Foreword

Boundaryless Information Flow achieved through global interoperability in a secure, reliable, and timely manner

Foreword

Countries and organizations are moving towards open standards. These have a highly significant role in enabling global collaboration, international exchange of products and services, strengthening regulatory requirements, realizing interoperability, facilitating market competition, channeling organization efforts towards differentiated services based on innovation by standardizing the foundational aspects, and minimizing vendor lock-in resulting from proprietary solutions.

Since launching in 2017, The Open Group India Awards has recognized organizations and teams in the South Asia, Middle East, and African region that have reached the pinnacle of achievement in applying our standards, open-source software, and best practices in Enterprise Architecture, IT management, cybersecurity, and Digital Transformation. The central essence of the awards is aptly captured by the four Ds: Digital Innovation, Delivery Reliability, Data-Driven, and Dynamic Workforce.^[1]

This case study is derived from the submission made by the Taipei City Government to the India Awards 2022. The India Awards provide a platform for organizations to demonstrate their experience in the adoption of the open standards developed by The Open Group. This document details the state’s journey to Digital Transformation using the TOGAF^® Standard [C220]. The aim is to impart practical wisdom and understand how open standards are put into practice in various contexts.