With annual revenue of US$ 3.02 billion, SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. Through innovative solutions delivered within an integrated framework, SAS helps customers to improve performance and deliver value by making better decisions faster.

SAS software solutions help organizations across all industries realize the full potential of their greatest asset: data. Simply put, SAS allows you to transform data about customers, performance, financials and more into information and predictive insight that lays the groundwork for solid and coherent decisions. That’s why SAS is used at more than 65,000 sites in over 140 countries, including 91 of the top 100 companies on the 2013 FORTUNE Global 500® list.

The headquarters of the US parent company, founded in 1976, are located at Cary in North Carolina (USA). SAS Germany has its main office in Heidelberg. To ensure optimum customer support in Germany, further regional offices are maintained in Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Cologne and Munich.

Building on a global infrastructure of data centers and networks, T-Systems operates information and communication technology (ICT) systems for multinational corporations and public sector institutions. With offices in over 20 countries and global delivery capability, the Telekom subsidiary provides support to companies in all industries. Some 52,700 employees combine expertise with ICT innovations to add significant value to customers’ core business all over the world. The corporate customers unit generated revenue of around EUR 10 billion in the 2012 financial year.

Information Services Group (ISG) (NASDAQ: III) is a leading technology insights, market intelligence and advisory services company, serving more than 500 clients around the world to help them achieve operational excellence. ISG supports private and public sector organizations to transform and optimize their operational environments through research, benchmarking, consulting and managed services, with a focus on information technology, business process transformation, program management services and enterprise resource planning. Clients look to ISG for unique insights and innovative solutions for leveraging technology, the deepest data source in the industry, and more than five decades of experience and global leadership in information and advisory services. Based in Stamford, Conn., the company has more than 1,000 employees and operates in 21 countries.

CA Technologies makes software for businesses that are development-driven, because we believe those who build the apps will own the future. We help our customers succeed in a future where every business – from apparel to energy – is being rewritten by software. From planning to development to management to security, at CA we create software that fuels transformation for companies in the application economy. With CA software at the center of their IT strategy, organizations can leverage the technology that changes the way we live – from the data center to the mobile device. Our software and solutions help our customers thrive in the new application economy by delivering the means to deploy monitor and secure their applications and infrastructure. Our goal is to help organizations develop applications and experiences that excite, engage and open up money- making opportunities for their businesses. CA solutions power innovation by helping organizations to understand, plan, manage and control infrastructure ensure the best possible business outcomes.

Who we are

TM Forum is the global industry association for digital business, connecting talented individuals, leading companies, and diverse ecosystems to accelerate our members’ successful digital business transformation. The collective experience and interests of our member community comprised of tens-of-thousands of professionals within 900+ market-leading organizations drives everything we do, from thought-provoking research and publications, to practical guidance, collaboration programs, tools and best practices, hands-on events, and training for business and IT leaders.

Industry analyst firm Stratecast (Frost & Sullivan) named the Forum in February 2015 as one of 10 to Watch in 2015 because “the industry is about to be turned upside-down and inside-out by new open architectures such as NFV, SDN and public cloud,” and that as a long-time “industry cornerstone,” the Forum “recognizes the scope of change” and is developing “practical guidance for transitioning to the future.”

What we do

To guide our members’ digital transformation, the Forum provides hands-on collaboration programs and communities; thought-provoking research and publications; tools, best practices, and standards such as TM Forum Frameworx™; conferences and workshops; and training for business and IT leaders. Facilitating meaningful collaboration and networking among our members is at the heart of TM Forum’s mission.

Why we do it

“By our members, for our members” is the Forum’s core mantra, and we are passionate about helping our members become successful digital businesses. Yet to do so, all companies – large and small, and across a wide range of industries – need to address three major challenges:

• Transform IT and operations to reduce cost, minimize risk, and improve business agility and time to market
• Deliver new value-added services quickly, easily, and securely with partners
• Maximize market share and enhance customer engagement, loyalty and growth

Because the Forum is able to “connect the digital ecosystem,” we are uniquely positioned to help our members solve these challenges and rapidly innovate to deliver new services, improve business agility, partner for success, reduce cost and risk, and enhance customer value and loyalty.

How we do it

Three Strategic Programs – Agile Business and IT, Open Digital Ecosystem, and Customer Centricity – are the lens through which the Forum delivers our collaboration programs, research, standards, events, and training to our members. These programs focus on a wide range of pressing digital industry topics – NFV/SDN, Internet of Things (IoT), customer engagement, data analytics, and security and privacy to name a few – to address the three major challenges outlined above and enable our members to innovate faster, better, and more effectively than they could ever hope to achieve on their own.