Sponsors

Microsoft (www.microsoft.be)
As a leading software company, Microsoft engages with technical communities via its MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network) and TechNet programs. These programs exist of a website, newsletter and regular events and webcasts, as well as software subscription packages. Developers will benefit from a Visual Studio with MSDN Subscription license, while a TechNet Subscription allows IT Pro’s to evaluate full versions of Microsoft’s professional software (including Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, etc…) without time limits.

Avanade (www.avanade.be)
Avanade is a global IT consultancy dedicated to using the Microsoft platform to help enterprises achieve profitable growth. Through proven solutions that extend Microsoft products, Avanade helps enterprises increase revenue, reduce costs, and reinvest in innovation to gain competitive advantage.
We partner with our customers to create new products and services, serve their customers better, streamline operations, and optimize collaboration across all groups and boundaries. Our consultants deliver value according to each customer’s requirements, timeline and budget by combining insight, innovation and the talent of our global workforce, which includes an extensive offshore community of Microsoft technology experts.
Our unique connections with Accenture and Microsoft enhance our ability to deliver effective mission-critical solutions for organizations in all industries. A joint venture between Accenture and Microsoft, Avanade was formed to merge the strengths of both companies – Accenture’s consulting and Microsoft’s technology expertise – into a single company. Avanade is privately held.

Devoteam (www.devoteam.be)
Devoteam Belgium has unique expertise in the converging fields of IT, telecom and media. With its 300 experts Devoteam in Belgium provides solutions and services in two specific domains: IT service management (with IT governance and infrastructure management) and business application integration (with enterprise content management, applications for digital television and custom integration, testing & validation). Devoteam in Belgium offers its experience via consultancy, expertise, education as well as by providing complete solutions. Devoteam Belgium is part of the Devoteam Group; a leading ICT consulting group with 4700 employees active in 23 countries.

Quest Software, Inc (www.questsoftware.be)
Quest Software, Inc., a two-time winner of Microsoft’s Global Independent Software Vendor Partner of the Year award, delivers innovative products that help organizations get more performance and productivity from their applications, databases Windows infrastructure and virtual environments. Through a deep expertise in IT operations and a continued focus on what works best, Quest helps more than 100,000 customers worldwide meet higher expectations for enterprise IT. Quest’s Windows management solutions simplify, automate secure and extend Active Directory, Exchange Server, SharePoint, SQL Server, .NET and Windows Server as well as integrating Unix, Linux and Java into the managed environment. And for virtual environments, we help you automate and control virtual desktop and server environments to reduce costs and simplify ongoing management. Quest Software can be found in offices around the globe and at www.quest.com.

Traxion (www.traxion.com)

Traxion Consultancy is an independent IT consultancy company, specialized in Identity & Access Management solutions. Traxion is organized in 3 organizational units:
- consultancy and project management
- application and system integration
- services and support

With a solution driven approach, based on experience, we support our clients from ideas, over strategic vision to production status of an Identity & Access Management solution. Our main success factors are our experience combined with our commitment, knowledge, expertise and enthusiasm.

Since 1997 Traxion Consultancy specialists have successfully implemented a large number of Identity & Access Management solutions at broad spectrum of complex organizations, from renowned multinationals to government, education and health care.
Based on years of experience, highly qualified knowledge of organizations, solutions and technologies, we can support you on strategic, tactical and operational level as THE partner for your identity management solution.

Combell (www.combell.com )
Combell is one of the leading Internet companies in the Benelux. We offer shared solutions, as well as dedicated solutions and enterprise hosting. As an ISO certified company, we have over 10 years of expertise in the field of hosting, ranging from the hosting of the simplest websites and applications to the hosting of business critical and complex websites and applications. Every day, over 25,000 customers, ranging from small businesses to multinationals, experience our unrivalled service and support. Combell is not “Your host on the Internet” for nothing.

Bridgeways (www.bridgeways.ca )
Manage your cross platform business critical applications natively within Microsoft System Center Operations Manager with BridgeWays Management Packs. With deep monitoring and extensive coverage, BridgeWays Management Packs allow you to manage your Windows, UNIX and Linux line of business applications seamlessly using a single console. You can leverage the same best of breed approach, applying service and health models to the applications that run your business. BridgeWays Management Packs cover virtualization, application servers, communications servers, database servers, and web servers.

Erudict (www.erudict.be)
Erudict started off in 1994 as a reseller of Digital Equipment, and profiled itself as a technology-driven company. From the very beginning Erudict showed to be a company that is able to quickly anticipate the needs of the market. In 1997, the company began providing solutions. With this, the core of the present approach was established: the smart combination of technology and service. As such Erudict rapidly made its mark as an Open Datacenter Architect.
In 2006 Erudict acquired Lines Broadcasting Solutions, a distributor and integrator of high technology equipment for market-leading broadcasting companies. This paved the way for Erudict’s entry into the media world. Specialised in leading-edge consulting, designing and rolling out IT solutions, Erudict expanded to a total of more than hundred employees and is currently active in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

Telerik (www.telerik.com)
Telerik is a leading vendor of User Interface (UI) components for Microsoft .NET technologies – ASP.NET AJAX, Silverlight, WinForms and WPF, and .NET Reporting and content management solutions. Building on its expertise in interface development and Microsoft technologies, Telerik helps customers build applications with unparalleled richness, responsiveness and interactivity. Created with passion, Telerik products help thousands of developers every day to be more productive and deliver reliable applications under budget and on time.

Culminis (www.culminis.com)
Culminis is an international not-for-profit organization devoted to the development and growth of the IT community. After supporting and connecting professional user groups and associations, student organizations, and solution providers for more than two years we have come to understand the goals and needs of each group, as well as the resources they have to share. With this knowledge we are developing programs that ensure a meaningful and equitable exchange of those resources, ultimately elevating the status of the IT Pro both in their industry and in the community.

Jetbrains (www.Jetbrains.com)
JetBrains is passionate about making developers more productive. We make development tools more intelligent, development processes more efficient, and development cycles shorter -- to simplify your challenging tasks, automate the easy ones, and help you Develop with Pleasure. Our innovative .NET tools include ReSharper, dotTrace, and TeamCity.

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