20th Anniversary of
the DDS Specification

Playing a future-forward, pivotal role
in enabling distributed communications
across complex applications.



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WHAT IS DDS?

OMG Data Distribution Service (DDS) is a proven
international standard for data-connectivity
that is ideal for business-critical
Internet of Things (IoT) systems.



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WHY CHOOSE DDS?

DDS is the proven protocol-of-choice
when IoT system performance,
scalability, robustness, reliability and
quality-of-service are paramount.



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WHO'S USING DDS?

DDS is an open Standard that helps
CIOs, software architects, systems
engineers and software developers deliver
business-critical IoT systems.



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DDS STANDARD

The DDS specification is maintained,
optimized and evolved via rigorous Standards
processes under the auspices of
the Object Management Group® (OMG).



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WEBINARS

DDS is a mature standard at the heart of
a large number of mission- and business-critical
systems such as Air Traffic Control, Energy
Production, Medical Devices, Autonomous Vehicles and
Smart Cities. Learn more about DDS security,
QoS and key abstractions via OMG’s Technical
Overview Webinar Series.



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THE DDS GUIDEBOOK

A community resource guide of
use cases, QoS parameters, glossary and more.



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Welcome to the DDS Foundation!

For over 20 years, the DDS standard and its ever-growing number of extensions, APIs, IDLs, gateways and transports and more, have played a fundamental, foundational role in enabling complex distributed systems to run as designed. Today, DDS-based systems serve at the heart of innovation in industries including aerospace, agriculture, automotive, defense, energy, healthcare, industrial, advanced robotics and more. The DDS Foundation is the vendor-neutral organization that provides education and resources to the industry at large. We invite you to use the information on these pages, and welcome contributions from end users to help build the library of materials for use to the industry at large.

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What is DDS? How does DDS work? Learn the basics. Look how simple it is!

  1. What is DDS?

    The Proven Data Connectivity Standard for the Industrial Internet of Things The OMG Data Distribution Service (DDS™)...

 

How does DDS work? Learn the basics. Look how simple it is!

  1. Why Choose DDS?

    Performance, Scalability, Robustness, Reliability, and QoS for Industrial IoT & Consumer IoT The OMG DDS...

 

Why You Should Use DDS

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How Does DDS Work?

High Level Data-Centric Interfaces Replace Message-Centric Programming The main goal of DDS is to share the right data at the right place…
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What’s in the DDS Standard?

Open International Data-Centric Connectivity Standard DDS enjoys an active and vibrant community continuously working to extend…

About DDS Foundation

About DDS Foundation

The Foundation governs a global community of vendors, users, government institutions and universities to realize the potential of the DDS standard in all industries.

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DDS Resources

Software Downloads, Demos, Documentation, and Additional Media…

Where Can I Get More Info

Where Can I Get DDS?

Welcome to the Data Distribution Service (DDS) Vendor Directory. The Directory is maintained by the Object Management…

DDS Key Technical Benefits

Technical Benefits

Simplify Design, Implementation, and Integration of Industrial and Consumer IoT Systems DDS uses a global data space…