The industry, through HIMSS, and the government, through the Office of the National Coordinator, are pushing for interoperability.
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Allscripts, Greenway and athenahealth which cater to physician groups have been more vocal about the need for interoperability.
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Without standards for interoperability, doctors and hospitals don't know if the systems they buy will be outdated by the time they are implemented.
In a bid to put a private sector stamp on the push for interoperability, a group of electronic health records vendors led by Cerner and McKesson formed the CommonWell Health Alliance yesterday.
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If AOL's services work together more fully, "it opens the door for us to argue for interoperability, " Brian Park, a senior instant messenger producer at Yahoo, said in Tuesday's edition of the Wall Street Journal.
Before 2010, featurephones were still the norm in South Korea, and thanks to a rule set in early 2005, those devices required a domestic, mostly Java-based middleware called Wireless Internet Platform for Interoperability (or WIPI in short) that standardized network access to ensure fair competition between mobile companies.
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WiMax stands for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, and among other things it is expected to be a possible method for pushing broadband Internet access into remote areas.
The SUSE Linux enterprise computing platform allows for high interoperability between open source and proprietary systems.
It can be standards-compliant for certain interoperability functions.
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As enterprises struggle to keep consumer smartphones and tablets off their corporate networks to avoid security breaches, Fujitsu is taking an alternative approach with the introduction of a companion device designed for maximum interoperability with business environments.
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It proposed a worldwide distribution system called GIBN -- Global Interoperability for Broadband Networks -- at a Paris meeting of telecommunications officials from the world's seven richest industrial countries.
WiMax (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) is a high capacity IP-based technology that can be deployed as a new network or as an overlay to existing 2G and 3G wireless technologies.
The certification will help ensure interoperability for equipment vendors.
Nearly two decades ago Visa, MasterCard and Europay (now part of MasterCard) joined together to develop smartcard standards in order to ensure global interoperability for an emerging technology that promised to increase credit card security.
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These specifications further define the modular architecture and interoperability parameters for NFC devices and protocols.
Gateway-based systems are difficult to use, require trained administrators to set them up and are limited in coverage, says John Powell, chair of the interoperability committee for the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council.
The need for this spectrum has been proven time and time again, it is available today, it will solve the Public Safety interoperability issues for the most part, and it will provide broadband to rural Americans who do not have it today.
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The agreement builds on more than two years of collaboration between the organizations, in which WiGig Alliance developed the groundbreaking WiGig technology specifications including MAC-PHY and Protocol Adaptation Layers (PALs) and Wi-Fi Alliance initiated work to develop an interoperability certification for 60GHz products.
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The first Wi-Fi Alliance interoperability certification program for WiGig products is targeted to launch late this year.
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This diversity is good for users, but the lack of interoperability serves as an excess friction that is holding back even greater growth.
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The new Onkyo TX-NR807 also capable of playing computer music files from networked PCs, is fully compatible with the Digital Living Network Alliance's DLNA 1.5 consumer electronics interoperability specification, and sells for less than half the price of the company's previous network-capable model.
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Again, however, a lack of concern over interoperability does not negate the need for apps.
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Interoperability, which has never been a priority for vendors or hospitals, is now at the forefront, driven by payments tied to care coordination.
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The combined company will build on standards work being done by NEMA (the Association of Electrical and Medical Imaging Equipment Manufacturers) and will make the protocols and interoperability standard available to any EVSE network operator for a small licensing fee, according to Pat Romano, president and CEO of ChargePoint.
Sendmail can also be used in conjunction with programs like Exchange for companies that are looking for a more secure MTA, but still need Notes-like interoperability on the Microsoft platform.
Some interoperability experts say these gateways are a solid interim solution for short-term use--especially when rescue workers from other jurisdictions are aiding in disaster relief--but should not be considered ideal, permanent systems for inter-agency communication.
Among several refinements to improve interoperability, the updated standard enables a higher data rate for DisplayPort-to-HDMI cable adaptors, providing support for HDMI 1.4 display resolutions such as 1080p 3D at 60Hz, and Ultra HD (4K x 2K) up to 30Hz frame rate, as well as 1080p with deep color.
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Besides ease of use and better interoperability among different video calling systems, the technology behind the agreement will allow for a 35%-50% more efficient use of bandwidth, said Miller, whose company designed the software.
By jointly operating and owning the WGS system, the United States will not only increase its interoperability with a steadfast ally, but it will also create a geostrategic dilemma for China by forcing the PLA to target both U.S. and Australian military satellites in order to comprehensively paralyze American's command and control network.
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