ISO Focus+

ISO Focus+ – November-December 2011

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IT gurus and gadgets

Recent gadgets like smartphones and tablets have revolutionized the way we carry out everyday tasks. Today, we can use phones to buy our transport tickets, or find our way when we are lost. With continual accessibility to the Internet, we can check our e-mail or social networks, shop and access information anytime, everywhere. But behind these innovations are real people, visionaries who dared dream the impossible, and made it happen.

Supporting these gurus and innovators are International Standards, which are crucial for translating ideas into realities that can be produced and deployed for the benefit of all. The November/December 2011 issue of ISO Focus+ takes a closer look at how International Standards help translate visions and ideas into technical success stories.

Exclusive interview with Ken Wheatley

The November/December 2011 issue of ISO Focus+ features an exclusive interview with Sony Electronics Inc. Senior Vice President and Chief Security Officer, Ken Wheatley. “Standards can accelerate the innovation process. On one hand, standards can accumulate and focus the knowledge and efforts of many participants to develop fundamentally new ideas and technologies which can lead to radically new products and service concepts. On the other, standards can reduce well-developed and potentially conflicting practices to a single one, thereby reducing risks in the manufacturing process, increasing competition, and improving economies of scale.”