Standards

The DMTF Standards Incubation process enables like-minded DMTF members to work together to produce informational specifications that can later be fast-tracked through the standards development process. The incubation process is designed to foster and expedite open, collaborative, exploratory technical work that complements the DMTF mission to lead the development, adoption and promotion of interoperable management initiatives and standards.

SSI’s goal is to enable future server market growth by standardizing interfaces between components, including boards, chassis, and power supplies, and by developing common server hardware elements.

The Open Cloud Initiative (OCI) is an community based organisation founded in April 2009. Its mission is simply "To Define and Protect 'Open Cloud'".
Cloud computing users can now rest assured that offerings bearing the "Open Cloud" brand are indeed "open" in that critical freedoms (such as the right to access one’s own data in an open format via an open interface) are strongly protected. The OCI will also ensure a level playing field for all vendors while keeping the barriers to enter the marketplace low. Offerings also bearing the "Open Source" mark will have additional freedoms relating to the use, modification and distribution of the underlying software itself.