I would like to highlight an announcement that we sent today, detailing a multi-year hosting commitment that was first presented at IETF-86. I would like to thank Cisco for its significant contribution to the IETF. Thank you!
> Cisco Commits More Than US$2 Million to Support Open Internet Standards > Development > 23 July 2013 > > IETF defines the standards for the global network that connects more than 2 > billion people > > [Washington, D.C. and Geneva, Switzerland] – 23 July 2013 – The Internet > Engineering Task Force (IETF), the Internet's premier standards organization, > and Cisco, the worldwide leader in information technology, today announced an > agreement to provide up to US$2.2 million in support for the IETF's work and > meetings through 2019. > > The IETF brings together leading Internet engineers and technologists from > around the world to develop standards that form the foundation of the global > Internet and enable yet unimagined products and services. The IETF developed > the standards for capabilities such as internationalized domain names, email, > and instant messaging. Since its first meeting was held on January 16, 1986 > in San Diego, California, the IETF has published more than 4500 documents > that describe standards for the fundamental technologies and widely used > services on today's global Internet. > The IETF is open to any interested individual and seeks broad participation > from across the globe. While the work of the IETF mainly takes place online > to reduce barriers to participation and to maximize contributions from around > the world, its meetings bring together over 1000 participants. Cisco's > commitment of more than US$2 million will provide support for both in-person > meetings and remote participation technology to enable even broader > participation in the IETF. > > "The IETF is focused on developing timely, relevant, and technically > excellent open standards that provide a platform for the continued growth and > evolution of the global Internet," said Jari Arkko, Chair of the IETF. > "Unique among standards organizations, the IETF invites all interested > parties to participate, and makes every draft and final standards available > online without charge. Cisco's support will help to further expand > participation in the IETF by encouraging involvement in meetings in-person > and through collaboration technology built on IETF-developed standards." > > The Internet Society is the administrative home of the IETF. With its > commitment, Cisco is recognized as the Internet Society’s newest Corporate > Partner. Corporate Partnership is a special program developed by the Internet > Society to recognize organizations that have provided support that warrants > the highest level of value and recognition, and a customized method for > mapping a longer-term strategy across multiple areas of support. > > "We welcome Cisco's expanding commitment to the IETF as it reflects the > strategic importance that open Internet standards represent for continued > economic and social development around the world," said Lynn St. Amour, > President and CEO of the Internet Society. > > About the Internet Engineering Task Force > > The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is the Internet’s premier > technical standards body. It gathers a large open international community of > network designers, engineers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned > with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth operation of > the Internet. The IETF seeks broad participation. The work of the IETF takes > place online, largely through email lists, reducing barriers to participation > and maximizing contributions from around the world. IETF Working Groups (WGs) > are organized by topic into several areas (e.g., routing, transport, > security, etc.). > > For more information, see: http://www.ietf.org/ > > About the Internet Society > > The Internet Society is the trusted independent source for Internet > information and thought leadership from around the world. With its principled > vision and substantial technological foundation, the Internet Society > promotes open dialogue on Internet policy, technology, and future development > among users, companies, governments, and other organizations. Working with > its members and Chapters around the world, the Internet Society enables the > continued evolution and growth of the Internet for everyone. For more > information, see: http://www.internetsociety.org > > Contact: > Greg Wood > w...@isoc.org > +1703-625-3917 Source: http://www.internetsociety.org/news/cisco-commits-more-us2-million-support-open-internet-standards-development Jari Arkko IETF Chair
