Enterprise interoperability: information, services and processes for the interoperable economy and society

Networked business models are becoming an indisputable reality in today’s economy, and a recent Capgemini study concludes that companies need to "significantly increase their degree of collaboration as well as their networking capability" in order to be competitive and successful in the future. Hence, there is a development and drive towards an interoperable economy and society, affecting companies and their information, services and processes. Modern companies need a ‘quality’ referred to as "enterprise interoperability". In this editorial we discuss two major trends that underlie enterprise interoperability development, and we introduce the special issue's articles that hopefully contribute to further the maturity of solutions in this field