Open Systems & Standards

IBM provides tools and enhanced integrated function in the open environment of the AIX client/server dimension. Through these tools, end users can continue to expand their business on a proven and highly successful open operating system.

• AIX Version 3.2
• AIX Version 4

Standards and Branded Systems

• X/Open Brands and Specifications IBM AIX receives X/Open's UNIX 95 Brand
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST FIPS Standards)
• IEEE POSIX Standards
• ISO/IEC Standards
• System V Interface Definition (SVID) Issue 2

Open System Organizations

• X/Open Company Limited
• Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)
• X3 Accredited Standards Committee (X3)
• International Electrical Congress (IEC)
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• X Consortium
• World Wide Web Consortium (W3)
• Information Technology Industry (ITI)
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
• Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX)
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
• Open Software Foundation (OSF)
• Object Management Group (OMG)
• International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT)
• Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
• Internet Society (ISOC)
• Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC)
• International Mobile Satellite Organization (INMARSAT)
• Data Interchange Standards Association (ASC X12)
• International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT)
• European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA)
• Committee T1 Telecommunications