Analyst Partners




Infonetics Research is an international market research and consulting firm serving the communications industry since 1990. A leader in defining and tracking emerging and established technologies in all world regions, Infonetics helps clients plan, strategize, and compete more effectively.


pyramid research

For nearly 25 years, Pyramid Research has been providing practical advice on emerging opportunities to leaders in the global communications industries. Our market analysis, powered by our bottom-up  methodology of our forecasts for more than 100 countries, is uniquely positioned across emerging markets, emerging technologies, and emerging business models.

As the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network, Pyramid Research contributes to the $3 trillion communications industry’s most comprehensive market data, trusted research, and insightful technology analysis through various offerings: custom consulting and advisory services, enabling clients to enhance their knowledge of their industry and to develop profitable business strategies. To gain exclusive access to free content from Pyramid Research click here.





Burton Group (www.burtongroup.com) helps technologists make smart enterprise architecture decisions in increasingly complex environments. Burton Group’s research and advisory services focus on technical analysis of infrastructure technologies related to security, identity management, application platforms, service-oriented architecture, collaboration, content management, network and telecom and the data center.






Enterprise Management Associates is the leading independent industry analyst and consulting firm 100% dedicated to the IT Management market.
For more than 10 years, we have been providing our clients with objective insight into the real-world business value of IT Management technologies ranging from CMDB to Virtualization to SLM to Security and more.

Why is EMA different than other firms? Because of the real-world experience of our skilled analysts, our reputation for objectivity and our focused insight into the IT Management market.





The IC is a member-driven community that shares experiences, knowledge and best practices in multiple forums. Our members champion; innovation, feedback between members, collaboration with standards bodies and the articulation of strategic and measurable business benefits for leading-edge capabilities. Annual meetings are complemented by a growing number of regional chapters who meet periodically. On-going networking is encouraged through the dynamic IC website which supports knowledge exchange and records of industry papers and studies.

The mission of the Integration Consortium (IC) is to foster the leading community of like-minded Information Technology professionals responsible for transforming business through both traditional systems integration and emerging SOA with greater agility, ease of use and business results.
One of the IC’s strengths is the diversity of member support and interest. Our membership includes end user corporations, independent software suppliers, hardware suppliers, system integrators, academic institutions, non-profit institutions, individual members as well as various industry leaders.



The Arizona Technology Council is the largest technology association in Arizona serving all tech sectors across the state.  The Arizona Technology Council is a member-driven association.  We represent the interests of technology companies, their support firms, educational institutions and state-wide economic development groups that collectively form Arizona’s technology community.

The Arizona Technology Council’s mission is to support our members and unify our partners to grow Arizona’s economy with technology and innovation at the core. We drive partnerships, policies and programs that advance the business climate for Arizona’s technology community.

We Lead on the issues that are relevant to technology growth - We Unify technology groups around common goals - We Deliver value to our members and partners - We Promote Arizona’s technology and innovation assets.


Association Partners



TM Forum is the world’s leading industry association focused on improving business effectiveness for service providers and their suppliers. Serving the information, communications and entertainment industries, the Forum provides practical solutions, guidance and leadership to transform the way that digital services are created, delivered and charged.




About the Wi-Fi Alliance
The Wi-Fi Alliance is a global non-profit industry association of hundreds of leading companies devoted to the proliferation of Wi-Fi technology across devices and market segments. With technology development, market building, and regulatory programs, the Wi-Fi Alliance has enabled widespread adoption of Wi-Fi, worldwide. The Wi-Fi CERTIFIED program was launched in March 2000. It provides a widely-recognized designation of interoperability and quality, and it helps to ensure that Wi-Fi enabled products deliver the best user experience. The Wi-Fi Alliance has completed more than 5,000 product certifications to date, encouraging the expanded use of Wi-Fi products and services in new and established markets. Wi-Fi®, Wi-Fi Alliance®, WMM®, Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)®, the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED logo, the Wi-Fi logo, and the Wi-Fi ZONE logo are registered trademarks of the Wi-Fi Alliance; Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™, Wi-Fi Protected Setup™, Wi-Fi Multimedia™, and the Wi-Fi Alliance logo are trademarks of the Wi-Fi Alliance.


aba

The Arizona Chapter of the Society for Information Management (SIM) is a by-invitation federation of senior officers experienced in information and general management. A 501(c)(6) not-for profit corporation, the chapter assists members in managing information technology.

The Chapter strives to strengthen professional communications among members who direct the application of information technology in private and pubic organizations. Chapter activities include:

- Meeting to share innovative ideas and real world experiences which address enterprise information needs.
- Providing presentations by leading national information-management professionals and executives who benefit from management-information systems.
- Challenging our comfort levels by exchanging ideas with peers and business counterparts.
- Awarding scholarships to institutions for Information Systems students with specific needs.


SIM International is an international organization for top information executives. It helps IT leaders to develop their management techniques for the strategic use of information and computing technology.

Media Partners




Wireless Week provides intelligent and in-depth information addressing the people, companies, technologies and ideas that are transforming the wireless industry. Wireless Week products provide a forum for analysis, thought leadership and debate among wireless professionals while continuously equipping them for the ongoing transformation of their markets and environments. 

The Wireless Week Brand offers news daily, via the well known newsletter; FirstNews, features weekly on its highly visited website and in-depth articles in print monthly along with an educational series of webcasts.  Wireless Week serves wireless carriers, enterprise and other end-users and distributors and retailers and is THE source for all wireless, all the time. 





Pike & Fischer's Broadband Advisory Services is the market intelligence arm of Pike & Fischer- A BNA Business. Our services deliver knowledgeable, accurate and insightful analysis on the broadband, IP and new media businesses to facilitate effective strategic decision making. We provide our subscribers with news and analysis, deep research, ongoing financial analysis and market forecasting, market intelligence and custom research covering cutting-edge business and technology topics -- including high-speed data access, voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP), streaming media, on-demand media, home networking and mobile broadband.



Connected Planet is a trade publication for service providers and enterprise users of advanced telecommunications and mobile networking services. Connected Planet focuses on the real-world ways in which pervasive networking technologies are transforming the way the world communicates, collaborates, shares/stores information, manages resources and is entertained. Connected Planet will focus on the next generation of service providers which includes wireless and telecom network operators, Web and Internet services companies, application developers and service integrators, as well as on how their customers use services in new ways. Connected Planet will show how these service providers can deliver new managed and hosted network-based solutions. For more information, visit us online at telephonyonline.com.  




WiMAX Industry is the leading online trade publication dedicated to the WiMAX, LTE, 4G technologies and the broadband wireless access (BWA) marketplace. WiMAX Industry provides news, white papers, development resources and an online buyer's guide for the broadband wireless industry. With a worldwide readership of manufacturers, developers, integrators, providers and enterprise end-users, WiMAX Industry is the number one online marketplace for WiMAX and broadband wireless access solutions.




IPTV Industry is the most-read, most-visited online trade publication dedicated to the B2B marketplace for internet protocol television. Providing news, white papers, development resources and online buyer's guide for the IPTV Industry. With a worldwide readership of manufacturers, content originators, providers and aggregators, software and hardware resellers and integrators, IPTV Industry is the number one online source for industry sales leads, branding and promotion of IPTV products and services.




FierceTelecom is a daily news source for Telcos and telecom industry insiders that provides up-to-the-minute coverage of "what's next for Telcos" -- the news, trends, and technologies moving the telecom industry forward. Benefit from our time-saving briefing on IPTV, IMS, VoIP, WiMAX, and other network and service innovations.



About Telecommunications Media Group: Telecommunications is the most influential media outlet in the telecom industry worldwide, providing news and analysis to over 100,000 registered online users from every continent. Publishing for over 40 years, the group serves the industry today with its daily updates to a groundbreaking Website weekly email newsletters, live events, custom print products, and informational Webinar series.




FierceMobileIT keeps senior IT managers in the loop on the latest mobile enterprise and wireless technology news. Learn tools, tips, and best practices for leveraging wireless in the enterprise.


 



FierceVoIP is the IP communications business and technology report. Read the latest developments in the IP communications and unified communications industry including news on VoIP security, VoIP technology and VoIP business.




FierceWireless is the wireless industry’s daily monitor for senior wireless industry executives. Get the latest news and information about wireless technology, wireless security, WiFi, WiMAX and other wireless industry advancements.

 

 
 
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