OpenSAF Foundation Joins Mountain View Alliance
(EMAILWIRE.COM, February 19, 2008 ) Mountain View, CA – The Mountain View Alliance (MVA), a consortium of open specification and open source development groups and related trade associations, today announced that the recently formed OpenSAF Foundation has joined as a new member. This addition brings... more
PICMG publishes master glossary
(EMAILWIRE.COM, September 17, 2007 ) WAKEFIELD, Mass., USA – PICMG has posted a new reference document on its Web site. The PICMG Master Glossary contains a compilation of the definitions used in PICMG specifications, making it one of the most comprehensive glossaries in the industry. The PICMG... more
PICMG and Communications Platforms Trade Association Wrap Up First Cooperative Interoperability Workshop
(EMAILWIRE.COM, July 17, 2007 ) BEAVERTON, Oregon –– The Communications Platforms Trade Association (CP-TA) and PICMG teamed up in Chicago during the week of June 11 for their first joint Interoperability Workshop, demonstrating structured testing to industry profiles. PICMG has hosted Interoperability... more
Mountain View Alliance Announces 2008 Communications Event and Keynotes
(EMAILWIRE.COM, June 21, 2007 ) Mountain View, CA - Following a highly successful inaugural event in Southern California this past February, the Mountain View Alliance will take its MVA Communications Ecosystem Conference (MVACEC) to the South San Francisco Conference Center on March 11 and 12, 2008... more
PICMG forms Rugged MicroTCA subcommittee
(EMAILWIRE.COM, June 18, 2007 ) WAKEFIELD, Mass., USA – PICMG has formed the new Rugged MicroTCA subcommittee to investigate and define enhancements to the MicroTCA and AdvancedMC definitions. The enhancements will enable products to be used in markets where environmental requirements may be much... more
PICMG adds Management Firmware Upgrade Capability to latest Specifications
(EMAILWIRE.COM, June 07, 2007 ) WAKEFIELD, Mass., USA – PICMG has released a new specification that defines an open mechanism for systems to upgrade the resident management software and firmware on the various components and subsystems. Designated PICMG HPM.1, the specification was developed by the... more
PICMG® Technologies Showcase at NXTcomm07 features Products from PICMG Member Companies
(EMAILWIRE.COM, June 05, 2007 ) WAKEFIELD, Mass., – The PICMG Technologies Showcase at NXTcomm07 contains member companies’ exhibits and products that are based on one or more of the popular PICMG specifications. NXTcomm07 will be held at McCormick Place in Chicago on June 19-21, 2007. Anyone considering... more
PICMG® hosts Technologies Showcase at NXTcomm07
(EMAILWIRE.COM, April 16, 2007 ) WAKEFIELD, Mass., – PICMG will again be hosting a technology showcase booth at NXTcomm07, to be held at McCormick Place in Chicago on June 19-21, 2007. The PICMG Technologies Showcase booth, which will be even larger than last year’s, will contain member companies’... more
PICMG adds Ethernet Fabric to Advanced Mezzanine Card
(EMAILWIRE.COM, April 09, 2007 ) WAKEFIELD, Mass., USA – PICMG, a consortium of more than 450 companies that collaboratively develop open modular computing specifications for telecommunications and industrial computing applications, announced today that it has released a subsidiary specification for... more
ASI SIG to Transfer Advanced Switching Specifications to PICMG
(EMAILWIRE.COM, February 12, 2007 ) WAKEFIELD, Mass., February 12, 2007 – PICMG will make the ASI SIG’s Advanced Switching Specification available to its membership and others by February 2007. The ASI SIG was formed with a primary mission to develop a switch fabric architecture based on PCI Express... more
CP-TA and PICMG Sign Liaison Agreement to Drive Interoperability for Open Specification-Based Communications Platforms
(EMAILWIRE.COM, January 24, 2007 ) BEAVERTON, OR –— The Communications Platforms Trade Association (CP-TA) and PICMG today announced they have completed a liaison agreement that will allow the two organizations to exchange information. The goal of the liaison agreement is to promote the implementation... more
Updated Advanced Mezzanine Card Specification Released by PICMG
(EMAILWIRE.COM, January 08, 2007 ) WAKEFIELD, Mass., USA – Jan. 8, 2007 – PICMG, a consortium of more than 450 companies that collaboratively develop open specifications for high performance telecommunications and industrial computing applications, announced today that it has released an updated version... more
Short Form MicroTCA Specification Published by PICMG
(EMAILWIRE.COM, October 03, 2006 ) WAKEFIELD, MA – PICMG has published a short form version of the recently ratified PICMG MTCA.0 specification, known as MicroTCA. It is available for free download from the PICMG web site. Short form versions of PICMG specifications are popular with users and developers... more
MVA Launches Communications Ecosystem Conference
(EMAILWIRE.COM, September 05, 2006 ) Mountain View, CA -- The Mountain View Alliance (MVA), a consortium of open specification organizations in the communications industry, will launch its first annual conference, a two day event called the “MVA Comms Ecosystem Conference” on February 28th 2007. ... more
The Mountain View Alliance Welcomes OCAF
(EMAILWIRE.COM, September 05, 2006 ) Mountain View, CA – The Mountain View Alliance (MVA), a consortium of open specification development organizations today welcomed its newest member – the Open Communications Architecture Forum (OCAF) is a focus group of the International Telecommunication Union... more
