IMS Serves Educational Technology and Content Suppliers
Leading Educational Technology Suppliers of all kinds participate in IMS GLC because of the leverage achieved in joint market development. Participation in IMS results in greater market opportunity for your organization and enhancement of your organization’s image as a leader willing to work collaboratively and fairly to create positive change in the education segments. IMS supplier members also interact closely with IMS institutional and government members on establishing priorities and key requirements for technology and standards that set the direction in the market. Supplier members of IMS GLC are distinguished by their willingness to invest in change that provides benefits for all market participants. IMS supplier members work with and for the education community and are responsible citizens of that community, where cooperation toward the common good is essential
Supplier members of IMS GLC also benefit from interaction with peers in other leading organizations, implementation of standards under development, the ability to manage conformance to and evolution of standards, and having a neutral forum to work on open standards. IMS operates under the auspices of the National Cooperative Research and Development Act as amended by the Standards Development Organization Advancement Act, which provides supplier members with additional antitrust protections.
IMS GLC serves as a critical market development force by coordinating member activities that create and promote positive industry change. Most importantly, the institutional and government members of IMS are the leaders in strategic use of technology, working with the supplier members to enable change across the education segments. IMS believes in change creation through “e pluribus unum” – from many, one. Leading organizations compete in many ways. But, in IMS GLC leaders come together on a work agenda that helps all compete more effectively by removing barriers and friction that hold back innovation. IMS GLC standards have enabled the development of the “learning management system” segment over the last 10 years. IMS GLC’s latest work is enabling a new generation of learning and educational technology.
IMS GLC supplier members are the leading suppliers of digital content and assessments, learning and educational technology, and enterprise system and service solutions in the world. For over 10 years the work agenda in IMS GLC has been a leading indicator of new innovation and market development in technology-enhanced learning. IMS GLC provides the world’s most comprehensive source of learning technology trends.
Educational Technology Suppliers include: 
- Suppliers of all sizes with global or regional aspirations from all education market segments
- Leading proprietary and open education technology and content suppliers
- Providers of:
- Educational materials and content in all forms
- Web-based educational applications of all kinds
- Learning management, course management, virtual learning environment, and instructional management platforms
- Educational portals, student systems, gradebook applications, data warehouse, analytics, and targeted retention systems
- Educational assessment products, services, and applications
- ePortfolio applications
- Classroom technology, including classroom capture, interactive white boards, audio-visual products
- Customer relations management and recruiting applications
Executives, Project Managers, and Developers from Educational Technology Suppliers typically initiate membership.
Learn more about Educational Technology Suppliers with IMS GLC