Interop: The Promise and Perils of Highly Interconnected Systems

by John Palfrey and Urs Gasser

Book Overview

In Interop, technology experts John Palfrey and Urs Gasser explore the immense importance of interoperability -- the standardization and integration of technology -- and show how this simple principle will hold the key to our success in the coming decades and beyond.

The practice of standardization has been facilitating innovation and economic growth for centuries. The standardization of the railroad gauge revolutionized the flow of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465021972
• ISBN13: 9780465021970
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher