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The ATIS CIO Council

What is the CIO Council?
The CIO Council is a working group comprised of Chief Information Officers from ATIS Carrier-Member companies.

What is the Mission of the CIO Council?
The CIO Council provides a venue for CIO-level representatives to proactively:

• Identify and discuss IT issues of common interest that are challenging the industry;
• Frame, coordinate, and advance solutions to these common IT issues;
• Provide perspective and direction to the development of standards, guidelines, best practices, etc. in support of this mission.

Recent Initiatives:

• Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)
• Enterprise Risk Management
• Service Oriented Networks (SON)
• Power Management Data Center

Leadership and Participating Companies:

CIO Chair
Shaygan Kheradpir, Verizon Communications
EVP and CIO

Participating Companies
AT&T
BT
CenturyLink
Qwest
TELUS
U.S. Cellular
Verizon

For more information on CIO Council activities, please contact Yvonne Reigle at yreigle@atis.org or (215) 340-1087.

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The ATIS Green Initiative

What is the Mission of the Green Initiative?
ATIS and its members are committed to providing global leadership for the development of environmentally sustainable solutions for the information, entertainment, and communications industry. The development of these innovative end-to-end solutions will:

• Promote Energy Efficiencies.
• Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions.
• Promote “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.”
• Promote eco-aware business sustainability.
• Su pport the potential for societal benefits.

To learn more, please visit the Green Initiative website or contact Tim Jeffries, Vice President - Technology and Business Development.

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Diversity Assurance Analysis (DAA)
(Completed Program)

Scope
Evaluate and scope potential solutions for diversity assurance in a multi-carrier environment.

Participating Companies
AT&T, National Communications System, Qwest, Telcordia, Sprint-Nextel, & Verizon

Access
DAA Participants can click here to access project information.

For more information on the DAA, please contact: Tom Payne at tpayne@atis.org or 202 434-8827.

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National Diversity Assurance Initiative (NDAI)
(Completed Program)

Scope
The scope of the Initiative is to explore and research the possibility of diversity assurance for critical NS/EP circuits across multiple service providers.

Participating Companies
AT&T, BellSouth, MCI, Qwest, SBC, Sprint, Verizon, Federal Reserve Board, Federal Reserve Board of New York, and Federal Reserve Board of Richmond

Final Report
Please click here to view the NDAI Final Report that was issued on March 15, 2006.

Access
NDAI Participants can click here to access project information.

For more information on the NDAI, please contact: Tom Payne at tpayne@atis.org or 202 434-8827.

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