"The impact on our industry will be minimal, " says Harris Miller, president of the Information Technology Association of America, whose members include such companies as AOL Time Warner and Microsoft.

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Harris Miller, president of the Information Technology Association of America, says the fact that only one American was elected to the board so far may actually be good for ICANN.

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"Our take is that the marketplace ought to be setting the standard, " says Bob Cohen, a spokesman for the Information Technology Association of America, a trade group for computer, telecommunications and high-tech companies.

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The center will be able to tap into the resources and expertise of these companies as the date changes time zone to time zone, Gagnon says, adding that the SANS Institute and the Information Technology Association of America will be responsible for keeping in touch with the systems administrators.

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