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Information Technology Association of America
(ITAA)
Offices: Arlington, Virginia
ITAA supports one of America's fastest growing
industries, encompassing computers, software,
telecommunications products and services,
Internet and online services, systems integration,
and professional services companies. Located
just across the river from the nation's
capital in Arlington, Virginia, ITAA today
is a trade association representing the
broad spectrum of the world-leading US IT
industry. |
Information Technology Industry Council
(ITI)
Offices: Washington, DC
The Information Technology Industry Council
is a trade association representing the
leading US providers of information technology
(IT) products and services. ITI is the voice
of the high tech community, advocating policies
that advance industry leadership in technology
and innovation; open access to new and emerging
markets; promote e-commerce expansion; protect
consumer choice; and enhance the global
competitiveness of its member companies. |
Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
(IEEE)
Offices: Washington, DC & New York,
New York
IEEE is a non-profit, technical professional
association of more than 377,000 individual
members in 150 countries. The full name
is the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers, although the organization is
most popularly known and referred to by
the letters I-E-E-E (Eye-triple-E). Through
its members, the IEEE is a leading authority
in technical areas ranging from computer
engineering, biomedical technology and telecommunications,
to electric power, aerospace and consumer
electronics, among others. |
Intellect
Offices: London, England
Intellect is the trade association for the
UK hi-tech industry. Intellect has 1000
members comprising organizations both large
and small from the UK's information technology,
telecommunications and electronics sectors.
Intellect is a vital source of knowledge
and expertise on all aspects of the hi-tech
industry. Intellect is committed to improving
the environment in which their members do
business, promoting their interests and
providing them with high value services. |
International Engineering Consortium (IEC)
Offices: Chicago, Illinois
IEC is a nonprofit organization dedicated
to catalyzing technology and business progress
worldwide in a range of high-technology
industries and their university communities.
Since 1944, the IEC has provided high-quality
educational opportunities for industry professionals,
academics, and students. The IEC conducts
industry-university programs that have substantial
impact on curricula. It also conducts research
and develops publications, conferences,
and technological exhibits that address
major opportunities and challenges of the
information age. |
International Imaging Industry Association
(I3A)
Offices: San Mateo, California
Representing nearly all leading and emerging
imaging companies, I3A—the not-for-profit
International Imaging Industry Association—is
the largest imaging industry group worldwide.
I3A's member companies from around the world
are dedicated to developing and promoting
the adoption of open industry standards,
addressing environmental issues and providing
a voice for the industry that will ultimately
benefit all users. I3A is the product of
the merger of the Digital Imaging Group
(DIG) and the Photographic and Imaging Manufacturers
Association (PIMA), with almost 60 years
of combined imaging industry leadership. |
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Internet2 Consortium (I2)
Offices: Washington, DC
I2 is a consortium being led by 202 universities
working in partnership with industry and
government to develop and deploy advanced
network applications and technologies, accelerating
the creation of tomorrow's Internet. Internet2
is recreating the partnership among academia,
industry and government that fostered today's
Internet in its infancy. The primary goals
of Internet2 are to: create a leading edge
network capability for the national research
community, enable revolutionary Internet
applications, and insure the rapid transfer
of new network services and applications
to the broader Internet community. |
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
& Numbers (ICANN)
Offices: Marina del Rey, California
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
and Numbers (ICANN) is an internationally
organized, non-profit corporation that has
responsibility for Internet Protocol (IP)
address space allocation, protocol identifier
assignment, generic (gTLD) and country code
(ccTLD) Top-Level Domain name system management,
and root server system management functions.
These services were originally performed
under U.S. Government contract by the Internet
Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) and other
entities. ICANN now performs the IANA function. |
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
Offices: Washington, DC
IETE is a large open international community
of network designers, operators, vendors,
and researchers concerned with the evolution
of the Internet architecture and the smooth
operation of the Internet. It is open to
any interested individual. The actual technical
work of the IETF is done in its working
groups, which are organized by topic into
several areas (e.g., routing, transport,
security, etc.). Much of the work is handled
via mailing lists. |
Internet Protocol Detail Record Organization
(IPDR.org)
Offices: Pittstown, Pennsylvania
IPDR is an open consortium of leading service
providers, equipment vendors, system integrators,
and billing and mediation vendors collaborating
to facilitate the exchange of usage and
control data between network and hosting
elements and operations and business support
systems by deployment of IPDR standards.
It aims to reduce the time and cost of usage
measurement and exchange for next generation
services. |
Internet Service Provider Association (ISPA)
Offices: London, England
The Internet Services Providers' Association
is the UK's Trade Association for providers
of Internet services. ISPA UK was established
in 1995 and promotes competition, self-regulation
and the development of the Internet industry.
ISPA's main activity is in making representations
on behalf of the industry to Government
bodies, such as the Home Office, the Department
of Trade and Industry and Oftel. Government
and political representatives often approach
ISPA for its knowledge and expertise. |
Internet Society (ISOC)
Offices: Reston, Virginia & Geneva,
Switzerland
The Internet SOCiety is a professional membership
society with more than 100 organizations
and over 20,000 individual members in over
180 countries. It provides leadership in
addressing issues that confront the future
of the Internet, and is the organization
home for the groups responsible for Internet
infrastructure standards, including the
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and
the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) whose
representatives often approach ISPA for
its knowledge and expertise. |
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Java Community Process (JCP)
Offices: Santa Clara, California
JCP is responsible for the development of
Java technology. As an open, inclusive organization
of active members and non-member public
input, it primarily guides the development
and approval of Java technical specifications.
The work of the Java community under the
JCP’s procedures helps to ensure Java technology’s
standard of stability and cross-platform
compatibility. JCP is the way the Java platform
evolves. |
JEDEC Solid State Technology Association
(JEDEC)
Offices: Arlington, Virginia
The JEDEC Solid
State Technology Association (Once known
as the Joint Electron Device Engineering
Council), is the semiconductor engineering
standardization body of the Electronic Industries
Alliance (EIA), a trade association that
represents all areas of the electronics
industry. JEDEC was originally created in
1960 as a joint activity between EIA an
NEMA, to cover the standardization of discrete
semiconductor devices and later expanded
in 1970 to include integrated circuits. |
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