvehicle.aspx http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SiemensOpenCommunicationsBlogBEFR/~3/BU0O1IN8KIE/squaringoff.aspx Milton Keynes has the undeserved reputation of being one of the squarest cities in the UK. True, its roads are designed on the grid system and visually it can be a bit bland. But there must be something here that attracts techno-dreaming. WiMAX is coming to town! Siemens AG 2006-08-31 http://enterprise.siemens.com/open/be/fr/OpenInformation/Bloguedelequipe/blogitems/squaringoff.aspx http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SiemensOpenCommunicationsBlogBEFR/~3/OYt9EDDSd_A/flexibleworking.aspx I was on a “handling the media” course a week back and had to give a practice telephone interview to a journalist. “Oh no, not another pitch on flexible working” she exclaimed, “you guys have been talking about this since the Earth was cooling”. Siemens AG 2006-08-17 http://enterprise.siemens.com/open/be/fr/OpenInformation/Bloguedelequipe/blogitems/flexibleworking.aspx http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SiemensOpenCommunicationsBlogBEFR/~3/_mEW8suOzUo/datacentresip.aspx We met last week with a major international customer to discuss the potential for a hosted or data-centre based SIP voice environment. As the discussion developed, it was clear there were two key potential areas where this approach gave them new flexibility. Siemens AG 2006-07-10 http://enterprise.siemens.com/open/be/fr/OpenInformation/Bloguedelequipe/blogitems/datacentresip.aspx