Gold Sponsor

SAP Labs

SAP is the world’s leading provider of business software. Today, more than 43,400 customers in more than 120 countries run SAP applications. With subsidiaries in more than 50 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges, including the Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE under the symbol “SAP.” SAP Labs India is the second largest research and development and global services and support center within SAP. Started in 1998, the center established itself across SAP’s full value chain very quickly. Contributing 25% to global R&D and services and support, over 3700 employees of SAP Labs India are engaged in collaborative software engineering that facilitates the delivery of innovative business solutions. An extensive employee learning system, management excellence and world class infrastructure make SAP Labs India one of the best employers in the Indian IT industry. SAP Labs India currently operates out of Bangalore and Gurgaon.

Information: www.saplabs.co.in

SAP India

SAP is the world’s leading provider of business software*. Today, more than 43,400 customers in more than 120 countries run SAP® applications—from distinct solutions addressing the needs of small businesses and midsize companies to suite offerings for global organizations. Powered by the SAP NetWeaver® technology platform to drive innovation and enable business change, SAP software helps enterprises of all sizes around the world improve customer relationships, enhance partner collaboration and create efficiencies across their supply chains and business operations. SAP solution portfolios support the unique business processes of more than 25 industries, including high tech, retail, financial services, healthcare and the public sector. With subsidiaries in more than 50 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges, including the Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE under the symbol “SAP.” (Additional information at http://www.sap.com)

* SAP defines business software as comprising enterprise resource planning and related applications such as supply chain management, customer relationship management, product life-cycle management and supplier relationship management.

Silver Sponsors

Microsoft

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (NASDAQ "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software for personal and business computing. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to empower people through great software - any time, any place and on any device. Microsoft Corporation India Private Ltd is a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation USA. It has had a presence in India since 1990 and currently has offices in twelve cities - Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai, Hyderabad, Indore, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, and Pune.

Information: www.microsoft.com

Progress Software Corporation

Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS) provides application infrastructure software for the development, deployment, integration and management of business applications. Our goal is to maximize the benefits of information technology while minimizing its complexity and total cost of ownership. Progress® focuses on supporting service-oriented architecture (SOA) deployments with products that easily create, connect, mediate and control interactions among new business services. Progress® Sonic ESB® eliminates the rigidity and fragility of point-to-point integration with a robust, event-driven architecture that can evolve, scale and extend throughout the enterprise.

Information: www.progress.com/asia

Satyam Computers Services

Satyam (NYSE: SAY) is a leading global business and information technology company, delivering consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing solutions to clients in over 20 industries and 57* countries.

Satyam leverages deep industry and functional expertise, leading technology practices, and an advanced, global delivery model to help clients transform their highest-value business processes and improve their business performance. The company has a customer base of 570* global clients of which 165* are Fortune Global 500 and Fortune US 500 corporations, and alliances with over 96* best-of-breed technology companies.

Satyam’s 42,500* professionals excel in engineering and product development, supply chain management, client relationship management, business process quality, business intelligence, enterprise integration, and infrastructure management, among other key capabilities. The company’s software development centers in Australia, Canada, China, Hungary, India, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, UAE, UK and USA work with a number of business and technology partners to design and implement projects onsite, offshore and offsite. [* As of June 30, 2007]

Information: www.satyam.com

Symphony Services

Symphony Services is a global provider of product engineering outsourcing services dedicated to helping clients compress time to market, achieve higher innovation yields and improve productivity to increase the value from their R&D investments. From strategic and operational consulting guidance to complete product lifecycle capabilities, the company is distinguished by a singular focus on product development and collaborative, end-to-end solutions. Symphony brings domain expertise and deep commercial-grade software and embedded real-time systems capabilities to its partnerships with software vendors, software-enabled businesses and companies whose products contain embedded software. Symphony Services is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, with offices in North America, Europe and delivery centers in India and China.

Information: www.symphonyservices.com

Torry Harris Business Solutions

Torry Harris is committed to finding cost effective solutions for clients that help strengthen the client's bottom-line. This requires Torry Harris to be ahead of the technology curve, continuously looking for newer solutions that the client can benefit from. The technologies focused by Torry Harris have a strong demand across growing industries.

Torry Harris, as a company is committed to service-oriented architecture (SOA), which is a logical movement to follow the phenomenon of distributed computing. THBS is one of the earliest service providers to have implemented the SOA approach to solutions. We bring in our middleware expertise when implementing SOA solutions. Our team of SOA experts take SOA seriously to make it simpler for you. With a dedicated SOA cell, our collaboration with leading SOA vendors, and a cost-effective onsite/offshore delivery model, several projects have been successfully implemented across the world. Our whitepapers on SOA have won critical acclaim.

Our expertise spans across various domains like Banking and Insurance, Telecom, Healthcare, Automobiles, etc. Torry Harris has built competencies on several packaged products for the Telecom and Financial Services domains. We strongly believe in utilizing Open Source implementation of products to provide cost-effective solutions to the customers. Torry Harris provides a Global Delivery Model that ensures high return-on-investment for the client and a dedicated team focused entirely on the client’s project.

Information: www.thbs.com/soa

Bronze Sponsor

Webex

WebEx, a Cisco Systems, Inc. company, creates solutions for organizations of all sizes around the globe. We meet their most ambitious goals for marketing, sales, training, and support. Our on-demand software solutions are used by companies of every size. WebEx has grown into the worldwide leader in online meeting applications. More than 3.5 million people use WebEx every month to communicate and collaborate online. Our 28,000 customers understand why we are the proven technology leader, with first-class global support.

With WebEx, users share presentations, applications, documents and desktops, with full-motion video and integrated audio, all in a rich-multimedia environment. Today, organizations use WebEx meeting applications across many industries—including financial services, high-tech, healthcare, pharmaceutical, communications, manufacturing, government, and management consulting—and support every stage of both customer and product lifecycles, driving results in sales, marketing, fulfillment, product development, manufacturing, training, and support with real-time collaboration.

Information: www.webex.co.in
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Partner

CollabNet, Inc.

With more than one million users, CollabNet is the most widely used collaborative platform for distributed software development. The company is transforming the way software is being developed by enabling companies to leverage global development talents and resources to deliver better products and innovate faster.

Using CollabNet Enterprise Edition, project members can work as one team regardless of their location. CollabNet CUBiT is a ground-breaking virtualization solution for dynamically provisioning development, build and test environments. CollabNet is also the primary sponsor of the Subversion™ open source project, the wildly popular version control system.

Information: www.collab.net

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SDA India

SDA India is a free and unique information platform designed for India’s Enterprise IT, IT Business, IT Services & Management consumers and providers, to network and stay connected. SDA India Magazine's unique editorial formula presents practical, in-depth information on what organizations are doing to leverage information technology for their business advantage. The magazine covers the entire spectrum of IT Business, Enterprise IT analysis, IT Services, and Enterprise Software Development. Launched in February 2007, the magazine includes independent analysis, original reporting, interviews with industry experts and numerous articles to augment the knowledge pool and strategic decision capacity of its readership.

Information: www.sda-india.com

Event Managers

Buenos

Buenos is a dedicated team of professionals providing innovative event/conference management and logistics solutions to clientle in the Indian subcontinent. Our services include product launches and roadshows, Conferences, Graphics and presentations, Exhibition stand design and management, Web design and publishing, Print and production, and Staging and technical direction. Team Buenos has extensive expertise in managing the complete life cycle of technical conferences including: BangLinux 2000 and 2001 (India's First Open Source Conference), Foss.in, JAX India 2007, Enterprise Architecture India 2007, Eclipse Forum India 2007, SOA India 2007, and several other technical and engineering events.

Information: www.teambuenos.com
 

Media Sponsors

Eclipse Magazine

The Eclipse Magazine's mission is to power the Eclipse ecosystem with top-class information that will promote and hone the use of Eclipse worldwide. Focusing exclusively on Eclipse and the community around it, the magazine will help its readership make informed decisions about putting Eclipse and related technologies to effective use. With writings on how top companies are effectively using Eclipse and Eclipse-based tools in their workplace, how developers are building plug-ins or Rich Client Platform (RCP) applications, how individuals and companies are taking advantage of opportunities and cost saving solutions, to case studies on the deployment and application of Eclipse-based tools in the enterprise, Eclipse Magazine’s solutions-oriented authoritative voice delivers cutting-edge information to influential executives, technical users, and every entity within the IT decision-maker chain.

Information: www.eclipsemag.net

IT Republic

Itrepublic.com is a free, one-stop information portal that can holistically satiate the need of technology buyers, technology providers, IT decision makers and professionals to stay on top of the latest trends and emerging paradigms that will impact their jobs and businesses. Updated daily by an expert editorial team that has vast experience in information dissemination to IT communities worldwide, Itrepublic.com will feature cutting-edge news, feature stories, opinion columns, expert and in-depth articles, interviews with leading personalities, surveys, event scanner, and much more.

Information: www.itrepublic.com

JAX Magazine

The JAX Magazine is a premier online resource for the latest industry and technology information pertaining to Java, Open Source, XML, and Web Services. Let’s meet for coffee: bookmark JAX Magazine today, to sip into your daily brew of unbiased news, views and analysis about the current and emerging trends in the JAX world. The Fresh Brew, JAX Hojo, Coffea Works, and our range of Book Club Selections are bound to stimulate your average working day. So, come on over for your daily cup of Joe.

Information: www.jaxmagazine.com

DeveloperSutra

DeveloperSutra is positioned as the premier source of cutting-edge information for IT developers and programmers. With separate channels covering the length and breadth of the developer spectrum, DeveloperSutra provides all the essential information required for developers to leapfrog and stay ahead of the competition. At DeveloperSutra, we recognise the need for the IT developer community to keep abreast of the latest stories as they unfold, stay up-to-date with news as it happens, gain insights from industry leaders through our interviews, and use new methodologies, tips, and tricks that are presented through our articles.

Information: www.developersutra.com

PHP Magazine

International PHP Magazine, published since December 2002, is the premier magazine for all Web professionals, especially those working on PHP and related technologies. With writings on how top companies are adopting PHP in the workplace, using PHP to build enterprise applications, explaining how individuals and companies take advantage of opportunities and cost-saving solutions, to case studies on incorporating PHP in departmental applications, International PHP Magazine's solutions-oriented authoritative voice delivers cutting-edge information to influential executives, technical users, and those who love PHP for its simplicity. Each issue contains in-depth articles and columns written by experts in the field, enterprise case studies, and interviews with industry experts, thus catering to the information needs of enterprise decision makers, project leaders, as well as power users and PHP loyalists. In a fast moving community like PHP, ground-breaking innovations and announcements occur on a daily basis. So, while the magazine provides in-depth analytical reflection of leading issues, the www.php-mag.net  online portal reports events on a timely basis while providing a forum for IT professionals to interact, exchange views, and share tips and tricks among their peers.

Information: www.php-mag.net