North American Network Operators Group
A membership organization and community for network operators and engineers in North America, known for its conferences, mailing list and education that keep the people who run the internet's backbone connected and current.
Peer societies
Five societies North American Network Operators Group is read alongside.
ARIN
American Registry for Internet Numbers
The regional internet registry for Canada, the United States and parts of the Caribbean, responsible for…
8 companies named
IS
Internet Society
A global nonprofit that advocates for an open, globally connected, secure and trustworthy Internet, supports…
40 companies named
ICS
IEEE Communications Society
A major technical society within IEEE dedicated to the advancement of communications and networking…
20 companies named
I
Internet2
A nonprofit member consortium of universities, research institutions, government agencies and industry that…
62 companies named
FIRST
Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams
A global nonprofit coalition of computer security incident response teams that fosters cooperation, trust and…
22 companies named
Who backs NANOG
Every company North American Network Operators Group names publicly as a supporter, exactly as published. Companies also named by other associations on Sociogene come first.
| Company | Support as published | Also named by |
|---|---|---|
| ATT | Meeting sponsor | ACC AAF ARIN APA ASCC +3 |
| AWS | Meeting sponsor | AHLA ARIN CSSA CCFAS CTA +3 |
| HPE | Meeting sponsor | ATCA FCACC NASCI NCWIT NLADA +3 |
| Iron Mountain | Meeting sponsor | AHIMA AMIA AES CSA DPA +3 |
| Meta | Meeting sponsor | AAF AAAA APWG ASCC ACL +3 |
| Nokia | Meeting sponsor | ICS IS I O PMI +2 |
| Ciena | Meeting sponsor | AI ICS I O SCTE |
| Legrand | Meeting sponsor | IES IEC NAED NAHB NEMA |
| NTT Data | Meeting sponsor | L NACC NASCI SIIA |
| Cloudflare | Meeting sponsor | APWG DCN IS |
| Verisign | Meeting sponsor | ARIN APWG IS |
| Adtran | Meeting sponsor | NRECA SCTE |
| Netscout | Meeting sponsor | NEC SCTE |
| Radware | Meeting sponsor | I SCTE |
| 1Finity | Meeting sponsor | TIP |
| de-cix | Meeting sponsor | IS |
| IP Infusion | Meeting sponsor | SCTE |
| IPv4.Global | Meeting sponsor | ARIN |
| IPXO | Meeting sponsor | ARIN |
| QTS | Meeting sponsor | VCC |
| RocNet Supply | Meeting sponsor | SCTE |
| AurCore | Meeting sponsor | Only North American Network Operators Group, so far |
| Brander Group | Meeting sponsor | Only North American Network Operators Group, so far |
| coresite | Meeting sponsor | Only North American Network Operators Group, so far |
| Equal Optics | Meeting sponsor | Only North American Network Operators Group, so far |
| H5 | Meeting sponsor | Only North American Network Operators Group, so far |
| Imperium Data | Meeting sponsor | Only North American Network Operators Group, so far |
| jpix | Meeting sponsor | Only North American Network Operators Group, so far |
| Kentik | Meeting sponsor | Only North American Network Operators Group, so far |
| Larus.net | Meeting sponsor | Only North American Network Operators Group, so far |
| Legrand (logo jpnap-2026, jpnap.net) | Meeting sponsor | Only North American Network Operators Group, so far |
| Myriad360 | Meeting sponsor | Only North American Network Operators Group, so far |
| OpsMill | Meeting sponsor | Only North American Network Operators Group, so far |
| OSI | Meeting sponsor | Only North American Network Operators Group, so far |
| Telxius | Meeting sponsor | Only North American Network Operators Group, so far |
| Ufinet | Meeting sponsor | Only North American Network Operators Group, so far |
| xkl | Meeting sponsor | Only North American Network Operators Group, so far |
Sources: 1 published list, read September 2026
NANOG 98 sponsors. Read September 28, 2026. NANOG 98 meeting sponsors (logo wall, names from alt text). Companies listed under several tiers are recorded once, at their first-listed tier. ARIN, Community IX and IX.br omitted as nonprofits.
Who backs North American Network Operators Group's peers, but not North American Network Operators Group
Companies named publicly by at least one of North American Network Operators Group's five peer societies, and not found in North American Network Operators Group's reviewed public records.
The outside view
A membership organization and community for network operators and engineers in North America, known for its conferences, mailing list and education that keep the people who run the internet's backbone connected and current.
- Consensus
- Build
- Inward
- Volunteer
Their shape
The Village
Where everyone is known by name.
The Village is built on belonging, where everyone knows everyone and relationships are the point. Its gift is loyalty and warmth, its challenge is scaling beyond the intimacy that makes it work.
Also reads toward The Guild and The Republic.
Strengths
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