2007 West Sponsors & Exhibitors

3Tera 3Tera, Inc. is an innovator of grid and utility computing, simplifying the deployment and scaling of Web applications. Named a 2007 Category Breaker by NetworkWorld magazine, 3Tera?s AppLogic grid operating system enables the first true utility computing services that completely remove the cost and complexity associated with infrastructure. The operating system converts commodity servers into scalable grids on which users can visually operate deploy and scale transactional Web applications without any modification of code. Software-as-a-Service providers, Web 2.0 companies, enterprises and open source developers can now get new online services quickly to market by utilizing resources from commodity hosting providers on a pay-as-you-go basis, while maintaining complete control of applications including visual operation, scaling and on-demand resource provisioning. For more information, visit www.3tera.com. Apress Apress® is a publishing company established by computer professionals, programmers, and enthusiasts just like you. Apress books are tools that will help you learn new subjects, solve problems effectively, and save time. Practical, instructional, and thought-provoking, Apress books offer the highest quality content, distinctively written with The Expert's Voice™. Backbase Backbase is the leading provider of AJAX-based Rich Internet Application (RIA) software and solutions. Backbase software provides a comprehensive AJAX development framework that is based on open standards, easy to learn by developers and integrates seamlessly into existing IT environments. Developers use Backbase AJAX software to create rich applications that deliver a superior end-user experience. Founded in 2003, Backbase is headquartered in San Mateo, California and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. For more information about Backbase, visit http://www.backbase.com/ Cynergy Systems Cynergy Systems delivers Web, RIA and Legacy Migration solutions to over 1,400 customers worldwide. Maintaining offices across three continents and leveraging over a decade of experience, Cynergy Systems focuses on the delivery of rich, powerful business applications to customers across dozens of verticals including Healthcare, Manufacturing, Banking, and Governmental Organizations. Partners include Adobe, Microsoft, Sybase, Percussion Software and Jive Software. For more information, visit www.cynergysystems.com/. Extension Media: Extension Media publishes 20+ resource catalogs, websites and email newsletters for IT professionals and software developers covering the industry?s important platforms and technology areas. Publications include resource catalogs covering Security, Grid and Cluster, IBM Information Management, Storage, VoIP and IP Telephony, Enterprise Linux, Windows® Server and Business Intelligence. Visit www.techguideonline.com. For more information about Extension Media, visit http://www.extensionmedia.com/ Farata Systems Farata Systems is a leading IT consulting and product development company providing enterprise-wide IT solutions specializing in the area of rich Internet applications. The company has been created by the merger of two consulting companies: Computer Technology,Inc., and Smart Data Processing, Inc. Farata Systems focuses on delivering custom solutions using sustainable technologies for financial and retail applications. Our team of highly-regarded industry experts will assess requirements of your business, will suggest the most effective solutions in your current technological space, with the emphasis on blending new technologies into existing IT fabric of your business. We hire experts who have established long term successful track records of developing enterprise applications, not just talking about them. For more information about Farata Systems, visit http://www.faratasystems.com/ GoingToMeet.com: GoingToMeet.com is a database of relevant events around the world. It maintains a wide list of interests ranging from science, culture, technology, race, religion, and many others. Along with its easy-to-use search engine, it also serves as a one-stop-website to knowing the most important details in every event. For more information about GoingToMeet.com, visit http://www.goingtomeet.com IBM IBM is a key supporter of industry standards like AJAX and shows leadership in innovations in this emerging technology through participation in OpenAjax, an open industry collaboration dedicated to developing and expanding Ajax. Leverage the power of IBM on your AJAX development projects. Whether you're looking for free web-based training , technical articles , or to interact and get your questions answered through forums , you can find all the resources you are looking for on IBM developerWorks. For more information about IBM, visit http://www.ibm.com/ ICEsoft ICEsoft is the leading open source AJAX framework for enterprise Java developers. ICEfaces leverages the entire standards-based Java EE ecosystem of tools and execution environments. Rich enterprise application features are developed in pure Java, and in a pure thin-client model. There are no Applets or proprietary browser plug-ins required. ICEfaces applications are JavaServer Faces (JSF) applications, so Java EE application development skills apply directly and Java developers are isolated from doing any JavaScript related development. ICEfaces is also the only enterprise AJAX framework on the market today that delivers unique AJAX Push capabilities. Discover the power of AJAX Push and create collaborative and dynamic enterprise applications like never before. For more information about ICEsoft, visit http://www.icesoft.com/ ILOG ILOG delivers software that empowers our customers to make better decisions, faster. Over 2,000 global corporations and more than 400 leading software vendors rely on ILOG's market-leading visualization, business rule management system and optimization software components to achieve dramatic returns on investment, and create market-defining products and services. Visit us to learn about ILOG JViews, our customizable Java and Ajax display components for building diagrams, dashboards, maps, schedules and charts. ILOG was founded in 1987 and employs more than 730 people worldwide. For more information about ILOG, visit http://www.ilog.com/products/jviews/ ITtoolbox: ITtoolbox is an online community, enabling peers to share professional knowledge about information technology. Since 1998, ITtoolbox has helped professionals make IT decisions and stay current in the rapidly changing IT market through peer collaboration. The ITtoolbox platform incorporates blogs, discussion groups, and a wiki, facilitating targeted community interaction that IT advertisers can participate in through a proprietary contextual matching system. This combination of community and advertising value has made ITtoolbox a leading destination for professionals and a leader in online advertising, performing for over 520 clients including Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Dell, and HP. For more information about ITtoolbox, visit http://www.iTtoolbox.com/ JackBe JackBe is the leader in Enterprise Mashups. JackBe's Presto is an Enterprise Mashup platform where users create, customize and collaborate for unparalleled efficiency and productivity. Presto allows business units to immediately respond to information needs, saving time through trusted sharing and ultimately providing users with the flexibility needed to create dynamic, reusable mashups. JackBe provides a new user-driven tier of integration technology to power enterprise mashups. JackBe's standards-based Presto mashup platform unites the strengths of Ajax, SOA and existing IT investments to empower enterprise users. The resulting value is increased business unit freedom to access and integrate data & collaboration in a new style featuring rich Web interaction. JackBe's Enterprise Mashup solution turns knowledge workers into "the killer app" every enterprise needs to be gain an advantage over competition. For more information, visit www.jackbe.com/. Kaazing Kaazing, headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, is founded for the purpose of delivering the best possible real-time experience for the Internet. We provide real-time software solutions to customers who really care about their end-user experience when it comes to usability, scalability, and performance. In addition to providing commercial enterprise software delivering the best Internet real-time experience possible, Kaazing also provides support, training, and consulting services. For more information about Kaazing, visit http://www.kaazing.com/ Krugle Krugle, the code search engine for developers, was founded in 2005 around the concept of search-driven development. The Krugle Enterprise appliance indexes code and presents it in context of other software assets that developers manage throughout the application development process. Krugle's context based search provides valuable insights to enterprise development resources that are information-rich but typically difficult to get to in a usable way. Krugle offers a free public site targeted at individual developers looking to leverage the 2.1 billion lines of publicly available code in our index. Krugle crawls, parses and indexes code for over 37 different languages across over 600 public repositories, as well as blogs and wikis, and other technical content. For more information about Krugle, visit http://www.krugle.com/ Laszlo Systems Laszlo Systems is the original developer of the open source platform OpenLaszlo, and provider of Rich Internet Applications and services that advance the Web experience. OpenLaszlo is an XML-native foundation for building next generation Web applications that increase customer retention, conversion and brand loyalty. Laszlo provides comprehensive support services, education, and commercial application modules so that any company can easily make the move to Rich Internet Applications. For more information about Laszlo Systems, visit http://www.laszlosystems.com/ Lightstreamer Lightstreamer is the leading provider of push technology for live data distribution. Based on the AJAX-Comet paradigm (a.k.a Streaming AJAX or AJAX Push) it streams real-time data to any AJAX application without the need to download or install anything on the client. Lightstreamer Server features an impressive scalability, sustaining many thousands of concurrent connections for each CPU. Furthermore it implements unique capabilities, such as bandwidth control and adaptive streaming, that results in a robust and efficient live data delivery in any network conditions. For more information about Lightstreamer, visit http://www.lightstreamer.com/ Methods & Tools: Methods & Tools is a free e-newsletter providing practical expert knowledge for software development professionals. We believe that each participant to software development activities will do a better work if he can bring to their daily work fresh ideas from experts in all areas of application development. It gives software development ideas more than one page to express themselves and covers all aspects of software engineering: project management and planning, analysis, design, testing, architecture, configuration management, process improvement, methodologies (UML, Agile), peopleware, databases... For more information about Methods & Tools, visit http://www.methodsandtools.com/