Partners

Part of the success of the BIR Division of CDM Media is largely due to the mutually beneficial relationships we've been able to cultivate with our media content partners. As the world of technology and media is ever-evolving, so is the publishing and print divisions of CDM Media. Our media content partners are strategically selected as to maintain the highest quality of material throughout our online platform and our print publishing projects. As content contributors for CDM Media, our partners are responsible for conducting some of the most sought after research across several industries, which they then share with the subscribers of CDM Media publications.

Some of our Media Content Partners include:

The Blade Systems Alliance The Blade Systems Alliance

The Blade Systems Alliance's (BladeS) mission is to advance the adoption of modular and blade-based computing systems. In cooperation with the worldwide community of data center professionals and other advanced systems users, BladeS:

* Promotes multi-vendor standards for modular systems management and racking.
* Works with the user community to address real-world data center and advanced computing issues.
* Delivers information, programs and forums to educate and inform.

The Blade Systems Alliance is a forum for end users, consultants, and vendors who are interested in the deployment and application of blade systems.
Integration Consortium Integration Consortium

The Integration Consortium (IC) is a member-driven community that shares experiences, knowledge and best practices in multiple forums. 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.

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. 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.
Blade.org Blade.org

Blade.org is a collaborative organization and developer community focused on accelerating the development and adoption of open blade server platforms. The organization was established in February 2006 to increase the number of blade platform solutions available for customers and to accelerate the process of bringing them to market. From eight founding companies, Blade.org has grown to nearly 100 members including leading blade hardware and software providers, developers, distribution partners and end users from around the globe.
Bennu Group Bennu Group

Bennu Group LLC is a privately held business located in the DFW Metroplex (Dallas, Texas area). From this location, Bennu serves clients thoughout the world. Founded in 2006 by Terry Schurter, Bennu Group brings unique experience and insight into global strategy, innovation and business performance leadership. Always a leader and never a follower, Bennu Group is paving the way for a new generation of agile, efficient and market-aligned businesses that redefine the term success.
Burton Group Burton Group

Burton Group 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.
EMA EMA

Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) is the leading independent industry analyst and consulting firm 100 percent dedicated to the IT Management market.

For more than ten years, EMA has 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 EMA's skilled analysts, their reputation for objectivity and focused insight into the IT Management market.
Aberdeen Group Aberdeen Group

Aberdeen Group is the leading provider of fact-based research helping organizations and individuals make better business decisions. Founded in 1988, Aberdeen has earned the reputation as being the voice that matters when it comes to understanding the implications and results of process innovation, methodology advancements, technology deployments, and business re-engineering.

Aberdeen's mission is to educate buyers to action providing hard hitting insights into the actions, activities, processes, methodologies, and technologies that drive best-in-class performance. Each year Aberdeen conducts hundreds of primary research studies surveying hundreds of thousands of individuals as to their decisions and experiences when it comes to running their business. Aberdeen's fact-based research arms senior executives and line of business managers with the information they need to make key technology decisions.
SOA Consortium SOA Consortium

The SOA Consortium is a new SOA advocacy group comprised of end users, service providers, and technology vendors, committed to helping the Global 1000 successfully adopt SOA by 2010. The SOA Consortium mission, strategies and tactics center on the following premises:

* Service-oriented architecture adoption is a key enabler for the 21st century enterprise
'CIO Finance Summit' * Achieving the benefits of service-oriented architecture requires significant changes for both IT and business executives
* Service-oriented architecture is perceived by business executives as an IT integration and productivity story, rather than a business agility story

Enterprise SOA practitioners would greatly benefit from a vibrant practitioner community to drive local, business-driven, SOA success, and to spur broader enterprise and industry-wide, SOA adoption.