Oracle: In with the U.N.

Announced on New Year’s Eve was a joint research initiative by the United Nations Development Programme, IBM and Oracle. The UNDP Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme calls for assistance to Asian Pacific nations to “share and create strategies, blueprints and policies for adopting the right blend of open standards and technology services.” Ultimately, the countries would develop universally compatible applications and networks to improve efficiency in internal and external government services.

The UNDP Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme promises to facilitate the development of “Government Interoperability Frameworks,” stated the UN announcement.

UNDP-APDIP, IBM, Oracle, and the International Open Source Network will be conducting a thorough review of how regional are “promoting efficient, government-wide sharing of information and data by focusing on automatic technology services provided by computing networks, rather than individual technologies.”