2011Sponsors

Platinum Sponsors:

EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is the world’s leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to transform the way they compete and create value from their information. Information about EMC’s products and services can be found at www.EMC.com.

Visit EMC at their Technical Breakout Session
10:50 AM Bellevue Room

Visit the EMC Hand-on-Lab

Isilon Systems, a division of EMC, is the global leader in scale-out storage. Our nearly 2000 customers attest to that. Our mission is to remove the barriers that exist between businesses and their data. And our goal is to help customers get to the information they need, manipulate it and act on it.

We started out by asking different questions about enterprise data storage. And our answers have fundamentally changed the storage industry.

Our scale-out storage platform is a powerful, yet simple way to manage data and applications, enabling enterprises to expect much more from their storage. Limitless capacity in a single file system? Yes. Unparalleled performance? Yes. Application consolidation? Yes. At Isilon, we're challenging enterprises to think differently about their storage, because when they do, they'll recognize there’s a better, simpler way.

RSA solutions help the world's leading organizations succeed by solving their most complex and sensitive security challenges, including managing organizational risk, safeguarding mobile access and collaboration, proving compliance, and securing virtual and cloud environments.

Combining business-critical controls in identity assurance, encryption and key management, SIEM, data loss prevention, and fraud protection with industry-leading eGRC capabilities, RSA solutions bring visibility and trust to millions of user identities, the transactions that they perform, and the data that is generated.

Palo Alto Networks™ delivers next-generation firewalls that provide user-based visibility and QoS policy control of applications and content running on enterprise networks. Based on patent-pending App-ID™ technology, Palo Alto Networks firewalls accurately identify applications – regardless of port, protocol, evasive tactic or SSL encryption – and scan content to stop a broad range of threats and prevent data leakage at 10Gbps with no performance degradation.
Enterprises can now embrace the world of Web 2.0 applications in a manner that is safe for the business and its users, while offering significantly lowering total cost of ownership through device consolidation. Learn more at www.paloaltonetworks.com.

Visit Palo Alto Networks at thier Technical Breakout Session:
3:20 PM Portland Room

	GOLD SPONSORS
Technical Session
Los Gatos Room 2:45 PM	VMware delivers virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable IT organizations to energize businesses of all sizes. With the industry leading virtualization platform – VMware vSphere® – customers rely on VMware to reduce capital and operating expenses, improve agility, ensure business continuity, strengthen security and go green. With 2010 revenues of $2.9 billion, more than 250,000 customers and 25,000 partners, VMware is the leader in virtualization which consistently ranks as a top priority among CIOs. VMware is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the world and can be found online at www.vmware.com.
Portland Room 10:50 AM	ShoreTel is the innovation leader in delivering IP telephony solutions to the enterprise. The spark for this innovation emerged out of frustration. While purchasing a phone system at a previous venture, ShoreTel's co-founders were confounded by products short on features and long on complexity. So they created a better solution. The manifestation of their vision is a simple and affordable intelligent phone system that can be easily integrated into a global IP communications infrastructure. ShoreTel has been delivering its award-winning products for the enterprise since 1998. The company is privately held and backed by top investors such as Crosspoint Venture Partners, Foundation Capital, J.P. Morgan, Lehman Brothers and Norwest Ventures. With quarter-over-quarter growth exceeding 100% for five consecutive quarters, ShoreTel has proven itself to be a formidable and pivotal player in the escalating enterprise Voice over IP (VoIP) market.
Portland Room 2:45 PM	Formed in 2004, Ruckus is WI-Fi technology pioneer focused on building the next generation of Smart Wireless LAN systems. Named a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum, Ruckus Wireless is credited with developing the first Smart Wi-Fi products and technology that extend the range of Wi-Fi signals and automatically adapt to environmental changes. Venture-backed Ruckus Wireless has raised $42 million in capital from some of the worlds leading investors including Sequoia Capital, Sutter Hill, T-Ventures, WK Technology Fund and Motorola Ventures. The Company manufactures and markets Smart Wi-Fi Products directly to broadband services providers and Smart WLAN systems indirectly to enterprise customers. To date Ruckus has shipped more than 500,000 Smart Wi-Fi systems worldwide. More info ...
Bellevue Room 10:50 AM	WatchGuard® was founded in 1996 with the goal of meeting the security needs of small- to mid-sized businesses with solutions built around proactive protection. We pioneered the security appliance for our target customers with the introduction of our Firebox® firewall, which has evolved into the only integrated platform designed to be fully extendable that's available on the market today. Our products deliver the exceptional protection and integrated security our customers really need.
Los Gatos Room 11:25 AM	Rise, winner of the Microsoft Hosting Partner of the Year, is a leader and innovator for provisioning IT Infrastructure-as-a-Service via the cloud. By combining our industry experience with best of breed technology partners, we’re able to provide customers with access to a range of server and infrastructure solutions to suit all business and development requirements. Our DataCenter on Demand™ (DCoD) technology offers flexible infrastructure in a managed and monitored environment. Resources can be updated on demand to meet the emerging needs of customers to ensure they only pay for what they need, and all without any capital expenditure or provisioning cost.
Los Gatos Room 3:55 PM	IT agility that drives business forward F5 helps organizations create an agile IT infrastructure that aligns with their business demands. With F5 solutions in place, businesses gain strategic points of control wherever information is exchanged, from client devices and the network to application servers, data storage, and everything in between. Join the tens of thousands of F5 customers who are achieving the highest levels of performance, security, and availability while minimizing the costs and impacts to their business.
Bellevue Room 2:45 PM	Citrix Systems was born from the idea of unlocking applications from datacenters and employees from the office – creating new ways for people and IT to work. Today, this is the promise of virtual computing, and Citrix is at the epicenter.
Bellevue Room 3:20 PM	Silver Peak develops data center class network appliances that maximize WAN performance while minimizing WAN costs. The company’s unique network approach to WAN optimization delivers center consolidation, data migration, disaster recovery, server centralization, and global desktop virtualization, unprecedented scalability and flexibility, making Silver Peak strategic to various IT initiatives including data center consolidation, data migration, disaster recovery, server centralization, and global desktop virtualization.
Bellevue Room 3:55 PM	Emerson, based in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions for customers in industrial, commercial, and consumer markets through its network power, process management, industrial automation, climate technologies, and tools and storage businesses. Sales in fiscal 2010 were $21 billion. For more information, visit www.Emerson.com.
Los Gatos Room 3:20 PM	McAfee, Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is the world's largest dedicated security technology company. McAfee is relentlessly committed to tackling the world's toughest security challenges. The company delivers proactive and proven solutions and services that help secure systems and networks around the world, allowing users to safely connect to the Internet, browse and shop the web more securely. Backed by an award-winning research team, McAfee creates innovative products that empower home users, businesses, the public sector and service providers by enabling them to prove compliance with regulations, protect data, prevent disruptions, identify vulnerabilities, and continuously monitor and improve their security.
Portland Room 11:25AM	Juniper Networks is in the business of network innovation. From devices to data centers, from consumers to cloud providers, Juniper Networks delivers the software, silicon and systems that transform the experience and economics of networking. Additional information can be found at Juniper Networks (www.juniper.net).

	SILVER SPONSORS
	Wyse Technology is the global leader in Cloud Client Computing. The Wyse portfolio includes industry-leading thin, zero and cloud PC client solutions with advanced management, desktop virtualization and cloud software supporting desktops, laptops and next generation mobile devices. Cloud client computing replaces the outdated computing model of the unsecure, unreliable, energy-intensive and expensive PC, all while delivering lower TCO and a superior user experience. Wyse has shipped more than 20 million units and has over 200 million people interacting with their products each day, enabling the leading private, public, hybrid and government cloud implementations worldwide. Wyse partners with industry-leading IT vendors, including Cisco®, Citrix®, IBM®, Microsoft, and VMware® as well as globally-recognized distribution and service partners. Wyse is headquartered in San Jose, California, U.S.A., with offices worldwide.
	CenturyLink is the third largest telecommunications company in the United States. The company provides broadband, voice and wireless services to consumers and businesses across the country. It also offers advanced entertainment services under the CenturyLink™ Prism™ TV and DIRECTV brands. In addition, the company provides data, voice and managed services to business, government and wholesale customers in local, national and select international markets through its high-quality advanced fiber optic network and multiple data centers. CenturyLink is recognized as a leader in the network services market by key technology industry analyst firms. CenturyLink’s customers range from Fortune 500 companies in some of the country’s largest cities to families living in rural America. Headquartered in Monroe, La., CenturyLink is an S&P 500 company and is included among the Fortune 500 list of America’s largest corporations. For more information, visit www.centurylink.com.
	Cisco Systems, Inc. is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Today, networks are an essential part of business, education, government and home communications, and Cisco Internet Protocol-based (IP) networking solutions are the foundation of these networks. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create Internet solutions that allow individuals, companies, and countries to increase productivity, improve customer satisfaction and strengthen competitive advantage. The Cisco name has become synonymous with the Internet, as well as with the productivity improvements that Internet business solutions provide. At Cisco, our vision is to change the way people work, live, play and learn.
	tw telecom Inc. (NASDAQ: TWTC), headquartered in Littleton, Colorado, is a leading provider of managed voice and data networking solutions to a wide array of businesses and organizations. One of the country’s premier competitive telecom carriers, tw telecom integrates data, dedicated Internet access, and local and long distance voice services for long distance carriers, wireless communications companies, incumbent local exchange carriers, and enterprises doing business in healthcare, finance, higher education, manufacturing, and hospitality industries; as well as to state and local government and military organizations. tw telecom currently delivers service in 30 states and 75 U.S. metropolitan areas.
	Solutionary reduces the information security and compliance burden, delivering flexible managed security services that align with client goals, enhancing organizations’ existing security program, infrastructure and personnel. The company’s services are based on experienced security professionals, actionable threat intelligence and the ActiveGuard service platform that provide expert security and compliance management. Solutionary works as an extension of clients’ internal teams, providing industry-leading customer service, patented technology, thought leadership, years of innovation and proprietary certifications that exceed industry standards. This client focus and dedication to customer service has enabled Solutionary to boast one of the highest client retention rates in the industry. For more information, visit www.solutionary.com.
	About Barracuda Networks Inc. Barracuda Networks Inc. combines premises-based gateways and software, virtual appliances, cloud services, and sophisticated remote support to deliver comprehensive content security, data protection and application delivery solutions. The company’s expansive product portfolio includes offerings for protection against email, Web and network threats as well as products that improve application delivery and network access, message archiving, backup and data protection. Coca-Cola, FedEx, Harvard University, IBM, L'Oreal, and Europcar are among the more than 140,000 organizations protecting their IT infrastructures with Barracuda Networks’ range of affordable, easy-to-deploy and manage solutions. Barracuda Networks is privately held with its International headquarters in Campbell, Calif. For more information, please visit www.barracudanetworks.com.
	LifeSize is a pioneer and world leader in high-definition video collaboration. Designed to make video conferencing truly universal, our full range of open standards-based systems offer enterprise-class, IT-friendly technologies that enable genuine human interaction over any distance. Founded in 2003 and acquired by Logitech in 2009, LifeSize, with its commitment to relentless innovation, continues to extend the highest-quality video conferencing capabilities to anyone, anywhere. For more information, visit http://www.lifesize.com.
	ADTRAN is a leading global provider of networking and communications equipment with an innovative portfolio of solutions for virtual WLAN, cloud connectivity, voice, data, video, and Internet communications across copper, fiber, and wireless network infrastructures. With a complete portfolio of access routers, ADTRAN is the market leader in public and private cloud connectivity for emerging and mid-sized enterprises. ADTRAN’s Unified Threat Management and switching solutions provide security and optimized LAN and WAN performance. With the recent acquisition of Bluesocket, ADTRAN now delivers revolutionary virtual wireless LAN solutions that are redefining the 802.11n Wi-Fi industry. Bluesocket vWLAN reduces costs by eliminating the WLAN controller and leveraging the scaling power of VMware, while still providing high levels of network security and ease of use. Every ADTRAN product is backed by an industry-leading warranty, carrier-class reliability and best-in-class telephone technical support from our team of degreed engineers. For more information please visit www.ADTRAN.com
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