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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.
Vignette's software and expertise help
organizations harness the power of information
and the Web for measurable improvements
in business efficiency. Vignette helps organizations
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
encourage 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.
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
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.
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.
Altiris, Inc. is a leading
provider of service-oriented management software
that enables IT organizations to easily manage,
secure and service heterogeneous IT assets.
Altiris software helps deliver IT service
that is aligned with an organization's business
objectives. Altiris solutions also help secure
technology and data while automating IT management
tasks that typically take significant time
and money when done manually. All of this
is done through an integrated, Web services-based
infrastructure. We license our complete solutions
to more than 15,000 companies of all sizes
in all industries.
