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Top 10 Lists:
10 Most Significant Standards Groups

October 2, 2000


  1. IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force)

    Nobody really runs the Internet, but the IETF makes the rules.

  2. IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)

    Fast Ethernet, gigabit, VLANs ... the IEEE calls the shots.

  3. FRF (Frame Relay Forum)

    Thanks to this group, frame relay is an inexpensive, efficient interoperable way to link WANs.

  4. EIA/TIA

    If you really want to be wired, pay attention to these folks.

  5. ATM Forum

    ATM never reached the desktop, but it's still a big player in the core.

  6. ITU (International Telecommunications Union)

    This group is credited with everything from mobile-phone transmission specs to H.323 and v.90 modems.

  7. W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)

    Nobody else is getting consensus on the World Wide Web.

  8. NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology)

    If this gang can't keep the SQL vendors honest, who can?

  9. ATIS (Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions)

    These are the people who brought you carrier-class standards.

  10. ISO (International Standards Organization)

    OK, so OSI never took off, but networking is still discussed in the context of the seven OSI layers ... and don't forget about ISO 9000 and ISO 9001.



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