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 | VMware, Inc.VMware, the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, delivers customer-proven solutions that accelerate IT by reducing complexity and enabling more flexible, agile service deliveyr. Leveraging VMware vSphere™, the most widely deployed foundation for cloud computing, VMware enables enterprises to adopt a cloud model that addresses their unique business challenges. VMware's approach accelerates the transition to cloud computing while preserving existing investments and improving security and control. With more than 250,000 customers and 25,000 partners. VMware solutions help organizations of all sizes to lower costs, increase business agility and ensure freedom of choice. |
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 | CiscoCisco is the worldwide leader in networking, providing the broadest line of solutions for transporting data, voice, and video within buildings, across campuses, or around the world. Cisco is an innovator in the communications and information technology industry. This tradition of leadership continues as Cisco offers a complete portfolio of virtualization solutions for the data center. Cisco integrates these technologies into cohesive architectures that consolidate and virtualize critical resources within and between data centers. Cisco solutions help ensure that information critical to running businesses and promoting results is transported securely, efficiently, and flexibly across optimized data center resources. |
 | DellDell has played a critical role in transforming computing, enabling more affordable and pervasive access to technology. Today, the computer industry is at a point that will redefine the types of products and services customers demand from technology providers, including greater mobility, virtualization, cloud computing and data capacity and access. Dell is addressing industry change, listening to customers and using insight to create innovative technology solutions that help them succeed. At Dell, technology has always been about enabling human potential. The company is focused on delivering technology that works harder for its customers and is more accessible to people and organizations. |
 | EMC CorporationAs the industry’s #1 storage choice for VMware, EMC provides innovative products and services to accelerate the journey to your cloud. Our customers benefit from our strong commitment to VMware environments and the ongoing investments that simplify management, improve data protection, and increase performance while increasing security of the IT environment. By helping IT to store, manage, protect and analyze their most valuable asset - information - in a more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way, customers gain efficiencies which can be invested in making IT more responsive to business needs. |
 | Hewlett-PackardAs a world-leading information technology company, HP applies new thinking and ideas to create more simple, valuable and trusted experiences with technology. Our focus is to continuously improve the way our customers live and work through technology products and services, form the individual consumer to the largest enterprise. More information can be found at www.hp.com. |
 | NetAppNetApp creates innovative storage and data management solutions that have a "go beyond" approach for business applications, shared IT infrastructures, storage for virtual servers and cloud services, disk-to-disk backup, and more. Our solutions provide nonstop availability of critical business data so companies can deploy new capabilities with confidence and get to revenue faster than ever before. We bring together the industry’s best partners and technology to deliver services that help maximize customers' infrastructure. Our collaborative approach means that customers get a solution that is just right for them-on time and on budget. Discover our passion for helping companies around the world go further, faster at www.netapp.com |
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 | CA TechnologiesCA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) is an IT management software and solutions company with deep expertise across all IT environments-from mainframe and distributed, to virtual and cloud. CA Technologies offers a practical approach to innovation with reliable solutions that empower our customers to better control the growing complexity of their diverse IT environments, with products that provide the insight and control essential to power business agility, manage and secure IT environments, and deliver more flexible IT services. Relied on by the majority of the Global Fortune 500 to manage their evolving IT ecosystems, CA Technologies makes business agility possible. |
 | ColtColt is Europe’s leading information delivery platform. We enable customers to deliver, share, process and store vital business information by bringing together; pioneering european ethernet and IP networks connecting over 100 cities; significant IT infrastructure including 19 data centres and thousands of IT systems under management across Europe; and expertise in creating integrated IT managed services, networking and communication solutions. We combine these elements with award-winning customer service to help customers reduce capital costs and increase flexibility while maintaining control of their business. Colt is the only company that can do this on a truly pan-European basis. |
 | Fujitsu Technology SolutionsFujitsu Technology Solutions is the leading European IT infrastructure provider with a presence in all key markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, plus India, serving large-, medium- and small-sized companies as well as consumers. With its Dynamic Infrastructures approach, the company offers a full portfolio of IT products, solutions and services, ranging from clients to datacenter solutions, Managed Infrastructure and Infrastructure as a Service. Fujitsu Technology Solutions employs more than 13,000 people and is part of the global Fujitsu Group. |
 | IBMIBM provides deep virtualization expertise and an integrated portfolio of solutions to enable and support business and IT virtualization objectives. IBM approaches transformation from a holistic perspective with smarter systems, software, and services, enabling virtualization not only at the platform level, but also across operating systems and middleware. IBM uses a consultative approach, leveraging experience from thousands of engagements, to help you define and execute transformation. We do this with platforms tuned to better support virtualized environments that enable greater virtual system density as well as higher performance to further optimize your business and achieve smarter computing. |
 | Intel CorporationIntel, the world leader in silicon innovation, develops technologies, products and initiatives to continually advance how people work and live. Intel® microprocessors provide leading performance and proven reliability for the foundation of your virtualized environment. VMware and Intel work together to deliver reliability, value, and ease of deployment from the dynamic datacenter to the cloud of today and in the future, giving customers the confidence to start benefiting now from virtualization. Through close collaboration in technology advancements and ecosystem enabling, VMware and Intel provide the foundation for virtualization solutions that allow businesses to better serve their customers at reduced cost. |
 | Symantec CorporationMost organizations today are leveraging virtualization to achieve cost savings and improve efficiency. The next wave of virtualization is about going even further. By virtualizing more of your infrastructure you can deliver on the promise of virtualization to transform IT. To get there, you’ll need to meet challenging service-level requirements; and evolve from infrastructure silos to an automated service delivery platform. Symantec has the security and information management solutions you need to virtualize with confidence - from the smallest test environment, to the largest most complex applications that power your business. |
 | Trend MicroTrend Micro Incorporated, a global cloud security leader, creates a world safe for exchanging digital information with its Internet content security and threat management solutions for businesses and consumers. A pioneer in server security, we deliver top-ranked client, server and cloud-based security that fits our customers’ and partners’ needs, stops new threats faster, and protects data in physical, virtualized and cloud environments. Powered by the Trend Micro(tm) Smart Protection Network(tm) infrastructure, our industry-leading cloud-computing security technology, products and services stop threats where they emerge, and are supported by 1,000+ threat intelligence experts around the globe. |
 | VCEVCE, the Virtual Computing Environment Company formed by Cisco and EMC with investments from VMware and Intel, accelerates the adoption of converged infrastructure and cloud-based computing models that dramatically reduce the cost of IT while improving time to market for our customers. VCE, through the Vblock platform, delivers the industry's first completely integrated IT offering with end-to-end vendor accountability. VCE's prepackaged solutions are available through an extensive partner network, and cover horizontal applications, vertical industry offerings, and application development environments, allowing customers to focus on business innovation instead of integrating, validating and managing IT infrastructure. |
 | Wyse TechnologyWyse Technology is the global leader in Cloud Client Computing. 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 as well as globally-recognized distribution and service partners |
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 | AcronisAcronis is a leading provider of easy-to-use disaster recovery and data protection solutions for physical, virtual and cloud environments. Its patented disk imaging technology enables corporations, SMBs and consumers to protect their digital assets. With Acronis' disaster recovery, deployment and migration software, users protect their digital information, maintain business continuity and reduce downtime. Acronis software is sold in more than 90 countries and available in up to 14 languages. For additional information, please visit www.acronis.eu. Follow Acronis on Twitter: http://twitter.com/acronis. |
 | AMDAMD’s innovation has made it a leader in enterprise solutions for virtualized data centers. By integrating key virtualization features for performance and efficiency directly into silicon, AMD Opteron(tm)-based platforms deliver unprecedented value and scalability for virtualization, enabling one of the lowest costs per VM in the industry. Customers can achieve tremendous consolidation with the 12 cores and huge memory scalability of AMD Opteron processors. AMD’s unprecedented platform compatibilit |
 | AppSenseAppSense has been providing User Virtualization solutions to optimize the user experience and simplify desktop management for over ten years, and has developed the technology, experience and operational capacity to offer a solution to what has been to date the most challenging yet important aspect of the desktop to manage - the user. AppSense is a VMware Technology Alliance Partner, and the only provider of user personalization technology in global VDI solutions from IBM, Dell, HP, Cisco, Fujitsu and CSC. |
 | BrocadeBrocade® (Nasdaq: BRCD) networking solutions help organizations transition smoothly to a world where applications and information reside anywhere. Innovative Ethernet and storage networking solutions for data center, campus, and service provider networks help reduce complexity and cost while enabling virtualization and cloud computing to increase business agility. (www.brocade.com) |
 | BullBull is an Information Technology company, dedicated to helping Corporations and Public Sector organizations optimize the architecture, operations and the financial return of their Information Systems and their mission-critical related businesses. Bull focuses on open and secure systems, and as such is the only European-based company offering expertise in all the key elements of the IT value chain. Bull partnership with VMware brings efficient resource use and simplify IT infrastructures, as a first step towards a pragmatic cloud architecture and services deployment |
 | Dell CompellentFor more than 27 years, Dell has empowered countries, communities, customers and people everywhere to use technology to achieve their goals. Through organic development and strategic acquisitions, Dell is reinventing the global storage market. Dell Fluid Data technology delivers 21st century solutions designed to address the unique challenges of virtualization and provide automated, optimized movement and management of data from the server to storage to the cloud. Dell Fluid Data solutions encompass a broad portfolio of storage systems, software and services architected to give customers the power to do more. www.dellstorage.com |
 | F5 NetworksF5 Networks, the global leader in Application Delivery Networking (ADN), helps the world’s largest enterprises and service providers realize the full value of virtualization, cloud computing, and on-demand IT. F5 solutions integrate disparate technologies to provide greater control of the infrastructure, improve application delivery and data management, and give users seamless, secure, and accelerated access to applications from their corporate desktops and smart devices. Enterprises, service and cloud providers, and leading online companies worldwide rely on F5 to optimize their IT investments and drive business forward. |
 | Hitachi Data SystemsHitachi Data Systems helps organizations transform raw data into valuable information by making it more accessible and manageable. Our vision is that IT must be virtualized, automated, cloud-ready and sustainable. Hitachi Data Systems provides best-in-class information technologies, services and solutions that deliver compelling customer ROI, unmatched return on assets and demonstrable business impact. As the leader in storage virtualization, only Hitachi Data Systems offers a common, virtualized platform for all data and information. www.hds.com. |
 | Nimsoft, Inc.Nimsoft provides integrated, modern IT management solutions for more than 1,000 enterprise and service provider customers globally, including 1&1, CDW, SoftLayer, SunGard Availability Services, Sur La Table, TriNet, and Virgin America. The company’s Nimsoft Unified Manager is an industry-leading solution that helps organizations easily monitor and manage IT services in increasingly complex business environments. Nimsoft products integrate with existing solutions at any point from the data center to the cloud, and are available on a pay-as-you-go basis. |
 | Quest SoftwareQuest Software (Nasdaq: QSFT) simplifies and reduces the cost of managing IT for more than 100,000 customers worldwide. Our innovative solutions make solving the toughest IT management problems easier, enabling customers to save time and money across physical, virtual and cloud environments. |
 | Samsung Electronics, Co. Ltd.Samsung Electronics is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media & digital convergence technologies with 2010 consolidated sales of US$135.8 billion. Employing approximately 190,500 people in 68 countries. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung is a leading producer of digital TVs, semiconductor chips, mobile phones & TFT-LCDs. Samsung provides a wide portfolio of End User Computing Devices that allows people to work from anywhere. Devices include Cloud Displays (Thin & Zero-client Displays), Tablets, Smart phones, printers and a range of NotePCs. |
 | Teradici CorporationTeradici Corporation is the developer of the innovative PCoIP® (PC-over-IP®) protocol that delivers an enhanced user experience over a standard IP network and enables IT to consolidate users across the entire enterprise from mainstream office workers to extreme graphics users over LAN and WAN. Through a combination of unique graphics algorithms, flexible software solutions, high-performance silicon processing, and workstation/server add-in cards, Teradici is changing how personal computers are used, deployed and managed. Deploy PCoIP zero clients with VMware View today! |
 | Veeam SoftwareVeeam Software, an Elite VMware Technology Alliance Partner, develops innovative software to manage VMware vSphere. At VMworld we’ll be demonstrating Veeam Backup & Replication v6, featuring vPower(tm), the technology behind advanced features such as Instant VM Recovery, Universal Application-Item Recovery, and SureBackup Recovery Verification. Find out why Veeam was chosen "Best of Show" at VMworld 2010, and why more than 20,000 customers rely on Veeam Backup & Replication to protect their mission-critical VMs. Learn more at www.veeam.com. |
 | VMUGThe VMware User Group is an independent, global, customer-led organization, which maximizes it’s members’ use of VMware and partner solutions through knowledge sharing, training, collaboration, and events. Join the 65,000 members world-wide taking advantage of the training and networking opportunities available through the VMUG Community. VMUG has a number of activities planned for VMworld this year. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook or visit our Website to learn more. |
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 | Schneider ElectricAbout Schneider Electric As a global specialist in energy management. Schneider Electric offers integrated solutions across multiple market segments, including leadership positions in Utilities & Infrastructures, Industries & Machine manufacturers, Non-residential buildings, Data centers & Networks, and in Residential. Focused on making energy safe, reliable, efficient, productive and green, the Group’s 110,000 plus employees achieved sales of 19.6 billion euros in 2010. |
 | BitdefenderBitdefender consistently creates number-one-ranked and award-winning security solutions. Since 2001, Bitdefender has continuously raised the bar in security. From individuals to the largest enterprises, Bitdefender innovations foster confidence, and the freedom to conduct business, by defending data and brand integrity. Every day, Bitdefender secures the digital experience of tens of millions of home and corporate users across the globe. |
 | BlueArc CorporationBlueArc, a leader in high-performance file storage, delivers a full suite of VMware-integrated, enterprise-class NFS storage solutions for virtualized infrastructures that must scale performance, capacity and operations at lowest cost. By overcoming management complexity and avoiding performance bottlenecks, BlueArc storage solutions enable broader deployment of virtualization in the data center. |
 | Citrix SystemsCitrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) is a leading provider of virtual computing solutions helping companies deliver IT as an on-demand service. Founded in 1989, Citrix combines virtualization, networking, and cloud computing technologies into a full portfolio of products that enable virtual workstyles for users and virtual datacenters for IT. Citrix partners with over 10,000 companies in more than 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2010 was $1.87 billion. |
 | CommVault, Inc.CommVault offers SImpana Software® , a Singular Information Management® solution for high-performance data protection, universal availability and simplified management of data on complex storage networks that gives companies unprecedented control over data growth, costs and risk. CommVault's Simpana® software delivers superlative Data Protection, Archive, Replication, Search and Resource Management capabilities. Information about CommVault is available at www.commvault.com. |
 | CSCCSC is a global leader providing technology-enabled business solutions and services. CSC offers clients the solutions they need to manage complexity, focus on core businesses, collaborate with partners and clients, and improve operations. For more than 50 years, clients in industries and governments worldwide have trusted CSC with their business process and information systems outsourcing, systems integration and consulting needs. |
 | Extreme NetworksExtreme Networks delivers networks for the mobile world. The company's open network solutions enable a seamless user experience providing a platform for improved business agility. From the converged mobile edge of enterprises to virtualized clouds, and from data centers to global carrier networks that backhaul mobile traffic, Extreme Networks extensible services architecture, sets a foundation for mobility, identity awareness and faster performance to empower people and machines to connect and move seamlessly. |
 | GigamonGigamon® provides intelligent Traffic Visibility Networking solutions for enterprises, data centers and service providers. Our technology empowers infrastructure architects, managers and operators with unmatched visibility into traffic traversing both physical and virtual networks without affecting the performance or stability of the production environment. The Gigamon GigaVUE® portfolio of high availability and high density products intelligently delivers the appropriate network traffic to security, monitoring or management systems. |
 | MitelMitel is a global provider of business communications and collaboration software and services. Mitel's Freedom architecture provides the flexibility and simplicity organizations need to support today's dynamic work environment. Through a single VMware Ready(tm) and cloud-ready software stream, Mitel enables organizations to implement best-of-breed solutions on any network; extends the "in-office" experience anywhere, on any device. Visit: http://www.mitel.com |
 | QuantumQuantum is the leading global specialist in backup, recovery, and archive and a top provider of high-performance, shared file solutions for "big data" environments. More than 50,000 customers trust Quantum to solve their data protection, retention and management challenges. Combining its DXi® deduplication appliances and technology obtained through the acquisition of Pancetera Software, Quantum dramatically reduces the complexity and cost of managing and protecting virtualized data. |
 | SolarWindsSolarWinds provides powerful and affordable IT management software to customers worldwide - from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses. We work to put users first and remove the obstacles that have become "status quo" in traditional enterprise software. SolarWinds products are downloadable, easy to use and maintain, and provide the power, scale, and flexibility needed to address users’ management priorities. |
 | SyncsortWith 40+ years of experience and 15,000+ deployments, Syncsort helps thousands of customers across the globe rethink the economics of their data with its data protection software solutions. Syncsort lets organizations maximize the value of their virtualization investments by providing the fastest, most resource efficient data protection for VMware environments, allowing for greater virtual machine density, dramatically reduced recovery time, and ten minute physical-to-virtual server migration. |
