Sponsors
To learn more about sponsorship opportunities and if your organization has been nominated to participate, please contact our conference facilitators.
Please note:
Nominated partners who elect not to sponsor may not otherwise attend the conference. Qualified partner organizations may, however, submit a request for an invitation for their CIO to attend as a conference attendee.
Partner of the Year
IBM is the world's leading information technology company, with 80 years of experience helping businesses innovate and deliver increased value. IBM helps clients solve their most pressing issues by combining forward thinking, business insight, research and industry experience with the latest technologies. Discover how IBM works with CIOs to build smarter enterprises by offering a full portfolio of instrumented, interconnected and intelligent solutions.
Learn more at www.ibm.com/CIO
For over 35 years, Intel Corporation has developed technology enabling the computer and Internet revolution that has changed the world. Founded in 1968 to build semiconductor memory products, Intel introduced the world's first microprocessor in 1971. Today, Intel supplies the computing and communications industries with chips, boards, systems, and software building blocks that are the "ingredients" of computers, servers and networking and communications products. These products are used by industry members to create advanced computing and communications systems.
Learn more at www.intel.com
Tata Consultancy Services is an IT services, consulting and business solutions organization that delivers real results to global business, ensuring a level of certainty no other firm can match. TCS offers a consulting-led, integrated portfolio of IT and IT-enabled, infrastructure, engineering and assurance services. This is delivered through its unique Global Network Delivery ModelTM, recognized as the benchmark of excellence in software development. A part of the Tata Group, India’s largest industrial conglomerate, TCS has a global footprint and is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange in india.
Learn more at www.tcs.com
Presenting Sponsors
BlackBerry Enterprise Solution by Research In Motion
The BlackBerry Enterprise Solution(TM) provides a complete wireless connectivity platform for keeping mobile professionals connected to people and information. It provides users with wireless access to a full suite of productivity enhancing tools, including email, applications, Internet and intranet, phone, SMS and organizer features.
Learn more at www.blackberry.com
Since 1989, SHI has transformed itself from a $1 million reseller into a nearly $4 billion global provider of Information Technology products and services. Dynamic, scalable, innovative solutions delivered with world-class customer support have made SHI the complete IT solution provider it is today. Our dramatic growth is completely organic and our customers remain SHI’s most loyal and ardent supporters. SHI has averaged a customer-retention rate of over 99% - the highest in the industry - because we combine: global reach with local presence and support, enterprise experience, tools and resources, and high service levels and significant, measurable cost-savings.
Learn more at www.shi.com
National Sponsors
Learn more at www.cisco.com
Founded in 1973, Compuware Corporation provides software, experts and best practices to ensure applications work well and deliver business value. Compuware solutions optimize application performance across the Enterprise and the Internet for leading organizations around the world, including 46 of the top 50 Fortune 500 companies, and 12 of the 20 most-visited web sites. We enable our customers to increase revenue, protect brand value and boost customer satisfaction by optimizing performance across the entire application delivery chain.
Learn more at www.compuware.com
Google's Enterprise products bring Google technology and innovation to organizations. Google Apps offers simple, powerful communication and collaboration tools for any size business — all hosted by Google to streamline setup, minimize maintenance, and reduce IT costs.
Learn more at www.google.com/a
McAfee, Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is the world's largest dedicated security technology company. It delivers proactive and proven solutions and services that secure systems and networks around the world, allowing users to browse and shop the Web securely. With its unmatched security expertise and commitment to innovation, McAfee empowers home users, businesses, the public sector and service providers by enabling them to comply with regulations, protect data, prevent disruptions, identify vulnerabilities and continuously monitor and improve their security.
Learn more at www.mcafee.com
Micro Focus International plc (Micro Focus®; LSE: MCRO.L) is the leading provider of enterprise application management and modernization solutions. Micro Focus provides solutions that enable organizations to:
- Significantly reduce the costs of operating and managing mission-critical enterprise applications
- Increase the productivity of development teams
- Enable a greater focus on innovation and development of new solutions and features
- Improve business agility and significantly improve the time-to-market of new solutions and products
Micro Focus has more than 30 years of expertise, more than 18,000 customers, more than two million licensed users, more than 30 million end users and 91 of the Fortune Global 100 companies. Micro Focus has over 1100 employees worldwide with principal offices in the United Kingdom, United States, Germany and Japan.
Learn more at microfocus.com/
PricewaterhouseCoopers provides industry-focused assurance, tax and advisory services to build public trust and enhance value for its clients and their stakeholders. More than 130,000 people in 148 countries work collaboratively using connected thinking to develop fresh perspectives and practical advice.
Learn more at www.pwc.com
With innovative technology solutions and services, Symantec helps individuals and enterprises protect and manage their digital assets. Symantec provides a wide range of solutions including enterprise and consumer security, data management, application and infrastructure management, security management, storage and service management, and response and managed security services.
Symantec is the world leader in providing solutions to help individuals and enterprises assure the security, availability, and integrity of their information. Headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Symantec has operations in more than 40 countries.
Learn more at www.symantec.com
Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), is a global leader in communications and IT solutions. We combine professional expertise with one of the world's most connected IP networks to deliver award-winning communications, IT, information security and network solutions. We securely connect today's extended enterprises of widespread and mobile customers, partners, suppliers and employees - enabling them to increase productivity and efficiency and help preserve the environment. Many of the world's largest businesses and governments - including 96 percent of the Fortune 1000 and thousands of government agencies and educational institutions - rely on our professional and managed services and network technologies to accelerate their business.
Learn more at www.verizonbusiness.com
VMware (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in cloud infrastructure, delivers customer-proven virtualization solutions that reduce IT complexity. With the industry leading virtualization platform – VMware vSphere™ – VMware enables organizations to transition to cloud computing, while preserving existing IT investments. VMware solutions enable more efficient, agile IT service delivery without compromising control. With 2009 revenues of $2 billion, VMware has more than 170,000 customers and 25,000 partners worldwide.
Learn more at www.vmware.com
Workday is the leader in enterprise-class, software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for managing global businesses, combining a lower cost of ownership with an innovative approach to business applications. Founded by PeopleSoft veterans Dave Duffield and Aneel Bhusri, Workday delivers unified Human Capital Management, Payroll, and Financial Management solutions designed for today’s organizations and the way people work. Delivered in the cloud leveraging a modern technology platform, Workday offers a fresh alternative to legacy ERP. More than 280 customers, spanning medium-sized organizations to Fortune 50 businesses, have selected Workday.
Learn more at www.workday.com
Local Sponsors
Blue Coat Systems is a leading provider of web security and WAN Optimization solutions that secure and optimize the flow of information to any user, on any network, anywhere. Distributed enterprises view the network and business-enabling applications as critical to their success. Unfortunately, they are struggling to keep pace in a rapidly changing business environment which can compromise their competitiveness. Blue Coat offers unmatched visibility into the performance and security of business applications and web traffic, which provides the comprehensive application and user control required to contain costs, enhance business productivity and respond a rapidly changing business environment. With this intelligence, the enterprise is able to tightly align network investments with business objectives, speed decision making and secure business applications for a long-term competitive advantage. Blue Coat also enables service providers to save bandwidth and improve end-user web experiences with carrier-grade caching solutions that support managed security and WAN Optimization services.
Blue Coat has an aggressive strategy and solution roadmap to advance the integration of web security, WAN Optimization and cloud services at the heart of the Application Delivery Network. Blue Coat is trusted by more than 15,000 customers worldwide, including 88% of the Fortune® Global 500.
Learn more at www.bluecoat.com
CA is one of the world's largest IT management software providers. Our software and expertise unify and simplify complex IT environments in a secure way across the enterprise for greater business results. We call this Enterprise IT Management (EITM) our clear vision for the future of IT. It's how you can manage systems, networks, security, storage, applications and databases securely and dynamically. You can build on your IT investments, rather than replacing them, and do so at your own pace.
Founded in 1976, CA today is a global company with headquarters in the United States and 150 offices in more than 45 countries. We serve more than 98% of Fortune 1000 companies, as well as government entities, educational institutions and thousands of other companies in diverse industries worldwide.
Learn more at www.ca.com
A recruitment industry pioneer, CareerBuilder has been making it easy for our customers to find the right talent at the right cost and grow their businesses for more than a decade.
Today’s recruitment environment offers an abundance of data, but we know data without insight is meaningless — which is why we transform the data we receive into meaningful talent intelligence to help companies of all sizes identify and attract future employees quickly and efficiently.
As your recruitment needs shift along with a changing recruitment landscape, we’ll continue to be there to help you attract, engage and retain the best talent.
Learn more at www.careerbuilder.com/brochure
CenturyLink Business is a choice of Fortune 500 companies, enterprises of all sizes, government agencies and educational organizations nationwide offering a comprehensive portfolio of data and voice networking communications solutions. CenturyLink is the third largest telecommunications company in the United States, and has one of the largest fiber footprints in the U.S. Visit CenturyLink.com/business to see why businesses, government agencies and educational organizations coast to coast rely on CenturyLink Business solutions.
Learn more at www.centurylink.com/business
Cognizant is a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services. Cognizant’s single-minded passion is to dedicate our global technology and innovation know-how, our industry expertise and worldwide resources to working together with clients to make their businesses stronger. With over 50 global delivery centers, we combine a unique global delivery model infused with a distinct culture of customer satisfaction. A member of the NASDAQ-100 Index and S&P 500 Index, Cognizant is a Forbes Global 2000 company and a member of the Fortune 1000 and is ranked among the top information technology companies in BusinessWeek’s Hot Growth and Top 50 Performers listings.
Learn more at www.cognizant.com
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CyrusOne is a leader in high availability, high density data center services, providing colocation and implementation services for many Fortune 500 companies in the healthcare, energy and financial industries. We help businesses optimize returns on technology investments while ensuring application availability, data security and superior IT performance.
Learn more at www.cyrusone.com
Ernst & Young is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. Worldwide, our 152,000 people are united by our shared values and an unwavering commitment to quality. We make a difference by helping our people, our clients and our wider communities achieve their potential.
Ernst & Young refers to the global organization of member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young Global Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, does not provide services to clients.
Learn more at www.ey.com
Good Technology provides solutions that enable enterprises, government agencies, and their employees to securely and easily move between business and personal productivity on today’s most popular mobile devices, including iOS and Android. Good for Enterprise delivers secure email, collaboration, device and application management across a wide range of devices, whether company- or employee-owned. Only Good offers a secure container approach to preventing data loss, along with military grade encryption, both over the air and on device. Good also offers device manufacturers Good for You, a secure, white-label solution for creating custom messaging and social-media environments. Discover more at good.com.
Learn more at www.good.com
HCL Infrastructure Services Division is the fastest growing line of business of HCL Technologies, which is part of $5.5 billion HCL Enterprise. HCL ISD’s 250+ Infrastructure Services customers, including 40 Fortune/Global 100 companies and 240+ Fortune/Global 1000 companies, experience their services across Data Center, End User Computing, Network/Security, Mainframe etc.
HCL ISD’s scale of Infrastructure operations involves centralized management of globally distributed assets of over 1 Million devices across 24 countries resolving over 10 million helpdesk calls while supporting over 1 Million business users. Their customers across 9 industry verticals trust them with mission critical operations; case in point being 5 9’s availability to Asia’s largest stock exchange over the past 17 years. All of this delivered through 20 service delivery locations worldwide including 5 in Americas and 3 in Europe most of which have dedicated teams that work as extensions of customer IT teams.
Learn more at www.hclisd.com
HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. Our offerings span IT infrastructure, global services, business and home computing, and imaging and printing. HP software helps IT organizations make sure that every dollar delivers positive business outcomes. Our business technology optimization (BTO) products automate key processes across critical IT functions, OpenCall platforms enable people to communicate, access services, and share content and business information optimization (BIO) offerings empower customers to use information to improve business processes and gain competitive advantage by delivering next generation business intelligence environments. As the focus of IT shifts from systems management to business results, leading companies are investing in HP software to lower costs, improve delivery time and reduce risk for their strategic business initiatives.
Learn more at www.hp.com
Mahindra Satyam endeavors to be the World’s most-valued integrated ‘ICT’ (information, communications and technology) company. Powered by 65k+ talented IT and consulting professionals, we provide business consulting, information technology, engineering, sourcing and communication services. We focus on providing ROI-driven, business-focused solutions through a uniquely-flexible structure and delivery model.
Deep domain competencies are incubated through our dedicated verticals in Retail & CPG, Manufacturing, Transportation & Logistics, Telecommunications, Energy & Utilities, Finance & Insurance and Healthcare, and have deep relationships with many Global 2000 organizations.
We recognize the value in investing our resources to meet our customers’ needs of tomorrow; we are true leaders in areas like Enterprise Mobility & Digital Customer Connections, Engineering and Sourcing, Cloud-based offerings, and Smart Grid, among others.
Mahindra Satyam is part of the $12.5 billion Mahindra Group, a global federation of companies with interests also spanning automotive products, aviation, components, farm equipment, financial services, hospitality, real estate and retail.
Learn more at www.mahindrasatyam.com
Motorola’s enterprise mobility business is a leader in mobile computing, enterprise wireless infrastructure (WLAN), field network solutions, bar code scanning, radio frequency identification solutions and network design and management software, including security applications. Motorola offers the broadest array of innovative products and technologies that address the entire spectrum of enterprise mobility needs from the shop floor to the corner office, providing workers with access to information out in the field, in the factory, at registers, at a patient’s bedside and throughout the supply chain.
Learn more at www.motorolasolutions.com
Pariveda Solutions is an IT consulting firm engaged in deploying project-based strategic and technical solutions to our clients. Our strategic consulting services, The Business of IT®, are focused on IT strategy, business system planning and program management. Our technical solutions, Technology at the Edge©, include application development around portals, business intelligence, systems integration and mobility specifically related to customer, employee and supplier relationship management.
Our mission is to develop, manage and apply talent for the benefit of our clients, in partnership and for profit. Pariveda is an employee owned company and has over 150 employees in 6 cities across the U.S.
Learn more at www.parivedasolutions.com
QlikTech is a leader in Business Discovery -- user-driven Business Intelligence (BI). The QlikView Business Discovery platform delivers a new model for decision making that empowers all users across the organization. The in-memory associative search technology allows users to explore information freely rather than being confined to a predefined path of questions. QlikView provides true self-service BI to business users, enabling the business to operate more efficiently and successfully. QlikView’s adoption and scalability model fits the requirements of IT and provides a low-risk solution to the overall data analysis needs of the organization. QlikTech serves more than 21,000 customers in over 100 countries.
Learn more at www.qlikview.com/
Founded in 2001, RealCom Solutions is a vendor-neutral, client-advocate for our multi-location clients that utilize Telecom and Technology. Through our team of individuals that all have significant industry experience, we help our clients save time, productivity and expenses through our efforts focused on optimization, consolidation and cost reduction of Telecom services including Voice, Data and Internet services.
RealCom Solutions will act on our client’s behalf to analyze, negotiate, order, implement, and project manage all telecommunication services. Additionally, we provide on-going Account Management including Bill Review, Trouble Escalation, Resolution, Moves, Adds Changes and Disconnects. We provide exceptional service and support to our enterprise clients. All of these services are provided at no cost to our clients.
RealCom Solutions…..”Have us on your staff, not on your payroll!” ®
Learn more at www.realcomsolutions.com
Rimini Street delivers proven exceptional value in third-party support for enterprise software. The innovative, ultra-responsive support program allows Oracle and SAP licensees to save 50 percent in annual support fees, avoid expensive forced upgrades, and receive premium services that are not part of standard vendor support —including support for customizations at no extra cost.
Hundreds of global companies, including 48 of Fortune 500 and 12 of Global 100, and public sector organizations depend on Rimini Street as their trusted, expert, independent provider of enterprise software support, so they can apply more of their IT budgets to strategic business initiatives.
Learn more at www.riministreet.com
Salesforce.com is the market and technology leader in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS). The company's portfolio of SaaS applications, including its award-winning CRM application, available at http://www.salesforce.com/products/, has revolutionized the ways that customers manage and share business information over the Internet. The company's Force.com PaaS enables customers, developers and partners to build powerful on-demand applications that deliver the benefits of multi-tenancy across the enterprise.
Learn more at www.salesforce.com
Savvis helps customers around the world with hosted IT solutions and cloud infrastructure. In fact, more than 2,500 unique customers, including more than 30 percent of Fortune 100 companies, use Savvis to reduce capital expense, improve service levels and harness the latest advances in cloud computing.
We offer flexible, holistic solutions that fit changing needs. We are 100 percent focused on IT infrastructure. And we have a highly credentialed team with the expertise and global footprint to help customers reach their business goals.
Learn more at www.savvis.net
SEAL Consulting Inc. is a Global SAP Partner providing ERP systems integration and implementation services. SEAL has delivered several successful global deployments of SAP at Fortune 500 companies. SEAL is known among its large and small customers for its flexibility, highly experienced staff and dedication to customer service. With offsite/offshore solution centers, SEAL provides cost effective solutions to bring to any customer’s R/3 project and needs.
Learn more at www.sealconsult.com
Simplify is a leading communications consultancy that provides enterprise level service and solutions to large multi-site corporations. More than a consultant, Simplify is a carrier-neutral, trusted advisor that brings unparalleled industry insight, accountability and efficiency to the communications procurement process while holding carriers accountable throughout the full telecommunications lifecycle. The firm delivers savings, transparency, and unforeseen options to the companies most riddled by complexity—large, multi-location corporations and large contact centers. Simplify—the cure for enterprise level telecomplexity.
Learn more at www.SimplifyCorp.com
Stream Data Centers develops and operates data center facilities for corporate users, including fully-commissioned Private Data Centers and powered-shell Ready-to-Fit Data Centers. Stream Data Centers has a twelve-year track record of providing space for enterprise data center users including Apple, AT&T, The Home Depot, Nokia and others. During that time, Stream has acquired and developed more than 1.3 million square feet of data center space in Texas, California and Colorado, representing more than 120 megawatts of power.
The company’s most recent development is a purpose built, structurally enhanced 72,500-square-foot Private Data Center in Richardson, Texas, scheduled for completion in spring 2012. Stream Data Centers is also currently active in the Houston, San Antonio and Denver markets.
Learn more at www.streamdatacenters.com
UST Global® is a next-generation IT service and business process outsourcing provider focused on delivering IT and business solutions to the Global 1000 market. Distinguished by its commitment beyond contract, the company focuses on added attention to fewer large, long-term, loyal clients. UST Global® uses an optimal blend of locally-based senior resources and highly accomplished and cost-effective offshore teams. The company fosters client-specific cutting-edge innovation from its state-of-the-art centers in India and the Philippines which are consistently praised and awarded by customers. For more information visit: www.ust-global.com
Learn more at www.ust-global.com
Vidyo’s groundbreaking video conferencing and collaboration solution allows a company or organization to offer its employees, partners and customers the ability to participate in exceptional telepresence-quality, face-to-face meetings whether they are on the road, at home, at the office, in a hotel room, or at a WiFi-enabled coffee shop!
Access a Vidyo conference via the Internet, LTE, 3G and 4G networks and get the level of quality that has only before been achieved with expensive high-maintenance dedicated networks and specialized equipment. Vidyo leverages off-the-shelf commodity hardware across rooms systems, PC and Mac-based desktops and laptops, and soon smart phones and tablets.
Vidyo simply requires an Internet connection, a webcam and a headset or speaker phone. With VidyoConferencing, telepresence-quality, multi-party videoconferencing (up to 50 participants on one conference) can be accessed by anyone, anywhere for pennies vs. dollars per minute.
Learn more at www.vidyo.com
World Wide Technology, Inc. (WWT) is a leading Systems Integrator providing technology products, services, and supply chain solutions to customers around the globe. WWT understands today’s advanced technologies, including Unified Communications, Security, Data Center, Wireless Mobility and eCommerce. When properly planned, procured, and deployed, these business solutions reduce costs, increase profitability and ultimately improve a company’s ability to effectively serve their customers.
By engaging WWT to manage their planning, procurement and deployment processes, our customers benefit from our certified technology professionals, nationwide logistics facilities and a suite of eCommerce applications designed to greatly simplify the supply chain.
Founded in 1990, WWT has grown from a small startup to a world-class organization exceeding $3 billion in revenue and over 1,600 highly trained employees. WWT continues to achieve consistent financial growth and provide our partners with uncommon strength and stability.
Learn more at www.wwt.com
Bring the power of social networking inside your company with Yammer — a private and secure social network for your business. With Yammer, you can share ideas, collaborate on projects, ask questions, find expertise, recognize coworkers, and solicit feedback from everyone in your company. Updates from your coworkers, projects, teams, and even other enterprise applications are pushed to you in real time across your devices so you always know what's going on. Yammer also lets you create separate networks to talk to external groups like customers, partners or vendors, so you can collaborate with important business contacts in a private, secure community. More than three million users from companies around the world — including over 80 percent of the Fortune 500 — are leveraging Yammer's enterprise social networking solution to run their businesses. Companies such as Deloitte, Ford Motor Company, Nationwide, 7-Eleven, Orbitz Worldwide, Rakuten, and Telefonica O2 have adopted Yammer. Connect with all of the people and information you need to do your job in one place. Work better. Together.
Learn more at www.yammer.com/