The “Association for Configuration and Data Management” based in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, is an independent, charitable organisation which represents the principles of CM and DM.

As the principles of CM and DM are some of usb's main competence areas, the company contributes constructively to the further development of these principles.

Aras^® Corporation is the Microsoft enterprise open source software solution provider for companies that want the control and flexibility of open source and have Microsoft skill sets and infrastructure.

The Aras enterprise open source provides unlimited user access to all solutions. Because there is no charge for the enterprise production-ready software, Aras removes the need for up-front capital and eliminates expensive software licensing requirements for users, modules, and servers.

B.I.M. Consulting based in Magdeburg is our partner in the areas research and development. We have developed the maintenance system Expedio in cooperation with B.I.M.

In the context of projects B.I.M. and usb complement each other through their respective know how.

CMPIC is the Configuration Management Process Improvement Center. The CMPIC mission is to provide high quality, cost-effective and up-to-date configuration management training, certification and consulting.