ActiveGrid, a commercial open source company, has created the Grid Application Server, a next-generation enterprise development and deployment platform. This native XML platform harnesses the proven open source LAMP stack to enable developers to deploy applications across transaction grids of horizontally scaled commodity computers. The ActiveGrid solution enables organizations to rapidly remix existing backend systems and Web Services into new Web 2.0-class composite applications, customize transactions at runtime and reap the benefits of open source computing.

ActiveState, a division of Sophos, is the leading provider of software solutions that increase developer productivity and organizational efficiency through the innovative use of open source technology. Over two million developers rely on ActiveState's open source language programming tools, language distributions, and enterprise support services.

Alfresco's open source enterprise content repository and portlets; built by the team that includes the co-founder/author of Documentum. Alfresco’s modular architecture uses the latest open source Java technologies: Spring, Hibernate, Lucene, MyFaces and groundbreaking Common Internet File System (CIFS) interface for Microsoft file system compatibility, enabling content contribution and scalability.

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.

Apress is a publishing company established by computer professionals, programmers, and enthusiasts just like you. Apress books are tools that will help you learn new subjects, solve problems effectively, and save time. Practical, instructional, and thought-provoking, Apress books offer the highest quality content, distinctively written with The Expert's Voice™.

Barracuda Network, Inc., provides powerful, easy-to-use and affordable enterprise-class spam, spyware and virus protection solutions. These plug-and-play hardware solutions are built for businesses of all sizes. The company's flagship products, the Barracuda Spam Firewall and Barracuda Spam Firewall - Outbound Mode, provide spam and virus protection for over 20,000 customers worldwide.

Black Duck Software is the leading supplier of software compliance management solutions for developers, lawyers, and business decision-makers. The company's protexIP suite lets businesses identify, plan and manage license obligations for their software assets, enabling safe and productive open source and component software reuse without compromising valuable intellectual property.

CollabNet provides companies with solutions for on-demand distributed software development across the entire application lifecycle of a product by combining a Web-based software application with a suite of consulting services. Using CollabNet solutions, software teams can collaborate on development across multiple locations within the extended enterprise or securely integrate business partners, contractors, or offshore development firms.

Computer Associates International Inc., (CA) is a leading worldwide provider of IT management solutions and services. CA solutions address an extensive range of management challenges across the full range of heterogeneous distributed and mainframe platforms with solutions for infrastructure management, storage management, security management, application life cycle management, data and application development, and portal technology and business intelligence.

Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR), a globalmembership organization promoting the responsible use of computer technology since 1981, educates policymakers and the public on a wide range of issues, and has incubated projects such as EPIC (Electronic Privacy Information Center and CFP (Computers, Freedom & Privacy) Conference.

Looking for a job in technology? Dice is the nation's #1-ranked job board exclusively designed for technology professionals. Dice lists over 65,000 jobs. It's fast, easy and free! Thousands of tech professionals use Dice to find their next job. Go to www.dice.com and find out why! Look to the tech leader first.

Drupal is open source software that enables individuals or a community of users to easily publish, manage and organize text, audio, video, etc. on a website. Drupal lets you build websites ranging from personal weblogs, corporate websites and e-commerce websites, to large community sites like spreadfirefox.com and ourmedia.org.

EFF is a legal advocacy group working to protect civil liberties as they relate to new technologies. Among our various activities, EFF educates politicians and the public, undertakes court cases preserving individuals' rights, engages the press regularly, and publishes a comprehensive archive of digital civil liberties information at our website: http://www.eff.org.

This year the Free Software Foundation celebrates its 20th anniversary! As sponsor of the GNU project, the FSF provides infrastructure for ongoing development of the GNU/Linux operating system. As author and guardian of the GNU GPL, the most popular Free Software license, the FSF works to help the community understand and adopt the license.

Funambol is the company behind Sync4j, the open source mobile application server that offers synchronization, provisioning and management software for mobile devices. Sync4j boasts more than 15,000 downloads a month with commercial deployments at wireless carriers, Fortune 100 enterprises, and Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) for mobile devices.

Gibson USA, is known worldwide for producing classic models in every major style of fretted instrument, including acoustic & electric guitars, mandolins and banjos. Gibson's digital guitar represents the biggest advance in electric guitar design in over 70 years. Gibson's family of brands includes Epiphone, Dobro, Kramer, Steinberger, Tobias, Slingerland, Maestro, Baldwin, Hamilton, Wurlitzer.

Comprised of hundreds of volunteer developers and industry-leading companies, the GNOME Foundation is an organization committed to supporting the advancement of GNOME. GNOME is a free software project that provides a complete, easy to use desktop for a variety of operating systems, including GNU/Linux, BSD, Solaris (tm), Operating Environment, HP-UX, Unix, BSD and Apple's Darwin. More than 700 computer developers, including over 100 full-time, paid developers, contribute their time and effort to the project.

Google is a global technology leader focused on improving the way people connect with information. Google's innovations in web search and advertising have made its website a top Internet destination and its brand one of the most recognized in the world. Google maintains the world's largest online index of websites and other content, and Google makes this information freely available to anyone with an Internet connection. Google's automated search technology helps people obtain nearly instant access to relevant information from it vast online index.

Hewlett Packard is a leading global provider of products, technologies, solutions and services to consumers and businesses. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, personal computing and access devices, global services and imaging and printing. HP completed its acquisition of Compaq Computer Corporation on May 3, 2002.

IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. Drawing on resources from across IBM and key Business Partners, IBM offers a wide range of services, solutions and technologies that enable customers, large and small, to take full advantage of the new era of e-business.

For more than three decades, Intel Corporation has developed technology enabling the computer and Internet revolution that has changed the world. Founded in 1968 to build semiconductor memory products, Intel introduced the world's first microprocessor in 1971. Intel’s core competencies are in the design and manufacture of complex silicon products, and today, Intel supplies the computing and communications industries with chips, boards, systems, and software building blocks that are the ingredients of computers, servers and networking and communications products. Intel has developed architectures for the key areas where silicon is used in next generation networks: PCs and entry-mid range servers (IA-32); database and back-end servers (IA-64); network infrastructure (IXA); wireless handheld clients (PCA). Intel’s products are used by industry members to create advanced computing and communications systems.

JasperSoft is the leading provider of commercial open source reporting solutions. Anchored by the most popular open source reporting engine JasperReports, JasperSoft brings customers the best blend of open source and commercial software. Over 10,000 companies worldwide use JasperSoft and enjoy the benefits of a solution that is community backed and company supported.

Jive Software creates commercial and Open Source applications that improve online collaboration. Jive Software's unique set of pure Java, open architecture, and standards-based applications allow companies to build virtual knowledge networks where users can find answers, find experts, collaborate and share knowledge. Customers include Sun, Oracle, Citrix, IBM and Veritas.

Laszlo Systems is the creator of OpenLaszlo, and a provider of rich Internet applications and services that advance the Web experience. OpenLaszlo is an open source XML-native platform for the development and delivery of a new generation of Web applications combining the ubiquitous reach of the Web with the usability and advanced UI capabilities of desktop software. Applications powered by OpenLaszlo serve millions of users daily at many of the leading destinations on the Web.

LogicBlaze, Inc. - a Simula Labs enterprise - develops and supports ActiveMQ and ServiceMix, the open source backbone for enterprise messaging and integration. LogicBlaze bundles leading open source technologies (supporting JMS/J2EE/JCA standards), together with business-proven services, training and and support, to deliver the best choice for Enterprise Service Bus capabilities.

MarvelIT is a leading provider of Open Source Business Intelligence and Analytics for the small to medium business (SMB) market. MarvelIT specializes in complete open source information solutions that lowers the total cost of ownership, providing faster implementation times and a greater return on investment (ROI) than traditional commercial BI implementations.

Mergere, Inc.- a Simula Labs enterprise – supports the fastest growing, open source-based build automation tools: Maven and Continuum. Mergere provides professional services, training and support for Maven, offering developers, release engineers, IT and non-IT managers total build control, visibility and protection for any standalone or distributed Java project.

The Mozilla Foundation exists to provide organizational, legal, and financial support for the Mozilla open source software project. The Mozilla project works to preserve choice and innovation on the Internet by providing open source Internet client software that includes a browser, mail and news functionality, and a toolkit for developing web-based applications.

MySQL, the world's most popular open source database, develops and markets a family of high performance, database servers and tools. Many of the world's largest organizations, including Yahoo! and Sabre Holdings, are realizing significant cost savings by using MySQL to power Web sites, business-critical enterprise applications and packaged software.

Founded in 1994, No Starch Press is an independent computer book publisher offering the finest in geek entertainment — unique books on technology, with a focus on Open Source, security, hacking, programming, and alternative operating systems. No Starch Press titles have personality and attitude and tackle topics that people care about.

Novell, Inc., is a leading provider of information solutions that deliver secure identity management (Novell Nsure™), Web application development (Novell exteNd™) and cross-platform networking services (Novell Nterprise™), all supported by strategic consulting and professional services (Novell NgageSM). Active in the open source community with its Ximian® and SUSE LINUX brands, Novell provides a full range of Linux products and services for the enterprise from the desktop to the server. Novell's vision of one Net — a world without information boundaries — helps customers realize the value of their information securely and economically.

O'Reilly Media is the premier information source for leading-edge computer technologies. The company's books, conferences, and web sites bring to light the knowledge of technology innovators. O'Reilly books, known for the animals on their covers, occupy a treasured place on the shelves of the developers building the next generation of software. O'Reilly conferences and summits bring alpha geeks and forward-thinking business leaders together to shape the revolutionary ideas that spark new industries. From the Internet to XML, open source, .NET, Java, and web services, O'Reilly puts technologies on the map.

The Open Source Lab at Oregon State University exists to help accelerate the adoption of open source software across the globe and aid the community that develops and uses it. The OSL's talented team of students and full-time staff do this by focusing on software development as well as hosting the world's largest open source projects.

Oracle's business is information—how to manage it, use it, share it, protect it. For nearly three decades, Oracle, the world's largest enterprise software company, has provided the software and services that let organizations get the most up-to-date and accurate information from their business systems.

OSDL - home to Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux - is dedicated to accelerating the growth and adoption of Linux. Founded in 2000 by CA, Hitachi, HP, IBM, Intel and NEC, OSDL is a non-profit organization at the center of Linux supported by a global consortium of more than 60 of the world's largest Linux customers and IT industry leaders. OSDL sponsors industry-wide initiatives around Linux in telecommunications, in the enterprise data center and on corporate desktops. The Lab also provides Linux expertise and computing and test facilities in the United States and Japan available to developers around the world.

OSoft.com distributes the Thout™Reader, an open source (free) documentation platform that allows developers to organize all of their documentation, manuals, and reference books into one standard searchable, expandable format. Thout™Reader reduces frustration, saves time and increases productivity. OSoft also includes developer tools to create new content in the Thout™Reader format.

The OTBC (Open Technology Business Center) is a business accelerator dedicated to supporting the growth of early-stage technology startups in Oregon. Based in the heart of Oregon’s open source community, OTBC is uniquely positioned to provide technologists developing open technologies with access to experts and industry leaders. OTBC’s mission is to help entrepreneurs and small companies accelerate their market entry through customized business coaching and guidance, extensive networking opportunities, education resources, and flexible office facilities. OTBC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

Palamida is breaking new ground in software compliance and license management, accelerating developers' ability innovate. With the industry's fastest search and reporting against the world’s largest database of open source and third-party software code, Palamida’s innovative IP Amplifier can reduce software compliance and management efforts from weeks to hours.

Educating 100 million people worldwide, Pearson Education is the global leader in educational publishing. With brands such as MySQL Press, Sams Publishing, Developer's Library, and many others, Pearson Education provides quality content, assessment tools and educational services in all available media, spanning the learning curve from birth through college and beyond.

Plone, the award-winning open source content management system, is planning to release its next major version during OSCON. Come join the Plone Foundation for a launch party and a booth manned by leading developers from the Plone community.

With more than 17 years of development by hundreds of the world's most generous and brilliant minds from the open source community, PostgreSQL is the world's most advanced open source database. With its long time support of an enterprise level feature set including transactions, stored procedures, triggers, and subqueries, PostgreSQL is being used by many of today's most demanding businesses and government agencies.

Powell's Books is the largest independent used and new bookstore in the world. Located in Portland, Oregon, Powell's consists of seven general and specialty bookstores, including Powell's Technical Books. Search all our stores, plus the inventory of three giant warehouses at Powells.com, voted Best of the Web by Forbes magazine.

The Software Association of Oregon (SAO) serves the state's network of software-powered organizations to help establish, grow, and sustain successful organizations. Over 600 companies form the SAO and take advantage of continuing education, networking, group buying discounts and long term industry development. Companies of all sizes and industries belong.

SourceBeat is the only publisher providing real-time information on many of the most popular open source projects such as Spring, Eclipse, Struts, Plone, Geronimo and JBoss. Our books are available in digital format as an annual subscription or as a print on demand book. Either way, you know you are receiving the most current information about a particular topic with SourceBeat.

SourceLabs sells support and maintenance subscriptions for tested open source software, giving IT buyers flexibility, without sacrificing the dependability and mission critical support that production systems require. SourceLabs CERT7 testing process documents the scalability, stress response, failover and security of open source systems, ensuring their overall dependability in demanding environments.

SpikeSource is a trusted supplier of certification, testing and support services for open source software. In addition to providing fully integrated and productized software, SpikeSource also provides update and support services, information services, and tools to better manage the introduction and ongoing maintenance of open source within the enterprise.

Stonehenge Consulting Services, is the premiere worldwide, on-site and open enrollment Perl Traning company, brought to you by the people who literally wrote the book on Perl. Led by Just another Perl hacker, Randal Schwartz, we deliver the classic Learning Perl course, as well as advanced and customized courses.

SugarCRM is the premier commercial open source customer relationship management application provider breaking the rules set by conventional CRM solutions. Sugar Sales Professional delivers enterprise software that manages the front lines of business. The functionality tracks sales opportunities, customer information, documents customer interactions and lead sources throughout the sales process.

Sun Microsystems has held open systems to be the cornerstone of its business philosophy since the beginning. From desktops to supercomputers, and from development tools to productivity suites, Sun is dedicated to delivering hardware and software based on open industry standards. Today, through shared technology innovation, Sun's continued commitment to Open Source is reflected in its leadership and key contributions to the many projects including OpenSolaris, OpenOffice.org, GNOME, Grid Engine, java.net, Jini, JXTA, NetBeans, and Mozilla.

Tersus Software is releasing as open source its unique visual programming platform. With the Tersus platform you can easily and rapidly create complex web applications by drawing visual diagrams instead of writing code. Tersus simplifies web application development by using a single visual language for defining user interface, client side behavior and server side processing.

The Free Standards Group is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the use of free and open source software by developing and promoting standards. Key Free Standards Group projects include the Linux Standard Base (LSB), and OpenI18N, the internationalization initiative.

Perl is a stable, cross-platform, open source programming language used for mission critical projects in the public and private sectors. The Perl Foundation is a non-profit corporation established to advance the use and development of the Perl programming language.

The Personal Telco Project promotes and builds public wireless networks through community support and education. We have a vibrant volunteer organization in Portland, Oregon with two goals - to cover the city in free wireless networking and to build out a customer-owned data communications infrastructure. We believe such a network empowers individuals and promotes freedom of information.

Founded in 1999, Virtuas is an open source software consultancy providing strategic and innovative solutions for organizations worldwide. Delivering technology-enabled solutions to solve complex business problems, our team of industry experts applies proven methodologies and innovative, industry-adopted solutions to help businesses realize measurable ROI on open source adoption and integration.

The Women's Technology Cluster is the pre-eminent business incubator dedicated to women leaders building technology-driven businesses. Its mission is to increase the number of successful companies and to leverage their influence. Through its dedicated community of proven CEOs, investors, and industry experts, the WTC provides extensive advisory services, coaching, and access to business and capital networks.

Yahoo! Inc. is a leading provider of comprehensive online products and services to consumers and businesses worldwide. Yahoo! is the No. 1 Internet brand globally and the most trafficked Internet destination worldwide. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., Yahoo!'s global network includes 25 world properties and is available in 13 languages.