Debates over Internet governance can be clarified by the recognition that ICANN is a regulatory agency. Its responsibilities for setting base prices, protecting trademarks, and controlling market entry are typical...
World summits are dogged by a fundamental question: what are they good for? Do they produce social and political change commensurate with their enormous cost in money and policy makers’...
...guidelines. ATIS member companies are North American providers of telecommunications services, and include wireline and wireless service providers, competitive local carriers, interexchange companies, local exchange companies, manufacturers, software developers, resellers,...
Promoted audio-visual interoperable standards *Dissolved in 1999 The Digital Audio Video Council (DAVIC) promoted interactive digital audio-visual applications and services by promulgating specifications of open interfaces and protocols to maximize...
...IT environments. The standards allow for building systems management infrastructure components in a platform-independent and technology-neutral way. DMTF enables systems management interoperability between IT products from different manufacturers or companies....
...individuals’ rights, launches global public awareness campaigns, introduces proposals and papers, hosts frequent educational events, works with the press, and publishes a comprehensive archive of digital civil liberties information at...
...and appliance computing markets. Founded to pursue promotion of Linux for embedded applications, the Embedded Linux Consortium was also standardizing an open, unified platform specification (“ELCPS”). Members contributed and participated...
Develops enterprise content standards The Association for Information and Image Management was founded in 1943 as the National Microfilm Association. AIIM connects users with suppliers who can assist them in...
Develops services and provides support for providers of printing, publishing and converting technologies The Association for Supplies of Printing, Publishing, and Converting Technologies (NPES) is a trade association of companies...
Develops and promotes resources that advance computing as a science and a profession. The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is a not-for-profit group of educational and scientific computing professionals which...