Platinum Sponsors

Amazon.com, a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, opened its virtual doors on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth's Biggest Selection. Amazon.com seeks to be the world's most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online at a great price. Amazon.com and sellers list millions of unique new and used items in categories such as apparel and accessories, electronics, computers, kitchenware and housewares, books, music, DVDs, videos, cameras and photo items, toys, baby items and baby registry, software, computer and video games, cell phones and service, tools and hardware, travel services, magazine subscriptions and outdoor living items.

Apple Developer Connection (ADC) programs offer a full range of services for new and experienced developers. The programs provide convenient, affordable access to the tools and technical support needed to work efficiently and productively-reducing development time and costs. The support doesn't end with the development process. ADC programs provide critical business information and comarketing resources to help successfully market and distribute products.

Google is the world's most popular search engine and conducts more than 150 million searches daily for users worldwide. This includes searches at Google.com and at partner sites, such as Yahoo!, Netscape and WashingtonPost.com. Google's products include the Google Search Appliance for corporate networks, hosted web and site search, and keyword-targeted advertising.

Macromedia is passionate about the web. Its award-winning products empower designers and developers to efficiently create and deliver the most engaging experiences on the web, and enable innovative Internet business applications. Headquartered in San Francisco, Macromedia is available on the Internet at www.macromedia.com.

MSDN is the premier developer community that provides the essential resources developers need to be successful creating Web services and all types of applications that target the Microsoft platform. MSDN is the place where developers find technical information, community support, development tools, and training for Microsoft technologies.

Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Draper Fisher Jurvetson, is the leader in early-stage venture capital, typically serving as a company's first source of financing. With an international network of 22 offices, and a portfolio of emerging technology companies, DFJ helps entrepreneurs who want to build companies that will change the world.

Xythos Software, develops leading Internet file management software for secure file access and sharing. Xythos' WebDAV compliant server and client technologies help business and education customers easily find and share information from any Internet location while improving file system security and reducing the load on email and messaging systems.

Media Sponsors

Foresight Institute's goal is to guide emerging technologies to improve the human condition. Foresight focuses its efforts upon nanotechnology, the coming ability to build materials and products with atomic precision, and upon systems that will enhance knowledge exchange and critical discussion, thus improving public and private policy decisions.

IEEE Pervasive Computing delivers the latest peer-reviewed developments in pervasive, mobile, and ubiquitous computing. The quarterly publication acts as a catalyst for progress in this emerging field by bringing together leading researchers and practitioners, such as hardware designers, wireless engineers, human-computer interaction specialists, and software agent developers.

Kuro5hin is the net's largest democratically edited news and culture site. With articles and commentary written and selected by the world, topics range from political science to programming techniques to how to brew your own mead at home. Everyone has a say, so join in and be the media.

SSC Publications, publisher of Linux Journal, is an established leader in the Linux, Open Source and UNIX fields. Now celebrating its eighth year of publication, Linux Journal is the premier magazine of the Linux community. To learn more about LJ and other SSC resources visit Linux Journal online.

Nanotechnology.net is a new web portal dedicated to nano-technologies. Featuring dedicated company, event and new product news it aims to keep researchers and business leaders up to date on what s happening in this important sector. A detailed Company Index makes finding specialist products and services easy. For reference there are links to research centres, relevant journals, books, papers, conference reviews and a discussion forum to discuss topical issues.

O'Reilly Network is the Online Resource for Open and Emerging Technologies. You trust O'Reilly to help you do your job more efficiently and effectively. And you can trust O'Reilly Network to deepen your knowledge and technical skills. O'Reilly Network offers information beyond O'Reilly books, from thought-provoking articles to extensive, searchable resources. It's your essential technology site before and after conferences: www.oreillynet.com.

The Open Source Development Network. Inc., is the leading news, collaboration and distribution community for IT and Open Source development, implementation and innovation. OSDN is the home of several popular Web sites, including the award winning news discussion site Slashdot.org and the world's largest collaborative software development site, SourceForge.net.

OSXFAQ.com is the premier gathering place for Mac OS X. With daily Mac OS X & UNIX tips, the Learning Center, Mac OS X news, forums, reviews, tutorials, hints, seminars, reader reports, surveys, FAQ's, and MAN pages on using, administering, and integrating Mac OS X within Macintosh environments both big and small.

Safari Tech Books Online pinpoints solutions to your urgent technical problems by allowing you to search, read, and annotate the full text from hundreds of books by top publishers like O'Reilly, New Riders, Addison-Wesley Professional, and Prentice Hall PTR.

SDForum is the leading Silicon Valley not-for-profit organization providing an unbiased source of information, insight, and expertise to the technology community for 20 years. Each month SDForum reaches 1200 software professionals - including nearly 2000 paying members - through 20 events that promote new technologies, businesses and practices that advance the industry. SDForum has long-standing relationships in the valley including software companies such as BEA, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, and Sun. In addition, they have support from the City of San Jose, and sponsorship from over 30 venture capital firms and service providers.

Sys Admin, the journal for Unix systems administrators satisfies the technical needs of Unix systems administrators working in heterogeneous computing environments. Coverage spans a wide range of technical topics crucial to systems administration in the enterprise. Articles provide practical, in-depth coverage of the administration of all major UNIX flavors including: Solaris, Linux, HP-UX, AIX, Tru64, BSD and Irix, within environments of all sizes.

Techieindex.com is the largest technology resource index for enterprise knowledge on software products, solutions and services. Powered by proprietary enterprise application tool eDRM, the portal includes corporate channels with innovative features that enable technology companies to interact with their developer community. eDRM comprises of a customizable portal building tool and support teams aimed at enabling businesses to reach out to it clients and partners effectively, efficiently and in a cost effective manner.

Sponsorship Information

If you are interested in exhibiting or sponsoring the conference, telephone Andrew Calvo at 707-827-7176, or email andrewc@oreilly.com.
Download Exhibitor and Sponsor Prospectus.