Standards ( Protocols, Specifications, Application Protocols, and Technical Standards) Definition

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ALSO CALLED: Protocols, Specifications, Application Protocols, and Technical Standards
DEFINITION: In information technology, a protocol (from the Greek protocollon, which was a leaf of paper glued to a manuscript volume, describing its contents) is the special set of rules that end points in a telecommunication connection use when they communicate. Protocols exist at several levels in a telecommunication connection. For example, there are protocols for the data interchange at the hardware …
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Recent Vendor Reports on Standards
Holistic Master Data Management Solutions and Services: Establishing the Foundation for Increasing Business Value sponsored by Accenture WHITE PAPER: Posted: 26 Jun 2008 \| Published: 01 Jan 2007 SUMMARY: Master data management solutions helps organizations maximize the value of postmerger integrations, manage the product lifecycle, meet regulatory requirements and improve the effectiveness of transactional and reporting systems. TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Data Quality \| IT Management Services \| Master Data Management \| SAP (Product) \| Standards

Choose Your Next SOA Implementation Step Carefully sponsored by Seros WHITE PAPER: Posted: 25 Jun 2008 \| Published: 25 Jun 2008 SUMMARY: This white paper discusses the critical role of an ESB and an open standards-based reference architecture in a successful SOA initiative. TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Application Performance Management Software \| ESB \| IT Infrastructure \| SOA \| Standards

UMTS - A Leading 3G Standard sponsored by Comarch WHITE PAPER: Posted: 20 Jun 2008 \| Published: 01 Jun 2008 SUMMARY: UMTS or is a leading 3G technology which is now being deployed all over the world, evolved from GSM - a 2G technology and from GPRS - a 2.5G technology. TOPICS: Standards \| Telecommunications Service Providers \| UMTS \| WLAN

AMTdirect: Store Information Management for Retailers sponsored by AMTdirect SOFTWARE LISTING: Posted: 19 Jun 2008 \| Published: 01 Jun 2008 SUMMARY: AMTdirect enables effective management of all your location data and allows your organization to better manage its stores in ways not available until now. TOPICS: Document Management \| Real Estate Industry \| Standards

Proactive PCI Compliance and Threat Mitigation Using OpenService InfoCenter sponsored by OpenService, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Posted: 17 Jun 2008 \| Published: 01 Jun 2008 SUMMARY: InfoCenter components are open, standards-based software solutions that run on each customer's choice of hardware and storage, allowing them unfettered access to their event data. TOPICS: Hardware \| Operating Systems \| Security \| Standards

In Pursuit of the Perfect Plant: A Business and Technical Guide sponsored by SAP America Inc BOOK: Posted: 11 Jun 2008 \| Published: 01 Jun 2008 SUMMARY: Unlike most books on manufacturing, which are deep dives into arcane topics, this book provides an expensive view, it also provides a series of well-considered, holistic solutions to overcome various issues in manufacturing. TOPICS: Architectures \| Asset Management (Finance) \| Interoperability \| Quality Control \| Standards

Virtual Iron Overview & Demonstration sponsored by Virtual Iron Software, Inc. WEBCAST: Posted: 10 Mar 2008 \| When: Available On Demand SUMMARY: The software enables organizations of all sizes to dramatically reduce the cost and complexity of managing and operating their data centers. TOPICS: Data Centers \| Disaster Recovery \| Server Consolidation \| Server Virtualization \| Software \| Standards

SOA Best Practices: The BPEL Cookbook sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: Posted: 02 Aug 2007 \| Published: 02 Aug 2007 SUMMARY: The BPEL Cookbook highlights SOA best practices and challenges, detailing the importance of BPEL and other standards-based technologies in accelerating the adoption of an SOA. TOPICS: Application Development \| Application Integration \| Best Practices \| BPEL \| SOA \| Standards \| Web Services

How to Certify Installed Cabling for 10Gbps sponsored by Fluke Networks WHITE PAPER: Posted: 13 Feb 2007 \| Published: 01 May 2008 SUMMARY: This paper provides an overview of the methods to measure and certify the performance of the installed cabling system for compliance with the requirements of 10GBASE-T. TOPICS: 10 Gigabit Ethernet \| Category 6 Cable \| Fiber Optic Networks \| IEEE \| ISDN Hardware \| ISO \| Standards \| Telecommunications Industry Association \| Twisted Pair Cable

Getting Started with ITIL's CMDB: Best-Practice Tips for Enterprise IT Professionals sponsored by Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) WHITE PAPER: Posted: 09 Oct 2006 \| Published: 01 Feb 2007 SUMMARY: Gain insight into ITIL's CMDB, the drivers for adoption, potential pitfalls on the road to CMDB success, and best-practices guidance to organizations undertaking a CMDB initiative. TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| Business Service Management \| Change Management \| CMDB \| Configuration Management \| Enterprise Systems \| IT Service Management \| ITIL \| Service Level Management \| Standards

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STANDARDS DEFINITION (continued): … device level and protocols for data interchange at the application program level. In the standard model known as Open Systems Interconnection (OSI), there are one or more protocols at each layer in the telecommunication exchange that both ends of the exchange must recognize and observe. Protocols are often described in an industry or international standard.

On the Internet, there are the TCP/IP protocols, consisting of:

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), which uses a set of rules to exchange messages with other Internet points at the information …
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