The flow of data in operations technology is key in supporting adoption and implementation of standards. In a recent Microsoft blog post, the company explains their strategy as delivering products that support open standards “right out of the box,” and becoming an Energistics member is now a major factor in this strategy.

In addition, Microsoft has participated directly in the process of developing standards by partnering with Energistics to implement PRODML, using the Windows Azure platform. Microsoft also praises Energistics for the demonstration and use of WITSML, which has proven to be efficient in open data flow.

To read this blog post, http://blogs.msdn.com/oilandgas/

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