RFID technology is becoming increasingly important in the Retail and Logistics industries. In order to drive the global adoption and implementation of this technology and to develop and oversee standards, EPCglobal Inc was founded in 2003. PIRONET NDH is a member of the network as a development partner and is in a position to feed requirements and specifications for RFID technology into its portfolio of products and services. Leading Retail, Industry and Technology companies like METRO Group, REWE, Henkel, Bayer and SAP are among the network's other members.

The Workflow Management Coalition, founded in August 1993, is a non-profit, international organization of workflow vendors, users, analysts and university/research groups. The Coalitions mission is to promote and develop the use of workflow through the establishment of standards for software terminology, interoperability and connectivity between workflow products. Consisting of over 130 members, spread throughout the world, the Coalition has quickly become established as the primary standards body for this rapidly expanding software market.

eco Forum e.V. has taken on the job of tackling this problem of confidence and creating greater transparency. As an open and independent association of companies investing in the commercial future of the Internet as a basis for electronic commerce eco Forum brings together the scarce resources available for collecting and disseminating information. Its members aim to co-operate actively on laying the foundation for efficient use of the Internet for commercial purposes.

Denic, since 1996 the association of german Internet Service Provider, is the central organisation for the registration of domains subordinated to the toplevel-domain "de". The Denic operates the primary mameserver for the toplevel domain.

Founded in March 1999 in Berlin on the initiative of companies and scientists, the IEB is a unique educational reference project and the first institute affiliated to the Universität der Künste Berlin [Berlin University of the Arts] (UdK). The Institute is characterized by integrated research and university education without government assistance, but supported by benefits-related partners in a public-private-partnership model for the economy.

The aim of the Institute is to explore the mechanisms of the new global electronic market early on, to analyze the effects on management, marketing and corporate organizations and to train highly-qualified personnel for all areas of Electronic Business in an internationally orientated program of study "Electronic Business". Based on this concept, the E12-Summit has proven to be a valuable indicator for the economic spirit. It succesfully connects methodical and practice-oriented market research with the business networking thought. In addition, the IEB offers a wide variety of networking possibilities throughout the whole year and can be used frequently as a major business platform.

Applied research projects, analyses for companies searching for solutions in the planning of their Electronic Business, and independent expert opinions round off the service package of the Institute of Electronic Business, making it an innovative hub between science, producers and users in the metropolis Berlin.

The goal of the cooperation-platform Linux Solutions Group (LiSoG), founded in March 2005, is to promote the use of Linux solutions and to increase Linux product acceptance with a wider audience. The intent of the LiSoG is to develop several industry- and technology-oriented solutions per year with a clear focus on users and real life scenarios. Promising Linux solutions will be analyzed by LiSoG members, documented and brought to commercial usability in close cooperation with enterprise users, followed by marketing activities through the members.