ACE is the ACCESS Connect Ecosystem, an organization of partners that will unleash the potential of digital life by working with ACCESS to drive the development and adoption of new mobile converged technologies and solutions.

The Linux Foundation's Carrier Grade Linux Workgroup improves Linux to better meet the needs of network equipment providers and telecommunications carriers. "Carrier grade" is a term for software and hardware products that support public telecommunications and data communications networks. Carrier grade products require extremely high degrees of reliability, scalability, and performance to provide an uninterrupted flow of the enormous volume of high-bandwidth data and voice needed for today's multimedia communications. Leading network equipment providers such as NEC, Motorola, Alcatel-Lucent, and others have made MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition the most widely-deployed Linux in the carrier grade market. Dan Cauchy of MontaVista is the chairman of the Carrier Grade Linux Workgroup.

MontaVista Software is an Associate Member of the CE Linux Forum (CELF). This is an industry group that is focused on the advancement of Linux as an open source platform for consumer electronics devices. CELF intends to operate completely within the letter and the spirit of the open source community which is consistent with MontaVista Software's philosophy and practices.

The China Open Source Software Promotion Union (COPU) is an alliance of business enterprises, universities, research institutions, government agencies, and industry associations, including The Linux Foundation. COPU was founded in 2004 in Beijing, China, to promote the development of Linux and open source software in China, and to promote cooperation on open source issues between China, Japan, and Korea.

MontaVista Software serves on the board of Directors of Eclipse. Eclipse is an open source community of software development tool vendors and tool developers that has formed the core of a community interested in collaborating to create better development environments and product integration. The community shares an interest in creating products that are integrated and inter-operable in an easy to use way based upon plug-in technology.

MontaVista Software was a founding member of the Embedded Linux Consortium. The ELC was a non-profit, vendor-neutral trade association whose goal was the advancement and promotion of Linux throughout the embedded computing markets.

MontaVista Software is a Gold Member of the Free Standards Group. The Free Standards Group is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating the use and acceptance of open source technologies through the development, application and promotion of standards.

MontaVista Software was one of the first members of the Ready for IBM Technology program from IBM. The Ready for IBM Technology mark identifies solutions that have been tested and validated for compatibility with IBM Microelectronics products by the solution developers and assures that these solutions are compatible with IBM Microelectronics products.

MontaVista Software is an Associate member of the Intel® Communications Alliance (ICA). The ICA is a community of communications and embedded developers and solutions providers who share a common vision on the convergence of computing technologies. MontaVista joins member companies within the Alliance who are committed to the development of modular, standards based building blocks, platforms, and solutions based on Intel technologies, processors, products, and services.

The objectives of the Japan Embedded Linux Consortium are to promote the embedded Linux industry and engage in activities to foster expansion of the choices that users can make with confidence. MontaVista Software serves on the board of Emblix.

The LiMo Foundation is a non-profit organization of companies working together to create the world's first globally competitive Linux-based software platform for mobile devices. As the world's leading supplier of Linux for mobile devices, MontaVista plays an important role in the LiMo Foundation's efforts.

The Linux Foundation is the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux. MontaVista was a founding member of OSDL, The Linux Foundation's predecessor organization.

The Linux Phone Standards Forum (LiPS) will accelerate the adoption of Linux® in fixed, mobile and converged telephony devices by standardizing Linux-based services and APIs that directly influence the development, deployment, and interoperability of applications and end user services.

Open Bar is a not-for-profit organization founded with the goals of (i) developing clear information about the legal rights and responsibilities of software developers, legal professionals and users of software in the emerging arena of open source software; and (ii) educating software developers, legal professionals and the general public about the issues, rights and responsibilities associated with the development, use and distribution of open source software. MontaVista vice president of corporate affairs and general counsel Jason Wacha is director and founder of Open Bar, and MontaVista Software is a founding sponsor.

PICMG (PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group) is a consortium of over 700 companies who collaboratively develop specifications that adapt PCI technology for use in industrial and telecommunications applications. PICMG specifications include CompactPCIR for Eurocard, rackmount applications and PCI/ISA for passive backplane, standard format cards. PICMG's mission is to extend the PCI standard, as approved by the PCI Special Interest Group (PCI SIG), for computer systems such as PCI/ISA, PCI/EISA and the PCI/3U or 6U Eurocard form factor known as CompactPCI.

Power.org open community collaborates on hardware and software specifications, standards and solutions based on the Power Architecture platform. Power Architecture technology is behind millions of innovative products, including the world's fastest supercomputers, leading video game consoles, and electronic systems in most of today's car models. Every phone call, email and Web page touches hundreds of Power Architecture systems. MontaVista is a sponsoring member of Power.org.

MontaVista Software, a sponsor-level member of RapidIO was the first Linux company to join this organization. The RapidIO Trade Association is a non-profit organization headquartered in Austin, Texas, which was formed to drive the adoption of an open standard, high-performance interconnect architecture. RapidIO is a logical extension to the widely-deployed MontaVista Linux Professional Edition, in a variety of networking client devices, and to the recently announced MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition, targeted at highly available, high performance telecommunications and networking infrastructure applications.

The nonprofit SCOPE Alliance is an association of leading Network Equipment Providers (NEPs) with the mission of enabling and promoting the availability and interoperability of open carrier grade base platforms based on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) building blocks. SCOPE is a program of the IEEE Industry Standards and Technology Organization (IEEE-ISTO). 鼎arrier grade" is a term for software and hardware products that support public telecommunications and data communications networks. Carrier grade products require extremely high degrees of reliability, scalability, and performance to provide an uninterrupted flow of the enormous volume of high-bandwidth data and voice needed for today's multimedia communications. Leading network equipment providers such as NEC, Motorola, Alcatel-Lucent, and others have made MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition the most widely-deployed Linux in the carrier grade market.

MontaVista Software is a member of the SD Card Association. The SD Card standard is being built into a wide range of new digital products such as cellular phones, audio players, automotive multimedia systems, handheld PC's and video and digital still cameras.

The Service Availability Forum (SA Forum) is a coalition of the world's premier communications and computing companies working together to create and promote open, standard availability interface specifications. Such specifications are needed to quickly and efficiently build global communications systems that deliver highly available voice, data and multimedia services. MontaVista Software is a founding member of the SA Forum.

MontaVista is a valued member of the SH-Mobile Consortium membership. This consortium comprises of LSI, IP providers, system integrators, and software providers, all collaborating to create a unique mobile phone solution. The aim of consortium is to provide support for hardware, software, and mobile phone terminal developers, to support the growing SH-Mobile ecosystem.

MontaVista Software is a Board member of the The T-Engine Forum. This forum has been established to offer a standard real-time system development platform for constructing a ubiquitous computing environment. T-Engine is a new standardized development platform into which the eTRON architecture has been installed. The eTRON architecture enables the secure transfer of information and rights through insecure network channels such as the Internet. The T-Engine Forum has been established to research and develop the T-Engine specification.