DRPM is devised to be interoperable with any number of cloud providers.
"We promised our users that we will be interoperable with all message systems by the end of the year, and we're going to do it," he says.
CopperEgg for example, is interoperable with a number of data sources including Amazon CloudWatch and the two tools provide contrasting feature sets and different levels of granularity.
With the construction industry moving rapidly towards Building Information Modelling (BIM), it is essential that various analysis tools used in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) domain are interoperable with a non-proprietary open BIM schema such as the Industry Foundation Classes (IFC).
In addition, the YPED system is interoperable with a number of external resources to leverage proteomics databases and tools created by other groups.
Interestingly, Episodic also offers an ad server that is interoperable with all major ad serving platforms, letting users insert ads into videos via a fairly simple process.
"It's because the technology is so advanced that no one else can be interoperable with us any more, that we're concerned about a lack of sympathy, even among our NATO allies".
More specifically, a robotic system needs to be interoperable with sensors and devices in its current service environments automatically, rather than statically pre-programmed for its environment.
The Chinese system came at a lower price, but would not be interoperable with NATO systems.
And, of course, if specialised software is written for a specific XML application, it will probably not be interoperable with programs used in other applications.
