<s>
The	O
Open	B-Application
Virtualization	I-Application
Alliance	I-Application
(	O
OVA	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
Collaborative	O
Project	O
committed	O
to	O
foster	O
the	O
adoption	O
of	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
virtualization	B-General_Concept
solutions	O
including	O
KVM	B-Application
,	O
but	O
also	O
software	O
to	O
manage	O
such	O
,	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
oVirt	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
consortium	O
promoted	O
examples	O
of	O
customer	O
successes	O
,	O
encouraged	O
interoperability	O
and	O
accelerated	O
the	O
expansion	O
of	O
the	O
ecosystem	O
of	O
third	O
party	O
solutions	O
around	O
KVM	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OVA	O
provided	O
education	O
,	O
best	O
practices	O
and	O
technical	O
advice	O
to	O
help	O
businesses	O
understand	O
and	O
evaluate	O
their	O
virtualization	B-General_Concept
options	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
consortium	O
complemented	O
the	O
existing	O
open	O
source	O
communities	O
managing	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
KVM	B-Application
hypervisor	B-Operating_System
and	O
associated	O
management	O
capabilities	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
rapidly	O
driving	O
technology	O
innovations	O
for	O
customers	O
virtualizing	B-General_Concept
both	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
and	O
Windows®	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OVA	O
was	O
not	O
a	O
formal	O
standards	O
body	O
and	O
did	O
not	O
influence	O
upstream	O
development	O
,	O
but	O
encouraged	O
interoperability	O
and	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
common	O
interfaces	O
and	O
application	O
programming	O
interfaces	O
(	O
APIs	O
)	O
to	O
ease	O
the	O
adoption	O
of	O
KVM	B-Application
for	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
21	O
October	O
2013	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
Open	B-Application
Virtualization	I-Application
Alliance	I-Application
will	O
become	O
a	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
Collaborative	O
Project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
formed	O
by	O
Red	O
Hat	O
and	O
IBM	O
,	O
the	O
Alliance	O
had	O
over	O
200	O
members	O
involved	O
with	O
enterprise	O
virtualization	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
criteria	O
for	O
joining	O
the	O
Alliance	O
was	O
to	O
produce	O
or	O
use	O
a	O
product	O
or	O
service	O
that	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
KVM	B-Application
.	O
</s>
