The VXIplug&play Systems Alliance was formed in 1993 to improve end-user success with open, multivendor VXI systems, by endorsing and implementing common standards and practices in both hardware and software, beyond the scope of the VXIbus specifications. The alliance used both formal and de facto standards to define complete system frameworks. These standard frameworks gave end-users "plug & play" interoperability at both the hardware and system software level.

The VXIplug&play Systems Alliance voted to become part of the IVI Foundation in late 2002 and the IVI Foundation Board of Directors voted to accept the merger in the spring of 2003. IVI has assumed control of the VXIplug&play specifications and all ongoing work will be accomplished as part of the IVI Foundation. For more information on the IVI Foundation, go to http://www.ivifoundation.org/.

The VXIplug&play Systems Alliance was a natural complement to the VXIbus Consortium. The charter of the VXIbus Consortium is to develop and promote the VXIbus standard. For more information on the VXIbus Consortium and its charter, function, specifications, and membership, go to http://www.vxibus.org/.