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IT Standards Group Highlights International Agenda with Name Change
IT Standards Group Highlights International Agenda with Name Change
Washington, D.C. January 15, 2002 - The 40-year-old standards organization that began life as X3 has adopted a new name to reflect its international agenda and membership-InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards. (INCITS). Known as the National Committee for Information Technology Standards for the past six years, the organization has 52 Technical Committees with 261 active projects and 612 published standards. Since its formation, the group has been accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
In making the announcement, Executive Board Chair Karen Higginbottom of the Hewlett-Packard Company said, "We replaced 'National' with 'InterNational' to reflect our agenda of developing market-driven standards with global relevance and reach." The Executive Board is composed of 22 representatives from IT producers, consumers, and academia. Russell J. Richards of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Department of Defense, serves as Vice Chair.
The conversion to the new name will unfold during the first two quarters of 2002 as the change is implemented on the website (www.incits.org) and on the standards developed or adopted by INCITS. The NCITS catalog of standards contains information technology standards that were developed by X3 and standards that were developed in ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1 (JTC 1).
For an overview of INCITS scope of work, go directly to www.incits.org/brochure.pdf
About INCITS
The InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) is the forum of choice for information technology developers, producers and users for the creation and maintenance of formal de jure IT standards. INCITS is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and operates under its rules, which are designed to ensure that voluntary standards are developed by the consensus of directly and materially affected interests.
More than 2,000 individuals participate in INCITS' 52 Technical subgroups. They represent consulting groups; financial institutions; government agencies; hardware and software vendors; manufacturers in automotive, aerospace, and many other industries; universities; and user groups.
INCITS is sponsored by the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), a trade association representing the leading U.S. providers of information technology products and services. ITI members employ more than one million people in the United States and in 2000, their revenues exceeded $668 billion worldwide.
In making the announcement, Executive Board Chair Karen Higginbottom of the Hewlett-Packard Company said, "We replaced 'National' with 'InterNational' to reflect our agenda of developing market-driven standards with global relevance and reach." The Executive Board is composed of 22 representatives from IT producers, consumers, and academia. Russell J. Richards of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Department of Defense, serves as Vice Chair.
The conversion to the new name will unfold during the first two quarters of 2002 as the change is implemented on the website (www.incits.org) and on the standards developed or adopted by INCITS. The NCITS catalog of standards contains information technology standards that were developed by X3 and standards that were developed in ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1 (JTC 1).
For an overview of INCITS scope of work, go directly to www.incits.org/brochure.pdf
About INCITS
The InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) is the forum of choice for information technology developers, producers and users for the creation and maintenance of formal de jure IT standards. INCITS is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and operates under its rules, which are designed to ensure that voluntary standards are developed by the consensus of directly and materially affected interests.
More than 2,000 individuals participate in INCITS' 52 Technical subgroups. They represent consulting groups; financial institutions; government agencies; hardware and software vendors; manufacturers in automotive, aerospace, and many other industries; universities; and user groups.
INCITS is sponsored by the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), a trade association representing the leading U.S. providers of information technology products and services. ITI members employ more than one million people in the United States and in 2000, their revenues exceeded $668 billion worldwide.