TAIPEI, Taiwan — ITRI (Industrial Technology Research Institute), Taiwan's largest and one of the world's leading high-tech R&D institutions, and the Open Compute Project (OCP) Foundation, today proudly announced the opening of the ITRI OCP Global Certification Testing Center at the ITRI OCP Grand Opening Forum.
The new center will provide global validation service in support of OCP Foundation's vision for open sourced hardware.
The ITRI OCP Certification Testing Center offers a unique combination of technology know-how, non-profit status, and geographic proximity to key vendors in support of the OCP ecosystem worldwide and has already conducted OCP's first global certification. Being a trusted and knowledgeable partner to both OCP buyers and OCP vendors worldwide, the new center is a key anchor in promoting the adoption of OCP solutions.
A leading contributor and primary maintainer of OCP Certification Packages, this center will be actively engaged in both technical and policy setting processes within the OCP Compliance and Interoperability (C&I) Community.
“We continue to see companies in Taiwan play an important role in this growing ecosystem,” said Dr. Shyu Jyuo-min, ITRI President. “With the opportunity to buy certified products, the total available market for OCP products will grow significantly. ”
“As a non-profit R&D organization with deep technical expertise and geographic proximity to vendors in Taiwan,” said Dr. Chiueh Tzi-cker, General Director of ITRI Cloud Computing Center for Mobile Application, “ITRI looks forward to greater collaboration and providing timely services with OCP users and vendors.”
“OCP Foundation appreciates the ITRI OCP team’s effort in providing OCP’s first global certification,” said Frank Frankovsky, OCP President and Chairman.
“We look forward to a long and fruitful collaboration
between OCP Foundation and ITRI in support of the growing OCP ecosystem.”
“The ITRI OCP Certification Testing Center provides a significant anchor for the OCP ecosystem,” said Juan Y.F., OCP C&I Project Chair and ITRI Deputy Director.
“With the establishment of OCP Certification Labs, the OCP C&I community has achieved a great milestone and embarked on a new chapter in ensuring consumer confidence in OCP designs.”
“The ITRI OCP Certification Testing Center has a world-class team who combined deep technical know-how and its non-profit status to ensure unbiased support to the OCP ecosystem,” said Charlie Manese, Infrastructure Engineering, Facebook, and VP of Channel Development of the OCP Foundation.
“We congratulate ITRI’s achievement and look forward to more collaboration in support of OCP’s vision.”
“As a member of the OCP community, we look forward to collaborating with the ITRI OCP Certification Testing Center for Microsoft’s OCP contributions,” said Kushagra Vaid, GM Cloud Server Engineering of Microsoft.
“This is an important step for Microsoft’s OCP engagement.”
