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Micro & Nano Commercialization Education
Foundation (MANCEF)
Offices: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Over 600 members from all over the world
join MANCEF in its commercialization education
mission. Their members span the Macro, Meso,
Micro and Nano communities. They work toward
building a single global community focused
on bringing new products to market, using
any or all of the miniaturization technologies.
The effect is twofold: Their members understand
commercialization processes and challenges
along the small technologies continuum;
and their members are leaders of a global
community that support regional, national
and international activities to accelerate
small tech commercialization. |
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NanoBusiness Alliance
Offices: New York, New York
The NanoBusiness Alliance is the first industry
association founded to advance the emerging
business of nanotechnology and Microsystems.
The NanoBusiness Alliance's mission is to
create a collective voice for the emerging
small tech industry and develop a range
of initiatives to support and strengthen
the nanotechnology business community, including:
research and development, public policy,
public awareness, forums/panels and industry
support. |
National Electronics Distributor Association
(NEDA)
Offices: Alpharetta
NEDA is a not-for-profit trade association
representing distributors of electronic
components and their manufacturer-suppliers.
Dedicated to the enhancement of the distributor-manufacturer
relationship. NEDA represents companies
involved in the distribution of electronic
components and parts, computer and computer
peripheral components and test, measurement
and control equipment and their manufacturer-suppliers. |
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Object Management Group (OMG)
Offices: Needham, Massachusetts
The Object Management Group is an open membership,
not-for-profit consortium that produces
and maintains computer industry specifications
for interoperable enterprise applications.
Their membership includes virtually every
large company in the computer industry,
and hundreds of smaller ones. Any company
may join OMG and participate in their standards-setting
process. Their one-company-one-vote policy
ensures that every company, large and small,
has a effective voice in their process.
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Online Publishers Association (OPA)
Offices: New York, New York
OPA is an industry trade organization dedicated
to representing high-quality online publishers
before the advertising community, the press,
the government and the public. OPA is committed
to producing groundbreaking research into
online advertising and media consumption
with the goal of advancing the online publishing
industry. Through credible research and
ongoing communications, OPA seeks to establish
and promote the Internet as an effective
advertising medium for marketers and a sustainable
media business for publishers, thereby ensuring
the continued availability of quality content
to serve the public good. |
Open Grid Forum (OGF)
Offices: Lemont, Illinois
The Open Grid Forum is a community of users,
developers, and vendors leading the global
standardization effort for grid computing.
The OGF community consists of thousands
of individuals in industry and research,
representing over 400 organizations in more
than 50 countries. Together they work to
accelerate adoption of grid computing worldwide
because the believe grids will lead to new
discoveries, new opportunities, and better
business practices. |
Open Source Applications Foundation (OSAF)
Offices: San Francisco, California
OSAF is the Open Source Applications Foundation,
a 501(c)3 non-profit foundation. OSAF's
mission is to create and gain wide adoption
of Open Source application software of uncompromising
quality. OSAF started in 2001 when Mitchell
Kapor began to investigate the possibility
of developing a modern Personal Information
Manager using open source tools and methods.
OSAF values collaboration between highly
motivated individuals who bring a passion
for excellence, commitment to high standards
of performance and quality of product, a
capacity for creativity, and respect for
others and their differences to their work. |
Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA)
Offices: Cupertino, California
OSTA was incorporated as an international
trade association in 1992 to promote the
use of recordable optical technologies and
products. The organization’s membership
includes optical product manufacturers and
resellers from three continents, representing
more than 85 percent of worldwide writable
optical product shipments. They work to
shape the future of the industry through
regular meetings of Commercial Optical Storage
Applications (COSA), DVD Compatibility,
Marketing, MPV (MusicPhotoVideo), UDF committees,
and a new adhoc Blue Laser committee. |
Organization for the Advancement of Structures
Information Standards (OASIS)
Offices: Washington, DC
OASIS is a not-for-profit, international
consortium that drives the development,
convergence, and adoption of e-business
standards. The consortium produces more
Web services standards than any other organization
along with standards for security, e-business,
and standardization efforts in the public
sector and for application-specific markets.
Founded in 1993, OASIS has more than 4,000
participants representing over 600 organizations
and individual members in 100 countries. |
OSGi Alliance
Offices: San Ramon, California
OSGi specify, create, advance, and promote
wide industry adoption of an open service
delivery and management platform. The OSGi
Alliance serves as the focal point for a
collaborative ecosystem of service providers,
developers, manufacturers and consumers.
The OSGi technology is currently being delivered
in products and services shipping from numerous
Fortune 100 companies. It offers a horizontal
software integration platform that is ideal
for both vertical and cross-industry business
models within home, vehicle, mobile and
industry environments. |
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