a)Open systems are systems that have been designed according to certain standards that
have been set by the ISO (International Standards Organization). The issue of open
systems is predominant in hardware area as well as software. The ISO came up with the
OSI (Open systems interconnections) model which has seven layers. Each of these layers
address certain aspects in the design of equipment once these standards are followed then
the resulting system is said to be an open system. The aim of coming up with standards is
to allow for compatibility of different equipment which may be from different vendors.
Having open systems will therefore be easy to communicate or transmit data from one
piece of equipment to another irrespective of the manufacturer.
b)The move towards open systems brings about a problem to those organizations that had
invested heavily in proprietary systems i.e. vendor specific systems. This is due to the fact
that these organizations are locked by the supplier and as such the major issue to them is
how to move from the proprietary systems without losing their investments in the
systems. This issue is also compounded by the fact that there is no way of being able to
recognize the systems that are open as such organizations are left to think that the
organizations with the term =open systems‘ are rarely open.
c) Potential benefits:
o Open systems enable organizations to buy equipment from many different vendors
because they favour interoperability among vendor products.
o Open systems help to reduce costs due to competition and mass production.
o Open systems help enhance compatibility of various components i.e. they help
facilitate communication.
o Open systems bring about scalability meaning that organizations can keep on
increasing their system‘s size as need arises.
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