Eighteen companies today announced they have formed the Ethernet Alliance, an industry group that will foster the expansion of Ethernet technologies.
The organization’s founding members are 3Com, ADC, Agere Systems, AMCC, Aquantia, Broadcom, Force10 Networks, Foundry Networks, Intel, Lawrence Berkeley Labs, Pioneer Corp., Quake Technologies, Samsung, Sun Microsystems, Tehuti Networks, Tyco Electronics, The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) and Xilinx.
"Although Ethernet has existed for more than 25 years, it does not have an industry voice that represents the spectrum of IEEE 802 Ethernet standards developments and serves the IEEE 802 Ethernet industry as a whole,” said Brad Booth, president of the Ethernet Alliance. “[T]he Ethernet Alliance will be that voice, and we will move aggressively to accelerate the growth and expansion of IEEE 802 Ethernet technologies.”
Unlike past alliances that support single IEEE 802 Ethernet projects, the Ethernet Alliance said it will exist for as long as it remains relevant to IEEE 802 Ethernet technology and will support IEEE 802 Ethernet projects. Members will work to speed time-to-market for, and develop, new Ethernet technologies, and they will teach Ethernet users about various applications.
Ethernet Alliance www.ethernetalliance.org
