The Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) aligns industry leaders in the CE, mobile, and PC industries through digital interoperability.

The Ethernet Alliance is a consortium of over 100 members including system and component vendors, industry experts and university and government professionals who are committed to the continued success and expansion of Ethernet technology.

The IEEE, or Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a non-profit organization, is the world’s leading professional association for the advancement of technology.

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a large open international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet. It is open to any interested individual.

The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) tests networking and data communications products. The UNH-IOL is a neutral, third-party laboratory dedicated to testing data networking technologies through industry collaboration.

The IPv6 Forum is a world-wide consortium of leading Internet vendors, subject matter experts, and research and education networks, who have a clear mission to advocate IPv6 by dramatically improving technology, market, deployment, and user and industry awareness of IPv6.

ISOCORE provides a program of cutting-edge technology validation in the critical areas of next generation Internet and wireless networking.

The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) is a global industry alliance comprising more than 120 organizations including telecommunications service providers, cable operators, MSOs, network equipment, test vendors, labs and software manufacturers, semiconductors vendors and testing organizations.

Launched in April of 1998, the OIF is the only industry group uniting representatives from data and optical networking disciplines, including many of the world's leading carriers, component manufacturers and system vendors. The OIF promotes the development and deployment of interoperable networking solutions and services through the creation of Implementation Agreements (IAs) for optical, interconnect, network processing and component technologies, and optical networking systems. The OIF actively supports and extends the work of national and international standards bodies with the goal of promoting worldwide compatibility of optical internetworking products. Working relationships or formal liaisons have been established with the IEEE 802.3, IETF, ITU-T Study Group 13, ITU-T Study Group 15, IPv6 Forum, MFA Forum, MEF, MVA, ATIS OPTXS, ATIS TMOC, Rapid I/O, TMF, UXPi and the XFP MSA Group.

The UPnP forum is an industry initiative designed to enable simple and robust connectivity among consumer electronics, intelligent appliances and mobile devices from many different vendors. UPnP is dedicated to making the connected home and lifestyle mainstream experiences for consumers - and great opportunities for the industry.