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ADVANCING USER EXPERIENCES BY BRIDGING THE CLIENT, CLOUD, AND NETWORK ECOSYSTEMS

RESEARCH • INITIATIVES • DEVELOPMENT • SOLUTIONS

THE INTERNATIONAL FUTURE COMPUTING ASSOCIATION

TIFCA is a non-profit network of technology, media, and standards organization thought leaders that share common interests.  Our mission is to develop frameworks and initiatives that enable technology adoption.

Together we:

  • Learn what users need from their technologies, products, and experiences
  • Identify challenges that could delay adoption of new technologies
  • Collaborate on solutions through the CORA ecosystem
The International Future Computing Summit: Educators, Innovators, Leaders

OUR ECOSYSTEM

CORA (Create Once Reach All) is an ecosystem of supportive technologies, methods, and frameworks that deliver the same digital content across multiple platforms and devices. The CORA ecosystem works to deliver content in its ideal form by leveraging client device, cloud service, content development, and network ecosystems.

FROM CLIENT TO CLOUD TO NETWORK

PC • Mobile • Console • Streaming
Cloud Service Providers (CSP) • Edge • 5G • Broadband • Telecom
CPU • GPU • Infrastructure • ISV • IHV
Platforms • OS • Metaverse • Security
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) • Game Engines and Development
Collaboration Tools • SAAS • Cloud Gaming • Streaming
Enterprise • Healthcare • Education • Entertainment

Examples of the CORA Create Once Reach All Ecosystem include Client, Cloud, Network, PC, Mobile, Console, Streaming, Cloud Service Providers (CSP), Edge, 5G, Broadband, Telecom, CPU, GPU, Infrastructure, ISV, IHV, Platforms, OS, Metaverse, Security, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), Game Engines and Development, Collaboration Tools, SAAS, Cloud Gaming, Streaming, Enterprise, Healthcare, Education, Entertainment.

THE TIFCA COMMUNITY

  • A collaboration history with 50+ leading organizations
  • Relationships with standards, trade groups, and companies from around the globe
  • Virtual member meetings that drive research, white papers, and framework development
  • Annual summit event supported by global media references and credits
  • Helps accelerate technology adoption
  • Participants meet potential new partners and customers
  • Shared discovery of challenges and collaborative solutions
  • Top level insights and education
  • Seen as industry leaders
TIFCA Meeting

OUR USER EXPERIENCE GOALS

Users want the ability to access their content at any time, from any place, and on any device. To help contribute to this ideal, TIFCA is focusing on the following priorities:

  • Improving on-demand access and reliability of user content by finding ways for the CORA ecosystem to scale more.
  • Enabling users to run a wider choice of content by making it easier to distribute computing services and capability.
  • Bringing affordability to users by adding more cost effectiveness to content and compute distribution.
  • Diversifying the choice of client devices and platforms by leveraging the capabilities of the client, cloud, and network ecosystems.
User Experience

TOOLBOX

  • Extensive and varied expertise in client, cloud, network, and related technologies
  • Ecosystem Initiative and Framework Development
  • Standards Organization Affiliation
  • Industry Association Cooperation
  • Industry Forums and Events
  • Customer Insights
TIFCA's Toolbox

EVENTS

The International Future Computing SummitREMOTE WORK AND PLAY
Client, Cloud, Network:
Building the Future of Computing Lifestyles Together
WAS HELD DECEMBER, 2022
@IFCSUMMIT,#IFCSUMMIT

ALSO INTRODUCED AT THE SUMMITThe Remote Work and Play Forum

The International Future Computing Summit

SEE THE SESSIONS

From client to cloud to the network between them, the International Future Computing Summit is the industry event that gathers market-leading innovators and influencers to discuss what’s next for users and the industry that supports them.

This year’s theme is Remote Work and Play, and the summit will focus on the industry’s future as well as its challenges and solutions for meeting the needs of employers, team leaders, and users wishing to engage and support this lifestyle.

Summit features include:

  • Industry-leading presentations
  • Discussion of latest products and technologies
  • Highlights of future trends

TOPICS & AGENDA

Topics and Agenda

  • Productive tools and technologies
  • Client, Cloud, Network perspectives
  • Effective leadership in the remote work era
LEARN MORE

SEE THE SPEAKERS!

International Future Computing Summit Speakers

  • Tools, technology, and service leaders
  • Computing lifestyle innovators
  • Analysts and consultants
SESSIONS ONLINE

PAST SUPPORTERS

Past supporters of the International Future Computing Summit

  • Technology and software innovators
  • Tools
  • Client, cloud, network
FORUM GATHERING Q1, 2023

ASSOCIATION NEWS

Foundry Shares Their Client-to-Cloud Story at IFC Summit

By TIFCA News

Mathieu Mazerolle is the Product Manager for Cloud at Foundry.  Athera was a trial cloud service platform that made it possible for content creators of all sizes to get access to the production and rendering abilities that are often limited to the big production houses.  At The International Future Computing Summit, Mathieu shared Foundry’s story in the client-to-cloud ecosystem and what the industry can learn from it.

If you are responsible for your organization’s strategy and roadmap in compute, network architecture and telecommunications, immersive technology, or innovative content and applications, you are part of the Client-to-Cloud Revolution. Join TIFCA and help enable what’s next.

IFC Summit Games Panel is ONLINE!

By TIFCA News

Cloud gaming and cloud gaming platforms are all the rage these days, and there was a stellar games panel at the International Future Computing Summit. Speakers included Bill Rehbock; Content Partnerships at Blade Group / Shadow, Jen Maclean; Head, Worldwide Business Development for Small and Mid-sized Studios at Game Tech at Amazon Web Services (AWS), Nick Thomas; Vice-President Commercial Partnerships at Hatch Entertainment, and Kevin Robertson; Head of Business Development at AccelByte.

Some points of discussion included different mindsets of how cloud gaming could and should work, the perception of the industry (is there an industry?) in cloud gaming, what this all means for game developers, and much more.

If you are responsible for your organization’s strategy and roadmap in compute, network architecture and telecommunications, immersive technology, or innovative content and applications, you are part of the Client-to-Cloud Revolution. Join TIFCA and help enable what’s next.

IFC Summit Futurists Panel is ONLINE!

By TIFCA News

Each year, the International Future Computing Summit runs a Futurists Panel hosted by leading media. This year’s moderator was Dean Takahashi, Lead Writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat.

Dean’s panelists included Jen Maclean; Head, Worldwide Business Development for Small and Mid-sized Studios in Game Tech at Amazon Web Services (AWS), Gary Radburn; Director of Virtualization and Commercial VR and AR at Dell, Jeffrey Shih; Lead Product Manager of Artificial Intelligence at Unity Technologies, Bebo White; Department Associate (Emeritus) at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford University, and Bill Rehbock; Content Partnerships for Blade Group / Shadow. Read More

IFC Summit Visionaries Panel Talks Client-to-Cloud Revolution

By TIFCA News

This is the International Future Computing Summit Visionaries Panel featuring Neil Schneider; Executive Director of TIFCA, Dr. Jon Peddie; CEO of Jon Peddie Research, Arvind Kumar; Senior Principal Engineer & Architect for Intel Corporation plus ACT Chair Representative in TIFCA, and Daryl Sartain; Wordlwide Head of XR, Displays, Wireless Ecosystems at Advanced Micro Devices and ITA Chair in TIFCA. Read More

AMD Discusses Unique User Needs in the Client-to-Cloud Revolution

By TIFCA News

A Visionary Class Speaker at the International Future Computing Summit, Daryl Sartain is Director and Worldwide Head of XR, Displays, and Wireless Ecosystems for the Radeon Technology Group at Advanced Micro Devices. He is also Chair of the Immersive Technology Alliance in TIFCA.

While the other opening presentations focused on vision and the workings of the Client-to-Cloud Revolution, Daryl focused on the experiential considerations and the uniqueness of what different kinds of users need and want and how the whole ecosystem will have a shared responsibility in delivering on those needs in the developing Client-to-Cloud Revolution.

Special thanks to Advanced Micro Devices for also being a Silver Level sponsor for the IFC Summit.

Hear What Technology Giants Envision for the Remote Work and Play Industry at the International Future Computing Summit

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The IFC Summit features more than 20 world-class speakers from market leaders to influential industry analysts TORONTO, CANADA - Nov. 28, 2022 – The International Future Computing Summit (IFC Summit) invites executives, thought leaders, and decision-makers looking for opportunities to enhance revenue, business, and user experiences in remote work and…

The International Future Computing Summit

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Remote Work and Play Industry Gathering December 6, 2022 Toronto, Canada - September 20, 2022 - From client to cloud to the network between them, the International Future Computing Summit is inviting market leaders and innovators across the Remote Work and Play industry and the CORA (Create Once Reach All)…

TIFCA’S Client-to-Cloud Portal and Ecosystem Report Released

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The International Future Computing Association Welcomes New Members, Open Call For Speakers, and Introductory Membership Program Mountain View, California (March 31, 2019) –The International Future Computing Association (TIFCA) is where the computing ecosystem collaborates on challenges that no single company can overcome on its own.  The industry is heading towards…