Platinum Sponsors

Platinum Sponsors

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Sponsor Since 2002

CA (NASDAQ: CA), one of the world's leading independent, enterprise management software companies, unifies and simplifies complex information technology (IT) management across the enterprise for greater business results. With our Enterprise IT Management vision, solutions and expertise, we help customers effectively govern, manage and secure IT.

http://www.ca.com
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Sponsor Since 2007

Compuware Corporation is a recognized industry leader in enterprise software and IT services that help maximize the value of technology investments. We offer a powerful set of integrated solutions for enterprise IT including IT portfolio management, application development, quality assurance and IT service management. With Compuware you can:

  • manage your IT operations and infrastructure as a whole
  • increase efficiency, cost control and employee productivity
  • improve time-to-market and software quality in application development and delivery
  • maximize availability and performance of critical business systems.

Compuware serves the world's largest IT organizations, including 95 percent of the Fortune 100 companies. In addition to the popularity of our award-winning solutions, we have over 7,000 organizations utilizing the knowledge, skill and dedication of our global professional services team. Find out why Compuware is right for you:

To reach us directly, call 1-800-Compuware or send us a request for more information.

http://www.compuware.com
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Sponsor Since 2006

EMC Corporation is the world's leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions. We help organizations of every size around the world keep their most essential digital information protected, secure, and continuously available.

We are among the 10 most valuable IT product companies in the world. We are driven to perform, to partner, to execute. We go about our jobs with a passion for delivering results that exceed our customers' expectations for quality, service, innovation, and interaction. We pride ourselves on doing what's right and on putting our customers' best interests first. We lead change and change to lead. We are devoted to advancing our people, customers, industry, and community. We say what we mean and do what we say. We are EMC, where information lives.

http://www.emc.com
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Sponsor Since 1998

HP service management solutions allow enterprise IT to transform around a service provider-based model, such that they can holistically design, deliver and manage services that result in optimized business outcomes. HP Service Management solutions comprise a blend of technology, best practice methodology and knowledge, training and support. By linking IT-delivered services with the business outcomes, these solutions are designed to enable an economically sustainable ecosystem that supports the full lifecycle of discrete, measurable services delivered to the lines of business and/or directly to consumers. Organizations embracing service management achieve lower costs through automation, more effectively meet compliance requirements and risk management objectives, and accelerate business growth and innovation.

Why HP?

Leadership

  • HP has been involved in authoring all of the ITIL series, including ITIL V3, where HP sponsored five of the authors.
  • HP has a leadership and founding role in itSMF chapters worldwide.
  • HP has been involved in the development of ISO/IEC 20000.

Open Technology

  • HP has an extensive portfolio of products and services related to service management,
  • HP technology is based on open standards and designed for heterogeneous environments.

Innovation

  • HP makes significant investments in technology and business model research, toward improving customer implementations and technology investments.
  • Through its Service Management Framework, HP delivers packaged intellectual property from industry and HP best practices for faster time to value. HP provides a unique HP Directed Design Methodology for validating best practice processes resulting in successfully implemented and adoption of standardized processes.

Learn more about how HP and HP Software provide technology for better business outcomes.

http://www.hp.com
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Sponsor Since 2004


IBM Service Management

IBM Service Management solutions can help IT organizations deliver service excellence, through a structured approach that can enable better governance and help manage risk to deliver business value. When applied across the IT service life cycle – from business stakeholders to software delivery and operations – service management can help bring IT and business together, to meet business priorities and improve efficiency and effectiveness. Better governance and risk management through service management enables IT to:

• Prioritize projects and align them with business goals.
• Deliver development projects on time or ahead of schedule.
• Meet or exceed service levels.
• Enhance overall service quality to help the business achieve its goals for growth and 
competitiveness

IBM is uniquely positioned to deliver service management solutions with an integrated, flexible approach. Click here to learn more. 

ITIL and IBM

Building a service management solution can be difficult. IBM can make ITIL work for you. Examine the benefits of ITIL, coupled with the expertise of IBM. Learn more.

http://www.ibm.com
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Sponsor Since 2007

Maryville Technologies is a leading independent IT professional services firm. Maryville delivers integrated solutions in support of IT service provisioning and IT service management that facilitate IT operational excellence. Our technical prowess, process expertise, project management discipline and history of facilitating IT organizational change help businesses optimize IT service levels at the lowest operational cost.

Maryville’s IT Resource Optimization ITRO® methodology combines detailed process understanding that maps to industry standards with a practical “how to” implementation approach. Our entility® IT service management utilities complement our service offerings and vendor alliances with cost effective, feature rich functionality. Maryville also has extensive experience designing, implementing and managing the enabling infrastructure for business applications. Every day, Maryville delivers the consulting services, processes and technology that others only talk about.

Competence. Integrity. Value. The Maryville Experience.

http://www.maryville.com
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Sponsor Since 2009

Mixed IT environments are a reality for almost all organizations, but you can't let this undermine your ability to compete. Through our infrastructure software and ecosystem of partnerships, Novell integrates mixed IT environments, allowing people and technology to work as one. The three Novell leadership dimensions, working as one, deliver this promise of value: Actionable Strategy, Workable Vision and Extraordinary Talent.

What.

Actionable Strategy:
With a unique combination of the best-engineered and most inter-operable Linux and IT management software, our solutions lower cost, complexity and risk on virtually every platform.
+ Enterprise-wide Linux
+ Systems Management
+ Identity and Security Management
+ Collaboration

How.

Workable Vision:
Our technical prowess and applied technology give you the infinite IT flexibility and agility you need to meet and exceed your organizational objectives.

Who.

Extraordinary Talent:
Our internal team, the extended community of open source developers and our ecosystem of high-impact partnerships are truly Making IT Work As One.

http://www.novell.com