Membership Surge Reflects CMA's Value and Influence; TCG Joins Tops Vendors in CMA Sustaining Membership.MORRISTOWN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 1995 The Communications Managers Associations (CMA CMA - Concert Multithread Architecture from DEC. ) has announced that its user membership has increased by 29 companies since December 1994, bringing total membership to 200 companies with over 800 representatives. The CMA's Sustaining Membership for vendors, carriers and suppliers has also increased with the addition of Teleport Communications Group Teleport Communications Group (TCG) was the first Competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) in the U.S. First formed in 1985, it competed with the existing telephone companies to provide dial tone and related services in the largest U.S. markets. , Inc. (TCG). "I believe that our increase in membership reflects the CMA's influence in the marketplace," explained CMA President Matt O'Brien, a Senior Analyst at Prodigy Services Company. "We offer communications professions real value as a source of education, information and personal networking." The CMA's growth is particularly impressive considering that many user groups are suffering declines in membership due to budget cuts and downsizing. Bucking that trend, both new and long-standing CMA members have demonstrated their belief in the high value of the CMA membership benefits. Recent new CMA members include Arthur Andersen, Blackrock Financial Management, The Boston Consulting Group, Inc., Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, Chadbourne & Parke, Children's Television Workshop Children's Television Workshop: see Cooney, Joan Ganz. , Columbia University, Combined Data Resource, Inc., Datascope, Insurance Service Office, Inc., Enterprise Rent-A-Car National Reservations Center, Gitano Group, Lenox Hill Hospital Lenox Hill Hospital, on Manhattan's Upper East Side, is a 652-bed, acute care hospital and a major teaching affiliate of NYU Medical Center. Founded in 1857 as the German Dispensary, today's 10-building Lenox Hill Hospital complex has occupied its present site since 1868 when it , Maimonides Medical Center The Maimonides Medical Center is non-profit academic medical center in Brooklyn, New York. History The institution was founded in 1911 as the New Utrecht Dispensary. , Mastercard International, Inc., Metro-North Railroad, Mitsubishi International Corporation, Mutual of America Mutual of America Life Insurance Company, also referred to as Mutual of America is a Fortune 1000 mutual company based in New York, New York. Founded in 1945, it is ranked on the Forbes 500 list as the 10th largest insurance company in the United States. , National Weather Service Eastern Region, Neuberger & Berman, Ogilvy & Mather, Pathmark Stores, Inc., Praxair Inc., Rutgers University, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center is a 1,076-bed, full-service community and tertiary care hospital serving New York City’s Midtown West, Upper West Side and parts of Harlem. , Salomon Page Group Ltd., D.E. Shaw & Co., Symbol Technologies Inc., and The Toronto Dominion Bank. The addition of TCG to the CMA's Sustaining Membership ranks demonstrates that leading vendors and carriers are looking to invest in programs that promote cooperation between vendors and end users. Because of the CMA's reputation and the purchasing influence of its members, suppliers of telecom, networking and information systems and services view this Sustaining Membership as an excellent means of getting closer to their customers. Other Sustaining Members include MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. , Siemens Rolm Communications, Inc., Farmstead Telephone Group, Inc. NYNEX and Bellcore. "As the nation's leading competitive local exchange carrier, TCG recognizes the substantial benefits that accrue to affiliation with a nationally respected organization like the CMA," said Harry Gowl, TCG's Regional Vice President and General Manager in New York. "TCG supports valuable educational role the CMA plays in identifying the ussues and offering solutions to the telecommunications challenges posed by today's dynamic regulatory and technology environments." Founded in 1948, the CMA is the premier telecom/IT user group in the New York metropolitan area New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States and the third most populous in the world, after Tokyo and Mexico City. with membership composed of over 200 of the nation's prominent Fortune 1000 companies. Best known for its annual fall conference and exposition, CMA Telecom, the CMA also offers a variety of year-round educational and networking opportunities to telecommunications and information professionals. For more information on CMA membership, call the CMA office at 201/425-1700 or contact the CMA's Internet site at http:/www.cma.org CONTACT: CMA, Atlanta Jim Warner, 404/642-8612 |
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