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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.-NanoBusiness-
Offices: New York, New York
The NanoBusiness Alliance is 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.
Offices: Alpharetta, Georgia
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.-Object Management-
Offices: Needham, Massachusetts
The Object Management Group (OMG) 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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