Software trends described below tend to reduce the importance of hardware standardization for many applications. Incr eased flexibility will create cost savings in hardware procurement and support efficient use of available hardware. It provides standard language for data definition and queries. SQL can be used with DBMSs from a number of vendors and complies with the relational model. Other emerging software technologies such as relational DBMSs will provide a powerful and flexible framework for storing and retrieving data.
Communications provide the basis for sharing information or equipment.
It provides the basis for interoperability of communications across many applications. Rather, it provides the services, standards, design concepts, components, and configurations that can be used t o guide the development of technical architectures that meet specific mission requirements. It introduces and promotes interoperability, portability, and scalability of DoD information systems. It also provides an organizational level guide and link to the Enterprise Level. To achieve an integrated enterprise, it is assumed that all information systems must interoperate at some time.