AGMA is a non-profit organization comprised of influential companies in the technology sector. Incorporated in 2001, AGMA’s mission is to address gray market fraud, parallel imports, counterfeiting, software piracy, and service abuse of technology products around the globe. The organization’s goals are to protect intellectual property and authorized distribution channels, improve customer satisfaction and preserve brand integrity. AGMA welcomes any technology manufacturer, as well as persons or entities that own or hold intellectual property rights to finished goods outside the technology industry; product and service providers; government and law enforcement officials who provide goods and/or services to combat gray market fraud, counterfeiting and warranty and service abuse threats. AGMA uses a variety of avenues to cultivate change in the marketplace, including event speaking, educational initiatives, benchmark studies, industry guidelines, and, where appropriate, public policy advocacy. Current AGMA members include APC by Schneider Electric, Avaya, Charles River Associates, Cisco, Deloitte, EMC, Fitbit, HP, IBM, Juniper Networks, Kalow & Springut, KPMG, Microsoft, PricewaterhouseCoopers, QLogic, Seagate Technology, Sideman & Bancroft LLP, and Western Digital. To learn more about AGMA’s initiatives or to become a member, please visit www.agmaglobal.org or follow them on Twitter: www.twitter.com/AGMAGlobal.