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7.3 Associations, organizations, and interest groups

• Asia Cloud Computing Association: an "association that represents stakeholders of the cloud computing ecosystem in Asia"
• Cloud Computing and Technology Association: "the trade association for companies who deliver solutions on the cloud"
• Cloud Computing Association: "an independent membership organization dedicated to building a community of end-users and service providers of cloud-based solutions and products"
• Cloud Industry Forum: a not-for-profit company that "champions and advocates the adoption and use of cloud-based services by businesses"
• Cloud Security Alliance: an "organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment"
• IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Cloud Computing: an IEEE community that "provides a forum for members to broaden professional contacts, facilitates information exchange, and stimulates the growth of research, education and industry in cloud computing"
• Legal Cloud Computing Association: an association that "collaborates with Bar Associations and Law Societies to define industry-leading best practices"
• SIG-CLOUD: a special interest group of the Services Society that "promotes creative thinking, long-term visions, and innovative methodologies to respond to the emerging cloud computing technologies and applications"

7.4 Consultancy and support services

Note: This is intended to be a sampling of consultancies that provide cloud computing service assistance, most with some kind of experience working with labs. It's not intended to be a complete list.

• A-LIGN ASSURANCE
• Accenture
• Astrix
• CSols
• Edafio Technology Services
• Greenlight Computers
• KalioTek
• PWC
• Quantori
• Simtech Consulting
• Synivate
• TCG Digital
• Vertex Laboratories