Commercial Benefits of Open Standards

Open Standards lower total costs (TOC) and increase returns on investment (ROI) by providing the following benefits:

• Interoperability
• Vendor neutrality
• Efficient use of existing resources
• Greater use of automation
• Flexibility
• More options provide more opportunities to optimise
• Lower and managable risk
• Robustness and durability
• Quality
• Increase available skills
• Better human communication