GE Launches Open Protocol Exchange Network (OPEN) to Promote Standards-based Security Solutions
Proprietary Technologies/Platforms Promote Innovation, Integration and Assimilation of Emerging Technologies -- May 07, 2004 -- Austin, TX --
GE Infrastructure - Security (NYSE: GE) today announced that it has launched and is recruiting member companies for a security industry-wide network to establish and promote open technologies and architectures for the security industry.
The security industry's current reliance on proprietary technologies and platforms inhibits innovation, integration and the assimilation of emerging technologies. The Open Protocol Exchange Network (OPEN) will bring together technology companies to collaboratively establish and make available standards-based solutions for key encryption and management, migration to new security technologies and integration of physical and logical access control platforms.