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Offices: Los Gatos, California
Wireless mobility has captured the attention and interest of those within
these industries, the end-user community, and the press. The vision of untethered,
anywhere, any time information access is being espoused by many, implemented
by a few. The Portable Computer and Communications Association was founded
to provide a forum for disparate industries to meet, learn about each other,
and collaborate on the marriage of these industries.-Secure-
Offices: London, England
The SVP Alliance promotes a standard for securely distributing digital content
across home networks and portable devices. The availability of SVP-enabled
consumer devices will enable network operators to expand the range of devices
and services they can offer subscribers. For the first time, operators will
be offered a comprehensive end-to-end solution that optimizes control and
increases revenue, while consumers can seamlessly access digital content
at a fair price and transfer it from a public domain to their preferred
device at home.
Offices: Austin, Texas
SEMATECH is the world's catalyst for accelerating the commercialization
of technology innovations into manufacturing solutions. By setting global
direction, creating opportunities for flexible collaboration, and conducting
strategic R&D, SEMATECH delivers significant return on investment to their
semiconductor and emerging technology partners. At SEMATECH, they work with
their members and partners to reduce the time from innovation to manufacturing.
Offices: San Jose, California
Representing more than 2,400 member companies, SEMI is the trade association
serving the global semiconductor equipment, materials and flat panel display
industries. Since its inception in 1970, SEMI has played an increasingly
vital role in industry expansion, visibility, and representation.
SEMI strives to foster growth and development of both member corporations
and the professionals within them through business and technical education;
workforce development; public policy initiatives; and most importantly,
through its international trade shows. Through these efforts, SEMI continues
to promote and nurture its members and their $100 billion global market
share, which represents a significant contribution to the world economy.
Offices: San Jose, California
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) is the premier trade association
representing the US semiconductor industry. Founded in 1977 by five microelectronics
innovators, SIA unites 95 companies responsible for more than 85 percent
of semiconductor production in this country. Their coalition provides domestic
semiconductor companies a forum to advance the global competitiveness of
the $80 billion US chip industry. Through a network of corporate CEOs and
working committees, SIA shapes public policy on issues critical to the industry
and provides a spectrum of services to aid members in growing their own
businesses.-Software-
Offices: Los Angeles, California
The mission of the Software Council of Southern California is to make the
region’s software and information technology companies more successful.
Their members consist of executives and other senior decision makers at
Southern California companies (or divisions of companies) involved in software,
software services or information technology. They foster success by providing
educational events, peer-to-peer executive forums, networking and contacts,
access to financing, public relations and promotional opportunities, assistance
on critical business issues, training and an overall sense of community.
Offices: San Jose, California
SDForum is a non-profit Silicon Valley organization connecting software
professionals, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, industry experts and
major technology companies. With a 10,000-person reach, 2000 individual
members and 20-30 events each month, SDForum is a source of information,
education and connection for people seeking to build a business and career
in Silicon Valley.
Offices: Washington, DC
SIIA works towards building the digital economy, they have three distinct
missions that help keep focused on their goal. First, they seek to
show the world that the software and digital information industry is the
fastest growing industry sector and a major contributor to the global marketplace.
Second, they protect the intellectual property of members, and advocate
a legal and regulatory environment that benefits the entire industry. Finally,
SIIA acts to empower their member companies with knowledge by serving as
a resource to them on a wide range of traditional and emerging subjects
that affect their businesses.
Offices: Colorado Springs, Colorado
SNIA was incorporated in December 1997 and is a registered 501-C6 non-profit
trade association. Their members are dedicated to "ensuring that storage
networks become complete and trusted solutions across the IT community".
SNIA works towards this goal by forming and sponsoring technical work groups,
by producing the Storage Networking World Conference series, by building
and maintaining a vendor neutral Technology Center and by promoting activities
that expand the breadth and quality of the storage networking market.
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