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Alphabetical List

10 Gigabit Ethernet Alliance
Promotes the introduction of the 10 Gigabit Ethernet into the networking market
100VG-Anylan Forum
Promotes the 100VG-AnyLan, IEEE 802.12 standard
1394 High Performance Serial Bus Trade Association
Promotes adoption of the IEEE 1394 Serial Bus standard
3GAmericas
Americas-based organization that seeks to integrate the five major wireless technologies, and support their Third Generation migration
Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM)
Creates enterprise content standards
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line Forum (DSL Forum)
Promotes DSL broadband adoption
Broadband Content Delivery Forum (BCD Forum)
Promotes adoption of broadband networks
Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing International (CAM-I)
Sponsors programs for and promotes manufacturing companies
Content Alliance
Fosters interoperability of Content Delivery Networks (CDNs)
Data Center Markup Language Organization (DCML)
Promotes and maintains the DCML specification
Desktop Linux Consortium
Promotes the GNU/Linux operating system for desktop use
Digital Video Broadcasting Project (DVB)
Develops standards for the digital television and data services industry
Electronic Business XML Initiative (ebXML)
Provides standards for an open XML-based infrastructure for business purposes
Embedded Linux Consortium
Establishes, advances, and promotes Linux standards
Ethernet User Alliance
Promotes the Ethernet Standard
European Committee for Banking Standards (ECBS)
Represents European banking and credit sector
European Telecommunications Informatics Services (ETIS)
Provides a forum for telecommunications industry operators, suppliers and content suppliers
European Telecommunications Platform (ETP)
Represents the European Telecommunications industry in the European regulatory framework
Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA)
Develops and promotes networking standards and infrastructure
Financial Services Technology Consortium (FSTC)
Sponsors open-standard technologies in the financial services industry
Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents (FIPA)
Develops software standards for physical agents and agent-based systems
Global Grid Forum (GGF)
Promotes global standardization of grid computing
Global Organization for Multi-Vendor Integration Protocol (GO-MVIP)
Promotes the MVIP standard for the computer telephony field
Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI)
Supports ready access to geographic information
GlobalPlatform, Inc.
Creates and promotes infrastructure standards for multiple application SmartCards
Globus Alliance, The
Produces open source software in the areas of science and engineering.
HAVi
Promotes a network architecture for Home Audio Video Interoperability
HiperLAN2 Global Forum (H2GF)
Supports the ETSI HiperLan2 wireless standard
HomeRF Working Group
Maintains a wireless network standard optimized for homes and small businesses
IDB Forum
Promotes integration of IDB networking
IEEE Computer Society (IEEECS)
Provides technical information and services to computing professionals
InfiniBand Trade Association (ITA)
Promotes the InfiniBand architecture
InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS)
Develops and promotes Information and Communications Technologies standardization
International Forum on ANSI41 Standards Technology (IFAST)
Addresses international interoperability issues between cellular systems and providers
International Packet Communications Consortium (IPCC)
Promotes packet-based network technologies and markets
Internet 2
Develops Internet network applications and technologies
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
Promotes and facilitates improvements in Internet architecture
Internet Society, The (ISOC)
Promotes and supports Internet infrastructure and Internet-related activities
Internet Software Consortium (ISC)
Develops and maintains Open Source reference implementations of core Internet protocols
Interoperability Clearinghouse
Promotes mechanisms for assuring the successful implementation of enterprise technology solutions
ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T)
Develops telecommunications standards
Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF)
Promotes Ethernet technology
Mobile Electronic Transactions Limited (MeT)
Maintains a framework for secure mobile transactions independent of device, service and network
Mobile Industry Processor Interface Alliance (MIPI)
Defines and promotes open specifications for interfaces to mobile application processors.
Multimedia Communications Forum (MMCF)
Supports multimedia communications architectures and solutions
Multimedia Mobile Access Communications Systems Promotion Council (MMAC-PC)
Seeks to enable high-speed wireless multimedia
Multiservice Switching Forum (MSF)
Develops and promotes open-architecture, multi-service switching systems
National Cyber Security Partnership (NCSP)
Develops security strategies for US information infrastructure
National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (NEMI)
Provides leadership for the global electronics manufacturing supply chain
National Industrial Infrastructure Protocols (NIIIP) Consortium
Sets "virtual enterprise" standards for multi-vendor government contract fulfillment and other purposes
National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
Identifies, develops, maintains and publishes technical standards
Object Management Group (OMG)
Sets Object Oriented Programming Standards
OLAP Council Ltd. (OLAP)
Develops on-line analytical processing standards
Open Applications Group
Develops best practices and processes based on XML content for eBusiness and Application Integration
Open Card Consortium
Maintains the OpenCard Framework, enabling the development of inter-operable smart card solutions across hardware and software platforms
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
Develops geo information systems standards
Open Group (TOG)
Seeks to deliver greater business efficiency through information technology. Also operates certification programs for the UNIX standard and software and standards
OSGi Alliance
Develops open specifications for the delivery of multiple services over wide-area networks to local networks and devices
Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI) Forum
Promotes public Key Infrastructure and PKI-based Products and Services
PXI Systems Alliance
Maintains the PXI Specification, which permits the Application of PC Technology to Measurement and Automation
RapidIO Trade Association
Supports and promotes the RapidIO Interconnect Architecture for high-performance packet-switched, interconnect technology
Remote Direct Memory Access Consortium (RDMA)
Develops specifications for remote direct memory access over TCP/IP
Salutation Consortium
Promotes interoperability standards among devices, applications and services across paper management, telephony and computing domains
Scope Alliance (SCOPE)
Promotes the deployment of carrier grade base platforms for service provider applications
Speech Applications Language Tags Forum (SALT Forum)
Develops standards to enable multimodal and telephonic access to diverse data and services
Strategic Sourcing Advisory Council (SSAC)
Provides information regarding strategic sourcing standards, certification and knowledge-sharing
T-Engine Forum
Develops, researches and promotes the T-Engine architecture
Telecommunications Information Networking Architecture Consortium (TINA-C)
Defines a common software architecture for telecommunications
UniForum - The International Association of Open Systems Professionals
Promotes and exchanges best practices information of open technologies and standards
UnitedLinux
Creates a Standards-based Version of Linux intended for Business Users
Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA)
Facilitates the use and integration of information technologies to improve urban and regional environments
VFEA International Trade Association (VITA)
VMEBus Standard Setting and Trade Association
Voice eXtensible Markup Language Forum (VXML Forum)
Promotes the Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML)
VXIbus Consortium
Maintains VXIbus Standard