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ISS Technology Update Volume 7, Number 9 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) HP participates in several IEEE 802.1 and 802.3 Ethernet (the underlying transport for iSCSI and FCoE) working groups. Work is underway defining 40 Gbps and 100 Gbps Ethernet, Data Center Ethernet (lossless features critical for FCoE), and Energy Efficient Ethernet (power down idle links). Visit http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/ for more information. HP also participates in the IEEE 1619 Security in Storage working group defining data-at-rest encryption standards for disks and tapes. The group is currently focused on standard key management protocols. Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) HP is a founding member of SNIA, which defined the Storage Management Interface (SMI-S) between storage management software and storage devices. SNIA runs the leading industry storage trade show, Storage Networking World (SNW). SNIA's Green Storage Initiative is exploring energy efficiency for storage systems. HP and SNIA also work with the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) to ensure server and storage management consistency. Visit http://www.snia.org for more information. JEDEC Solid State Technology Association HP is part of the JEDEC, working to define high-speed DRAM interfaces like DDR2 and DDR3 (used in RAID controllers) and NAND flash chip interfaces (used in solid state disk drives). Visit http://www.jedec.org/ for more information. Trusted Computing Group (TCG) An HP representative recently served as president of the TCG, which defines the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip that can be used as the root-of-trust for security software such as Microsoft BitLocker Full Drive Encryption. HP chairs several working groups including the Server WG. Visit https://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/groups/tpm/ for more information. International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) HP chairs INCITS, the parent committee for T10, T11, T13, and numerous other standards committees. INCITS also represents the United States in the ISO/IEC international standards committees. Visit http://www.incits.org/ for more information. Additional resources For additional information on the topics discussed in this article, visit: Resource Energy Efficient Ethernet URL http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/3/az/public/index.html 5