Greek Interoperability Council

The Greek Interoperability Council, formed in June 2010 by NTUA  / Decision Support Systems Laboratory, University of the Aegean / Information Systems Laboratory, Athens University of Economics and Business / ELTRUN, Microsoft Hellas, Oracle Hellas, ATC, Singular Logic, PIRAEUS Bank, Greek Geeks and HSE as an outreach effort designed to address the interoperability concerns of government entities and software companies in Greece and Europe.

Goverment interoperability policy

The technology solutions that support Government Interoperability must operate within a legal and regulatory framework underpinned by policy. These solutions must:

  • be readily available and at an affordable cost
  • produce tangible business and economic value and impact on users and
  • act as an essential enabler for enterprises to innovate and to grow.

Business process modeling and service-oriented architecture

Interoperability of enterprise models; usability of enterprise modelling, in particular its focus on generating flexible, adaptable solutions for Enterprise Interoperability; monitoring of business processes; part of the research areas in service discovery, brokering, negotiation and mediation; interoperability frameworks and architectures, particularly regarding interoperability methodologies.

eGov Technologies Hype Curve

This visualisation is stemming from the work of the CROSSROAD project on eGovernance Research Roadmap, with additions from recent developments and tries to show the status of various ICT-enabled Government technologies and applications in a Gartner-like methodology of hype curve. I have included most developments, research areas and even ideas around the 3 Grand Challenges for ICT...Read More

Interoperability Research Context & Challenges

The ICT industry is changing rapidly. Offerings are moving from products to services. Pricing is moving from licensing to pay per use. Traditional sectors and application domains are maturing and commoditising; they are not areas of growth for Europe. Functions are moving from the enterpris...

A general overview of the state-of-the-art in Enterprise Interoperability.

One may argue that Enterprise Interoperability covers a number of areas, each of which has its own state-of the-art. Here we do not aim to list all these areas, or to give a complete overview of the state-of the-art in each area. Certain standards, specifications and organisations are menti...