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Community Enterprise Operating System (CentOS)
Offices: Walnut Creek, California
The CentOS Project is the name of the Organization
that produces CentOS. CentOS users as a
group are a community of open source contributors
and users. Typical CentOS users are organizations
and individuals that do not need strong
commercial support in order to achieve successful
operation. CentOS 2, 3, and 4 are built
from publically available open source SRPMS
provided by a prominent North American Enterprise
Linux vendor. CentOS conforms fully with
the upstream vendors redistribution policies
and aims to be 100% binary compatible.
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Computers & Communications Industry Association
(CCIA)
Offices: Washington, DC
CCIA has a mission to further their members'
business interests by being the leading
industry advocate in promoting open, barrier-free
competition in the offering of computer
and communications products and services
worldwide. CCIA is a nonprofit membership
organization for companies and senior executives
from diverse sectors of the computer and
communications industry. CCIA was established
nearly three decades ago to represent their
members’ vital interests, especially the
need to promote competitive and fair open
markets, open systems, and open networks.
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Computing Technology Industry Association
(CompTIA)
Offices: Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois
CompTIA has been dedicated to advancing
the growth of the information technology
(IT) industry and those working within it.
With more than 19,000 members in 89 countries,
CompTIA is the leading global IT trade association
with influence in all areas of the IT industry
worldwide. CompTIA is committed to fostering
and growing the IT industry by promoting
industry standards, growing professional
IT expertise, providing IT skills education
and developing relevant business solutions.
In order to most efficiently serve the industry
and its members, CompTIA has developed specialized
initiatives and programs dedicated to major
areas within the IT industry. |
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Distributed Computing Industry Association
(DCIA)
Offices: Arlington, Vriginia
The DCIA is a voluntary, consensus organization
with representation from all substantially
affected sectors of the nascent distributed
computing industry. This includes companies
involved in providing the platforms for
storage, transmission, and exhibition of
content, file-sharing networks and operators,
and digital media rights holders. DCIA participants
are engaged in the development and adoption
of business and technical standards-and-practices
to advance the commercial development of
this rapidly growing consumer-based distribution
system. |
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East Bay IT Group (eBig)
Offices: Brentwood, California
The East Bay IT Group is a leading technology
forum. Connected to the best and brightest
developers, entrepreneurs, and start-ups
in the San Francisco East Bay, with strong
ties to industry experts, major technology
corporations, and local municipalities,
eBig is the East Bay's premier resource
for information, education, and personal
networking for people seeking connections
and technology resources. |
EDA Consortium
Offices: San Jose, California
The EDA Consortium represents 100 companies
in the $4 billion Electronic Design Automation
industry. Unlike other high tech industry
categories, the EDA industry has been extremely
stable, and only experienced one year of
minor decline (4% in 2002), which was the
first in its 18-year history. In addition,
their last industry tracking reports show
that EDA industry revenue was up 3% for
2003. EDA employs over 20,000 people and
more than 500,000 people use its tools and
services. |
Electronic Components, Assemblies & Materials
Associations (ECA)
Offices: Arlington, Virginia
The Electronic Components, Assemblies &
Materials Association represents the electronics
industry sector comprised of manufacturers
and suppliers of passive and active electronic
components, component arrays and assemblies,
and commercial and industrial electronic
equipment and supplies. ECA provides companies
with a dynamic link into a network of programs
and activities offering business and technical
information; market research, trends and
analysis; access to industry and government
leaders; technical and educational training;
and more. |
Electronic Industry Alliance (EIA)
Offices: Arlington, Virigina
The Electronic Industries Alliance is a
national trade organization that includes
the full spectrum of US manufacturers. The
Alliance is a partnership of electronic
and high-tech associations and companies
whose mission is promoting the market development
and competitiveness of the US high-tech
industry through domestic and international
policy efforts. |
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Fabless Semiconductor Association (FSA)
Offices: Dallas, Texas
The Fabless Semiconductor Association is
an industry organization established in
1994 to achieve a more optimal balance between
wafer supply and demand. Today, their mission
has expanded to be the global voice of for
fabless and hybrid semiconductor companies
and their supply chain partners. Their success
can be measured in the dramatic evolution
of the attitude toward fabless—from criticized,
to respected, to preferred. |
Free Standards Group (FSG)
Offices: San Francisco, California
The Free Standards Group is an independent,
nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating
the use of free and open source software
by developing and promoting standards. Key
Free Standards Group projects include the
Linux Standard Base (LSB), and OpenI18N,
the internationalization initiative. Supported
by leaders in the IT industry as well as
the open source development community, the
Free Standards Group fulfills a critical
need to have common behavioral specifications,
tools and ABIs across Linux platforms. |
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