[April 23, 2012]

SSI Forum Announces the Availability of Open Specifications for Micro Server, Power Supply and Enclosure Classes

Server System Infrastructure^SM Forum (SSI), a leading server industry group that drives server form factor standards, today announced the approval and immediate availability of unrestricted access to specifications in the areas of micro server, power supply and enclosure. The specifications are now available to SSI and non-paying SSI members, furthering the organization's charter of making open specifications available to all technology providers.

One of the open specifications includes the newly released Micro Module Server Specification, Version 1.1. This version extends multi-node support to enable higher system and rack densities to meet the needs of emerging scale out workloads, while still maintaining backwards compatibility with the version 1.0 specification.

These specifications will allow technology vendors, including independent hardware vendos (IHVs), original design manufacturers (ODMs), and original equipment manufacturer (OEMs), to utilize and adopt technologies that have been developed by the SSI Forum, saving them significant research and development costs and guarantee compliance and consistency with an industry standard design.

"As an open organization, it is critical that the SSI Forum provide technology vendors with unrestricted specifications to help them deliver innovative products to market more quickly based on reliable, interoperable platform standards," said Jim Ryan, chairman, SSI Forum. "The availability of 'free' specifications for micro server, power supply and enclosure classes will ensure broader adoption of those specs, helping technology providers build products strictly consistent with those standards."

The new specifications will be subject to ongoing enhancements and revisions, leading to periodic updates and releases. Companies that would like to contribute to these updates and to have access to specification previews must be members of the SSI Forum. To learn more about becoming a member of the SSI Forum, click here.

To gain access to the existing specifications, click here.

About SSI Forum

Established in 1998, SSI Forum is a leading server industry group that drives server infrastructure standards. Now with over 35 members worldwide, SSI Forum creates standards for redundant server power systems, rack-mount server chassis, power control and management, and other components and services that simplify the build of server solutions. SSI Forum recently extended its focus to include blade-based server standards that address customer and ecosystem opportunities. SSI Forum'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. More information is available at www.ssiforum.org.

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