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CLIENT DESCRIPTION

EMA, The E-Business Forum, is the premier non-profit trade association representing the e-business and messaging industries. Representing over 5,000 e-business and messaging professionals, EMA provides information, advocacy, education, and strategic forum discussions of technology best practices to promote innovation and solutions of today’s most pressing e-business challenges. As a membership organization, EMA provides a forum for people, organizations and governments that use or are exploring e-business and messaging technologies to work in a unique partnership with the service providers of those technologies. End-user members of EMA, involved in any and all aspects of e-business and messaging, come from all industries and represent a broad section of Fortune 500 companies. Vendor members offer a wide range of telecommunications and computing services, including email, unified messaging, wireless messaging, voicemail, networks, directories, fax, EDI, and other related technologies.

EMA programs focus on three key areas:

• Technology. EMA programs remove barriers to global interoperability and connectivity. They assist in the definition, endorsement, development, demonstration, and implementation of all e-business standards, related operating conventions, and practices for use.
  
  
• Public Policy. EMA advocates public policies favorable to the development of ebusiness. It presents these policies to governments, technical standards bodies, and consumer groups.
  
  
• Education. EMA programs promote a greater understanding and appreciation of all ebusiness services and related technologies.