It has been said that knowledge (information) is power, however, it is the distribution and consumption of information that creates value in the market place.

Standards based communications provides savings in the world of complex system integration. At the same time there are lingering perceptions that Standards can reduce competitive advantage.

The shift to open architectures is fully underway in the Government and Defense market and resistance to the change is diminishing rapidly. As a leader in the area of Defense based system integration, Raytheon views the new OMG based Data Distribution Standard (DDS) as one of the key solutions providing us a pathway to solving complex communications problems. As we bring Open Architecture solutions to the market place, the publish/subscribe paradigm gives us a powerful tool to develop and merge component-based products in a rapid and efficient manner.