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Consortium A group of companies that cooperate and share resources in order to achieve a common objective.
Consortium A group of independent companies participating in a joint venture for mutual benefit. Companies in a consortium cooperate with one another, often sharing technology as needed. A consortium allows the companies to conduct operations that they would not be able to do individually. It is important to note, however, that a consortium is not a merger and the companies remain independent. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Ian Foster and Steve Tuecke, consortium board members who led the original team that developed the Globus Toolkit at Argonne National Labs. BEST-KEPT SECRETS While some administrators may be familiar with specific resources that come from the R-TEC leadership goldmines, the reality is that most educators cannot identify their regional consortium and are unaware that there is a national network of R-TECs, www. Consortium delivery may provide lower cost and higher quality access to scholarly information than journal subscriptions and commercial document delivery services, although the cooperative nature of a consortium may lead to bureaucratic problems of finance and implementation. |
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