Openness and interoperability are long standing buzzwords in the digital ecosystem, but it is not always clear what it means, and why it is important. For McAfee, embracing these notions is critical to our success, and here’s why. Openness means that we share information, and interoperability means that this information is shared with our eco-system partners be they public and private entities all with the aim of fostering innovative solutions and services of benefit to all. We all have a natural instinct to defend ourselves against free-loaders, but in the digital world, however counterintuitive it may seem at first glance, this mindset is harmful to both digital business and our capacity to innovate.
Put another way, the more we collaborate and share, the more our customers trust that we are at the top of our game. By being a cog in a vast and interdependent digital machine, McAfee’s services become more valuable. Conversely, locking ourselves out of this process has real risk. This is because openness and interoperability cuts both ways. By giving others access to our expertise, we also gain access to theirs. This lets us focus on what we are good at, and we can leave it to others to create amazing new services that build on our innovation.
Of course, there is a bigger picture. An open and interoperable digital ecosystem is a cornerstone of competition. And ultimately, it is competition that drives innovation. Equally, devices or services that cannot interoperate will over time become less valuable.
That’s why we think the principles of openness and interoperability merit inclusion in the new European Commission’s technology and security policies, a point not lost on the Finnish Pres ..
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