BRUSSELS — The European Union’s (E.U.’s) planned software patent rules represent a major threat to interoperability unless specific exemptions are made to the legislation, participants at a conference ...

Developing robust automation and control systems in manufacturing facilities has historically been dominated by proprietary technology stacks. While this offered users highly reliable and ...

In 2006, GS1 began issuing certifications to RFID tag, reader and printer providers whose EPC Gen 2 products passed specific tests verifying their interoperability. This means end users can choose ...

Transit agencies aren’t failing to innovate. They’re failing to procure innovation. Across North America, transit leaders are under constant pressure to modernize: improve rel ...

REDLANDS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Electric utilities have long struggled to share data among their planning, asset, customer, and operational systems. The processes are often costly, inaccurate, time ...

For years, UK defence has been trying to solve the challenge of accessing information from lots of different systems and sources. The goal is to make sure all this information can be shared quickly, ...

The Australian government should follow the lead of the US and the EU by breaking down silos in digital health through legislation, argues the Australian Medical Association (AMA). Julian Rait, MBBS ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. Legislation in the works in the Senate would press federal agencies to more aggressively seek out savings in their software portfolio by ...

As health data-sharing improves, but at a slow pace, the nation’s largest EHR vendor, Epic, plays a big role in helping to create a clinically interoperable healthcare system. The company controls ...

Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh.

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 11: Chairman Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) (R) speaks with Ranking Member Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing.