Since 1956, the Association for Advancement of Cost Engineering International has been the leading-edge professional society for cost estimators, cost engineers, schedulers project managers, and project control specialists. With more than 5,500 members worldwide, AACE International is the largest organization serving the entire spectrum of cost management professionals. AACE International is industry independent, and has members in 78 countries and 71 local sections. If you are not a member read on to learn what AACE can do for you.

The American Management Association is a global not-for-profit, membership-based association that provides a full range of management development and educational services to individuals, companies and government agencies worldwide, including 486 of the Fortune 500 companies. Each year, thousands of business professionals acquire the latest business know-how, valuable insights and increased confidence at AMA seminars, conferences, current issues forums and briefings, as well as through AMACOM books and publications, research and print and online self-study courses.

Computer Associates is considered by the technology industry as one of the largest software companies in the world. It provides software and services that help the organizations manage their IT (Information Technology) environments. These are the areas that CA focuses on: network and systems management, storage and security management, Portal and Business Intelligence and life cycle management of the application development. In order to take more than these 1200 products to the market and meet the customer real needs, it is CA biggest concern and for this reason, we count on A&C! The CA and A&C partnership has as objective to take the customer security and storage management softwares with quality and guarantee to meet the required levels by the customers. A&C has a technical and commercial team trained by CA to provide consultancy, identify the customers needs, elaborate a project, sell and implement with CA quality! Partners as A&C that allow CA the title as this article was started> One of the largest software companies in the world.

Established in first quarter of 2003 the partnership A&C/COMPUWARE has as a mission: Provide solutions that increase the availability, productivity and quality of the business applications to our customers, optimizing all the investments in IT. Compuware is considered today one of the four largest software companies in the world, with an annual billing of US$ 2,000,000.00, it is the world leader in corporate solutions for applications. With all the experience acquired throughout the last 30 years, Compuware can develop the best market solutions with the best technology. With a technical and commercial consultant team trained by Compuware do Brasil, Grupo A&C is ready to provide the best solutions to their customers, always exceeding the expectations.

The International Project Management Association (IPMA) is a non-profit, Swiss registered organisation, with a Secretarial office based in the United Kingdom. Its function is to be the prime promoter of project management internationally, through its membership network of national project management associations around the world. Additionally it has many individual members, people and companies, as well as co-operative agreements with related organisations world-wide, to give it a truly world-wide influence. Currently associations in 33 countries are represented in IPMA. These Member Associations serve the specific needs of more than 30.000 project management professionals in their own language and their own culture. The role of IPMA is to serve those needs at an international level.

Worldwide Leader Company in software for enterprise and personal computing. The company offers a vast line of products and services developed to potentially have people’s capacity through the use of better quality software - at any time, anywhere and any equipment. Grupo A&C is Microsoft Gold Partner in several segments, including e-Commerce, Partner in trainings, solution development on the Microsoft platform, software consultancy and sales. Gold Partner of Microsoft.

Established in 1969 and headquartered outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA, the Project Management Institute (PMI) is the world’s leading not-for-profit project management professional association, with over 100,000 members worldwide. Currently, PMI supports over 100,000 members in 125 countries worldwide. PMI members are individuals practicing and studying project management in many different industry areas, including aerospace, automotive, business management, construction, engineering, financial services, information technology, pharmaceuticals and telecommunications. The premier comprehensive continuing education program related to the field of project management. It is designed to enhance the ongoing professional development of PMI members, Project Management Professionals (PMP®), and other project management stakeholders through the offering of quality learning experiences and activities.

Professional Risk Management International Association is a fast-growing, collaborative network of risk professionals working to set standards for the global risk profession. We do this through the promotion of sound risk management practices, ethical conduct, certification of skills, professional development and by fostering multiple networks for the exchange of ideas.The PRMIA Mission is to provide an open forum for the promotion of sound risk management standards and practices globally.

With the threats to the information systems coming from all sides, the increasing quantity and complexity, corporate consumers know that to strengthen the network perimeter is not enough. Symantec provides the best security solutions to all levels of the network in the gateways between the network and the external world, in the servers that act as network vital organisms and in the end user devices, including the PCs that are work stations, laptops and portable devices.

Worldwide Leader Company in management, tracking and personalization of contents for solutions of the intranet/internet environment, Vignette aggregates the highest technology to the projects developed for WEB and corporate TV. A&C partner, it commercializes its own product, as well as the consultancy and the development of systems using the Vignette.