ITRI and Open Compute Project Foundation Celebrate Opening of Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Certification Testing Center

TAIPEI, TAIWAN--(Marketwired - Mar 4, 2014) - 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, celebrated the opening of the ITRI OCP Global Certification Testing Center at the OCP Taiwan Forum on March 4^th. 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. Jyuo-Min Shyu, ITRI President. "With the opportunity to buy certified products, the total available market for OCP products will grow significantly. ITRI is proud to provide such a critical service through the new ITRI OCP Certification Testing Center."

"As a non-profit R&D organization with deep technical expertise and geographic proximity to vendors in Taiwan," said Dr. Tzi-Cker Chiueh, 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."

"As data centers around the world continue to adopt OCP platforms, OCP certification labs play an important role by offering a qualification and testing process for open hardware solutions," said Frank Frankovsky, chair and president of the Open Compute Project. "With the first lab in Asia, ITRI will provide the technology expertise to help ensure that the quality of these custom-designed products is validated and meets the community's specifications."

"The ITRI OCP Certification Testing Center provides a significant anchor for the OCP ecosystem," said Y.F. Juan, 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."