BEAVERTON, Ore., May 31 /PRNewswire/ -- The Service Availability(TM)
Forum (SA Forum) today announced that 83% of survey participants stated
they are currently, or will be in the near future, implementing SA Forum
specifications. The SA Forum conducted the recent survey of industry
members, gathering information about current perceptions and awareness of
the organization and its specifications. Overall results showed positive
support for the SA Forum, as well as promising future endorsement of
specifications and certified products.
When asked if they are or will be using products that comply with SA
Forum specifications, 85% of respondents affirmed that they were.
Additionally, 73% of the audience said they are or will be including SA
Forum specifications as requirements in their RFPs.
"The responses and suggestions from this survey will help us to develop
our roadmap for the SA Forum, and ensure that we are meeting the needs of
our current and future members," said Tim Kober, SA Forum President. "We
will use this information to help develop training and additional resources
to help companies implement the specs."
The survey also revealed the top benefits for implementing standards or
standards-based products. Companies cited equipment provider choice,
enabling faster time to market, reducing the need for product
customization, and expanding the market for standard products, as the major
benefits. Nearly all of the participants valued standards-based products,
with 97% citing them as important to their companies.
The survey was conducted online over a three week period. The majority
of responders worked in engineering, with the next largest group of
responders coming from the marketing and sales. Most survey participants
worked for telecom equipment manufacturers, enterprise computing suppliers
or manufacturers, and service providers.
SA Forum at GLOBALCOMM 2006
The SA Forum will be at GLOBALCOMM 2006 June 5-7 in Chicago,
co-locating with the Communications Platforms Trade Association (CP-TA) and
OSDL in Booth #13048. Show attendees will have the opportunity to hear
introductory presentations about the SA Forum, learn about membership, and
ask questions regarding specifications and the organization. The SA Forum
is also participating with CP-TA, OSDL, PICMG and SCOPE Alliance in an
Interop Panel on June 5 at 2 p.m. in the booth that will provide an
overview of the standards ecosystem.
About the Service Availability Forum
The Service Availability(TM) Forum is a consortium of industry-leading
communications and computing companies working together to foster an
ecosystem that enables the use of commercial off-the-shelf building blocks
in the creation of high availability network infrastructure products,
systems and services. To achieve this goal, the Service Availability Forum
develops and publishes high availability and management software interface
specifications while promoting and facilitating their adoption by industry.
Service Availability Forum membership offers the opportunity to help frame
and implement the Service Availability solution. For more information about
the Service Availability Forum, visit http://www.saforum.org.
SOURCE Service Availability Forum
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CONTACT:
Lori Zielinski, or Liz Delapoer, both of SA
Forum PR, +1-503-619-0505, or marketing@saforum.org
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