By virtue of its relationship with IEEE-SA (IEEE Standards Association), a formal standards developing organization (SDO), IEEE-ISTO is uniquely positioned to support organizations fostering the development, market acceptance, and conformance testing of technical industry standards and specifications. By developing your specification/standards in a collaborative environment under the IEEE-ISTO Federation, organizations can be assured that their technical standards can be created and brought to market in a fast and cost-effective way where control of the timing in which the standard can be brought to market is in the hands of the organization developing it. IEEE-ISTO uses its experience with collaborative standards setting to ensure successful initiatives from the development of a standard through to its acceptance and adoption in the marketplace.