Open Standards stories

Bloomberg is funding the development of AuthZEN, a new open authorisation standard to enhance zero-trust cloud security for enterprises.

Over 69% of UK firms rely on cloud, risking tech monocultures that limit flexibility, inflate costs and threaten innovation and data governance.

Itron partners with Connected Lighting Solutions to expand smart street lighting across Australian cities, enhancing safety and cutting energy costs.

The CXL Consortium unveils CXL 4.0, doubling bandwidth to 128GTs and adding bundled ports to boost data centre performance and scalability.

Data gravity increasingly hinders cloud flexibility and innovation, urging businesses to adopt hybrid strategies to avoid costly vendor lock-ins and outages.

Elastic has been named a leader in the IDC MarketScape 2025 for observability platforms, praised for its scalable architecture and AI-driven data management tools.

Sysdig enhances Falco with Stratoshark integration, boosting open source cloud threat analysis for faster incident response and forensic investigation.

Broadcom expands VMware Cloud Foundation with AI ReadyNodes and open networking, enhancing private cloud flexibility and easing AI integration for enterprises.

The CNCF has launched a Certified Kubernetes AI Conformance Program to set open standards for deploying AI workloads across platforms.

SUSE launches SLES 16, the first enterprise Linux with built-in agentic AI and a 16-year support lifecycle for enhanced automation and stability.

Siemens' Expedite - Skills for Industry microcredential has earned ABET recognition, setting a new standard in digital industry workforce development.

Dell launches modular AI rack systems with 60% cooling savings, featuring PowerCool eRDHx and open standards for efficient enterprise deployments.

AMD unveils Helios, a rack-scale AI platform built to Meta's new Open Rack Wide standard, designed for high-performance AI and HPC data centres.

Dell launches the IR9000 rack and PowerCool eRDHx cooling system to enhance AI efficiency with up to 60% reduced cooling costs and open-standard design.

Hitachi Energy and NVIDIA have launched an 800 VDC power system to boost efficiency and sustainability in AI data centre operations worldwide.

PagerDuty’s Fall '25 update launches AI agents and 150+ improvements, cutting incident resolution times by 50% and easing workloads for ops teams.

Cloudflare launches NET Dollar, a US dollar-backed stablecoin, to enable fast, secure payments for AI-driven services on the emerging agentic web.

Delinea has launched its open-source MCP Server, enabling secure, policy-driven access for AI agents to manage credentials and workflows efficiently.

Cloudflare and Coinbase have launched the x402 Foundation to create a unified, open standard for seamless digital payments across the internet.

The OpenID Foundation has launched the first global standards enabling real-time sharing of security alerts across digital identity systems, boosting online protection.