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Offices: Arlington, Virginia
The Community Broadcasters Association is a national organization dedicated
to enhancing and representing the Diversity, Vitality, Localism, Service
to their Communities and Economic Survival of All Class A and Low Power
Television Stations in the United States. The CBA represents the interests
of over 600 Class A and over 2,200 LPTV's in the United States.
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.
Offices: Washington, DC
CompTel is the leading association representing competitive telecommunications
companies in virtually every sector of the marketplace: incumbent local
exchange carriers, competitive local exchange carriers, long-distance carriers
of every size, wireless service providers, Internet service providers, equipment
manufacturers, and software suppliers. They are the established, respected
voice of the competitive telecommunications industry before Congress, the
Federal Communications Commission, state regulators and legislators, industry
technical groups and international communications.
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. -Computing Technology-
Offices: Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois
CompTIA has been dedicated to advancing the growth of the information technology
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.
Offices: Culver, City, California
The Concord Chamber of Commerce is dedicated to promoting and serving business,
supporting tourism and fostering a strong economic climate, all consistent
and in harmony with the character and culture of Concord. Whether yours
is a large or small business, membership in the Concord Chamber of Commerce
is a wise investment. Membership helps you to become actively involved in
your business community, easily meet potential customers, exchange ideas
and business solutions with other professionals and keep informed on key
issues in the community.
Offices: Hartford, Connecticut
The Connecticut Retail Merchants Association has been representing retailers
at the State Capitol and in the marketplace since 1910. They are the only
statewide business group that represents only retailers. Their mission is
to provide quality service for Connecticut retailers. CRMA negotiates better
rates on services to members-services that would be more costly to an individual
retailer. At CRMA it is their goal to help by using the group purchasing
power of a large association to secure programs and pricing not available
to individual businesses.
Offices: Fairfield, Connecticut
The Connecticut Venture Group is a voluntary professional organization that
is committed to connecting leading Venture Investment Professionals with
high-growth emerging companies. Their mission is to assist the development
of these high growth enterprises through the promotion of capital formation
in Connecticut. CVG was founded in 1974 by some of this country's pioneer
venture capitalists for the purpose of creating a forum for business-venturing
opportunities and soon became a significant catalyst for funding Connecticut-based
entrepreneurial companies as well as generally promoting venturing activity
in the State.
Offices: Arlington, Virginia
CEA membership unites more than 1000 companies within the US consumer technology
industry. Tap into valuable and innovative member-only resources: exclusive
information and unparalleled market research, networking opportunities with
business advocates and leaders, up-to-date educational programs and technical
training, exposure in extensive promotional programs, and representation
from the voice of the industry, CEA, promoting and advancing member needs
and interests. Invest in the Consumer Electronics Association to strengthen
your business' future and to help ensure technology's brightest future.-Consumer Electronics-
Offices: San Francisco, California
The Consumer Electronics Linux Forum is an industry group that is focused
on the advancement of Linux as an open source platform for consumer electronics
devices. The CELF intends to operate completely within the letter and the
spirit of the open source community. The CELF is a place to come and discuss
various issues that are of particular importance to the CE industry. Through
an open process, the CELF members will clarify and codify certain requirements
to be addressed in open source software. Thereafter, the CELF will evaluate
any open source submissions as to their effectiveness and responsiveness
to the requirements.
Offices: Washington, DC
CERC is a public policy trade association dedicated to the concerns of consumer
electronics specialty and general retailers, and their customers. From its
birth in 1991 as an informal coalition through its incorporation in 2003
as a not-for-profit trade association, CERC has fought to: deregulate product
markets, protect retail customers and preserve the value of utility of consumer
electronics retail products.
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