From building a new Metro under ancient Athens to raising the standards for mobile telecommunications across Europe, Siemens works on challenging, complex, and fast moving projects. And it is John Minnick s job to make sure Siemens employees have the technology tools they need. Siemens is turning to Windows 2000, relying on its technical advances to meet their needs. The ability to handle 10 million objects. But today we want to make another point, a point John Minnick understood.
Standardisation is often key to progress, and that s something to encourage.
Different business units able to work together smoothly. Different businesses able to talk and exchange data. Different family members able to send pictures to each other over the Internet. Again and again, common standards make communication and innovation possible. The benefits of standardisation aren t limited to one company or one platform.