MindTree Consulting Limited is an international IT consulting company that was started in 1999 by 10 industry professionals who came from Cambridge Technology Partners, Lucent Technologies and Wipro. Currently co-headquartered in Warren, New Jersey and Bangalore, India, it has 3 development centers in India and 15 offices spread across Asia, Europe and the United States. The founding team was led by Ashok Soota, who was at that time vice chairman and president of Wipro, one of India's largest software companies. The company has close to 5500 employees.
MindTree crossed USD 100 million in revenues in April 2006[1]; the fastest Indian IT company to achieve the target. MindTree is also the world's youngest company to be assessed at both CMMi and P-CMM.
MindTree has been involved in the creation of Bluetooth technology [2] and is an Associate Member of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group [3]. Their Bluetooth protocol stack is licenced to NEC
Monday, March 24, 2008
IT IN BANGLORE
Bangalore (Indian English: [ˈbæŋgəloːɾ] (help·info)), (Kannada: ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು Bengaluru, ['beŋgəɭuːru] (help·info)), is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore has an estimated metropolitan population of 65 lakh (6.5 million), making it India's third most populous city[2] and fifth-largest metropolitan area.
Though historically attested at least since 900 CE, recorded history of the city starts from 1537, when Kempe Gowda I, widely regarded as the founder of modern Bangalore, built a mud fort and established it as a province of the Vijayanagara Empire. During the British Raj, Bangalore developed as a centre for colonial rule in South India. The establishment of the Bangalore Cantonment brought in large numbers of migrants from other parts of the country. Since independence in 1947, Bangalore grew to become the capital of Karnataka state. Today, as a large and growing metropolis in the developing world, Bangalore continues to struggle with problems such as air pollution, traffic congestion, and crime. Home to some of the most well-recognised colleges and research institutions in India, the city has the second-highest literacy rate among the metropolitan cities in the nation.
It is home to numerous public sector heavy industries, software companies, aerospace, telecommunications, machine tools, heavy equipment, and defence establishments. Bangalore is referred to as the Silicon Valley of India due to its pre-eminent position as the leading contributor to India's IT industry.[3] Bangalore has developed into one of India's major economic hubs and was rated by CNN as the "best place to do business" in the world.
Though historically attested at least since 900 CE, recorded history of the city starts from 1537, when Kempe Gowda I, widely regarded as the founder of modern Bangalore, built a mud fort and established it as a province of the Vijayanagara Empire. During the British Raj, Bangalore developed as a centre for colonial rule in South India. The establishment of the Bangalore Cantonment brought in large numbers of migrants from other parts of the country. Since independence in 1947, Bangalore grew to become the capital of Karnataka state. Today, as a large and growing metropolis in the developing world, Bangalore continues to struggle with problems such as air pollution, traffic congestion, and crime. Home to some of the most well-recognised colleges and research institutions in India, the city has the second-highest literacy rate among the metropolitan cities in the nation.
It is home to numerous public sector heavy industries, software companies, aerospace, telecommunications, machine tools, heavy equipment, and defence establishments. Bangalore is referred to as the Silicon Valley of India due to its pre-eminent position as the leading contributor to India's IT industry.[3] Bangalore has developed into one of India's major economic hubs and was rated by CNN as the "best place to do business" in the world.
IT IN HYDRABED
Hyderabad is known as the second Silicon Valley [1] in India after Bangalore. Hyderabad's IT exports exceeded $1 billion in 2004[1]. There has been extensive investments in digital infrastructure. Development of HITEC City prompted several IT and ITES companies to setup operations in the city - have led civic boosters to call their city "Cyberabad". The central region of this area is called HITEC City, in the Madhapur suburb.
Hyderabad today has several software technology campuses with leading companies such as Accenture, AppLabs, Infosys, Invensys, Microsoft, CSC, Oracle, Wipro, Kanbay, GE, iGate, ValueLabs, ADP, Dell, Deloitte, HSBCGLT, SumTotal, Intergraph, Analog Devices, Rhythm and Hues Studios, India, IBM, Keane,Satyam, Baan, Birlasoft, Cypress Semiconductors, InMage, SatNav Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services(TCS), Amazon , Google,HP(Hewlett-Packard),Oracle Corporation,Capgemini,CA(Computer Associates), Qualcomm, Cognizant Technology Solutions(CTS),Sierra Optima,UBS,wellsfargo,Microsoft Corporation,Cntrl S,MindTree,HCL,Polaris,Kenexa,Bank of America,InfoTech,VisualSoft,Pramati,GoldStone,Verizon,Virtusa,covansys,FourSoft,CMC,iGATE,LinkWell and Sierra Atlantic etc having established centers in the city.
Hyderabad today has several software technology campuses with leading companies such as Accenture, AppLabs, Infosys, Invensys, Microsoft, CSC, Oracle, Wipro, Kanbay, GE, iGate, ValueLabs, ADP, Dell, Deloitte, HSBCGLT, SumTotal, Intergraph, Analog Devices, Rhythm and Hues Studios, India, IBM, Keane,Satyam, Baan, Birlasoft, Cypress Semiconductors, InMage, SatNav Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services(TCS), Amazon , Google,HP(Hewlett-Packard),Oracle Corporation,Capgemini,CA(Computer Associates), Qualcomm, Cognizant Technology Solutions(CTS),Sierra Optima,UBS,wellsfargo,Microsoft Corporation,Cntrl S,MindTree,HCL,Polaris,Kenexa,Bank of America,InfoTech,VisualSoft,Pramati,GoldStone,Verizon,Virtusa,covansys,FourSoft,CMC,iGATE,LinkWell and Sierra Atlantic etc having established centers in the city.
HISTORY OF SOFTWARE
Software communities that can now be compared with today's free software community existed for a long time before the free software movement and its term "free software".[1] According to Richard Stallman, the software sharing community at MIT existed for "many years" before he got involved in 1971.[2]
Other examples were large user groups such as that of the IBM 701, whose user group was called SHARE, and that of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), whose user group was called DECUS.
Software was produced largely by academics and corporate researchers working in collaboration and was not itself seen as a commodity. Operating systems, such as early versions of UNIX, were widely distributed and maintained by the community of users. Source code, the human-readable version of software, was distributed with software because users frequently modified the software themselves to fix bugs or add new functionality, and because programmers couldn't possibly create executable machine-code for the wide variety of hardware that existed. Thus in this era, software was free in a sense, not because of any concerted effort by software users or developers, but rather because software was developed by the user community.
AT&T distributed early versions of UNIX at no cost to government and academic researchers, but these versions did not come with permission to redistribute or to distribute modified versions, and were thus not free software as the term has come to mean.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, companies began routinely imposing restrictions on programmers through copyright. Sometimes this was because they saw a way to make money by blocking rights and selling them back. AT&T, for example, began to enforce its restrictive licences when the company decided it might profit by selling the Unix system.[citation needed] Bill Gates signaled the change of the times in 1976 when he wrote his now-famous Open Letter to Hobbyists, sending out the message that what hackers called "sharing" was, in his words, "stealing".
The advent of Usenet in the early 1980s further connected the programming community and provided a simpler way for programmers to share their software and contribute to software others had written.[3]
Some free software which was developed before 1983 and continued to be used for a long time afterward includes TeX and SPICE.
Other examples were large user groups such as that of the IBM 701, whose user group was called SHARE, and that of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), whose user group was called DECUS.
Software was produced largely by academics and corporate researchers working in collaboration and was not itself seen as a commodity. Operating systems, such as early versions of UNIX, were widely distributed and maintained by the community of users. Source code, the human-readable version of software, was distributed with software because users frequently modified the software themselves to fix bugs or add new functionality, and because programmers couldn't possibly create executable machine-code for the wide variety of hardware that existed. Thus in this era, software was free in a sense, not because of any concerted effort by software users or developers, but rather because software was developed by the user community.
AT&T distributed early versions of UNIX at no cost to government and academic researchers, but these versions did not come with permission to redistribute or to distribute modified versions, and were thus not free software as the term has come to mean.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, companies began routinely imposing restrictions on programmers through copyright. Sometimes this was because they saw a way to make money by blocking rights and selling them back. AT&T, for example, began to enforce its restrictive licences when the company decided it might profit by selling the Unix system.[citation needed] Bill Gates signaled the change of the times in 1976 when he wrote his now-famous Open Letter to Hobbyists, sending out the message that what hackers called "sharing" was, in his words, "stealing".
The advent of Usenet in the early 1980s further connected the programming community and provided a simpler way for programmers to share their software and contribute to software others had written.[3]
Some free software which was developed before 1983 and continued to be used for a long time afterward includes TeX and SPICE.
FREE SOFTWARE
Free software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with minimal restrictions only to ensure that further recipients can also do these things. In practice, for software to be distributed as free software, the human readable form of the program (the "source code") must be made available to the recipient along with a notice granting the above permissions. Such a notice is a "free software licence", or, in theory, could be a notice saying that the source code is released into the public domain.
The free software movement was launched in 1983 to make these freedoms available to every computer user.[1] From the late 1990s onward, alternative terms for free software came into use. "Open source software" is the most common such alternative term. Others include "software libre", "free, libre and open-source software" ("FOSS", or, with "libre", "FLOSS"). The antonym of free software is "proprietary software" or non-free software.
Free software is distinct from "freeware" which is proprietary software made available free of charge. Users usually cannot study, modify, or redistribute freeware. The only permission freeware has in common with free software is the permission to use the software.
Since free software may be freely redistributed, it generally is available at little or no cost. Free software business models are usually based on adding value such as support, training, customization, integration, or certification. At the same time, some business models which work with proprietary software are not compatible with free software, such as those that depend on a user having no choice but to pay for a licence in order to lawfully use a software product.
The free software movement was launched in 1983 to make these freedoms available to every computer user.[1] From the late 1990s onward, alternative terms for free software came into use. "Open source software" is the most common such alternative term. Others include "software libre", "free, libre and open-source software" ("FOSS", or, with "libre", "FLOSS"). The antonym of free software is "proprietary software" or non-free software.
Free software is distinct from "freeware" which is proprietary software made available free of charge. Users usually cannot study, modify, or redistribute freeware. The only permission freeware has in common with free software is the permission to use the software.
Since free software may be freely redistributed, it generally is available at little or no cost. Free software business models are usually based on adding value such as support, training, customization, integration, or certification. At the same time, some business models which work with proprietary software are not compatible with free software, such as those that depend on a user having no choice but to pay for a licence in order to lawfully use a software product.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
A programming language is an artificial language that can be used to control the behavior of a machine, particularly a computer.[1] Programming languages, like natural languages, are defined by syntactic and semantic rules which describe their structure and meaning respectively. Many programming languages have some form of written specification of their syntax and semantics; some are defined only by an official implementation.
Programming languages are used to facilitate communication about the task of organizing and manipulating information, and to express algorithms precisely. Some authors restrict the term "programming language" to those languages that can express all possible algorithms;[2] sometimes the term "computer language" is used for more limited artificial languages.
Thousands of different programming languages[3] have been created, and new languages are created every year.
Programming languages are used to facilitate communication about the task of organizing and manipulating information, and to express algorithms precisely. Some authors restrict the term "programming language" to those languages that can express all possible algorithms;[2] sometimes the term "computer language" is used for more limited artificial languages.
Thousands of different programming languages[3] have been created, and new languages are created every year.
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Software engineering is the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software.[1] It encompasses techniques and procedures, often regulated by a software development process, with the purpose of improving the reliability and maintainability of software systems.[2] The effort is necessitated by the potential complexity of those systems, which may contain millions of lines of code.[3]
The term software engineering was popularized by F.L. Bauer during the NATO Software Engineering Conference in 1968.[4] The discipline of software engineering includes knowledge, tools, and methods for software requirements, software design, software construction, software testing, and software maintenance tasks.[5] Software engineering is related to the disciplines of computer science, computer engineering, management, mathematics, project management, quality management, software ergonomics, and systems engineering.[6]
As of 2004, the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics counts 760,840 software engineers holding jobs in the U.S.; for comparison, in the U.S. there are some 1.4 million practitioners employed in all other engineering disciplines combined.[7] Due to its relative newness as a field of study, formal education in software engineering is often taught as part of a computer science curriculum, and as a result most software engineers hold computer science degrees
The term software engineering was popularized by F.L. Bauer during the NATO Software Engineering Conference in 1968.[4] The discipline of software engineering includes knowledge, tools, and methods for software requirements, software design, software construction, software testing, and software maintenance tasks.[5] Software engineering is related to the disciplines of computer science, computer engineering, management, mathematics, project management, quality management, software ergonomics, and systems engineering.[6]
As of 2004, the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics counts 760,840 software engineers holding jobs in the U.S.; for comparison, in the U.S. there are some 1.4 million practitioners employed in all other engineering disciplines combined.[7] Due to its relative newness as a field of study, formal education in software engineering is often taught as part of a computer science curriculum, and as a result most software engineers hold computer science degrees
COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
Computer programming (often shortened to programming or coding) is the process of writing, testing, debugging/troubleshooting, and maintaining the source code of computer programs. This source code is written in a programming language. The code may be a modification of an existing source or something completely new. The purpose of programming is to create a program that exhibits a certain desired behavior (customization). The process of writing source codes requires expertise in many different subjects, including knowledge of the application domain, specialized algorithms and formal logic.
Software development process
Activities and steps
Requirements · Architecture
Design · Implementation
Testing · Deployment
Models
Agile · Cleanroom · Iterative · RAD
RUP · Spiral · Waterfall · XP · Scrum
Supporting disciplines
Configuration management
Documentation
Quality assurance (SQA)
Project management
User experience design
Within software engineering, programming (the implementation) is regarded as one phase in a software development process.
There is an ongoing debate on the extent to which the writing of programs is an art, a craft or an engineering discipline.[1] Good programming is generally considered to be the measured application of all three, with the goal of producing an efficient and maintainable software solution (the criteria for "efficient" and "maintainable" vary considerably). The discipline differs from many other technical professions in that programmers generally do not need to be licensed or pass any standardized (or governmentally regulated) certification tests in order to call themselves "programmers" or even "software engineers".
Another ongoing debate is the extent to which the programming language used in writing programs affects the form that the final program takes. This debate is analogous to that surrounding the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis in linguistics.
Software development process
Activities and steps
Requirements · Architecture
Design · Implementation
Testing · Deployment
Models
Agile · Cleanroom · Iterative · RAD
RUP · Spiral · Waterfall · XP · Scrum
Supporting disciplines
Configuration management
Documentation
Quality assurance (SQA)
Project management
User experience design
Within software engineering, programming (the implementation) is regarded as one phase in a software development process.
There is an ongoing debate on the extent to which the writing of programs is an art, a craft or an engineering discipline.[1] Good programming is generally considered to be the measured application of all three, with the goal of producing an efficient and maintainable software solution (the criteria for "efficient" and "maintainable" vary considerably). The discipline differs from many other technical professions in that programmers generally do not need to be licensed or pass any standardized (or governmentally regulated) certification tests in order to call themselves "programmers" or even "software engineers".
Another ongoing debate is the extent to which the programming language used in writing programs affects the form that the final program takes. This debate is analogous to that surrounding the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis in linguistics.
SOFTWARE INDUSTRY
The software industry comprises businesses involved in the development, maintenance and publication of computer software. The software industry started in the mid-1970s at the time of the personal computer revolution. The industry also includes software services, such as training and consultancy. The largest and most profitable of software companies are located in the United States. As of 2006, the client software industry is dominated by Microsoft[citation needed]. Software Magazine's 500 list in 2005 shows the total amount of revenue brought in by software companies per locale, with the highest being California due to Silicon Valley and the amount of Fortune 500 software companies residing in that area
FEATURES
Quality and reliability
Software reliability considers the errors, faults, and failures related to the creation and operation of software.
See Software auditing, Software quality, Software testing, and Software reliability.
License
Software license gives the user the right to use the software in the licensed environment, some software comes with the license when purchased off the shelf, or an OEM license when bundled with hardware. Other software comes with a free software licence, granting the recipient the rights to modify and redistribute the software. Software can also be in the form of freeware or shareware. See also License Management.
[edit] Patents
The issue of software patents is controversial. Some believe that they hinder software development, while others argue that software patents provide an important incentive to spur software innovation. See software patent debate.
Ethics and rights for software users
Being a new part of society, the idea of what rights users of software should have is not very developed. Some, such as the free software community, believe that software users should be free to modify and redistribute the software they use. They argue that these rights are necessary so that each individual can control their computer, and so that everyone can cooperate, if they choose, to work together as a community and control the direction that software progresses in. Others believe that software authors should have the power to say what rights the user will get.
Software reliability considers the errors, faults, and failures related to the creation and operation of software.
See Software auditing, Software quality, Software testing, and Software reliability.
License
Software license gives the user the right to use the software in the licensed environment, some software comes with the license when purchased off the shelf, or an OEM license when bundled with hardware. Other software comes with a free software licence, granting the recipient the rights to modify and redistribute the software. Software can also be in the form of freeware or shareware. See also License Management.
[edit] Patents
The issue of software patents is controversial. Some believe that they hinder software development, while others argue that software patents provide an important incentive to spur software innovation. See software patent debate.
Ethics and rights for software users
Being a new part of society, the idea of what rights users of software should have is not very developed. Some, such as the free software community, believe that software users should be free to modify and redistribute the software they use. They argue that these rights are necessary so that each individual can control their computer, and so that everyone can cooperate, if they choose, to work together as a community and control the direction that software progresses in. Others believe that software authors should have the power to say what rights the user will get.
OPERATION
Computer software has to be "loaded" into the computer's storage (such as a hard drive, memory, or RAM). Once the software has loaded, the computer is able to execute the software. Computers operate by executing the computer program. This involves passing instructions from the application software, through the system software, to the hardware which ultimately receives the instruction as machine code. Each instruction causes the computer to carry out an operation -- moving data, carrying out a computation, or altering the control flow of instructions.
Data movement is typically from one place in memory to another. Sometimes it involves moving data between memory and registers which enable high-speed data access in the CPU. Moving data, especially large amounts of it, can be costly. So, this is sometimes avoided by using "pointers" to data instead. Computations include simple operations such as incrementing the value of a variable data element. More complex computations may involve many operations and data elements together.
Instructions may be performed sequentially, conditionally, or iteratively. Sequential instructions are those operations that are performed one after another. Conditional instructions are performed such that different sets of instructions execute depending on the value(s) of some data. In some languages this is known as an "if" statement. Iterative instructions are performed repetitively and may depend on some data value. This is sometimes called a "loop." Often, one instruction may "call" another set of instructions that are defined in some other program or module. When more than one computer processor is used, instructions may be executed simultaneously.
A simple example of the way software operates is what happens when a user selects an entry such as "Copy" from a menu. In this case, a conditional instruction is executed to copy text from data in a 'document' area residing in memory, perhaps to an intermediate storage area known as a 'clipboard' data area. If a different menu entry such as "Paste" is chosen, the software may execute the instructions to copy the text from the clipboard data area to a specific location in the same or another document in memory.
Depending on the application, even the example above could become complicated. The field of software engineering endeavors to manage the complexity of how software operates. This is especially true for software that operates in the context of a large or powerful computer system.
Currently, almost the only limitations on the use of computer software in applications is the ingenuity of the designer/programmer. Consequently, large areas of activities (such as playing grand master level chess) formerly assumed to be incapable of software simulation are now routinely programmed. The only area that has so far proved reasonably secure from software simulation is the realm of human art— especially, pleasing music and literature.[citation needed]
Kinds of software by operation: computer program as executable, source code or script, configuration
Data movement is typically from one place in memory to another. Sometimes it involves moving data between memory and registers which enable high-speed data access in the CPU. Moving data, especially large amounts of it, can be costly. So, this is sometimes avoided by using "pointers" to data instead. Computations include simple operations such as incrementing the value of a variable data element. More complex computations may involve many operations and data elements together.
Instructions may be performed sequentially, conditionally, or iteratively. Sequential instructions are those operations that are performed one after another. Conditional instructions are performed such that different sets of instructions execute depending on the value(s) of some data. In some languages this is known as an "if" statement. Iterative instructions are performed repetitively and may depend on some data value. This is sometimes called a "loop." Often, one instruction may "call" another set of instructions that are defined in some other program or module. When more than one computer processor is used, instructions may be executed simultaneously.
A simple example of the way software operates is what happens when a user selects an entry such as "Copy" from a menu. In this case, a conditional instruction is executed to copy text from data in a 'document' area residing in memory, perhaps to an intermediate storage area known as a 'clipboard' data area. If a different menu entry such as "Paste" is chosen, the software may execute the instructions to copy the text from the clipboard data area to a specific location in the same or another document in memory.
Depending on the application, even the example above could become complicated. The field of software engineering endeavors to manage the complexity of how software operates. This is especially true for software that operates in the context of a large or powerful computer system.
Currently, almost the only limitations on the use of computer software in applications is the ingenuity of the designer/programmer. Consequently, large areas of activities (such as playing grand master level chess) formerly assumed to be incapable of software simulation are now routinely programmed. The only area that has so far proved reasonably secure from software simulation is the realm of human art— especially, pleasing music and literature.[citation needed]
Kinds of software by operation: computer program as executable, source code or script, configuration
THREE LAYERS
Users often see things differently than programmers. People who use modern general purpose computers (as opposed to embedded systems, analog computers, supercomputers, etc.) usually see three layers of software performing a variety of tasks: platform, application, and user software.
Platform software
Platform includes the firmware, device drivers, an operating system, and typically a graphical user interface which, in total, allow a user to interact with the computer and its peripherals (associated equipment). Platform software often comes bundled with the computer. On a PC you will usually have the ability to change the platform software.
Application software
Application software or Applications are what most people think of when they think of software. Typical examples include office suites and video games. Application software is often purchased separately from computer hardware. Sometimes applications are bundled with the computer, but that does not change the fact that they run as independent applications. Applications are almost always independent programs from the operating system, though they are often tailored for specific platforms. Most users think of compilers, databases, and other "system software" as applications.
User-written software
User software tailors systems to meet the users specific needs. User software include spreadsheet templates, word processor macros, scientific simulations, and scripts for graphics and animations. Even email filters are a kind of user software. Users create this software themselves and often overlook how important it is. Depending on how competently the user-written software has been integrated into purchased application packages, many users may not be aware of the distinction between the purchased packages, and what has been added by fellow co-workers.
Platform software
Platform includes the firmware, device drivers, an operating system, and typically a graphical user interface which, in total, allow a user to interact with the computer and its peripherals (associated equipment). Platform software often comes bundled with the computer. On a PC you will usually have the ability to change the platform software.
Application software
Application software or Applications are what most people think of when they think of software. Typical examples include office suites and video games. Application software is often purchased separately from computer hardware. Sometimes applications are bundled with the computer, but that does not change the fact that they run as independent applications. Applications are almost always independent programs from the operating system, though they are often tailored for specific platforms. Most users think of compilers, databases, and other "system software" as applications.
User-written software
User software tailors systems to meet the users specific needs. User software include spreadsheet templates, word processor macros, scientific simulations, and scripts for graphics and animations. Even email filters are a kind of user software. Users create this software themselves and often overlook how important it is. Depending on how competently the user-written software has been integrated into purchased application packages, many users may not be aware of the distinction between the purchased packages, and what has been added by fellow co-workers.
TYPES
Practical computer systems divide software systems into three major classes: system software, programming software and application software, although the distinction is arbitrary, and often blurred.
* System software helps run the computer hardware and computer system. It includes operating systems, device drivers, diagnostic tools, servers, windowing systems, utilities and more. The purpose of systems software is to insulate the applications programmer as much as possible from the details of the particular computer complex being used, especially memory and other hardware features, and such as accessory devices as communications, printers, readers, displays, keyboards, etc.
* Programming software usually provides tools to assist a programmer in writing computer programs and software using different programming languages in a more convenient way. The tools include text editors, compilers, interpreters, linkers, debuggers, and so on. An Integrated development environment (IDE) merges those tools into a software bundle, and a programmer may not need to type multiple commands for compiling, interpreting, debugging, tracing, and etc., because the IDE usually has an advanced graphical user interface, or GUI.
* Application software allows end users to accomplish one or more specific (non-computer related) tasks. Typical applications include industrial automation, business software, educational software, medical software, databases, and computer games. Businesses are probably the biggest users of application software, but almost every field of human activity now uses some form of application software
* System software helps run the computer hardware and computer system. It includes operating systems, device drivers, diagnostic tools, servers, windowing systems, utilities and more. The purpose of systems software is to insulate the applications programmer as much as possible from the details of the particular computer complex being used, especially memory and other hardware features, and such as accessory devices as communications, printers, readers, displays, keyboards, etc.
* Programming software usually provides tools to assist a programmer in writing computer programs and software using different programming languages in a more convenient way. The tools include text editors, compilers, interpreters, linkers, debuggers, and so on. An Integrated development environment (IDE) merges those tools into a software bundle, and a programmer may not need to type multiple commands for compiling, interpreting, debugging, tracing, and etc., because the IDE usually has an advanced graphical user interface, or GUI.
* Application software allows end users to accomplish one or more specific (non-computer related) tasks. Typical applications include industrial automation, business software, educational software, medical software, databases, and computer games. Businesses are probably the biggest users of application software, but almost every field of human activity now uses some form of application software
RELATIONSHIP TO HARDWARE
software is so called to distinguish it from computer hardware, which encompasses the physical interconnections and devices required to store and execute (or run) the software. In computers, software is loaded into RAM and executed in the central processing unit. At the lowest level, software consists of a machine language specific to an individual processor. A machine language consists of groups of binary values signifying processor instructions which change the state of the computer from its preceding state. Software is an ordered sequence of instructions for changing the state of the computer hardware in a particular sequence. It is usually written in high-level programming languages that are easier and more efficient for humans to use (closer to natural language) than machine language. High-level languages are compiled or interpreted into machine language object code. Software may also be written in an assembly language, essentially, a mnemonic representation of a machine language using a natural language alphabet. Assembly language must be assembled into object code via an assembler. The term "software" was first used in this sense by John W. Tukey in 1958.[3] In computer science and software engineering, computer software is all computer programs. The theory that is the basis for most modern software was first proposed by Alan Turing in his 1935 essay Computable numbers with an application to the Entscheidungsproblem.
SOFTWARE
"Software" redirects here. For other uses, see Software (disambiguation).
"Scientific software" redirects here. For the company, see Scientific Software (company).
A screenshot of the AbiWord word processing software.
A screenshot of the AbiWord word processing software.
Computer software is a general term used to describe a collection of computer programs, procedures and documentation that perform some tasks on a computer system.[1] The term includes application software such as word processors which perform productive tasks for users, system software such as operating systems, which interface with hardware to provide the necessary services for application software, and middleware which controls and co-ordinates distributed systems.
"Scientific software" redirects here. For the company, see Scientific Software (company).
A screenshot of the AbiWord word processing software.
A screenshot of the AbiWord word processing software.
Computer software is a general term used to describe a collection of computer programs, procedures and documentation that perform some tasks on a computer system.[1] The term includes application software such as word processors which perform productive tasks for users, system software such as operating systems, which interface with hardware to provide the necessary services for application software, and middleware which controls and co-ordinates distributed systems.
CANADIAN(C.I.P.S)
The Canadian Information Processing Society (C.I.P.S) is the Information Technology professional society in Canada. The society certifies and regulates the Information Systems Professional (I.S.P) designation in most provinces. The society also performs accreditation of computer science and software engineering programs at Canadian universities. CIPS is responsible for defining the Canadian IT Body of Knowledge.
Each province has a provincial bodies that administers the legislation or regulation establishing the self-regulating professional body. This consists of the following bodies:
* CIPS Alberta
* CIPS British Columbia
* CIPS Manitoba
* CIPS New Brunswick
* CIPS Nova Scotia
* CIPS Ontario
* CIPS Saskatchewan
In Québec, CIPS is partnered with the Fédération de l'informatique du Québec (FIQ). CIPS is the Canadian member organisation of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). IFIP works on establishing international standards for information technology and software engineering. CIPS is also a member of South East Asia Regional Computer Confederation (SEARC
Each province has a provincial bodies that administers the legislation or regulation establishing the self-regulating professional body. This consists of the following bodies:
* CIPS Alberta
* CIPS British Columbia
* CIPS Manitoba
* CIPS New Brunswick
* CIPS Nova Scotia
* CIPS Ontario
* CIPS Saskatchewan
In Québec, CIPS is partnered with the Fédération de l'informatique du Québec (FIQ). CIPS is the Canadian member organisation of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). IFIP works on establishing international standards for information technology and software engineering. CIPS is also a member of South East Asia Regional Computer Confederation (SEARC
NASSCOM
The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), the Indian chamber of commerce is a consortium that serves as an interface to the Indian software industry and Indian BPO industry.
Contents
* 1 Services
* 2 Membership
* 3 Prominent members
* 4 See also
* 5 Notes
* 6 External links
Services
Among its services, NASSCOM provides industry reports. NASSCOM also conducts various training programs and workshops for the industry professionals to upgrade theirs skills and knowledge. They have regular training programs spanning across different areas.
One such program which the NASSCOM conducts on a yearly basis is the NASSCOM Animation and Gaming India for the gaming industry professionals.
"India has become the world's back office as Western firms set up call centres, number-crunching and software development outlets," according to Forbes.[1]
Membership
NASSCOM’s members are primarily companies run by Indian nationals in the business of software development, software services, and IT-enabled/BPO services. The consortium was set up to facilitate Indian business and trade in software and services and to encourage advancement of research in software technology by Indians. It is a non-profit organization, funded entirely by its members. NASSCOM has played a role in ensuring quality of service, and the enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in the Indian Software and BPO industry.
As on June 2007, more than 1,100 information technology companies in India were members of NASSCOM. Membership includes domestic software / ITES companies as well as multinationals operating in India. The wide range of member companies gives NASSCOM the ability to represent the interests of the Indian software industry with authority.
Prominent members
* Som Mittal - President of NASSCOM (position occupuied since January 2008) (as per NASSCOM website on 2nd Feb. 2008)
* Sangeeta Gupta, Vice President along with Mr. Rajdeep Sahrawat and Mr. Ameet Nivsarkar
* Lakshmi Narayanan, Chairman
* Pramod Bhais
* Nandan Nilekani
* Bhaskar Pramanik
* Bobby Mitra
* Raman Roy
Contents
* 1 Services
* 2 Membership
* 3 Prominent members
* 4 See also
* 5 Notes
* 6 External links
Services
Among its services, NASSCOM provides industry reports. NASSCOM also conducts various training programs and workshops for the industry professionals to upgrade theirs skills and knowledge. They have regular training programs spanning across different areas.
One such program which the NASSCOM conducts on a yearly basis is the NASSCOM Animation and Gaming India for the gaming industry professionals.
"India has become the world's back office as Western firms set up call centres, number-crunching and software development outlets," according to Forbes.[1]
Membership
NASSCOM’s members are primarily companies run by Indian nationals in the business of software development, software services, and IT-enabled/BPO services. The consortium was set up to facilitate Indian business and trade in software and services and to encourage advancement of research in software technology by Indians. It is a non-profit organization, funded entirely by its members. NASSCOM has played a role in ensuring quality of service, and the enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in the Indian Software and BPO industry.
As on June 2007, more than 1,100 information technology companies in India were members of NASSCOM. Membership includes domestic software / ITES companies as well as multinationals operating in India. The wide range of member companies gives NASSCOM the ability to represent the interests of the Indian software industry with authority.
Prominent members
* Som Mittal - President of NASSCOM (position occupuied since January 2008) (as per NASSCOM website on 2nd Feb. 2008)
* Sangeeta Gupta, Vice President along with Mr. Rajdeep Sahrawat and Mr. Ameet Nivsarkar
* Lakshmi Narayanan, Chairman
* Pramod Bhais
* Nandan Nilekani
* Bhaskar Pramanik
* Bobby Mitra
* Raman Roy
COMPUTER SOCIETY OF INDIA
The Computer Society of India is a body of computer professionals in India. It was started in 1965 by a handful of computer professionals and has now grown to be the national body representing computer professionals. Its membership stands at more than 30,000 in more than 60 chapters throughout India.
The Computer Society of India is a non-Profit professional meet to exchange views and information learn and share ideas. The wide spectrum of members is committed to the advancement of the theory and practice of Computer Engineering and Technology Systems, Science and Engineering, Information Processing and related Arts and Sciences. The Society also encourages and assists professionals to maintain the integrity and competence of the profession and fosters a sense of partnership amongst members. Besides the activities held at the Chapter and Student Branches, the Society also conducts periodic conferences, seminars,etc
ABOUT MEMBERSHIP
The Society is targeted at the user community at large. Hence the membership of the Society is open to all professionals involved in the field of information technology.
The membership categories include Individual and Institutional. In the Individual member category there are five grades namely Fellow, Senior, Member, Associate and Student, whereas Institutional membership includes organisations and educational institutions.
A professional can also apply for life membership in the Society.
CHAPTER AND STUDENT BRANCHES
A Chapter of the Society is a group of members in a particular locality or city. The chapters play a major role in achieving the objectives of the Society. It has direct links with the members. For the benefit of members, the chapter organizes monthly technical meetings, product presentations, exhibitions, film and video shows. The chapters also host Regional, Divisional, National, International events along with the sponsoring agencies
The Chapter activities are managed by a committee of elected members headed by the Chairman. The Chairman is assisted by the Vice-Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer. The committee has eight members each one taking care of the activities relating to the divisions of the Society.
Being closely associated with students, the Society has developed a well-established network of "Student Branches" all across the country. The activities conducted for the students associated with the Society include lecture meetings, seminars, conferences, training programmes, programming contests and practical visits to installations. CSI has a strong Educational Directorate which undertakes activities related to Certification of professionals related to the latest technologies. It's recent initiative of distance education in the Business Domain areas offers technology enabled learning supported by personal counseling & expert advice. In an ever changing environment, CSI offers professional counseling being a great need of the hour. And this is done by being in close contact with its young members through various events, conferences, symposia to name a few.
The Computer Society of India is a non-Profit professional meet to exchange views and information learn and share ideas. The wide spectrum of members is committed to the advancement of the theory and practice of Computer Engineering and Technology Systems, Science and Engineering, Information Processing and related Arts and Sciences. The Society also encourages and assists professionals to maintain the integrity and competence of the profession and fosters a sense of partnership amongst members. Besides the activities held at the Chapter and Student Branches, the Society also conducts periodic conferences, seminars,etc
ABOUT MEMBERSHIP
The Society is targeted at the user community at large. Hence the membership of the Society is open to all professionals involved in the field of information technology.
The membership categories include Individual and Institutional. In the Individual member category there are five grades namely Fellow, Senior, Member, Associate and Student, whereas Institutional membership includes organisations and educational institutions.
A professional can also apply for life membership in the Society.
CHAPTER AND STUDENT BRANCHES
A Chapter of the Society is a group of members in a particular locality or city. The chapters play a major role in achieving the objectives of the Society. It has direct links with the members. For the benefit of members, the chapter organizes monthly technical meetings, product presentations, exhibitions, film and video shows. The chapters also host Regional, Divisional, National, International events along with the sponsoring agencies
The Chapter activities are managed by a committee of elected members headed by the Chairman. The Chairman is assisted by the Vice-Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer. The committee has eight members each one taking care of the activities relating to the divisions of the Society.
Being closely associated with students, the Society has developed a well-established network of "Student Branches" all across the country. The activities conducted for the students associated with the Society include lecture meetings, seminars, conferences, training programmes, programming contests and practical visits to installations. CSI has a strong Educational Directorate which undertakes activities related to Certification of professionals related to the latest technologies. It's recent initiative of distance education in the Business Domain areas offers technology enabled learning supported by personal counseling & expert advice. In an ever changing environment, CSI offers professional counseling being a great need of the hour. And this is done by being in close contact with its young members through various events, conferences, symposia to name a few.
BRITISH COMPUTER SOCIETY
Established in 1957, The British Computer Society (BCS) is a body that represents those working in Information and Communications Technology ICT. It is the largest United Kingdom-based professional body for computing.
With a world-wide membership of over 63,000 members in over 100 countries, BCS is the qualifying body for Chartered IT Professionals (CITP) and was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1984. Its objectives are to promote the study and application of communications technology and computing technology and to advance knowledge of education in ICT for the benefit of professional practitioners and the general public. BCS is also a registered charity. In 2007 BCS launched BCSrecruit.com - a jobsite specifically aimed at IT professionals.
BCS is licensed by the Engineering Council UK to award Chartered Engineer status (CEng) and Incorporated Engineer status (IEng); and more recently by the Science Council to award Chartered Scientist status (CSci).
Various elements of the BCS promote career development, including the British Computer Society Young Professionals Group, for members who are young in the profession and ELITE for directors and executives working in leadership roles.
BCS has offices off the Strand in Southampton Street, south of Covent Garden in central London. The main administrative offices are in Swindon, west of London.
Contents
* 1 History
* 2 Grades of membership
* 3 Group/corporate membership
* 4 BCS qualifications
* 5 Structure
* 6 Trustees
* 7 See also
* 8 External links
History
The forerunner of BCS was the London Computer Group (LCG), founded in 1956. BCS was formed a year later from the merger of the LCG and an unincorporated association of scientists into an unincorporated club. In October 1957, BCS was incorporated, by Articles of Association, as The British Computer Society Ltd: the first President of BCS was Dr Maurice Wilkes, FRS.
In 1966, the BCS was granted charitable status and in 1970, the BCS was given Armorial Bearings including the shield and crest. The major ethical responsibilities of BCS are emphasized by the leopard's face, surmounting the whole crest and depicting eternal vigilance over the integrity of the Society and its members.
The BCS patron is HRH The Duke of Kent, KG. He became patron in December 1976 and has been actively involved in BCS activities, particularly having been President in the Silver Jubilee Year in 1982–1983.
Grades of membership
The society has different grades of membership: the ordinary standard grades includes Students, and Associate Members (AMBCS).
The Professional grades include Member (MBCS) and Fellow (FBCS).
Additionally, all suitably eligible IT Professionals may apply to be awarded Chartered IT Professional status (CITP). The Society is able to award on CEng, IEng, and CSci. Members may also apply through the Society to FEANI for European Engineer (Eur Ing) status.
Those members with CITP status are entitled to use the title "Chartered IT Professional" or if they are fellows the title "Chartered Fellow". The BCS keeps a register of current Chartered Members and Fellows.
Group/corporate membership
Nearly 100 organisations now encourage their IT professionals to join the Society through its Group Membership Scheme. This demonstrates the collective commitment to professionalism and confirms the organisation's status as an employer of IT practitioners. [1]
BCS qualifications
The Society provides a range of qualifications both for users of computers and IT professionals.
BCS Professional Qualification The BCS conducts its own professional qualification examinations in many countries. The levels which are;
* Certificate (equal to the first year of an honors degree)
* Diploma (equal to the second year of an honors degree)
* Professional Graduate Diploma (equal to a British honors degree)
European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)
The BCS is licensed to offer the ECDL qualification in the UK. The qualification is the international standard for users of computers and covers seven modules:
* Basic Concepts of IT
* Using Computers & Managing Files
* Word processing
* Spreadsheets
* Databases
* Presentations
* Information and Communication
ECDL is available from test centres across the UK [2].
ECDL Advanced
The advanced course ("ECDL Advanced") has four sections, each a qualification in its own right:
1. Word Processing
2. Spreadsheets
3. Databases
4. Presentations
Upon achieving all four advanced qualifications, the individual can receive a qualification as an "ECDL Expert" — in the UK, this confers upon the person Associate Membership of The British Computer Society, should that person wish to sign up to a code of conduct and join BCS.
e-Citizen
The e-Citizen qualification allows beginners to get online and start using the Internet. The qualification has been designed to provide a basic understanding of the Internet and to start using the web safely, from reading email to shopping online [3].
e-type
e-type is a qualification that allows indiviuduals to improve and certify their typing skills. The average user can save up to 21 days a year by improving their typing speed as well as preventing repetitive strain injury (RSI). e-type comes with full support materials and computer based courseware before allowing the user to assess their skills using a simple online test [4].
ISEB
BCS also offers professional qualifications via its Information Systems Examination Board (ISEB).
ISEB provides a wide range of qualifications for IT professionals covering major areas including Management, Development, Service Delivery and Quality [5].
Structure
In common with many professional institutions, BCS has a number of regional branches and specialist groups. Currently there are 45 regional branches in the UK, 16 international sections and 53 specialist groups. Among these specialist groups with specific IT-related aims are:
* APSG (Advanced Programming Group)
* BCS-FACS (Formal Aspects of Computing Science)
* BCSWomen (Women in IT)
Trustees
The Society is governed by a Trustee Board comprising the President, the Deputy President, the immediate past President, up to nine Vice Presidents (including Vice-President Finance), and five Professional Members elected by the advisory Council.
The BCS advisory Council elects the Honorary Officers - the President, the Deputy President and up to nine Vice-Presidents, together with the immediate past President and five members of Council.
The advisory Council provides advice to the Trustee Board on the direction and operation of BCS; in particular it is consulted on strategic plans and the annual budget. The Council is a representative body of the membership, with members elected directly by the professional membership, and by the Branches, Groups and Forums.
List (Historical) of Trustees Elected by Council
* Mr A. S. Brown MBCS (2005–2008)
* Dr D. Holdsworth CEng FBCS CITP (2005–2009)
* Mr R. A. McLaughlin CEng FBCS CITP (–2006)
* Mrs E. K. Somogyi FBCS CITP (2005–2008)
With a world-wide membership of over 63,000 members in over 100 countries, BCS is the qualifying body for Chartered IT Professionals (CITP) and was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1984. Its objectives are to promote the study and application of communications technology and computing technology and to advance knowledge of education in ICT for the benefit of professional practitioners and the general public. BCS is also a registered charity. In 2007 BCS launched BCSrecruit.com - a jobsite specifically aimed at IT professionals.
BCS is licensed by the Engineering Council UK to award Chartered Engineer status (CEng) and Incorporated Engineer status (IEng); and more recently by the Science Council to award Chartered Scientist status (CSci).
Various elements of the BCS promote career development, including the British Computer Society Young Professionals Group, for members who are young in the profession and ELITE for directors and executives working in leadership roles.
BCS has offices off the Strand in Southampton Street, south of Covent Garden in central London. The main administrative offices are in Swindon, west of London.
Contents
* 1 History
* 2 Grades of membership
* 3 Group/corporate membership
* 4 BCS qualifications
* 5 Structure
* 6 Trustees
* 7 See also
* 8 External links
History
The forerunner of BCS was the London Computer Group (LCG), founded in 1956. BCS was formed a year later from the merger of the LCG and an unincorporated association of scientists into an unincorporated club. In October 1957, BCS was incorporated, by Articles of Association, as The British Computer Society Ltd: the first President of BCS was Dr Maurice Wilkes, FRS.
In 1966, the BCS was granted charitable status and in 1970, the BCS was given Armorial Bearings including the shield and crest. The major ethical responsibilities of BCS are emphasized by the leopard's face, surmounting the whole crest and depicting eternal vigilance over the integrity of the Society and its members.
The BCS patron is HRH The Duke of Kent, KG. He became patron in December 1976 and has been actively involved in BCS activities, particularly having been President in the Silver Jubilee Year in 1982–1983.
Grades of membership
The society has different grades of membership: the ordinary standard grades includes Students, and Associate Members (AMBCS).
The Professional grades include Member (MBCS) and Fellow (FBCS).
Additionally, all suitably eligible IT Professionals may apply to be awarded Chartered IT Professional status (CITP). The Society is able to award on CEng, IEng, and CSci. Members may also apply through the Society to FEANI for European Engineer (Eur Ing) status.
Those members with CITP status are entitled to use the title "Chartered IT Professional" or if they are fellows the title "Chartered Fellow". The BCS keeps a register of current Chartered Members and Fellows.
Group/corporate membership
Nearly 100 organisations now encourage their IT professionals to join the Society through its Group Membership Scheme. This demonstrates the collective commitment to professionalism and confirms the organisation's status as an employer of IT practitioners. [1]
BCS qualifications
The Society provides a range of qualifications both for users of computers and IT professionals.
BCS Professional Qualification The BCS conducts its own professional qualification examinations in many countries. The levels which are;
* Certificate (equal to the first year of an honors degree)
* Diploma (equal to the second year of an honors degree)
* Professional Graduate Diploma (equal to a British honors degree)
European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)
The BCS is licensed to offer the ECDL qualification in the UK. The qualification is the international standard for users of computers and covers seven modules:
* Basic Concepts of IT
* Using Computers & Managing Files
* Word processing
* Spreadsheets
* Databases
* Presentations
* Information and Communication
ECDL is available from test centres across the UK [2].
ECDL Advanced
The advanced course ("ECDL Advanced") has four sections, each a qualification in its own right:
1. Word Processing
2. Spreadsheets
3. Databases
4. Presentations
Upon achieving all four advanced qualifications, the individual can receive a qualification as an "ECDL Expert" — in the UK, this confers upon the person Associate Membership of The British Computer Society, should that person wish to sign up to a code of conduct and join BCS.
e-Citizen
The e-Citizen qualification allows beginners to get online and start using the Internet. The qualification has been designed to provide a basic understanding of the Internet and to start using the web safely, from reading email to shopping online [3].
e-type
e-type is a qualification that allows indiviuduals to improve and certify their typing skills. The average user can save up to 21 days a year by improving their typing speed as well as preventing repetitive strain injury (RSI). e-type comes with full support materials and computer based courseware before allowing the user to assess their skills using a simple online test [4].
ISEB
BCS also offers professional qualifications via its Information Systems Examination Board (ISEB).
ISEB provides a wide range of qualifications for IT professionals covering major areas including Management, Development, Service Delivery and Quality [5].
Structure
In common with many professional institutions, BCS has a number of regional branches and specialist groups. Currently there are 45 regional branches in the UK, 16 international sections and 53 specialist groups. Among these specialist groups with specific IT-related aims are:
* APSG (Advanced Programming Group)
* BCS-FACS (Formal Aspects of Computing Science)
* BCSWomen (Women in IT)
Trustees
The Society is governed by a Trustee Board comprising the President, the Deputy President, the immediate past President, up to nine Vice Presidents (including Vice-President Finance), and five Professional Members elected by the advisory Council.
The BCS advisory Council elects the Honorary Officers - the President, the Deputy President and up to nine Vice-Presidents, together with the immediate past President and five members of Council.
The advisory Council provides advice to the Trustee Board on the direction and operation of BCS; in particular it is consulted on strategic plans and the annual budget. The Council is a representative body of the membership, with members elected directly by the professional membership, and by the Branches, Groups and Forums.
List (Historical) of Trustees Elected by Council
* Mr A. S. Brown MBCS (2005–2008)
* Dr D. Holdsworth CEng FBCS CITP (2005–2009)
* Mr R. A. McLaughlin CEng FBCS CITP (–2006)
* Mrs E. K. Somogyi FBCS CITP (2005–2008)
ACM
Association for Computing Machinery
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Formation 1947
Headquarters New York, NY
Membership 83,000
President Stuart Feldman
Website http://www.acm.org
The Association for Computing Machinery, or ACM, was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is around 83,000 as of 2007. Its headquarters are in New York City.
Contents
* 1 Activities
* 2 Services
* 3 Digital Library
* 4 Competition
* 5 Fellows
* 6 Special Interest Groups
* 7 Conferences
* 8 Leadership
* 9 Infrastructure
* 10 ACM's Committee on Women in Computing
* 11 References
* 12 See also
* 13 External links
Activities
Two Penn Plaza site of the ACM headquarters in New York City
Two Penn Plaza site of the ACM headquarters in New York City
ACM is organized into over 170 local chapters and 34 Special Interest Groups (SIGs), through which it conducts most of its activities. Additionally, there are over 500 college and university chapters. The first student chapter was founded in 1961 at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Many of the SIGs, like SIGGRAPH, SIGPLAN and SIGCOMM, sponsor regular conferences which have become famous as the dominant venue for presenting new innovations in certain fields. The groups also publish a large number of specialized journals, magazines, and newsletters.
ACM also sponsors other computer science related events such as the worldwide ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), and has sponsored some other events such as the chess match between Garry Kasparov and the IBM Deep Blue computer.
Services
ACM Press publishes a prestigious academic journal, Journal of the ACM, and general magazines for computer professionals, Communications of the ACM (also known as Communications or CACM) and Queue. Other publications of the ACM include:
* ACM Crossroads, the most popular student computing journal in USA
* A number of journals, specific to subfields of computer science, titled ACM Transactions. Some of the more prominent transactions include:
o ACM Transactions on Computer Systems (TOCS)
o ACM Transactions on Database Systems (TODS)
o ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)
o ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems (TOPLAS)
Although Communications no longer publishes primary research, and is not considered a prestigious venue, many of the great debates and results in computing history have been published in its pages. Examples include:
* Edsger W. Dijkstra's famous letter inveighing against the use of GOTO ("Go To statement considered harmful", CACM 11(3):147-148, March 1968).
* Dijkstra's original paper on the THE operating system. This paper's appendix, arguably even more influential than its main body, introduced semaphore-based synchronization ("Structure of the 'THE'-Multiprogramming System", CACM 11(5):341-346, May 1968).
* Ronald L. Rivest, Adi Shamir, and Leonard M. Adleman's first public-key cryptosystem (RSA) ("A Method for Obtaining Digital Signatures and Public-Key Cryptosystems", CACM 21(2):120-126, February 1978).
* The "Revised report on the algorithm language ALGOL 60": A landmark paper in programming language design describing the result of the international ALGOL committee (CACM 6(1):1-17, January 1963).
* Kristen Nygaard and Ole-Johan Dahl's original paper on Simula-67 ("Simula: An ALGOL-based simulation language", CACM 9(9):671-678).
* the issue of what to call the then-fledgling field of computer science.[citation needed]
* the issue of changing ACM's name, since the "machinery" in question is no longer the size of a house and is now measured in micrometres (all three attempts at changing ACM's name have failed).[citation needed]
ACM has made almost all of its publications available online at its Digital Library and also has a Guide to Computing Literature. It also offers insurance and other services to its members.
Digital Library
The (ACM Digital Library) contains a comprehensive archive of the organization's journals, magazines, and conference proceedings. Online services include a forum called Ubiquity and Tech News digest.
ACM requires the copyright of all submissions to be assigned to the organization as a condition of publishing the work. [1] Authors may post the documents on their own websites, but they are required to link back to the digital library's reference page for the paper. Though authors are not allowed to charge for access to copies of their work, downloading a copy from the ACM site requires a paid subscription.
Competition
ACM's primary historical competitor has been the IEEE Computer Society, which is the largest subgroup of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. The IEEE focuses more on hardware and standardization issues than theoretical computer science, but there is considerable overlap with the ACM's agenda. They occasionally cooperate on projects like developing computer science curricula. [2]
There is also a mounting challenge to the ACM's publication practices coming from the open access movement. Some authors see a centralized peer-review process as less relevant and publish on their home pages or on unreviewed sites like arXiv. Other organizations have sprung up which do their peer review entirely free and online, such as Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR), Journal of Machine Learning Research (JMLR) and the Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology.
Fellows
The ACM Fellows Program was established by Council of the Association for Computing Machinery in 1993 "to recognize and honor outstanding ACM members for their achievements in computer science and information technology and for their significant contributions to the mission of the ACM."
There are presently about 500 Fellows out of about 60,000 professional members.
A full list can be found on ACM's Website.
Special Interest Groups
Further information: Special Interest Group
* SIGACCESS: Accessibility and Computing
* SIGACT: Algorithms and Computation Theory
* SIGAda: Ada Programming Language
* SIGAPL: APL Programming Language
* SIGAPP: Applied Computing
* SIGARCH: Computer Architecture
* SIGART: Artificial Intelligence
* SIGBED: Embedded Systems
* SIGCAS: Computers and Society
* SIGCHI: Computer-Human Interaction
* SIGCOMM: Data Communication
* SIGCSE: Computer Science Education
* SIGDA: Design Automation
* SIGDOC: Design of Communication
* SIGecom: Electronic Commerce
* SIGEVO: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation
* SIGGRAPH: Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques
* SIGIR: Information Retrieval
* SIGITE: Information Technology Education
* SIGKDD: Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining
* SIGMETRICS: Measurement and Evaluation
* SIGMICRO: Microarchitecture
* SIGMIS: Management Information Systems
* SIGMM: Multimedia [3]
* SIGMOBILE: Mobility of Systems, Users, Data and Computing
* SIGMOD: Management of Data
* SIGOPS: Operating Systems
* SIGPLAN: Programming Languages
* SIGSAC: Security, Audit, and Control
* SIGSAM: Symbolic and Algebraic Manipulation
* SIGSIM: Simulation and Modeling
* SIGSOFT: Software Engineering
* SIGUCCS: University and College Computing Services
* SIGWEB: Hypertext, Hypermedia, and Web
Conferences
The ACM sponsors numerous conferences listed below. Most of the special interest groups also have an annual conference. ACM conferences are often very popular publishing venues and are therefore very competitive. For example, the 2006 WWW conference only accepted 14% of the long papers that were submitted, and CIKM only accepted 15% in 2005.
* CIKM: Conference on Information and Knowledge Management
* DAC: Digital Automation Conference
* FCRC: Federated Computing Research Conference
* GECCO: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference
* Graphics Hardware
* Hypertext: Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia
* JCDL: Joint Conference on Digital Libraries
* OOPSLA: International conference on Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages, and Applications
* WWW: International conference on World Wide Web
Leadership
The President of the ACM for 2006–2008 is Stuart Feldman of Google.
ACM is led by a Council consisting of the President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Past President, SIG Governing Board Chair, Publications Board Chair, three representatives of the SIG Governing Board, and seven Members-At-Large. This institution is often referred to simply as "Council" in Communications of the ACM.
Infrastructure
ACM has five “Boards” that make up various committees and subgroups, to help Headquarters staff maintain quality services and products. These boards are as follows:
1. Publications Board
2. SIG Governing Board
3. Education Board
4. Membership Services Board
5. Professions Board
ACM's Committee on Women in Computing
ACM's committee on women in computing is set up to support, inform, celebrate, and work with women in computing. Dr. Anita Borg was a great supporter of ACM-W. ACM-W provides various resources for women in computing as well as high school girls interested in the field. ACM-W also reaches out internationally to those women who are involved and interested in computing.
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Formation 1947
Headquarters New York, NY
Membership 83,000
President Stuart Feldman
Website http://www.acm.org
The Association for Computing Machinery, or ACM, was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is around 83,000 as of 2007. Its headquarters are in New York City.
Contents
* 1 Activities
* 2 Services
* 3 Digital Library
* 4 Competition
* 5 Fellows
* 6 Special Interest Groups
* 7 Conferences
* 8 Leadership
* 9 Infrastructure
* 10 ACM's Committee on Women in Computing
* 11 References
* 12 See also
* 13 External links
Activities
Two Penn Plaza site of the ACM headquarters in New York City
Two Penn Plaza site of the ACM headquarters in New York City
ACM is organized into over 170 local chapters and 34 Special Interest Groups (SIGs), through which it conducts most of its activities. Additionally, there are over 500 college and university chapters. The first student chapter was founded in 1961 at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Many of the SIGs, like SIGGRAPH, SIGPLAN and SIGCOMM, sponsor regular conferences which have become famous as the dominant venue for presenting new innovations in certain fields. The groups also publish a large number of specialized journals, magazines, and newsletters.
ACM also sponsors other computer science related events such as the worldwide ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), and has sponsored some other events such as the chess match between Garry Kasparov and the IBM Deep Blue computer.
Services
ACM Press publishes a prestigious academic journal, Journal of the ACM, and general magazines for computer professionals, Communications of the ACM (also known as Communications or CACM) and Queue. Other publications of the ACM include:
* ACM Crossroads, the most popular student computing journal in USA
* A number of journals, specific to subfields of computer science, titled ACM Transactions. Some of the more prominent transactions include:
o ACM Transactions on Computer Systems (TOCS)
o ACM Transactions on Database Systems (TODS)
o ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)
o ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems (TOPLAS)
Although Communications no longer publishes primary research, and is not considered a prestigious venue, many of the great debates and results in computing history have been published in its pages. Examples include:
* Edsger W. Dijkstra's famous letter inveighing against the use of GOTO ("Go To statement considered harmful", CACM 11(3):147-148, March 1968).
* Dijkstra's original paper on the THE operating system. This paper's appendix, arguably even more influential than its main body, introduced semaphore-based synchronization ("Structure of the 'THE'-Multiprogramming System", CACM 11(5):341-346, May 1968).
* Ronald L. Rivest, Adi Shamir, and Leonard M. Adleman's first public-key cryptosystem (RSA) ("A Method for Obtaining Digital Signatures and Public-Key Cryptosystems", CACM 21(2):120-126, February 1978).
* The "Revised report on the algorithm language ALGOL 60": A landmark paper in programming language design describing the result of the international ALGOL committee (CACM 6(1):1-17, January 1963).
* Kristen Nygaard and Ole-Johan Dahl's original paper on Simula-67 ("Simula: An ALGOL-based simulation language", CACM 9(9):671-678).
* the issue of what to call the then-fledgling field of computer science.[citation needed]
* the issue of changing ACM's name, since the "machinery" in question is no longer the size of a house and is now measured in micrometres (all three attempts at changing ACM's name have failed).[citation needed]
ACM has made almost all of its publications available online at its Digital Library and also has a Guide to Computing Literature. It also offers insurance and other services to its members.
Digital Library
The (ACM Digital Library) contains a comprehensive archive of the organization's journals, magazines, and conference proceedings. Online services include a forum called Ubiquity and Tech News digest.
ACM requires the copyright of all submissions to be assigned to the organization as a condition of publishing the work. [1] Authors may post the documents on their own websites, but they are required to link back to the digital library's reference page for the paper. Though authors are not allowed to charge for access to copies of their work, downloading a copy from the ACM site requires a paid subscription.
Competition
ACM's primary historical competitor has been the IEEE Computer Society, which is the largest subgroup of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. The IEEE focuses more on hardware and standardization issues than theoretical computer science, but there is considerable overlap with the ACM's agenda. They occasionally cooperate on projects like developing computer science curricula. [2]
There is also a mounting challenge to the ACM's publication practices coming from the open access movement. Some authors see a centralized peer-review process as less relevant and publish on their home pages or on unreviewed sites like arXiv. Other organizations have sprung up which do their peer review entirely free and online, such as Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR), Journal of Machine Learning Research (JMLR) and the Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology.
Fellows
The ACM Fellows Program was established by Council of the Association for Computing Machinery in 1993 "to recognize and honor outstanding ACM members for their achievements in computer science and information technology and for their significant contributions to the mission of the ACM."
There are presently about 500 Fellows out of about 60,000 professional members.
A full list can be found on ACM's Website.
Special Interest Groups
Further information: Special Interest Group
* SIGACCESS: Accessibility and Computing
* SIGACT: Algorithms and Computation Theory
* SIGAda: Ada Programming Language
* SIGAPL: APL Programming Language
* SIGAPP: Applied Computing
* SIGARCH: Computer Architecture
* SIGART: Artificial Intelligence
* SIGBED: Embedded Systems
* SIGCAS: Computers and Society
* SIGCHI: Computer-Human Interaction
* SIGCOMM: Data Communication
* SIGCSE: Computer Science Education
* SIGDA: Design Automation
* SIGDOC: Design of Communication
* SIGecom: Electronic Commerce
* SIGEVO: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation
* SIGGRAPH: Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques
* SIGIR: Information Retrieval
* SIGITE: Information Technology Education
* SIGKDD: Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining
* SIGMETRICS: Measurement and Evaluation
* SIGMICRO: Microarchitecture
* SIGMIS: Management Information Systems
* SIGMM: Multimedia [3]
* SIGMOBILE: Mobility of Systems, Users, Data and Computing
* SIGMOD: Management of Data
* SIGOPS: Operating Systems
* SIGPLAN: Programming Languages
* SIGSAC: Security, Audit, and Control
* SIGSAM: Symbolic and Algebraic Manipulation
* SIGSIM: Simulation and Modeling
* SIGSOFT: Software Engineering
* SIGUCCS: University and College Computing Services
* SIGWEB: Hypertext, Hypermedia, and Web
Conferences
The ACM sponsors numerous conferences listed below. Most of the special interest groups also have an annual conference. ACM conferences are often very popular publishing venues and are therefore very competitive. For example, the 2006 WWW conference only accepted 14% of the long papers that were submitted, and CIKM only accepted 15% in 2005.
* CIKM: Conference on Information and Knowledge Management
* DAC: Digital Automation Conference
* FCRC: Federated Computing Research Conference
* GECCO: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference
* Graphics Hardware
* Hypertext: Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia
* JCDL: Joint Conference on Digital Libraries
* OOPSLA: International conference on Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages, and Applications
* WWW: International conference on World Wide Web
Leadership
The President of the ACM for 2006–2008 is Stuart Feldman of Google.
ACM is led by a Council consisting of the President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Past President, SIG Governing Board Chair, Publications Board Chair, three representatives of the SIG Governing Board, and seven Members-At-Large. This institution is often referred to simply as "Council" in Communications of the ACM.
Infrastructure
ACM has five “Boards” that make up various committees and subgroups, to help Headquarters staff maintain quality services and products. These boards are as follows:
1. Publications Board
2. SIG Governing Board
3. Education Board
4. Membership Services Board
5. Professions Board
ACM's Committee on Women in Computing
ACM's committee on women in computing is set up to support, inform, celebrate, and work with women in computing. Dr. Anita Borg was a great supporter of ACM-W. ACM-W provides various resources for women in computing as well as high school girls interested in the field. ACM-W also reaches out internationally to those women who are involved and interested in computing.
ITAA
The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) is a leading industry trade group for information technology companies. The Association's membership contains most all of the world's major ICT firms and accounts for over 90% of ICT goods and services sold in North America.
Former Under Secretary of Commerce Phil Bond became the association's President in August 2006. He replaced Harris Miller who resigned as President in January 2006 in order to run for the U.S. Senate in Virginia. Miller was defeated by James Webb in the June Democratic primary. Harris Miller was named CEO/President of the Career College Association in February 2007. [1]
Since the departure of Harris Miller as President in early 2006 ITAA's membership has dropped from over 400 companies to under 300. Companies leaving ITAA include Apple, BearingPoint, Cognos, EarthLink, DeVry University, Diebold, eBay, Hart InterCivic, Hudson Global Resources, Keane, Internet Security Systems, ITT Educational, Level 3 Communications, Mphasis, NTT Corp., PacketHop, Oracle, RSA Security, SAS Institute, St. Paul Fire & Marine, Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. and Vodafone.
In March 2007 ITAA President Phil Bond expressed his desire in merging ITAA with another high tech trade association. [2] On January 17, 2008, ITAA announced that it had agreed to so-called "merger of equals" with the Government Electronics and Information Technology Association (GEIA), and that the combined association would retain the ITAA name. [Hard times push IT associations to consider merger http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1107/110707n1.htm; http://www.itaa.org/newsroom/headline.cfm?ID=2504] Until earlier in the year GEIA had been an affiliate of EIA (a trade association formerly known as the Electronic Industry Alliance, http://www.eia.org.) EIA has been very financially successful, unlike ITAA. GEIA is slated to share in the distribution over $50 million in assets resulting in the break up of EIA . [The fall of EIA: What happened? http://www.edn.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA6474661&ref=nbsa; http://www.eia.org/news/pressreleases/2007-07-12.354.phtml] After the merger, the combined membership will grow back to 400.
With affiliates in 40 states through CRITA and its role as Secretariat of the World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA) (Web site), a global network of 67 countries' IT associations, ITAA offers members access and influence across America and around the world.
On a policy front, the Association plays a leading role in issues of IT industry concern including information security, globalization, workforce, immigration, taxes and finance policy, digital intellectual property protection, telecommunications competition, workforce and education, immigration, online privacy and consumer protection, government IT procurement, human resources and e-commerce policy.
ITAA membership is open to any company with operations situated in the U.S. and offering IT products and services. Companies eligible for full IT membership include firms with headquarters, division offices, or branch offices located in the U.S. as well as foreign firms with subsidiary operations in the U.S. In addition, ITAA offers affiliate membership to firms that sell business products and services to IT companies.
* 1 ITAA Leadership
* 2 ITAA Chairman of the Board Hank Steininger
* 3 ITAA President Phil Bond
* 4 Real ID
* 5 ITAA Publications - ITAA E-Letter
* 6 Member Organizations
* 7 External links
ITAA Leadership
* Hank Steininger, Chairman of the Board of Directors
* Phil Bond, President;
* Martin Ennis, Senior Director, MIS
* Charlie Greenwald, Vice President Communications;
* Olga Grkavac, Exec. Vice President, ES Div.;
* Carol Henton, VP State & Local, West Coast;
* Trey Hodgkins, VP Federal;
* Joe Tasker, Senior VP & General Counsel;
ITAA Chairman of the Board Hank Steininger
Hank Steininger, managing partner of Grant Thornton's Global Public Sector practice serves as ITAA's Chairman of the Board of Directors.
As managing partner of the global public sector at Grant Thornton, Steininger is responsible for the planning, coordination and execution of Grant Thornton International’s government business worldwide. He first joined the firm in 1994 and has held several jobs, including COO. Before joining Grant Thornton he held leadership positions at Ernst and Young in information technology, management consulting, accounting and auditing.
Steininger has been president of ITAA’s Public Sector Group Board of Directors. He is currently chairman of the Association of Government Accountants Corporate Partners Advisory Board and a member of the Washington Federal City Council.
As President of ITAA's Public Sector group, Hank was instrumental in elevating the association's focus on the State & Local IT marketplace and in enhancing the IT industry's collective voice on public sector policy issues such as procurement reform.
ITAA President Phil Bond
Before joining ITAA in August 2006, Bond served as Senior Vice President of Government Relations for Monster Worldwide. From 2001 to 2005, Bond was Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce for Technology and, from 2002-2003, served as Chief of Staff to Commerce Secretary Donald Evans. Bond's position at the Department of Commerce was eliminated after he left.
Bond served as Director of Federal Public Policy at Hewlett-Packard Company in 2001 and, between 1998 and 2001, was Senior Vice President for Government Affairs and Treasurer of the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI). From 1993 to 1998, he was Chief of Staff to Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn (R-WA) and, from 1992-1993, was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense to Defense Secretary Dick Cheney.
Bond is a 1978 graduate of Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon.
Real ID
ITAA has actively lobbied on behalf of the funding for the Real ID. [
Some have asserted that Real ID will turn state driver’s licenses into a national identity card and impose numerous new burdens on taxpayers, citizens, immigrants, and state governments – while doing nothing to protect against terrorism. As a result, it is stirring intense opposition from many groups across the political spectrum. Critics have claimed that ITAA supports the national ID card because its member companies would benefit from financially from implementing the card. [6]
ITAA Publications - ITAA E-Letter
ITAA publishes a series of electronic newsletters. The ITAA E-LETTER covers the issues of the networked economy. These include coverage issues such as information and telecommunications public policy, as well as pertinent news about the businesses of electronic commerce, Internet service and enhanced telecommunications service providers. The ITAA E-LETTER is distributed exclusively by electronic mail and available for free available for free.
Member Organizations
* Accenture (prior to Enron, Arthur Anderson, LLP)
* Acquisition Solutions Inc.
* ACS (Affiliated Computer Services)
* ActivIdentity, Inc.
* Adobe Systems, Inc. Federal Systems Division
* Advanced Information Services, Inc.
* Ajilon LLC
* Akamai Technologies
* Alon, Inc.
* Altarum
* American Systems Corporation
* Analex Corporation
* AOL, Inc.
* Apogen Technologies Inc.
* Aprea & Company
* Arcot Systems
* Arthean
* AT&T
* Atsec Information Security Corporation
* Authentify, Inc.
* Autodesk, Inc.
* AZI Consulting
* BEA Government Systems, Inc.
* Bill Stover & Associates
* BizConnex, LLC
* Bob Steele Consulting
* Booz Allen Hamilton
* Bull Services
* Business Objects
* CA, Inc. (Computer Associates, Inc.)
* CACI International Inc.
* Caine Farber & Gordon, Inc.
* Capgemini
* Carpenter Associates
* CAST
* Catalyst International, Inc.
* CDW Government (CDW-G)
* Cenzic, Inc.
* CGI
* Cherokee Information Services
* ChoicePoint
* CIBER Corporation
* Circle Consulting Services, Inc.
* Cisco
* CLMS (Calibrated Lifecycle Management Services)
* Cloudmark, Inc.
* Cognizant Technology Solutions
* Cohen & Grigsby, PC
* Collaborative Solutions
* COLMAR Corporation
* Compubahn, Inc.
* Computer Frontiers, Inc.
* Computer Generated Solutions, Inc.
* Computer Marketing Associates, Inc. (CMA)
* Computer Sciences Corporation
* Computer Task Group, Inc. (CTG)
* Configuresoft
* Consist International, Inc.
* COVAD Communications Company
* Covansys
* Covert Security Solutions
* Crowell & Moring, LLP
* Curam Software
* Cyveillance, Inc.
* Daon, Inc.
* Data Systems Analysts, Inc.
* Decru, Inc.
* Dell
* Deloitte
* Deutsche Telekom
* Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky, LLP
* Digimarc
* DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP
* Donnell Systems, Inc.
* Dynamics Research Corporation
* Eagle Collaborative Computing Services Inc.
* EDS Corporation (Electronic Data Systems)
* Electronic Consulting Services, Inc.
* EMC
* Epok, Inc.
* Fakhoury & Lum PLC
* FCW Media Group
* Federal Solutions Group
* Fenwick & West LLP
* Forrester Research
* Fortress Technologies
* FPMI Solutions
* Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
* Friedman & Associates
* Fujitsu Limited
* GalexE.Solutions, Inc.
* GCS, Inc.
* General Dynamics Network Systems, Inc.
* Genpact
* Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
* Giesecke & Devrient Cardtech, Inc.
* Global Governments, Inc.
* Global Professional Solutions
* Global TechPro
* Goel & Associates, P.C.
* GovConnection, Inc.
* Grant Thornton LLP
* GTSI, Corp.
* Guerra, Kiviat, Inc
* GXS
* Hanover & Associates, Ltd.
* Harmony Information Systems, Inc.
* Harris Corporation
* HCL Technologies, Inc.
* Health eShare Technologies
* Health Hero Network Inc.
* Hendela System Consultants, Inc.
* Hewlett-Packard Co.
* Hexaware Technologies, Inc.
* Hogan & Hartson
* Holland & Knight LLP
* Howard Systems International, Inc.
* Hyperion Solutions Corp.
* IBM Corporation
* IBS Technology, Inc.
* Idea Integration
* Identix, Inc.
* Ifour
* ImageWare Systems, Inc.
* IMC
* immixGroup, Inc.
* Infoition News Services
* Infosys Technologies Ltd.
* Initiate Systems, Inc.
* INPUT
* Integic Corporation
* Intel Corporation
* Intelligroup, Inc.
* International Info Systems Security Certification Consortium
* Internet Security Systems, Inc.
* ITS Corporation
* JVKellyGroup, Inc.
* Kanbay Inc.
* Kearney & Company
* Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP
* Knowledge Consulting Group
* KPMG LLP
* L3 Communications - Titan
* Lancope, Inc.
* Larsen and Toubro Infotech. Ltd.
* LCG Systems, Inc.
* Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc.
* LexisNexis Government Services
* Lexmark International, Inc.
* Lockheed Martin Information Technology
* LogicaCMG
* Lumedx
* Majesco Software Inc.
* ManTech International Corporation
* MAXIMUS
* McAfee Security
* McConnell International, LLC
* McDermott Will & Emery
* McKenna, Long & Aldridge
* Merlin Technical Solutions
* Microsoft Corporation
* MorganFranklin Corporation
* Morrison & Foerster, LLP
* Motorola
* MRO Software Inc. - Public Sector
* Natoma Technologies, Inc.
* nCircle Network Security
* Neal Fox Consulting
* NEC USA
* neoIT.com
* netASPx
* Netezza
* netForensics, Inc.
* NetReflector.com, Inc.
* NIIT (USA) Inc.
* Nortel Government Solutions
* Northrop Grumman Information Technology
* Novell
* Olympus Security Group
* O'Neill Associates
* One-Tom
* Paragon Dynamics, Inc.
* Passlogix
* Pearson Government Solutions
* Performance Technology Partners, LLC
* Perot Systems Corporation
* Phil Butler & Associates, Ltd.
* Phoenix Technologies, Ltd.
* Pillsbury Wintrop ShawPittman
* Politec, Inc.
* Pragmatics, Inc.
* PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) Washington Federal Practice
* ProSight, Inc
* Quest Software
* Qwest Government Services, Inc.
* Raytheon Company
* Red Hat, Inc.
* Reliable Integration Services
* Rex Lint, Consultant
* Rice Technology Solutions
* Richard A. Slifer and Associates
* Robbins-Gioia, LLC
* Rogers, Joseph, O'Donnell, & Phillips
* RS Information Systems, Inc.
* Sagem Morpho, Inc.
* SAIC
* Salesforce.com, Inc.
* SAP Americas
* Satyam Computer Services, Ltd.
* Securify
* Seed Capital Partners
* Self Group, The LLC
* Serendipity Consulting
* SGI Federal
* SI International, Inc.
* SMC3
* SonicWALL
* Specifics, Inc.
* SRA International, Inc.
* Strategic Enterprise Solutions
* Sun Microsystems Federal
* SunGard Availability Services
* Sybase, Inc.
* Symantec Corporation
* Syntel, Inc.
* System 1, Inc.
* TCS - America (Tata Consultancy Services)
* Technical and Project Engineering, LLC
* Technology Partnership Group, Inc.
* Teksystems
* Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
* Tenix America
* The Borland Group
* The Dalton Group, Inc.
* The Flyzik Group
* The Net Imperative, LLC
* TIBCO Government Solutions
* Tower Software
* TPI, Inc.
* Transportation Costing Group, Inc.
* Trend Micro, Inc.
* Tripwire Inc.
* Trusted Computer Solutions
* Tumbleweed Communications
* Turnberry Group, The
* UniLect Corporation
* Unisys
* UPEK, Inc.
* VCampus Corporation
* Venable, LLP
* Venture Management, Inc.
* VeriSign, Inc.
* Verizon
* Vertex Inc.
* VIACK Corporation
* Virtusa
* Visionary Integration Professionals, Inc.
* VJA Lexis Consulting
* Wachovia Corporation
* Walter R. McDonald & Associates, Inc.
* Ways Consulting Services
* Wipro Technologies
* Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC
* WSI
* Xerox Corporation
* Xpert Universe
* Yahoo! Inc.
* Zelinger Associates
Former Under Secretary of Commerce Phil Bond became the association's President in August 2006. He replaced Harris Miller who resigned as President in January 2006 in order to run for the U.S. Senate in Virginia. Miller was defeated by James Webb in the June Democratic primary. Harris Miller was named CEO/President of the Career College Association in February 2007. [1]
Since the departure of Harris Miller as President in early 2006 ITAA's membership has dropped from over 400 companies to under 300. Companies leaving ITAA include Apple, BearingPoint, Cognos, EarthLink, DeVry University, Diebold, eBay, Hart InterCivic, Hudson Global Resources, Keane, Internet Security Systems, ITT Educational, Level 3 Communications, Mphasis, NTT Corp., PacketHop, Oracle, RSA Security, SAS Institute, St. Paul Fire & Marine, Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. and Vodafone.
In March 2007 ITAA President Phil Bond expressed his desire in merging ITAA with another high tech trade association. [2] On January 17, 2008, ITAA announced that it had agreed to so-called "merger of equals" with the Government Electronics and Information Technology Association (GEIA), and that the combined association would retain the ITAA name. [Hard times push IT associations to consider merger http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1107/110707n1.htm; http://www.itaa.org/newsroom/headline.cfm?ID=2504] Until earlier in the year GEIA had been an affiliate of EIA (a trade association formerly known as the Electronic Industry Alliance, http://www.eia.org.) EIA has been very financially successful, unlike ITAA. GEIA is slated to share in the distribution over $50 million in assets resulting in the break up of EIA . [The fall of EIA: What happened? http://www.edn.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA6474661&ref=nbsa; http://www.eia.org/news/pressreleases/2007-07-12.354.phtml] After the merger, the combined membership will grow back to 400.
With affiliates in 40 states through CRITA and its role as Secretariat of the World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA) (Web site), a global network of 67 countries' IT associations, ITAA offers members access and influence across America and around the world.
On a policy front, the Association plays a leading role in issues of IT industry concern including information security, globalization, workforce, immigration, taxes and finance policy, digital intellectual property protection, telecommunications competition, workforce and education, immigration, online privacy and consumer protection, government IT procurement, human resources and e-commerce policy.
ITAA membership is open to any company with operations situated in the U.S. and offering IT products and services. Companies eligible for full IT membership include firms with headquarters, division offices, or branch offices located in the U.S. as well as foreign firms with subsidiary operations in the U.S. In addition, ITAA offers affiliate membership to firms that sell business products and services to IT companies.
* 1 ITAA Leadership
* 2 ITAA Chairman of the Board Hank Steininger
* 3 ITAA President Phil Bond
* 4 Real ID
* 5 ITAA Publications - ITAA E-Letter
* 6 Member Organizations
* 7 External links
ITAA Leadership
* Hank Steininger, Chairman of the Board of Directors
* Phil Bond, President;
* Martin Ennis, Senior Director, MIS
* Charlie Greenwald, Vice President Communications;
* Olga Grkavac, Exec. Vice President, ES Div.;
* Carol Henton, VP State & Local, West Coast;
* Trey Hodgkins, VP Federal;
* Joe Tasker, Senior VP & General Counsel;
ITAA Chairman of the Board Hank Steininger
Hank Steininger, managing partner of Grant Thornton's Global Public Sector practice serves as ITAA's Chairman of the Board of Directors.
As managing partner of the global public sector at Grant Thornton, Steininger is responsible for the planning, coordination and execution of Grant Thornton International’s government business worldwide. He first joined the firm in 1994 and has held several jobs, including COO. Before joining Grant Thornton he held leadership positions at Ernst and Young in information technology, management consulting, accounting and auditing.
Steininger has been president of ITAA’s Public Sector Group Board of Directors. He is currently chairman of the Association of Government Accountants Corporate Partners Advisory Board and a member of the Washington Federal City Council.
As President of ITAA's Public Sector group, Hank was instrumental in elevating the association's focus on the State & Local IT marketplace and in enhancing the IT industry's collective voice on public sector policy issues such as procurement reform.
ITAA President Phil Bond
Before joining ITAA in August 2006, Bond served as Senior Vice President of Government Relations for Monster Worldwide. From 2001 to 2005, Bond was Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce for Technology and, from 2002-2003, served as Chief of Staff to Commerce Secretary Donald Evans. Bond's position at the Department of Commerce was eliminated after he left.
Bond served as Director of Federal Public Policy at Hewlett-Packard Company in 2001 and, between 1998 and 2001, was Senior Vice President for Government Affairs and Treasurer of the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI). From 1993 to 1998, he was Chief of Staff to Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn (R-WA) and, from 1992-1993, was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense to Defense Secretary Dick Cheney.
Bond is a 1978 graduate of Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon.
Real ID
ITAA has actively lobbied on behalf of the funding for the Real ID. [
Some have asserted that Real ID will turn state driver’s licenses into a national identity card and impose numerous new burdens on taxpayers, citizens, immigrants, and state governments – while doing nothing to protect against terrorism. As a result, it is stirring intense opposition from many groups across the political spectrum. Critics have claimed that ITAA supports the national ID card because its member companies would benefit from financially from implementing the card. [6]
ITAA Publications - ITAA E-Letter
ITAA publishes a series of electronic newsletters. The ITAA E-LETTER covers the issues of the networked economy. These include coverage issues such as information and telecommunications public policy, as well as pertinent news about the businesses of electronic commerce, Internet service and enhanced telecommunications service providers. The ITAA E-LETTER is distributed exclusively by electronic mail and available for free available for free.
Member Organizations
* Accenture (prior to Enron, Arthur Anderson, LLP)
* Acquisition Solutions Inc.
* ACS (Affiliated Computer Services)
* ActivIdentity, Inc.
* Adobe Systems, Inc. Federal Systems Division
* Advanced Information Services, Inc.
* Ajilon LLC
* Akamai Technologies
* Alon, Inc.
* Altarum
* American Systems Corporation
* Analex Corporation
* AOL, Inc.
* Apogen Technologies Inc.
* Aprea & Company
* Arcot Systems
* Arthean
* AT&T
* Atsec Information Security Corporation
* Authentify, Inc.
* Autodesk, Inc.
* AZI Consulting
* BEA Government Systems, Inc.
* Bill Stover & Associates
* BizConnex, LLC
* Bob Steele Consulting
* Booz Allen Hamilton
* Bull Services
* Business Objects
* CA, Inc. (Computer Associates, Inc.)
* CACI International Inc.
* Caine Farber & Gordon, Inc.
* Capgemini
* Carpenter Associates
* CAST
* Catalyst International, Inc.
* CDW Government (CDW-G)
* Cenzic, Inc.
* CGI
* Cherokee Information Services
* ChoicePoint
* CIBER Corporation
* Circle Consulting Services, Inc.
* Cisco
* CLMS (Calibrated Lifecycle Management Services)
* Cloudmark, Inc.
* Cognizant Technology Solutions
* Cohen & Grigsby, PC
* Collaborative Solutions
* COLMAR Corporation
* Compubahn, Inc.
* Computer Frontiers, Inc.
* Computer Generated Solutions, Inc.
* Computer Marketing Associates, Inc. (CMA)
* Computer Sciences Corporation
* Computer Task Group, Inc. (CTG)
* Configuresoft
* Consist International, Inc.
* COVAD Communications Company
* Covansys
* Covert Security Solutions
* Crowell & Moring, LLP
* Curam Software
* Cyveillance, Inc.
* Daon, Inc.
* Data Systems Analysts, Inc.
* Decru, Inc.
* Dell
* Deloitte
* Deutsche Telekom
* Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky, LLP
* Digimarc
* DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP
* Donnell Systems, Inc.
* Dynamics Research Corporation
* Eagle Collaborative Computing Services Inc.
* EDS Corporation (Electronic Data Systems)
* Electronic Consulting Services, Inc.
* EMC
* Epok, Inc.
* Fakhoury & Lum PLC
* FCW Media Group
* Federal Solutions Group
* Fenwick & West LLP
* Forrester Research
* Fortress Technologies
* FPMI Solutions
* Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
* Friedman & Associates
* Fujitsu Limited
* GalexE.Solutions, Inc.
* GCS, Inc.
* General Dynamics Network Systems, Inc.
* Genpact
* Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
* Giesecke & Devrient Cardtech, Inc.
* Global Governments, Inc.
* Global Professional Solutions
* Global TechPro
* Goel & Associates, P.C.
* GovConnection, Inc.
* Grant Thornton LLP
* GTSI, Corp.
* Guerra, Kiviat, Inc
* GXS
* Hanover & Associates, Ltd.
* Harmony Information Systems, Inc.
* Harris Corporation
* HCL Technologies, Inc.
* Health eShare Technologies
* Health Hero Network Inc.
* Hendela System Consultants, Inc.
* Hewlett-Packard Co.
* Hexaware Technologies, Inc.
* Hogan & Hartson
* Holland & Knight LLP
* Howard Systems International, Inc.
* Hyperion Solutions Corp.
* IBM Corporation
* IBS Technology, Inc.
* Idea Integration
* Identix, Inc.
* Ifour
* ImageWare Systems, Inc.
* IMC
* immixGroup, Inc.
* Infoition News Services
* Infosys Technologies Ltd.
* Initiate Systems, Inc.
* INPUT
* Integic Corporation
* Intel Corporation
* Intelligroup, Inc.
* International Info Systems Security Certification Consortium
* Internet Security Systems, Inc.
* ITS Corporation
* JVKellyGroup, Inc.
* Kanbay Inc.
* Kearney & Company
* Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP
* Knowledge Consulting Group
* KPMG LLP
* L3 Communications - Titan
* Lancope, Inc.
* Larsen and Toubro Infotech. Ltd.
* LCG Systems, Inc.
* Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc.
* LexisNexis Government Services
* Lexmark International, Inc.
* Lockheed Martin Information Technology
* LogicaCMG
* Lumedx
* Majesco Software Inc.
* ManTech International Corporation
* MAXIMUS
* McAfee Security
* McConnell International, LLC
* McDermott Will & Emery
* McKenna, Long & Aldridge
* Merlin Technical Solutions
* Microsoft Corporation
* MorganFranklin Corporation
* Morrison & Foerster, LLP
* Motorola
* MRO Software Inc. - Public Sector
* Natoma Technologies, Inc.
* nCircle Network Security
* Neal Fox Consulting
* NEC USA
* neoIT.com
* netASPx
* Netezza
* netForensics, Inc.
* NetReflector.com, Inc.
* NIIT (USA) Inc.
* Nortel Government Solutions
* Northrop Grumman Information Technology
* Novell
* Olympus Security Group
* O'Neill Associates
* One-Tom
* Paragon Dynamics, Inc.
* Passlogix
* Pearson Government Solutions
* Performance Technology Partners, LLC
* Perot Systems Corporation
* Phil Butler & Associates, Ltd.
* Phoenix Technologies, Ltd.
* Pillsbury Wintrop ShawPittman
* Politec, Inc.
* Pragmatics, Inc.
* PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) Washington Federal Practice
* ProSight, Inc
* Quest Software
* Qwest Government Services, Inc.
* Raytheon Company
* Red Hat, Inc.
* Reliable Integration Services
* Rex Lint, Consultant
* Rice Technology Solutions
* Richard A. Slifer and Associates
* Robbins-Gioia, LLC
* Rogers, Joseph, O'Donnell, & Phillips
* RS Information Systems, Inc.
* Sagem Morpho, Inc.
* SAIC
* Salesforce.com, Inc.
* SAP Americas
* Satyam Computer Services, Ltd.
* Securify
* Seed Capital Partners
* Self Group, The LLC
* Serendipity Consulting
* SGI Federal
* SI International, Inc.
* SMC3
* SonicWALL
* Specifics, Inc.
* SRA International, Inc.
* Strategic Enterprise Solutions
* Sun Microsystems Federal
* SunGard Availability Services
* Sybase, Inc.
* Symantec Corporation
* Syntel, Inc.
* System 1, Inc.
* TCS - America (Tata Consultancy Services)
* Technical and Project Engineering, LLC
* Technology Partnership Group, Inc.
* Teksystems
* Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
* Tenix America
* The Borland Group
* The Dalton Group, Inc.
* The Flyzik Group
* The Net Imperative, LLC
* TIBCO Government Solutions
* Tower Software
* TPI, Inc.
* Transportation Costing Group, Inc.
* Trend Micro, Inc.
* Tripwire Inc.
* Trusted Computer Solutions
* Tumbleweed Communications
* Turnberry Group, The
* UniLect Corporation
* Unisys
* UPEK, Inc.
* VCampus Corporation
* Venable, LLP
* Venture Management, Inc.
* VeriSign, Inc.
* Verizon
* Vertex Inc.
* VIACK Corporation
* Virtusa
* Visionary Integration Professionals, Inc.
* VJA Lexis Consulting
* Wachovia Corporation
* Walter R. McDonald & Associates, Inc.
* Ways Consulting Services
* Wipro Technologies
* Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC
* WSI
* Xerox Corporation
* Xpert Universe
* Yahoo! Inc.
* Zelinger Associates
ITAA
The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) is a leading industry trade group for information technology companies. The Association's membership contains most all of the world's major ICT firms and accounts for over 90% of ICT goods and services sold in North America.
Former Under Secretary of Commerce Phil Bond became the association's President in August 2006. He replaced Harris Miller who resigned as President in January 2006 in order to run for the U.S. Senate in Virginia. Miller was defeated by James Webb in the June Democratic primary. Harris Miller was named CEO/President of the Career College Association in February 2007. [1]
Since the departure of Harris Miller as President in early 2006 ITAA's membership has dropped from over 400 companies to under 300. Companies leaving ITAA include Apple, BearingPoint, Cognos, EarthLink, DeVry University, Diebold, eBay, Hart InterCivic, Hudson Global Resources, Keane, Internet Security Systems, ITT Educational, Level 3 Communications, Mphasis, NTT Corp., PacketHop, Oracle, RSA Security, SAS Institute, St. Paul Fire & Marine, Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. and Vodafone.
In March 2007 ITAA President Phil Bond expressed his desire in merging ITAA with another high tech trade association. [2] On January 17, 2008, ITAA announced that it had agreed to so-called "merger of equals" with the Government Electronics and Information Technology Association (GEIA), and that the combined association would retain the ITAA name. [Hard times push IT associations to consider merger http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1107/110707n1.htm; http://www.itaa.org/newsroom/headline.cfm?ID=2504] Until earlier in the year GEIA had been an affiliate of EIA (a trade association formerly known as the Electronic Industry Alliance, http://www.eia.org.) EIA has been very financially successful, unlike ITAA. GEIA is slated to share in the distribution over $50 million in assets resulting in the break up of EIA . [The fall of EIA: What happened? http://www.edn.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA6474661&ref=nbsa; http://www.eia.org/news/pressreleases/2007-07-12.354.phtml] After the merger, the combined membership will grow back to 400.
With affiliates in 40 states through CRITA and its role as Secretariat of the World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA) (Web site), a global network of 67 countries' IT associations, ITAA offers members access and influence across America and around the world.
On a policy front, the Association plays a leading role in issues of IT industry concern including information security, globalization, workforce, immigration, taxes and finance policy, digital intellectual property protection, telecommunications competition, workforce and education, immigration, online privacy and consumer protection, government IT procurement, human resources and e-commerce policy.
ITAA membership is open to any company with operations situated in the U.S. and offering IT products and services. Companies eligible for full IT membership include firms with headquarters, division offices, or branch offices located in the U.S. as well as foreign firms with subsidiary operations in the U.S. In addition, ITAA offers affiliate membership to firms that sell business products and services to IT companies.
* 1 ITAA Leadership
* 2 ITAA Chairman of the Board Hank Steininger
* 3 ITAA President Phil Bond
* 4 Real ID
* 5 ITAA Publications - ITAA E-Letter
* 6 Member Organizations
* 7 External links
ITAA Leadership
* Hank Steininger, Chairman of the Board of Directors
* Phil Bond, President;
* Martin Ennis, Senior Director, MIS
* Charlie Greenwald, Vice President Communications;
* Olga Grkavac, Exec. Vice President, ES Div.;
* Carol Henton, VP State & Local, West Coast;
* Trey Hodgkins, VP Federal;
* Joe Tasker, Senior VP & General Counsel;
ITAA Chairman of the Board Hank Steininger
Hank Steininger, managing partner of Grant Thornton's Global Public Sector practice serves as ITAA's Chairman of the Board of Directors.
As managing partner of the global public sector at Grant Thornton, Steininger is responsible for the planning, coordination and execution of Grant Thornton International’s government business worldwide. He first joined the firm in 1994 and has held several jobs, including COO. Before joining Grant Thornton he held leadership positions at Ernst and Young in information technology, management consulting, accounting and auditing.
Steininger has been president of ITAA’s Public Sector Group Board of Directors. He is currently chairman of the Association of Government Accountants Corporate Partners Advisory Board and a member of the Washington Federal City Council.
As President of ITAA's Public Sector group, Hank was instrumental in elevating the association's focus on the State & Local IT marketplace and in enhancing the IT industry's collective voice on public sector policy issues such as procurement reform.
ITAA President Phil Bond
Before joining ITAA in August 2006, Bond served as Senior Vice President of Government Relations for Monster Worldwide. From 2001 to 2005, Bond was Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce for Technology and, from 2002-2003, served as Chief of Staff to Commerce Secretary Donald Evans. Bond's position at the Department of Commerce was eliminated after he left.
Bond served as Director of Federal Public Policy at Hewlett-Packard Company in 2001 and, between 1998 and 2001, was Senior Vice President for Government Affairs and Treasurer of the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI). From 1993 to 1998, he was Chief of Staff to Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn (R-WA) and, from 1992-1993, was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense to Defense Secretary Dick Cheney.
Bond is a 1978 graduate of Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon.
Real ID
ITAA has actively lobbied on behalf of the funding for the Real ID. [
Some have asserted that Real ID will turn state driver’s licenses into a national identity card and impose numerous new burdens on taxpayers, citizens, immigrants, and state governments – while doing nothing to protect against terrorism. As a result, it is stirring intense opposition from many groups across the political spectrum. Critics have claimed that ITAA supports the national ID card because its member companies would benefit from financially from implementing the card. [6]
ITAA Publications - ITAA E-Letter
ITAA publishes a series of electronic newsletters. The ITAA E-LETTER covers the issues of the networked economy. These include coverage issues such as information and telecommunications public policy, as well as pertinent news about the businesses of electronic commerce, Internet service and enhanced telecommunications service providers. The ITAA E-LETTER is distributed exclusively by electronic mail and available for free available for free.
Member Organizations
* Accenture (prior to Enron, Arthur Anderson, LLP)
* Acquisition Solutions Inc.
* ACS (Affiliated Computer Services)
* ActivIdentity, Inc.
* Adobe Systems, Inc. Federal Systems Division
* Advanced Information Services, Inc.
* Ajilon LLC
* Akamai Technologies
* Alon, Inc.
* Altarum
* American Systems Corporation
* Analex Corporation
* AOL, Inc.
* Apogen Technologies Inc.
* Aprea & Company
* Arcot Systems
* Arthean
* AT&T
* Atsec Information Security Corporation
* Authentify, Inc.
* Autodesk, Inc.
* AZI Consulting
* BEA Government Systems, Inc.
* Bill Stover & Associates
* BizConnex, LLC
* Bob Steele Consulting
* Booz Allen Hamilton
* Bull Services
* Business Objects
* CA, Inc. (Computer Associates, Inc.)
* CACI International Inc.
* Caine Farber & Gordon, Inc.
* Capgemini
* Carpenter Associates
* CAST
* Catalyst International, Inc.
* CDW Government (CDW-G)
* Cenzic, Inc.
* CGI
* Cherokee Information Services
* ChoicePoint
* CIBER Corporation
* Circle Consulting Services, Inc.
* Cisco
* CLMS (Calibrated Lifecycle Management Services)
* Cloudmark, Inc.
* Cognizant Technology Solutions
* Cohen & Grigsby, PC
* Collaborative Solutions
* COLMAR Corporation
* Compubahn, Inc.
* Computer Frontiers, Inc.
* Computer Generated Solutions, Inc.
* Computer Marketing Associates, Inc. (CMA)
* Computer Sciences Corporation
* Computer Task Group, Inc. (CTG)
* Configuresoft
* Consist International, Inc.
* COVAD Communications Company
* Covansys
* Covert Security Solutions
* Crowell & Moring, LLP
* Curam Software
* Cyveillance, Inc.
* Daon, Inc.
* Data Systems Analysts, Inc.
* Decru, Inc.
* Dell
* Deloitte
* Deutsche Telekom
* Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky, LLP
* Digimarc
* DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP
* Donnell Systems, Inc.
* Dynamics Research Corporation
* Eagle Collaborative Computing Services Inc.
* EDS Corporation (Electronic Data Systems)
* Electronic Consulting Services, Inc.
* EMC
* Epok, Inc.
* Fakhoury & Lum PLC
* FCW Media Group
* Federal Solutions Group
* Fenwick & West LLP
* Forrester Research
* Fortress Technologies
* FPMI Solutions
* Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
* Friedman & Associates
* Fujitsu Limited
* GalexE.Solutions, Inc.
* GCS, Inc.
* General Dynamics Network Systems, Inc.
* Genpact
* Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
* Giesecke & Devrient Cardtech, Inc.
* Global Governments, Inc.
* Global Professional Solutions
* Global TechPro
* Goel & Associates, P.C.
* GovConnection, Inc.
* Grant Thornton LLP
* GTSI, Corp.
* Guerra, Kiviat, Inc
* GXS
* Hanover & Associates, Ltd.
* Harmony Information Systems, Inc.
* Harris Corporation
* HCL Technologies, Inc.
* Health eShare Technologies
* Health Hero Network Inc.
* Hendela System Consultants, Inc.
* Hewlett-Packard Co.
* Hexaware Technologies, Inc.
* Hogan & Hartson
* Holland & Knight LLP
* Howard Systems International, Inc.
* Hyperion Solutions Corp.
* IBM Corporation
* IBS Technology, Inc.
* Idea Integration
* Identix, Inc.
* Ifour
* ImageWare Systems, Inc.
* IMC
* immixGroup, Inc.
* Infoition News Services
* Infosys Technologies Ltd.
* Initiate Systems, Inc.
* INPUT
* Integic Corporation
* Intel Corporation
* Intelligroup, Inc.
* International Info Systems Security Certification Consortium
* Internet Security Systems, Inc.
* ITS Corporation
* JVKellyGroup, Inc.
* Kanbay Inc.
* Kearney & Company
* Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP
* Knowledge Consulting Group
* KPMG LLP
* L3 Communications - Titan
* Lancope, Inc.
* Larsen and Toubro Infotech. Ltd.
* LCG Systems, Inc.
* Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc.
* LexisNexis Government Services
* Lexmark International, Inc.
* Lockheed Martin Information Technology
* LogicaCMG
* Lumedx
* Majesco Software Inc.
* ManTech International Corporation
* MAXIMUS
* McAfee Security
* McConnell International, LLC
* McDermott Will & Emery
* McKenna, Long & Aldridge
* Merlin Technical Solutions
* Microsoft Corporation
* MorganFranklin Corporation
* Morrison & Foerster, LLP
* Motorola
* MRO Software Inc. - Public Sector
* Natoma Technologies, Inc.
* nCircle Network Security
* Neal Fox Consulting
* NEC USA
* neoIT.com
* netASPx
* Netezza
* netForensics, Inc.
* NetReflector.com, Inc.
* NIIT (USA) Inc.
* Nortel Government Solutions
* Northrop Grumman Information Technology
* Novell
* Olympus Security Group
* O'Neill Associates
* One-Tom
* Paragon Dynamics, Inc.
* Passlogix
* Pearson Government Solutions
* Performance Technology Partners, LLC
* Perot Systems Corporation
* Phil Butler & Associates, Ltd.
* Phoenix Technologies, Ltd.
* Pillsbury Wintrop ShawPittman
* Politec, Inc.
* Pragmatics, Inc.
* PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) Washington Federal Practice
* ProSight, Inc
* Quest Software
* Qwest Government Services, Inc.
* Raytheon Company
* Red Hat, Inc.
* Reliable Integration Services
* Rex Lint, Consultant
* Rice Technology Solutions
* Richard A. Slifer and Associates
* Robbins-Gioia, LLC
* Rogers, Joseph, O'Donnell, & Phillips
* RS Information Systems, Inc.
* Sagem Morpho, Inc.
* SAIC
* Salesforce.com, Inc.
* SAP Americas
* Satyam Computer Services, Ltd.
* Securify
* Seed Capital Partners
* Self Group, The LLC
* Serendipity Consulting
* SGI Federal
* SI International, Inc.
* SMC3
* SonicWALL
* Specifics, Inc.
* SRA International, Inc.
* Strategic Enterprise Solutions
* Sun Microsystems Federal
* SunGard Availability Services
* Sybase, Inc.
* Symantec Corporation
* Syntel, Inc.
* System 1, Inc.
* TCS - America (Tata Consultancy Services)
* Technical and Project Engineering, LLC
* Technology Partnership Group, Inc.
* Teksystems
* Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
* Tenix America
* The Borland Group
* The Dalton Group, Inc.
* The Flyzik Group
* The Net Imperative, LLC
* TIBCO Government Solutions
* Tower Software
* TPI, Inc.
* Transportation Costing Group, Inc.
* Trend Micro, Inc.
* Tripwire Inc.
* Trusted Computer Solutions
* Tumbleweed Communications
* Turnberry Group, The
* UniLect Corporation
* Unisys
* UPEK, Inc.
* VCampus Corporation
* Venable, LLP
* Venture Management, Inc.
* VeriSign, Inc.
* Verizon
* Vertex Inc.
* VIACK Corporation
* Virtusa
* Visionary Integration Professionals, Inc.
* VJA Lexis Consulting
* Wachovia Corporation
* Walter R. McDonald & Associates, Inc.
* Ways Consulting Services
* Wipro Technologies
* Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC
* WSI
* Xerox Corporation
* Xpert Universe
* Yahoo! Inc.
* Zelinger Associates
Former Under Secretary of Commerce Phil Bond became the association's President in August 2006. He replaced Harris Miller who resigned as President in January 2006 in order to run for the U.S. Senate in Virginia. Miller was defeated by James Webb in the June Democratic primary. Harris Miller was named CEO/President of the Career College Association in February 2007. [1]
Since the departure of Harris Miller as President in early 2006 ITAA's membership has dropped from over 400 companies to under 300. Companies leaving ITAA include Apple, BearingPoint, Cognos, EarthLink, DeVry University, Diebold, eBay, Hart InterCivic, Hudson Global Resources, Keane, Internet Security Systems, ITT Educational, Level 3 Communications, Mphasis, NTT Corp., PacketHop, Oracle, RSA Security, SAS Institute, St. Paul Fire & Marine, Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. and Vodafone.
In March 2007 ITAA President Phil Bond expressed his desire in merging ITAA with another high tech trade association. [2] On January 17, 2008, ITAA announced that it had agreed to so-called "merger of equals" with the Government Electronics and Information Technology Association (GEIA), and that the combined association would retain the ITAA name. [Hard times push IT associations to consider merger http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1107/110707n1.htm; http://www.itaa.org/newsroom/headline.cfm?ID=2504] Until earlier in the year GEIA had been an affiliate of EIA (a trade association formerly known as the Electronic Industry Alliance, http://www.eia.org.) EIA has been very financially successful, unlike ITAA. GEIA is slated to share in the distribution over $50 million in assets resulting in the break up of EIA . [The fall of EIA: What happened? http://www.edn.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA6474661&ref=nbsa; http://www.eia.org/news/pressreleases/2007-07-12.354.phtml] After the merger, the combined membership will grow back to 400.
With affiliates in 40 states through CRITA and its role as Secretariat of the World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA) (Web site), a global network of 67 countries' IT associations, ITAA offers members access and influence across America and around the world.
On a policy front, the Association plays a leading role in issues of IT industry concern including information security, globalization, workforce, immigration, taxes and finance policy, digital intellectual property protection, telecommunications competition, workforce and education, immigration, online privacy and consumer protection, government IT procurement, human resources and e-commerce policy.
ITAA membership is open to any company with operations situated in the U.S. and offering IT products and services. Companies eligible for full IT membership include firms with headquarters, division offices, or branch offices located in the U.S. as well as foreign firms with subsidiary operations in the U.S. In addition, ITAA offers affiliate membership to firms that sell business products and services to IT companies.
* 1 ITAA Leadership
* 2 ITAA Chairman of the Board Hank Steininger
* 3 ITAA President Phil Bond
* 4 Real ID
* 5 ITAA Publications - ITAA E-Letter
* 6 Member Organizations
* 7 External links
ITAA Leadership
* Hank Steininger, Chairman of the Board of Directors
* Phil Bond, President;
* Martin Ennis, Senior Director, MIS
* Charlie Greenwald, Vice President Communications;
* Olga Grkavac, Exec. Vice President, ES Div.;
* Carol Henton, VP State & Local, West Coast;
* Trey Hodgkins, VP Federal;
* Joe Tasker, Senior VP & General Counsel;
ITAA Chairman of the Board Hank Steininger
Hank Steininger, managing partner of Grant Thornton's Global Public Sector practice serves as ITAA's Chairman of the Board of Directors.
As managing partner of the global public sector at Grant Thornton, Steininger is responsible for the planning, coordination and execution of Grant Thornton International’s government business worldwide. He first joined the firm in 1994 and has held several jobs, including COO. Before joining Grant Thornton he held leadership positions at Ernst and Young in information technology, management consulting, accounting and auditing.
Steininger has been president of ITAA’s Public Sector Group Board of Directors. He is currently chairman of the Association of Government Accountants Corporate Partners Advisory Board and a member of the Washington Federal City Council.
As President of ITAA's Public Sector group, Hank was instrumental in elevating the association's focus on the State & Local IT marketplace and in enhancing the IT industry's collective voice on public sector policy issues such as procurement reform.
ITAA President Phil Bond
Before joining ITAA in August 2006, Bond served as Senior Vice President of Government Relations for Monster Worldwide. From 2001 to 2005, Bond was Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce for Technology and, from 2002-2003, served as Chief of Staff to Commerce Secretary Donald Evans. Bond's position at the Department of Commerce was eliminated after he left.
Bond served as Director of Federal Public Policy at Hewlett-Packard Company in 2001 and, between 1998 and 2001, was Senior Vice President for Government Affairs and Treasurer of the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI). From 1993 to 1998, he was Chief of Staff to Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn (R-WA) and, from 1992-1993, was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense to Defense Secretary Dick Cheney.
Bond is a 1978 graduate of Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon.
Real ID
ITAA has actively lobbied on behalf of the funding for the Real ID. [
Some have asserted that Real ID will turn state driver’s licenses into a national identity card and impose numerous new burdens on taxpayers, citizens, immigrants, and state governments – while doing nothing to protect against terrorism. As a result, it is stirring intense opposition from many groups across the political spectrum. Critics have claimed that ITAA supports the national ID card because its member companies would benefit from financially from implementing the card. [6]
ITAA Publications - ITAA E-Letter
ITAA publishes a series of electronic newsletters. The ITAA E-LETTER covers the issues of the networked economy. These include coverage issues such as information and telecommunications public policy, as well as pertinent news about the businesses of electronic commerce, Internet service and enhanced telecommunications service providers. The ITAA E-LETTER is distributed exclusively by electronic mail and available for free available for free.
Member Organizations
* Accenture (prior to Enron, Arthur Anderson, LLP)
* Acquisition Solutions Inc.
* ACS (Affiliated Computer Services)
* ActivIdentity, Inc.
* Adobe Systems, Inc. Federal Systems Division
* Advanced Information Services, Inc.
* Ajilon LLC
* Akamai Technologies
* Alon, Inc.
* Altarum
* American Systems Corporation
* Analex Corporation
* AOL, Inc.
* Apogen Technologies Inc.
* Aprea & Company
* Arcot Systems
* Arthean
* AT&T
* Atsec Information Security Corporation
* Authentify, Inc.
* Autodesk, Inc.
* AZI Consulting
* BEA Government Systems, Inc.
* Bill Stover & Associates
* BizConnex, LLC
* Bob Steele Consulting
* Booz Allen Hamilton
* Bull Services
* Business Objects
* CA, Inc. (Computer Associates, Inc.)
* CACI International Inc.
* Caine Farber & Gordon, Inc.
* Capgemini
* Carpenter Associates
* CAST
* Catalyst International, Inc.
* CDW Government (CDW-G)
* Cenzic, Inc.
* CGI
* Cherokee Information Services
* ChoicePoint
* CIBER Corporation
* Circle Consulting Services, Inc.
* Cisco
* CLMS (Calibrated Lifecycle Management Services)
* Cloudmark, Inc.
* Cognizant Technology Solutions
* Cohen & Grigsby, PC
* Collaborative Solutions
* COLMAR Corporation
* Compubahn, Inc.
* Computer Frontiers, Inc.
* Computer Generated Solutions, Inc.
* Computer Marketing Associates, Inc. (CMA)
* Computer Sciences Corporation
* Computer Task Group, Inc. (CTG)
* Configuresoft
* Consist International, Inc.
* COVAD Communications Company
* Covansys
* Covert Security Solutions
* Crowell & Moring, LLP
* Curam Software
* Cyveillance, Inc.
* Daon, Inc.
* Data Systems Analysts, Inc.
* Decru, Inc.
* Dell
* Deloitte
* Deutsche Telekom
* Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky, LLP
* Digimarc
* DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP
* Donnell Systems, Inc.
* Dynamics Research Corporation
* Eagle Collaborative Computing Services Inc.
* EDS Corporation (Electronic Data Systems)
* Electronic Consulting Services, Inc.
* EMC
* Epok, Inc.
* Fakhoury & Lum PLC
* FCW Media Group
* Federal Solutions Group
* Fenwick & West LLP
* Forrester Research
* Fortress Technologies
* FPMI Solutions
* Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
* Friedman & Associates
* Fujitsu Limited
* GalexE.Solutions, Inc.
* GCS, Inc.
* General Dynamics Network Systems, Inc.
* Genpact
* Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
* Giesecke & Devrient Cardtech, Inc.
* Global Governments, Inc.
* Global Professional Solutions
* Global TechPro
* Goel & Associates, P.C.
* GovConnection, Inc.
* Grant Thornton LLP
* GTSI, Corp.
* Guerra, Kiviat, Inc
* GXS
* Hanover & Associates, Ltd.
* Harmony Information Systems, Inc.
* Harris Corporation
* HCL Technologies, Inc.
* Health eShare Technologies
* Health Hero Network Inc.
* Hendela System Consultants, Inc.
* Hewlett-Packard Co.
* Hexaware Technologies, Inc.
* Hogan & Hartson
* Holland & Knight LLP
* Howard Systems International, Inc.
* Hyperion Solutions Corp.
* IBM Corporation
* IBS Technology, Inc.
* Idea Integration
* Identix, Inc.
* Ifour
* ImageWare Systems, Inc.
* IMC
* immixGroup, Inc.
* Infoition News Services
* Infosys Technologies Ltd.
* Initiate Systems, Inc.
* INPUT
* Integic Corporation
* Intel Corporation
* Intelligroup, Inc.
* International Info Systems Security Certification Consortium
* Internet Security Systems, Inc.
* ITS Corporation
* JVKellyGroup, Inc.
* Kanbay Inc.
* Kearney & Company
* Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP
* Knowledge Consulting Group
* KPMG LLP
* L3 Communications - Titan
* Lancope, Inc.
* Larsen and Toubro Infotech. Ltd.
* LCG Systems, Inc.
* Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc.
* LexisNexis Government Services
* Lexmark International, Inc.
* Lockheed Martin Information Technology
* LogicaCMG
* Lumedx
* Majesco Software Inc.
* ManTech International Corporation
* MAXIMUS
* McAfee Security
* McConnell International, LLC
* McDermott Will & Emery
* McKenna, Long & Aldridge
* Merlin Technical Solutions
* Microsoft Corporation
* MorganFranklin Corporation
* Morrison & Foerster, LLP
* Motorola
* MRO Software Inc. - Public Sector
* Natoma Technologies, Inc.
* nCircle Network Security
* Neal Fox Consulting
* NEC USA
* neoIT.com
* netASPx
* Netezza
* netForensics, Inc.
* NetReflector.com, Inc.
* NIIT (USA) Inc.
* Nortel Government Solutions
* Northrop Grumman Information Technology
* Novell
* Olympus Security Group
* O'Neill Associates
* One-Tom
* Paragon Dynamics, Inc.
* Passlogix
* Pearson Government Solutions
* Performance Technology Partners, LLC
* Perot Systems Corporation
* Phil Butler & Associates, Ltd.
* Phoenix Technologies, Ltd.
* Pillsbury Wintrop ShawPittman
* Politec, Inc.
* Pragmatics, Inc.
* PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) Washington Federal Practice
* ProSight, Inc
* Quest Software
* Qwest Government Services, Inc.
* Raytheon Company
* Red Hat, Inc.
* Reliable Integration Services
* Rex Lint, Consultant
* Rice Technology Solutions
* Richard A. Slifer and Associates
* Robbins-Gioia, LLC
* Rogers, Joseph, O'Donnell, & Phillips
* RS Information Systems, Inc.
* Sagem Morpho, Inc.
* SAIC
* Salesforce.com, Inc.
* SAP Americas
* Satyam Computer Services, Ltd.
* Securify
* Seed Capital Partners
* Self Group, The LLC
* Serendipity Consulting
* SGI Federal
* SI International, Inc.
* SMC3
* SonicWALL
* Specifics, Inc.
* SRA International, Inc.
* Strategic Enterprise Solutions
* Sun Microsystems Federal
* SunGard Availability Services
* Sybase, Inc.
* Symantec Corporation
* Syntel, Inc.
* System 1, Inc.
* TCS - America (Tata Consultancy Services)
* Technical and Project Engineering, LLC
* Technology Partnership Group, Inc.
* Teksystems
* Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
* Tenix America
* The Borland Group
* The Dalton Group, Inc.
* The Flyzik Group
* The Net Imperative, LLC
* TIBCO Government Solutions
* Tower Software
* TPI, Inc.
* Transportation Costing Group, Inc.
* Trend Micro, Inc.
* Tripwire Inc.
* Trusted Computer Solutions
* Tumbleweed Communications
* Turnberry Group, The
* UniLect Corporation
* Unisys
* UPEK, Inc.
* VCampus Corporation
* Venable, LLP
* Venture Management, Inc.
* VeriSign, Inc.
* Verizon
* Vertex Inc.
* VIACK Corporation
* Virtusa
* Visionary Integration Professionals, Inc.
* VJA Lexis Consulting
* Wachovia Corporation
* Walter R. McDonald & Associates, Inc.
* Ways Consulting Services
* Wipro Technologies
* Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC
* WSI
* Xerox Corporation
* Xpert Universe
* Yahoo! Inc.
* Zelinger Associates
ACS
The Australian Computer Society (ACS) is an association for information and communications technology professionals. Its stated aims are "to advance professional excellence in information technology" and "to promote the development of Australian information and communications technology resources" [1].
The ACS was formed on 1 January 1966 from five state based societies. It was incorporated in the Australian Capital Territory on 3 October 1967. Since 1983 there have been chapters in every state and territory.
Contents
* 1 Activities
* 2 Boards
* 3 Services
* 4 Digital Library
* 5 Related organisations
* 6 Special Interest Groups
* 7 Events
* 8 Education
* 9 See also
* 10 References
* 11 External links
Activities
Notable activities are the operation of the various chapters, annual conferences, special interest groups, and a professional development program. Also, members are required to comply with codes of ethics and professional conduct.
Boards
Young IT - One of the major boards of the ACS is the Young IT (YIT) board which represents members of the ACS under the age of 35. Each state has a YIT board representing the YIT members in that state. Their major activity each year is the YIT Conference with the next one being held in Adelaide in 9 April 2008.
Services
"Information Age" [2] is the official publication of the ACS. Peer reviewed research publications of the ACS include:
* Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology (JRPIT[3])
* Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology (CRPIT[4])
* Australasian Journal of Information Systems (AJIS[5])
Digital Library
The ACS Digital Library contains free journal articles and conference papers.
Related organisations
* Association for Computing Machinery
* British Computer Society
* International Federation for Information Processing
* SEARCC
Special Interest Groups
Special Interest Groups (SIGs) of the ACS include: Architects, Software Quality Assurance, Women in Technology, Business Requirements Analysis, Enterprise Capacity Management, Enterprise Solution Development, Free Open Source Software, Information Security, IT Management, Project Management, Web Services, Consultants and Contractors, IT Security, PC Recycling, Curry SIG, Information Technology in Education, Robotics, E-Commerce, IT Governance and Software Engineering. A recent addition is the Green ICT Group on computers and telecommunications for environmental sustainability.
Events
The ACS holds events for members and guests in all Australian states.
Education
The ACS runs the online Computer Professional Education Program (CPEP) for postgraduate education in subjects including: New Technology Alignment; Business, Strategy & IT; Adaptive Business Intelligence; Project Management; Managing Technology and Operations. CPEP uses the Australian developed Moodle course management system and is delivered via the web.
The ACS Diploma of Information Technology (DIT) is equivalent to one academic year of a Bachelor of Information Technology at several universities. It has eight compulsory subjects: systems analysis, programming, computer organisation, data management, OO systems development, computer communications, professional practice and systems principles.
The ACS was formed on 1 January 1966 from five state based societies. It was incorporated in the Australian Capital Territory on 3 October 1967. Since 1983 there have been chapters in every state and territory.
Contents
* 1 Activities
* 2 Boards
* 3 Services
* 4 Digital Library
* 5 Related organisations
* 6 Special Interest Groups
* 7 Events
* 8 Education
* 9 See also
* 10 References
* 11 External links
Activities
Notable activities are the operation of the various chapters, annual conferences, special interest groups, and a professional development program. Also, members are required to comply with codes of ethics and professional conduct.
Boards
Young IT - One of the major boards of the ACS is the Young IT (YIT) board which represents members of the ACS under the age of 35. Each state has a YIT board representing the YIT members in that state. Their major activity each year is the YIT Conference with the next one being held in Adelaide in 9 April 2008.
Services
"Information Age" [2] is the official publication of the ACS. Peer reviewed research publications of the ACS include:
* Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology (JRPIT[3])
* Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology (CRPIT[4])
* Australasian Journal of Information Systems (AJIS[5])
Digital Library
The ACS Digital Library contains free journal articles and conference papers.
Related organisations
* Association for Computing Machinery
* British Computer Society
* International Federation for Information Processing
* SEARCC
Special Interest Groups
Special Interest Groups (SIGs) of the ACS include: Architects, Software Quality Assurance, Women in Technology, Business Requirements Analysis, Enterprise Capacity Management, Enterprise Solution Development, Free Open Source Software, Information Security, IT Management, Project Management, Web Services, Consultants and Contractors, IT Security, PC Recycling, Curry SIG, Information Technology in Education, Robotics, E-Commerce, IT Governance and Software Engineering. A recent addition is the Green ICT Group on computers and telecommunications for environmental sustainability.
Events
The ACS holds events for members and guests in all Australian states.
Education
The ACS runs the online Computer Professional Education Program (CPEP) for postgraduate education in subjects including: New Technology Alignment; Business, Strategy & IT; Adaptive Business Intelligence; Project Management; Managing Technology and Operations. CPEP uses the Australian developed Moodle course management system and is delivered via the web.
The ACS Diploma of Information Technology (DIT) is equivalent to one academic year of a Bachelor of Information Technology at several universities. It has eight compulsory subjects: systems analysis, programming, computer organisation, data management, OO systems development, computer communications, professional practice and systems principles.
BASIC IT CONCEPT
* Data
o Database
* Information
o Information science
o Information technology
* Computer
o Compute
o Computing
o Computation
o Computer Science
o Computer Technology
* Computer Programming
o Programming Languages
* Technology
* Information technology audit
* Information security
o IT Security
o Information security principles
o ISO/IEC 17799
o ISO/IEC 27001
o Information security audit
o Computer security audit
* World Wide Web
* Digital library
* Pattern recognition
* Data management
o Data processing
o RFID
o Data drilling
o Data mining
o Data transformation
o Metadata
* Data storage
o Database
o Data networking
* Technology assessment
* Cryptography
* Information Technology Infrastructure Library
* Information technology governance
* Telematics
o Database
* Information
o Information science
o Information technology
* Computer
o Compute
o Computing
o Computation
o Computer Science
o Computer Technology
* Computer Programming
o Programming Languages
* Technology
* Information technology audit
* Information security
o IT Security
o Information security principles
o ISO/IEC 17799
o ISO/IEC 27001
o Information security audit
o Computer security audit
* World Wide Web
* Digital library
* Pattern recognition
* Data management
o Data processing
o RFID
o Data drilling
o Data mining
o Data transformation
o Metadata
* Data storage
o Database
o Data networking
* Technology assessment
* Cryptography
* Information Technology Infrastructure Library
* Information technology governance
* Telematics
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Information technology (IT), as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA), is "the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware." IT deals with the use of electronic computers and computer software to convert, store, protect, process, transmit, and securely retrieve information.
Today, the term information technology has ballooned to encompass many aspects of computing and technology, and the term is more recognizable than ever before. The information technology umbrella can be quite large, covering many fields. IT professionals perform a variety of duties that range from installing applications to designing complex computer networks and information databases. A few of the duties that IT professionals perform may include data management, networking, engineering computer hardware, database and software design, as well as the management and administration of entire systems. When computer and communications technologies are combined, the result is information technology, or "infotech". Information Technology (IT) is a general term that describes any technology that helps to produce, manipulate, store, communicate, and/or disseminate information.
Professional organizations
* The Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS) is the largest professional body for computing in Canada.
* NASSCOM is an association of Indian IT companies.
* AITech-Assinform, Information Technology Association is an association of Italian IT companies.
* The Computer Society of India (CSI) is the national body representing computer professionals.
* The British Computer Society (BCS) is a UK body that represents those working in IT. It is the largest United Kingdom based professional body for computing, with a world-wide membership of over 58,000 members in over 100 countries.
* The Union of Information Technology Enterprises (UITE) of Armenia is the first and the biggest IT Association of Armenia. [[1]]
* The Association for Computing Machinery(ACM)[[2]]
* The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) is an industry trade group for several U.S. information technology companies.
* The Australian Computer Society (ACS) is the recognised association for Information & Communications Technology (ICT) professionals in Australia.
* The Australian Information Industry Association is the national organisation representing the ICT companies in Australia.
* The Philippine Software Industry Association is an association of Philippine IT companies.
* The Information Technologies Institute, Marmara Research Center, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
* The Computer Manufacturers, Distributors, and Dealers Association of the Philippines is an association of leading players in Philippine IT industry.
* The Council of European Professional Informatics Societies (CEPIS) is a non-profit organisation that promotes high standards among Informatics Professionals in recognition of the impact that Informatics has on employment, business and society. CEPIS represents 37 Member Societies in 33 Countries across greater Europe.
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