Making information more manageable
31 March 2011
Microsoft is teaming up with the oil industry and other IT suppliers to create common standards for upstream software, writes Anne Feltus
AN AMBITIOUS initiative spearheaded by Microsoft aims to slice through the software silos that make it difficult for professionals working in different upstream disciplines to exchange information electronically.
More than 24 oil and gas companies, oilfield services and products providers and information technology (IT) vendors have joined the global technology leader in a quest to create a common set of standards that will make software systems for upstream users more compatible with each other. Although Microsoft is spearheading the effort, the standards will...