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Quick Facts

Established in 1982 as VMEbus Manufacturers Group, becoming the VMEbus International Trade Association (VITA) in 1984. Shortened to VITA in 2005.
Very proactive in open architecture standards development.
ANSI ratification of specifications.
Aggressive Intellectual Property (IP) ex ante policy.
VITA's activities are international in scope.
Great mix of suppliers and users as members.

About VITA

Founded in 1982 as the VMEbus Manufacturers Group, becoming the VMEbus International Trade Association (VITA) in 1984, and shortened to VITA in 2005, VITA believes in and champions open system architectures. The functions performed by VITA are technical, promotional, and user related, aimed at increasing the total market size, providing vendors additional market exposure and providing users with timely technical information around the world. VITA is registered as a 501(c)6 non-profit business association.

VITA's mission is promoting the concept of open technology for critical embedded computing as embodied in the many standards developed or under development within VITA. Virtually all players in all embedded computing markets from the smallest to the largest now use the word "open" in their company and product promotions. The VITA name is synonymous with open systems. Accredited as an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) developer, VITA provides its members with the ability to develop and to promote open technology standards.

VITA's continuing goal is to unite manufacturers and users through the acceptance and implementation of open technology standards.

Computing system designers worldwide face significant design challenges: reliability of operation, difficult operating environments, long product life-cycles to manage, demanding performance, system interoperability, data and system security, and ever shortening time-to-market windows. VITA Technologies are a favorite choice in many embedded systems architectures to address these challenges.

Development of new standards improve the utilization of VITA Technologies in complex systems. VITA is continually working to advance common technology, improve interoperability, and create new and exciting possibilities for the future.

With its rich heritage and bright future, VITA Technologies have found an indispensable place in what are termed Critical Embedded Systems. These are the systems that must be “able” in many dimensions: dependable, supportable, configurable, reliable, serviceable, . . .

These systems must operate flawlessly to protect life, property, equipment, and the environment – and to do that they rely on the durable products of today and tomorrow using VITA Technologies.