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Diamond
For decades, the technology
developed by Intel Corporation has enabled
the computer and Internet revolution that
is changing the world. Founded in 1968 to
build semiconductor memory products, Intel
introduced the world's first microprocessor
in 1971. Today, Intel-the world's largest
chip maker-is also a leading manufacturer
of computer, networking, and communications
products.
Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) is the
global leader and most trusted name in on-demand
access. More than 180,000 organizations
around the world rely on Citrix to provide
the best possible access experience to any
application for any user. Citrix customers
include 100% of the Fortune 100 companies
and 99% of the Fortune Global 500, as well
as hundreds of thousands of small businesses
and individuals. Citrix has approximately
6,200 channel and alliance partners in more
than 100 countries. Citrix annual revenues
in 2005 were $909 million.
The Citrix Access Platform, Citrix's portfolio
of products, includes software, software
as subscription-based services, and software
delivered via appliances. These products
serve the on-demand access needs of customers
ranging from individuals to small businesses
to small, medium and large enterprises.
Each product is purpose-built to solve a
particular access challenge and is designed
to work with the others. Customers can buy
part or all of the Access Platform at any
time, and be assured that all of the component
products will work together.
International Business Machines
(IBM) Corporation, founded in 1914, is the
world's largest and leading IT company. Worldwide,
IBM operates in 164 countries and employs
more than 200,000 people. We started operations
in Malaysia in 1961. We have two fundamental
missions. First, we strive to lead in the
creation, development and manufacture of the
industry's most advanced information technologies,
including computer systems, software, network
systems, storage devices and microelectronics.
Second, we translate these advanced technologies
into value for our customers through our professional
solution businesses worldwide. For more information,
please log on to www.ibm.com.
Gold
Vignette's software and expertise help
organizations harness the power of information
and the Web for measurable improvements
in business efficiency. Vignette helps organization
increase productivity, reduce costs, improve
user experiences and manage risk. Vignette's
Intranet, Extranet and Internet solutions
incorporate portal, integration, collaboration
and content, document and records management
that can rapidly deliver competitive advantage
through an open, scalable and adaptable
architecture that integrates with your existing
systems and processes.
Vignette Solutions for Public Web
Site and Brand Management enable you
to deploy and manage online brand and
commerce applications.
Vignette Solutions for Customer Self-Service
encourages customers to help themselves,
improving customer service, loyalty and
retention in the process.
Vignette Solutions for Employee Intranets
allow you to deliver employee information
and self-service applications across your
organization that can boost productivity
and drive higher returns on existing technology.
Vignette Solutions for Compliance
and Governance bring your information
assets under control, manage them through
their lifecycle, and deliver them to the
appropriate audience while meeting Sarbanes-Oxley
deadlines, providing ADA 508 accessibility,
or meeting other regulatory mandates
Vignette Solutions for Supplier and
Channel Interaction simplify complex
inter-company processes for organizations
with supply or distribution channels through
real-time access to key production, sales,
inventory and marketing information empowering
suppliers and partners using exceptional
information integration capabilities.
Vignette Solutions for Standardization
and Consolidation help you reduce
the cost of managing your Web initiatives
while delivering rich user experiences
using content management, portal, integration
and collaboration capabilities.
Opsware Inc. is the world's
leading IT Automation software company. The
growth of the Internet is driving a shift
from client/server computing to Web architecture.
With this shift comes an overwhelming proliferation
of servers, networking devices and applications,
creating massive complexity that makes automated
IT operations a necessity. Opsware automates
the complete IT lifecycle and enables IT to
automatically discover, provision, patch,
configure, secure, change, scale, audit, recover,
consolidate, migrate, and reallocate servers,
network devices and applications. Over 350
of the world's largest companies, outsourcers
and government agencies use Opsware to deliver
this new, automated model of IT. For more
information on Opsware Inc., please visit
our Web site at www.opsware.com
Mercury is the global leader in Business
Technology Optimization (BTO) software and
services. Our BTO products and solutions
help customers govern and manage IT and
optimize application quality, performance,
and availability. Mercury enables IT organizations
to shift their focus from managing IT projects
to optimizing business outcomes. Global
2000 companies and government agencies worldwide
rely on Mercury to lower IT costs, reduce
risks, and optimize for growth; address
strategic IT initiatives; and optimize enterprise
application environments like J2EE, .NET,
and ERP/CRM.
Cisco Systems, Inc. is the
worldwide leader in networking for the Internet.
Cisco Systems IP (Internet Protocol)-based
networking solutions are the foundation of
the Internet and most corporate, education,
and government networks around the world.
Cisco Systems provides the broadest line of
solutions for transporting data, voice and
video within buildings, across campuses, or
around the world.
In addition to technology and product leadership,
Cisco Systems is recognized as an innovator
in how business is conducted. The company
has been a pioneer in using the Internet
to provide customer support, sell products,
offer training, and manage finances.
For more information on Cisco Systems,
please go to www.cisco.com
Avaya Inc. designs, builds
and manages communications networks for more
than 1 million businesses worldwide, including
over 90 percent of the FORTUNE 500(r). Focused
on businesses large to small, Avaya is a world
leader in secure and reliable Internet Protocol
(IP) telephony systems and communications
software applications and services.
Driving the convergence of voice and data
communications with business applications
- and distinguished by comprehensive worldwide
services - Avaya helps customers leverage
existing and new networks to achieve superior
business results.
Egenera is a leading manufacturer
of utility computing platforms that enable
true data center virtualization. The Egenera
system combines the utility of stateless servers
with powerful software that virtualizes processing,
storage and networking resources into a "computing
fabric". Egenera's new server architecture-proven
in mission-critical environments-unlocks the
power of the datacenter, allowing customers
to scale, increase performance, virtually
provision workloads, and attach to networks
and storage more efficiently.
VMware, an EMC company (NYSE:
EMC), is the global leader in virtual infrastructure
software for industry-standard systems. The
world's largest companies use VMware solutions
to simplify their IT, fully leverage their
existing computing investments and respond
faster to changing business demands. VMware
is based in Palo Alto, California.
Altiris, Inc. is a leading
provider of service-oriented management software
that enables IT organizations to easily manage,
secure and service heterogeneous IT assets.
Flexible solutions from Altiris help IT align
services to drive business objectives, deliver
audit-ready security, automate tasks, and
reduce the cost and complexity of management.
Borland is the global leader
in platform-independent application lifecycle
management solutions (ALM) that enable customers
to achieve increasing levels of Software Delivery
Optimization. With more than 1,300 employees
worldwide and operations in more than 20 countries,
Borland is committed to delivering the software,
services and partnerships that help customers
transform software delivery into a more manageable
and predictable business process.
To help customers reduce the complexity
of IT and maximize the return on their software
investments, Borland offers a set of market-leading
ALM products, global process optimization
services, and comprehensive solutions that
help customers master the core processes
involved in successful software delivery.
