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
