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EC Colleagues-I would urge you to pay close attention to this initiative as well as doing some consciousness raising with your employers as to the direction in which this is appearing to go. It could have significant cost and competitive impact on the networking business.
At the current level (from a 2 minute inspection) it would appear to be pretty weak, perhaps not even as strong as if we had a database of filled in PICS from 802 vendors.
This is all the more worthy of our attention because the IEEE-SA has also been talking about getting into the "conformity assessment" business (as a new source of revenue). I would expect that the IEEE-SA would view this sort of move by the ITU as further pressure/justification/rationale for the SA to enter this area. I would hope that 802 would have some input/influence on SA initiatives in this area (but I have my doubts once the SA gets the bit in its teeth on an idea).
My personal opinion is that there is massive opportunity for conflict of interest (or appearance thereof) on the part of an SDO to be in the conformity assesment business.
Best regards, Geoff On 1/25/10 7:59 AM, MJLynch@mjlallc.com wrote:
Dear RR-TAG and EC, Attached is the url to the ITU conformity database which went on line last Friday. This is the evolution of the earlier "ITU Mark" proposal. It may be a good idea to review this concept with your sponsors. During the March meeting we can discuss if the RR-TAG should draft comments. http://www.itu.int/net/ITU-T/cdb/ The concept of a conformity database seems to be expanding. Last Thursday at the ETSI 5th network security workshop an initiative to create an EU "mark" and pursuit of a similar course of action as the ITU is taking was discussed. It is beginning to appear that this topic is not going to disappear. A constructive and effective response may be appropriate. Regards, Mike +1.972.814.4901 ---------- This email is sent from the 802 Executive Committee email reflector. This list is maintained by Listserv.
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