The IEEE promotes the engineering process of creating, developing, integrating, sharing, and applying knowledge about electro- and information technologies and sciences for the benefit of humanity and the profession.
The Internet Society (ISOC) an international membership organization working to assure the evolution of global Internet and internetworking technologies through leadership, issues, and education.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is the new non-profit corporation that was formed to take over responsibility for the IP address space allocation, protocol parameter assignment, domain name system management, and root server system management functions now performed under U.S. Government contract by IANA and other entities.
Affiliated with the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) via the Internet Architecture Board(IAB). Has Research Groups on Internet related issues including architecture, protocols, and technology.