Enterprise Members of ISOC-AU

Enterprise Organisational Members of ISOC-AU

AARNet Pty Ltd operates Australia's Academic and Research Network - AARNet. It is a not-for-profit company limited by shares which are held by 37 Australian Universities and the CSIRO. AARNet delivers high-capacity Internet based services to clients in the research and education sector and is connected to the international Research and Education networks.

Australian Communication Exchange (ACE) is a not-for-profit Australian organisation dedicated to empowering those who are Deaf or have a hearing, speech or communication impairment, to obtain access to the telephone and other telecommunication networks. ACE provides access to customers via the National Relay Service (NRS), which operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, every day of the year; information sessions, news and research on new telecommunications services, and assistive devices from Deafness Resources Australia.

Australian Computer Society has become the recognised association for IT professionals, attracting a large and active membership from all levels of the IT industry, and providing a wide range of services and opportunities for networking and career enhancement. It is the public voice of the IT professional; the guardian of professional ethics and standards in IT; with a commitment to the wider community to ensure the beneficial use of IT.

Australian Services Roundtable The Australian Services Roundtable is the peak business body for the services industries in Australia. Sectors represented include financial, professional (accounting, legal, engineering, architectural), health, education, environmental, energy, logistics, tourism, information technology, telecommunications, transport and distribution, standards ad conformance, audio-visual, media, entertainment, cultural and other business services. Our key objective is to identify the domestic regulatory obstacles to international competitiveness and to promote the need for domestic policy reform. We aim to contribute to strategies for negotiating services trade and investment issues in the World Trade Organisation, in APEC, in bilateral Free Trade Agreements, and in other bilateral and regional arrangements under consideration.

Australian Telecommunications Cooperative Research Centre (ATcrc) was established to provide a cooperative environment for developing and commercialising the technologies that will drive a new generation of telecommunications. Through its ability to assemble valuable resources and diverse skills, ATcrc offers a unique set of research and development capabilities in networking and mobile telecommunications. With significant investment in its education and training programs, ATcrc will transfer expertise in technologies such as digital radio, packet networking, digital signal processing and electronic design into Australian industry. This transfer will occur through the Centre's uniquely qualified post-graduate students, as well as industry-specific training courses.

Australian Telecommunications Users Group is committed to the development of fair and open competition in telecommunications services, as it believes competition serves users' interests best. It does this by promoting choice in services, which leads to better prices and better quality services. ATUG was founded on a vision that all Australians should have access to the widest possible range of world's best practice communications services, in terms of price, performance and quality.

Ball Solutions Group provides information and communications technology consulting and professional services, in addition to a wider range of engineering services. BSG applies world class system engineering principles to provide concept development, implementation planning, transition planning and test and evaluation services. Our focus is on helping our clients solve complex business and technical problems and enhancing their ability to build value and improve performance using cost effective enduring solutions. For example, in mid 2005, we developed the 'Australian Defence Organisation (ADO) Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Transition Plan' in collaboration with US and UK partners. It is believed to be the first IPv6 Transition Plan developed for any Commonwealth or State Government Department, and also encompasses the largest network of any IPv6 Transition Plan developed in Australia. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation - part of Ball Corporation, a Fortune 500 company - Ball Solutions Group has offices across Australia that offer local service delivery with national and international reach-back.

education.au is a national ICT agency for education and training, owned by the Commonwealth and State and Territory education and training Ministers.The Agency has been established to enact agreements reached by these Ministers in the Ministerial Council for Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA). education.au collaborates with numerous stakeholders in education and training communities working across the early childhood, schooling, vocational education and training, adult and community education, and university sectors. Our business is to develop and manage online services of benefit to the national education and training sector, through the use of collaborative processes to build collective knowledge networks to meet the challenges and opportunities presented by the Internet and information economy. We add further value through forming strategic national and international alliances with a broad range of government sponsored organisations.

Internode is a leading services company which is changing the face of telecommunications in Australia through the use of innovative, cost effective and easy to use Data and Voice services. Internode was founded in 1991 to serve the IT needs of Australian businesses. We have steadily grown and now employ over 100 qualified and dedicated people to provide services nationally to all types of organisations and users. As a large, stable and locally owned company, Internode is committed to delivering affordable communication services nationally. We continually re-invest in hardware, software and people to create a strongly growing and satisfied customer base.

Juniper Networks is the leader in high-performance networking. Juniper offers a high-performance network infrastructure that creates a responsive and trusted environment for accelerating the deployment of services and applications over a single network which fuels high-performance businesses.

Melbourne IT is a world-leading, global registrar of domain names, with an investment in the ".biz" global registry. Melbourne IT supplies a variety of ccTLD (e.g ".com.au", ".co.uk", ".jp", ".co.nz") and gTLD domain names (e.g ".com", ".net", ".org", ".biz", ".info", ".name") to customers worldwide, and offers secure, scaleable and robust registration services. Melbourne IT is committed to improving the quality of the Internet infrastructure in Australia, improving access to this infrastructure by Australian businesses and individuals, and encouraging innovative uses of the Internet.

National ICT Australia (NICTA) plays a major role in the Australian Government's policy to promote science and innovation. It was formed by DCITA and the Australian Research Council to capitalise on Australia's extensive ICT talent through world-class research, commercialisation, education, and industry collaboration. NICTA's consortium partners are the Australian Capital Territory Government, the New South Wales Government, the University of New South Wales, and the Australian National University. A national laboratory has emerged from this powerful union based on the foundations of research, commercialisation, education, and collaboration.

Optus is an Australian leader in integrated communications - serving more than six million customers each day. The company provides a broad range of communications services including mobile, national and long distance services, local telephony, international telephony, business network services, internet and satellite services and subscription television. In 2001, SingTel became the parent company of Optus, paving the way for Optus to become a strong and strategic telecommunications player within the Asia-Pacific region.

PPS Internet has been providing managed hosting services since 1996, having commenced trading in 1987. Our products focus on the needs of corporate clients and include Speak2IT™, Throo.To® and Semper.Net™. Our services are highly tailored to the individual needs and requirements of our clients, who benefit from a more personal and flexible relationship. PPS' long operational record demonstrates our commitment to both our clients and the internet industry.

Smart Internet Technology CRC will combine research in Artificial Intelligence and Network Development to create enabling technologies for smart Internet applications that will allow users and network providers to manage this complexity. It is critical that these new enabling technologies meet the needs of people, are useful, flexible, readily accessible and affordable. A strength of the program is the continual integration of Internet technological innovation with the social and behavioural understanding that will influence the acceptance of new products and services.

Verisign Australia Pty Ltd was established in July 1999 to provide Internet trust services to Australian government, business, websites and individuals. VeriSign operates intelligent infrastructure services that enable people and business to find, connect, secure, and transact across today's complex global networks. Every day around the world we enable over 14 billion Internet transactions, 3 billion telephony interactions, and $125M of e-commerce. We also provide the services that help over 3,000 enterprises and 400,000 Web sites operate securely, reliably, and efficiently.

West Australian Internet Association (WAIA) is a volunteer association, charged with a representative role for the WA Internet Community. WAIA seeks to inform the community of the virtues of the community, as well as providing a balanced viewpoint on any issues relating to the Internet.

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	AARNet Pty Ltd operates Australia's Academic and Research Network - AARNet. It is a not-for-profit company limited by shares which are held by 37 Australian Universities and the CSIRO. AARNet delivers high-capacity Internet based services to clients in the research and education sector and is connected to the international Research and Education networks.
	Australian Communication Exchange (ACE) is a not-for-profit Australian organisation dedicated to empowering those who are Deaf or have a hearing, speech or communication impairment, to obtain access to the telephone and other telecommunication networks. ACE provides access to customers via the National Relay Service (NRS), which operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, every day of the year; information sessions, news and research on new telecommunications services, and assistive devices from Deafness Resources Australia.
	Australian Computer Society has become the recognised association for IT professionals, attracting a large and active membership from all levels of the IT industry, and providing a wide range of services and opportunities for networking and career enhancement. It is the public voice of the IT professional; the guardian of professional ethics and standards in IT; with a commitment to the wider community to ensure the beneficial use of IT.
	Australian Services Roundtable The Australian Services Roundtable is the peak business body for the services industries in Australia. Sectors represented include financial, professional (accounting, legal, engineering, architectural), health, education, environmental, energy, logistics, tourism, information technology, telecommunications, transport and distribution, standards ad conformance, audio-visual, media, entertainment, cultural and other business services. Our key objective is to identify the domestic regulatory obstacles to international competitiveness and to promote the need for domestic policy reform. We aim to contribute to strategies for negotiating services trade and investment issues in the World Trade Organisation, in APEC, in bilateral Free Trade Agreements, and in other bilateral and regional arrangements under consideration.
	Australian Telecommunications Cooperative Research Centre (ATcrc) was established to provide a cooperative environment for developing and commercialising the technologies that will drive a new generation of telecommunications. Through its ability to assemble valuable resources and diverse skills, ATcrc offers a unique set of research and development capabilities in networking and mobile telecommunications. With significant investment in its education and training programs, ATcrc will transfer expertise in technologies such as digital radio, packet networking, digital signal processing and electronic design into Australian industry. This transfer will occur through the Centre's uniquely qualified post-graduate students, as well as industry-specific training courses.
	Australian Telecommunications Users Group is committed to the development of fair and open competition in telecommunications services, as it believes competition serves users' interests best. It does this by promoting choice in services, which leads to better prices and better quality services. ATUG was founded on a vision that all Australians should have access to the widest possible range of world's best practice communications services, in terms of price, performance and quality.
	Ball Solutions Group provides information and communications technology consulting and professional services, in addition to a wider range of engineering services. BSG applies world class system engineering principles to provide concept development, implementation planning, transition planning and test and evaluation services. Our focus is on helping our clients solve complex business and technical problems and enhancing their ability to build value and improve performance using cost effective enduring solutions. For example, in mid 2005, we developed the 'Australian Defence Organisation (ADO) Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Transition Plan' in collaboration with US and UK partners. It is believed to be the first IPv6 Transition Plan developed for any Commonwealth or State Government Department, and also encompasses the largest network of any IPv6 Transition Plan developed in Australia. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation - part of Ball Corporation, a Fortune 500 company - Ball Solutions Group has offices across Australia that offer local service delivery with national and international reach-back.
	education.au is a national ICT agency for education and training, owned by the Commonwealth and State and Territory education and training Ministers.The Agency has been established to enact agreements reached by these Ministers in the Ministerial Council for Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA). education.au collaborates with numerous stakeholders in education and training communities working across the early childhood, schooling, vocational education and training, adult and community education, and university sectors. Our business is to develop and manage online services of benefit to the national education and training sector, through the use of collaborative processes to build collective knowledge networks to meet the challenges and opportunities presented by the Internet and information economy. We add further value through forming strategic national and international alliances with a broad range of government sponsored organisations.
	Internode is a leading services company which is changing the face of telecommunications in Australia through the use of innovative, cost effective and easy to use Data and Voice services. Internode was founded in 1991 to serve the IT needs of Australian businesses. We have steadily grown and now employ over 100 qualified and dedicated people to provide services nationally to all types of organisations and users. As a large, stable and locally owned company, Internode is committed to delivering affordable communication services nationally. We continually re-invest in hardware, software and people to create a strongly growing and satisfied customer base.
	Juniper Networks is the leader in high-performance networking. Juniper offers a high-performance network infrastructure that creates a responsive and trusted environment for accelerating the deployment of services and applications over a single network which fuels high-performance businesses.
	Melbourne IT is a world-leading, global registrar of domain names, with an investment in the ".biz" global registry. Melbourne IT supplies a variety of ccTLD (e.g ".com.au", ".co.uk", ".jp", ".co.nz") and gTLD domain names (e.g ".com", ".net", ".org", ".biz", ".info", ".name") to customers worldwide, and offers secure, scaleable and robust registration services. Melbourne IT is committed to improving the quality of the Internet infrastructure in Australia, improving access to this infrastructure by Australian businesses and individuals, and encouraging innovative uses of the Internet.
	National ICT Australia (NICTA) plays a major role in the Australian Government's policy to promote science and innovation. It was formed by DCITA and the Australian Research Council to capitalise on Australia's extensive ICT talent through world-class research, commercialisation, education, and industry collaboration. NICTA's consortium partners are the Australian Capital Territory Government, the New South Wales Government, the University of New South Wales, and the Australian National University. A national laboratory has emerged from this powerful union based on the foundations of research, commercialisation, education, and collaboration.
	Optus is an Australian leader in integrated communications - serving more than six million customers each day. The company provides a broad range of communications services including mobile, national and long distance services, local telephony, international telephony, business network services, internet and satellite services and subscription television. In 2001, SingTel became the parent company of Optus, paving the way for Optus to become a strong and strategic telecommunications player within the Asia-Pacific region.
	PPS Internet has been providing managed hosting services since 1996, having commenced trading in 1987. Our products focus on the needs of corporate clients and include Speak2IT™, Throo.To® and Semper.Net™. Our services are highly tailored to the individual needs and requirements of our clients, who benefit from a more personal and flexible relationship. PPS' long operational record demonstrates our commitment to both our clients and the internet industry.
	Smart Internet Technology CRC will combine research in Artificial Intelligence and Network Development to create enabling technologies for smart Internet applications that will allow users and network providers to manage this complexity. It is critical that these new enabling technologies meet the needs of people, are useful, flexible, readily accessible and affordable. A strength of the program is the continual integration of Internet technological innovation with the social and behavioural understanding that will influence the acceptance of new products and services.
	Verisign Australia Pty Ltd was established in July 1999 to provide Internet trust services to Australian government, business, websites and individuals. VeriSign operates intelligent infrastructure services that enable people and business to find, connect, secure, and transact across today's complex global networks. Every day around the world we enable over 14 billion Internet transactions, 3 billion telephony interactions, and $125M of e-commerce. We also provide the services that help over 3,000 enterprises and 400,000 Web sites operate securely, reliably, and efficiently.
	West Australian Internet Association (WAIA) is a volunteer association, charged with a representative role for the WA Internet Community. WAIA seeks to inform the community of the virtues of the community, as well as providing a balanced viewpoint on any issues relating to the Internet.