The IAB recently created a new formal liaison relationship with the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) and is pleased to announce the appointment of Italo Busi as the liaison manager to OIF.

About OIF, via oiforum.com: "For more than 25 years, OIF has accelerated progressive transformation in optical networking by serving as the only global industry forum driving the electrical, optical and control interoperability that enables a more efficient and reliable network. Its active member ecosystem collaborates through a transparent and fast-paced process to develop, validate and publish Implementation Agreements (IAs) and technical white papers that are critical to accelerating market adoption of optical networking technologies."

The IETF process for managing liaison relationships is detailed in RFCs 4052, 4053, and 4691.