Associations

Chicago Software Association, CSA (USA)  http://www.csa.org/CSIA, Colorado’s Technology Association http://www.coloradotechnology.org/

Advance Colorado Assoc. {multiple associations pge] http://www.advancecoloradocenter.com/csia.html
Computer Measurement Group, CMG (USA)  http://www.cmg.org/
Computing Research Association, CRA (USA)  http://cra.org/
Data Management Association, DAMA (USA)  http://www.dama-ncr.org/
European Information Technology Services Association, EISA (USA)  http://www.worldcongress2000.org/en/affiliates/eisa/eisa.html

Federation On Computing In The United States, FOCUS (USA)  http://www.acm.org/focus/
Greater Cincinnati Software Association, GCSA (USA)  http://www.gcsa.org/
Independent Computer Consultants Association, ICCA (USA)  http://www.icca.org/
Informatics Society Of Iran, ISI (USA)  http://www.gpg.com/MERC/org/isi/isi.html
Information Systems Consultants Association, ISCA (USA)  www.isca.org
Information Technology Association Of America, ITAA (USA)  http://www.itaa.org/
Institute For Certification Of Computing Professionals, ICCP (USA)  http://www.iccp.org/
International Association Of Computer Professionals, IACP (USA)  http://www.pros-n-cons.com/
International Council For Computer Communication, ICCC (USA)  http://www.icccgovernors.org/
Software & Information Industry Association, SIIA (USA)  http://www.siia.net/
International Software Process Association, ISPA (USA)  http://www.ece.utexas.edu/~perry/prof/ispa/
Internet Society, ISOC (USA)  http://www.isoc.org/
International Association For Mathematics and Computers In Simulation, IMACS (USA)  http://www.cs.rutgers.edu/~imacs/

Information Systems Audit and Control Association, ISACA (USA)  http://www.isaca.org/
Maine Software Developers Association, MESDA (USA)  http://www.mesda.com/
Object Management Group, OMG (USA)  http://www.objs.com/survey/omg.htm
San Diego Software Industry Council, SDSIC (USA)  http://www.sdsic.org/
Society For Information Management SIM (USA)  http://www.simnet.org/
Society For Software Quality, SSQ (USA)  http://ssq.org/welcome_main.html
Software Forum, SF (USA)  http://www.softwareforum.org/
Software Productivity Centre, SPC (USA)  http://www.spc.ca/
Special Interest Group On Measurement & Evaluation, SIGMETRICS (USA)  http://www.sigmetrics.org/
Video Software Dealers Association, VSDA (USA)  http://www.vsda.org/
Washington Software Alliance, WSA (USA)  http://www.wsa.org/
World Information Technology And Services Alliance, WITSA (USA)  http://www.witsa.org/
American SAP Users Group, ASUG (USA)  http://www.asug.com/
Association of Information Systems Professionals, DPMA (USA)  http://aisp.bus.wisc.edu/
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, IEEE (USA)  http://www.ieee.org/
The USENIX Association, USENIX (USA)  http://www.usenix.org/
Worldwide Institute of Software Architects, WWISA (USA)  http://www.wwisa.org/
ACM Special Interest Group in Software Engineering, ACM SIGSOFT (USA)  http://www.acm.org/sigsoft/
IEEE Technical Council on Software Engineering, TCSE (USA)  http://www.tcse.org/
Society for Concurrent Engineering, SOCE (USA)  http://www.soce.org/
The International Function Point Users’ Group, IFPUG (USA)  http://www.ifpug.org/
SPIN – Southern California, SPIN – SOUTHERN CALI (USA)  http://www.ics.uci.edu/IRUS/spin/spin.html
IEEE Computer Society (USA)  http://www.computer.org/

American Engineering Association: www.aea.org
Professional Networking (Private job market):
American Marketing Association (AMA): http://www.svama.org/
Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association (AFCEA): http://www.afcea.org
Asian American Manufacturing Association (AAMA): http://www.aamasv.com/
Asian-Silicon Valley Connection (ASVC): http://www.asvc.org/
BayCHI (computer-human interaction): http://www.baychi.org/
Bay Area Council (BAC): http://www.bayareacouncil.org/

Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance www.cata.ca Chinese Information & Networking Association (CINA): http://www.cina.org/
Chinese Software Professionals Association (CSPA): http://www.cspa.com/
Churchill Club: http://www.churchillclub.com/
Commonwealth Club: http://www.commonwealthclub.org/
Executive Speakers Bureau: http://www.executivespeakers.com/
Financial Executives Institute (FEI): http://www/feiscv.org
Forum for Women Entrepreneurs (FEW): http://www.few.org/
Grace Net (Grace Hopper): http://www.gracenet.net/
Hua Yuan Science & Technology Association: http://www.huayuan.org/
IEEE – Santa Clara Valley Section: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv
Japan Society of Northern California: http://www.usajapan.org/
Joint Venture Silicon Valley Network (JVSVN): http://www.jointventure.org/
MIT/Stanford Venture Lab: http://www.venturelab.org/
Monte Jade: http://www.montejade.org/
NASA Ames Research Center: http://www.arc.nasa.gov/
Product Management & Development Association (PDMA): http://www.pdma.org/
Professional Business Women of California (PBWC): http://www.pbwc.org/
Public Relations Society of America (PRSA): http://www.prsa.org/
SRI International – Innovation Forum Series: http://www.sri.com/
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce: http://www.sfchamber.com/
San Jose Business Journal: http://www.sanjose.bcentral.com/
San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce: http://www.sjchamber.com/
Silicon Valley Association of Start-Up Entrepreneurs (SVASE): http://svase.org/
Silicon Valley Chinese Wireless Association (SVCWA): http://www.svcwireless.org/
Silicon Valley Fellowship: http://www.svfellowship.org/
Silicon Valley Linux Users Group (SVLUG): http://www.svlug.org/
Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group (SVMG): http://www.svmg.org/
Silicon Valley Product Management Association (SVPMA): http://svpma.tripod.com/
Silicon Valley Roundtable (SVR): http://www.svrt.com/
Silicon Valley World Internet Center (SVWIC): http://www.worldinternetcenter.com/
Small Business Development Center of Silicon Valley (US SBA): http://www.siliconvalley-sbdc.org/
Society for Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP): http://www.scip.org/
Society of Women Engineers (SWE): http://www.swe.org/
Software Development Forum: http://www.sdforum.org/
Stanford University – Breakfast Briefings: http://breakfastbriefings.stanford.edu/
Stanford University – Technology Ventures Program: http://www.stanford.edu/group/stvp
Stanford University – US-Japan Technology Management Center: http://bases.stanford.edu/USATMC
Straight Talk: http://www.mppc.org/mppc_ministries/adult_ministries/straight_talk/straight_talk.jsp
TEC International (International organization of CEOs): http://www.teconline.com/
The IndUS Entrepreneur: http://www.tie.org/ Silicon Valley Chapter: http://www.tiesv.org/
Toastmasters International: http://www.toastmasters.org/
US Chamber of Commerce: http://www.uschamber.org/default.htm
Venture Capital Taskforce: http://www.vctaskforce.com/
Web Masters Guild: http://www.webguild.org/
Women in Technology: http://www.witi.org/
Women’s Technology Cluster: http://www.womenstechcluster.org/
World Affairs Council: http://www.wacsf.org/
Xerox PARC – Forum Speaker Series: http://www.parc.xerox.com/parc-go.html

Calendars & Industry Events:
Broadband Wireless World Forum: http://www.broadband-wireless.com/
CeBit: http://www.cebit.de/
Comdex: http://www.comdex.com/
CTI Expo: http://www.ctexpo.com/
eBusiness Expo: http://www.ebusinessexpo.com/
Huan Yuan Science & Technology Association – 2002 Conference: http://www.huayuan.org/event.htm
IEEE – GRID (Calendar of Events): http://www.ee.com/grid/grid01.02/sum.htm
IEEE Communications Society Industry News Cache (email update): http://www.comsoc.org/inc
In & Around the Valley (Churchill Club – email events newsletter):
Chrchll@BenjaminGroup.com Internet World (events calendar): http://www.internetworld.com/events
Linux World: http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/
Microsoft – Northern California news & events: http://www.microsoft.com/usa/norcal
Networld & Interop: http://www.interop.com/
Oracle World Conference: http://www.oracle.com/start/openworld/oow_sf.html?src=668068&Act=72
Palm Source (Developers Conference): http://www.palmsource.com/
RSA Security Conference: http://www.rsasecurity.com/events
Santa Clara Convention Center: http://santaclara.org/convention.html
San Francisco Moscone Center: http://www.moscone.com/
San Jose Convention Center: http://www.sjcc.com/
Silicon Valley Chinese Wireless Association (SVCWA): http://www.svcwireless.org/programs.htm
Silicon Valley Technology & Homeland Security Summit: http://www.svtechsummit.com/
Software Development Forum (Events Outlook – email subscription):
events-request@sdforum.org SuperComm (TIA): http://www.supercomm2001.com/
SuperNet – Broadband: http://www.supernet2002.com/
Telecomm – ITU: http://www.itu.int/ITUTELECOM
Wireless Advantage (c/o Symbol Technologies): http://www.wirelessadvantage2001.com/
Wireless CTIA 2001: http://www.ctiashow.com/
Wireless Forum: http://www.intmediaevents.com/ewf/spring02/index.html
Wireless Systems: http://www.wirelesssystems2002.com/
World Economic Forum: http://www.weforum.org/

Vendor Alumni Communities:
3Com: http://www.entre-nouspartners.com/Local%20Settings/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/OLK17/www.corporatealumni.com/after3com
Cisco: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cisco-alumni
Hewlett Packard: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hp_alumni
Nortel Networks: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ExNortel
Oracle: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oracle-alumni
Sun Microsystems: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sun_alumni
University Alumni Associations:
Columbia University: http://columbiaalum.webcountry.net/business.html
Duke University: http://www.dukealumni.com/
George Washington University:  http://www.gwu.edu/alumni.html
Harvard University – Business School: http://www.hbsanc.org/
MIT: http://www.mitcnc.org/
Princeton University: http://www.princeton.edu/Siteware/Alumni.shtml
Stanford University: http://www.stanford.edu/home/alumni/index.html
Yale University: http://www.yale.edu/alumni
University of Chicago:  http://www.alumni.uchicago.edu/
University of Michigan: http://www.umich.edu/~umalumni
University of Oxford: http://www.ox.ac.uk/

Internet Career Portals & Candidate/Job Seeker Networking
(Public job market):
6 Figure Jobs: http://www.6figurejobs.com/
Bay Area Career Builder: http://www.bayarea.com/careerbuilder
Bay Area Careers: http://www.BayAreaCareers.com/
Brain Buzz: http://www.brainbuzz.com/
Brass Ring: http://www.brassring.com/
CGT IT Jobs: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CGT-IT-Jobs
C-Six: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/csixnetwork
Subscribe: csixnetwork-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Career Action Center (CAC): http://www.cac.org/
Career Journal – Wall Street Journal: http://www.careerjournal.com/
Cal Jobs: http://www.caljobs.ca.gov/
Computer Jobs: http://www.computerjobs.com/
Craig’s List: http://www.craigslist.org/
DICE: http://www.dice.com/
High Technology Careers: http://www.hightechcareers.com/
Hire Top Talent: http://www.hiretoptalent.com/
Hot Jobs: http://www.hotjobs.com/
Job Find: http://www.jobfind.com/
Job Hunters Bible (c/o Dick Bolles – What Color is Your Parachute?): http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/
Job Smart: http://jobsmart.org/
Job Smarts for Twenty Somethings: http://www.jobsmarts.com/
JobOptions.com: http://www.joboptions.com/
Just Tech Jobs (40 technology-specific sites): http://www.justtechjobs.com/
KIT List – Keep in Touch: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KITlist
KITlist-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Layoff Lounge: http://www.layofflounge.com/
MPPC Prayer Works: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MPPC-PrayerWorks
MSN Careers (see Job Hunt – Who’s Hiring): http://careers.msn.com/
Marketing Jobs: http://www.marketingjobs.com/
Monster.com: http://www.monster.com/
Net Temps: http://www.net-temps.com/
Opportunity Knocks (Non-profit sector): http://www.opportunitynocs.org/
Pro Match of Silicon Valley (Sunnyvale, CA): http://www.promatch.org/
Professional & Technical Diversity Network (PTDN): http://yoda.shpe-sv.org/ptdn
Sales Heads: http://www.salesheads.com/
U Post: http://www.upost.com/
Vault: http://www.vault.com/
WSA Executive Job Search Center:  http://www.wsacorp.com/
Wednesday Job Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WednesdayJobGroup

Research & Analysis:
Aberdeen Group: http://www.aberdeen.com/
Burton Group: http://www.burtongroup.com/
Cahners In-stat Group: http://www.instat.com/
Dell’Oro Group: http://www.delloro.com/
eMarketer: http://www.emarketer.com/
Forrester Research: http://www.forrester.com/
Frost & Sullivan: http://www.frost.com/
Gartner Group: http://www.gartnergroup.com/
Giga Information Group: http://www.gigaweb.com/
IDG: http://www.idg.com/
Infonetics: http://www.infonetics.com/
Jupiter Media Mix: http://www.jmm.com/
Meta Group: http://www.metagroup.com/
Tolly Group: http://www.tollygroup.com/
Tom Swift Marketing (San Carlos, CA): John Randall, Robert Miller Yankee Group: http://www.yankeegroup.com/
High Technology Internet Portals, Standards & Publications:
ATM Forum: http://www.atmforum.com/
Aviation Week’s Aviation Now: http://www.aviationnow.com/
Bandwidth Place: http://www.bandwidthplace.com/
Bio.com: http://www.bio.com/
Bio Online: http://www.bio-online.com/
Byte and Switch – The Storage Networking Site: http://www.byteandswitch.com/
Cable Data Communications News: http://www.cabledatanews.com/
Channel Web: http://www.channelweb.com/
Check Point Software – Security Resources: http://cgi.us.checkpoint.com/rl/resourcelib.asp
Ciena – Optical University: http://www.ciena.com/opticalU/home.html
Cisco – Networking Technology Standards: http://www.cisco.com/public/products_tech.shtml
CMP Net: http://www.cmp.com/
Comdex (Technical white papers): http://whitepapers.comdex.com/
Computer Telephony (Voice & data convergence): http://www.computertelephony.com/
Converge Digest (Voice & data convergence): http://www.convergedigest.com/
CRM Community (customer relationship management): http://www.crmcommunity.com/
CRN – Computer Reseller News: http://www.crn.com/
Fiber Optics On-line: http://www.fiberopticsonline.com/
Fiber Optics – Industry Associations: http://www.fpnmag.com/link.htm
Fiber Optics Product News: http://www.fpnmag.com/
Fortune – 100 Fastest Growing US Companies: http://www.fortune.com/
Global Information, Inc.(telecomm & IT market portal): http://www.gii.co.jp/
IEEE Communications Society: http://www.comsoc.org/
IEEE Standards Association: http://standards.ieee.org/
Interactive Week: http://www.interactiveweek.com/
Internet Telephony: http://www.itmag.com/
Internet Week: http://www.internetweek.com/
Juniper – Networking Tech Center/Standards: http://www.juniper.net/techcenter
Light Reading (Fiber optics resource center): http://www.lightreading.com/
Light-Wave (Fiber Optics): http://www.light-wave.com/
Linux World: http://www.linuxworld.com/
MPLS Forum: http://www.mplsforum.org/
MPLS Resource Center: http://www.mplsrc.com/
MIT Technology Review: http://www.technologyreview.com/
Network Computing: http://www.networkcomputing.com/
Network Magazine (CMP): http://www.networkmagazine.com/
Network World: http://www.nwfusion.com/
Networld & Interop (white papers): http://whitepapers.interop.com/
Optical Ethernet Resource Center: http://www.optical-ethernet.com/optical/index.htm
Optical Internetworking Forum: http://www.oiforum.com/
SANS Institute (security): http://www.sans.org/newlook/home.htm
Silicon India: http://www.siliconindia.com/
Silicon Valley Mercury News – Business Section:
Sunday Spotlight  – stock report (hard copy) Sun Guru: http://www.sunguru.com/
Tech Target (20 technology-specific portals): http://www.techtarget.com/
Upside: http://www.crmcommunity.com/
Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA): http://www.wi-fi.org/
World of Wireless Communications: http://www.wow-com.com/
Standards Bodies, Government Agencies & Technical Associations:

Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association (AFCEA): http://www.afcea.org/
AFCEA Silicon Valley Chapter: http://www.geocities.com/sv_afcea/SV_AFCEA.html
American National Standards Institute (ANSI): http://www.ansi.gov/
Apache Software Foundation (Open source movement): http://www.apache.org/
ATM Forum: http://www.atmforum.org/
Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO): http://www.bio.org/
Broadband Wireless Internet Forum (BWIF): http://www.bwif.org/
CableLabs: http://www.cablelabs.com/
CommerceNet: http://www.commercenet.org/
EuroCableLabs: http://www.eurocablelabs.com/
Federal Communications Commission (FCC): http://www.fcc.gov/csb
Gigabit Ethernet Alliance (GEA): http://www10gea.org/
ICANN: http://www.icann.org/
International Biometrics Industry Association (IBIA): http://www.ibia.org/
International Electro-technical Consortium (IEC): http://www.iec.com/
IEEE: http://www.ieee.org/
Internet Engineering Taskforce: http://www.ietf.org/
International Telecommunications Union (ITU): http://www.itu.int/
Lawrence Livermore Laboratories (US Dept. of Energy): http://www.llnl.gov/
Mobile Applications Initiative (MAI): http://www.mobileapplicationsinitiative.com/
NASA Commercial Technology Network: http://www.nctn.hq.nasa.gov/
National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA): http://www.ncta.com/
National Institute of Standards & Technology: http://www.nist.gov/
Project Management Institute (PMI): http://www.pmi.org/
Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA): http://www.semichips.org/
Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE): http://www.scte.org/
Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA): http://www.snia.org/
Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA): http://www.tiaonline.org/
Tele-Management Forum: http://www.tmforum.org/
Wall Street Technology Association (WSTA): http://www.wsta.org/
Wireless Communications Alliance (WCA): http://www.wca.org/

Most of the Rest of All the Information You’ll ever need:
Association for Corporate Growth (ACG): http://www.acg.org/sv
Association for Financial Professionals (AFP): http://www.afponline.org/
Classmates.com: http://www.classmates.com/
Digital MBAs: http://www.digitalmbas.org/
Euro Circle: http://www.eurocircle.com/
Garage.com: http://www.garage.com/
Job Smarts for Twenty Somethings: http://www.jobsmarts.com/
IRS – Itemized deductions (Schedule A – Job Search Expenses): http://www.irs.gov/
Institute for Internal Auditors (IIA):

http://www.sjiia.org/
Institute for Management Accountants (IMC): http://www.ima-pa.org/
Keizai Society: http://www.keizai.org/
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT): http://web.mit.edu/
National Association for Corporate Treasurers (NACT): http://www.nact.org/
National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD): http://www.svnacd.org/
Northern California Human Resources Association (NCHRA): http://www.nchra.org/
One Source: http://www.onesource.com/
Progress & Freedom Foundation: http://www.pff.org/
San Francisco Chronicle 500: http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle500
Silicon Valley 150: http://www.siliconvalley.com/research/sv150
Stanford University: http://www.stanford.edu/
Strategic Capital Concepts, Inc. (investment planning): http://www.strategiccos.com/
The Deal.com: http://www.thedeal.com/
US Patent & Trademark Office: http://www.uspto.gov/
Venture Capital Report: San Jose Mercury News –
Moneytree: http://www.siliconvalley.com/research/vcsurvey
Venture Reporter.Net: http://www.venturereporter.net/
Venture Wire: http://www.venturewire.com/
Venture Wire – Executive Summits: http://events.venturewire.com/followon
Washington Speakers Bureau: http://www.washspkrs.com/
Work It – start-up resource portal: http://www.workit.org/
Yahoo Groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/
Yahoo – People & Email Finder: http://people.yahoo.com/
Young Entrepreneurs Organization (YEO): http://www.yeo.org/
Young Presidents Organization (YPO): http://www.ypo.org/
4Marketeers – Roster of Trade Associations: http://4marketeers.com/tradeaso.htm