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Since 1983 InfoPower International Inc has developed and deployed its powerful full-functional ERP and Supply Chain software suite, with 55 modules, at over 350 sites at diverse industries and companies worldwide, from aerospace and defense to food processing and distribution. InfoPower continues with the release of the latest version of the product, fxDBO (Flexible and responsive with Dynamic Business Objects) application suite, fully incorporating IBM's SmartSOA, WebSphere middleware and Software as a Service (SaaS) deployment.

Miracle Software Systems, Inc. is a SOA specialist firm that helps Global 2000 corporations transition their IT to a service-oriented architecture. We offer expertise in the strategy, planning, software selection, and implementation phases of the SOA deployment. We have been in business for more than 12 years serving clients in multiple industries leveraging our talented pool of more than a thousand employees, large offshore facilities, and our presence in 5 continents around the globe.

DataDirect Technologies is the world leader in data connectivity and mainframe integration, offering the most comprehensive line of software for connecting the world's most critical applications to data and services, running on any platform, using proven and emerging standards.

Global and broad industry experience enables Sogeti to provide you value-added IT solutions and professional services to achieve strategic business objectives. Sogeti employs 18,000 people in 11 countries, including 25 major US city locations. Offices are close to your local decision makers, allowing Sogeti to respond quickly, flexibly and cost-effectively to meet your business needs. Sogeti, your SOA partner!

Capgemini, one of the world's foremost providers of Consulting, Technology and Outsourcing services, enables its clients to transform and perform through technologies. Capgemini provides its clients with insights and capabilities that boost their freedom to achieve superior results through a unique way of working, called the "Collaborative Business Experience".

zZone will fire you up and let your relax at the same time. While at Impact 2008, grab your zZone passport and enjoy a free cappuccino or a relaxing massage as you explore the possibilities. IBM's System z, host to over $1 trillion in business-critical applications assets, and 90% of the world's largest databases, has quickly become host for thousands of important SOA developments introduced by IBM and IBM Business Partners. The zZone, sponsored by Vanguard, Serena, DataDirect, CAWily and IBM highlights a broad variety of SOA solutions for the mainframe community that let you swap chaos and complexity with flexibility and control while more quickly meeting the changing needs of your business.

Ascendant Technology helps organizations achieve the flexibility and innovation business demands from technology investments. We offer a variety of custom, packaged, and fully managed WebSphere and SOA solutions built on dependable IBM technology. Our combination of business acumen and deep technical expertise provide insight to solve problems and drive innovation.

iWay Software, an Information Builders company, reduces the need for custom programming and solves business problems quickly, while creating an architecture that adapts to change. Easy to use, implement, and manage, iWay technologies - the most interoperable on the market - streamline business processes and enable any developer to integrate extraordinarily complex systems.

MQSoftware, provider of real-time transaction assurance and middleware monitoring, and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), the customer-centric innovation company that offers smarter choices for its customers and makes technology more accessible to the world. are partnering to deliver solutions for SOA. These solutions, like InsightSOA!, include WebSphere and promote business agility, faster application integration, and reduce operational risk. The MQSoftware/AMD partnership integrates manufacturing excellence and leadership in business transaction assurance and middleware implementation with WebSphere.

Nortel is extending the value of Unified Communication by using SOA and Web Services to simplify the integration of carrier and enterprise telephony communications with IBM. In addition, the use of Web Services expands the possibilities for the integration of applications and communications using SOA as the common foundation for service creation. Once both are using a common SOA framework, the distinction between the application and the networks disappears.

Prolifics, in business since 1978, is an end-to-end systems integrator specializing in IBM technologies. A Premier IBM Business Partner, Prolifics has garnered top awards for our customer solutions and level of technical excellence, including IMPACT's Best SOA Process Solution Award. Prolifics Consultants are selected by IBM to service their own customers and to augment their project teams. Our depth of experience with secure SOA and Portal solutions can ensure the success of your SOA initiative.

Sun Microsystems Inc., provides network computing infrastructure solutions that include computer systems, software, storage, and services. Its core brands include the Java technology platform, the Solaris operating system, StorageTek and the UltraSPARC processor. Visit us at www.sun.com.

AmberPoint is the industry's leading authority on governing the runtime of SOA applications. Utilizing a policy-based approach to manage the health and well-being of SOA-based applications, AmberPoint's software offers the industry's most comprehensive capabilities for visibility into and control of loosely coupled systems. That's why AmberPoint has secured the most customers in the industry-in fact, more than all of their competitors combined. It's also why AmberPoint has so many OEM and reseller relationships with leading software companies.

Chordiant helps leading global brands optimize and simplify their complex customer-facing requirements, helping them deliver the best possible customer experience. Unlike traditional business applications, Chordiant Customer Experience (Cx) front-office solutions blend multi-channel interaction management with predictive desktop decisioning, enabling companies to capture, effectively anticipate and respond to customer behavior in all channels, in real-time. With Chordiant Cx solutions, customer loyalty, operational productivity and profitability reach new levels of return.

EmeriCon, a Premier IBM Business Partner, successfully deploys IBM SOA Business Process Management (BPM) products, providing world-class implementation consulting services. This is our exclusive focus. Highly experienced, widely recognized consultants, solutions architects, business analysts, and project managers provide high value through exceptional BPM integration services, including improving business processes, identifying process-based requirements, and deploying automated process management systems from small and medium implementations, to large-scale, highly integrated process management solutions. Our success is your success.

HCL Technologies and IBM's WebSphere team have formed a partnership to deliver comprehensive BPM & SOA solutions to global customers. The alliance demonstrates a strong commitment to develop solutions that enable "Real World" SOA & BPM implementations. HCL's focus is to innovate in Security for SOA and BPM Testing through frameworks and toolsets. HCL is one of India's largest IT Services companies, with presence in over 18 countries and 45,000 employees serving over 500 customers.

HostBridge® is mainframe software that integrates CICS transactions and data to with other applications. HostBridge eliminates the need to change or rewrite CICS applications so you can quickly transform your existing CICS business systems into web services, integrate them with business processes, and make them accessible to partner networks. HostBridge provides the scalability and reliability expected of mainframe solutions and combines it with uncommon simplicity so it easily fits into any integration architecture.

ILOG's industry-leading business rule management system (BRMS) provides better process decisions, accuracy and reactivity for SOA solutions. A BRMS creates decision services that are truly reusable, can be owned and maintained by business users and allow for quick response to changes by managing policies independent of processes and without coding. ILOG's platform provides full life-cycle support for authoring, deploying, running, and managing business rules throughout SOA solutions. For more information, visit www.ilog.com.

Perficient is a leading information technology consulting firm serving clients throughout North America. We are experts in designing, building and delivering business-driven technology solutions. We help our clients gain competitive advantage by using Internet-based technologies to make their businesses more responsive to market opportunities and threats, strengthen relationships with customers, suppliers and partners, improve productivity and reduce information technology costs. Perficient is world-class talent, delivering world-class technology, on time and on budget.

Primeur, a Premier IBM Business Partner, has 20 years experience providing Middleware solutions notably around Managed File Transfer, WebSphere and more recently complementing IBM's SOA Reference Architecture: ESB data movement, Governance, Security, Service Management. Batch SOA is a new architectural style needing products and governance best practices. Combining Primeur's Managed File Transfer (Spazio MFT/S) and Governance (Orchestration Suite) solutions with your WebSphere Infrastructure places your company in an ideal position to capitalise on SOA Batch.

The Sphere technical journal and Online Knowledgebase provide detailed instruction and best practices for WebSphere developers, administrators, and architects. Articles written by the industry's top experts equip you with the tools and problem-solving information you need to save time, money, and overcome your technical challenges. Through The Sphere's Online Knowledgebase, you get access to expert guidance, critical information, and downloadable code with easy keyword searchability. The Sphere - It's how WebSphere professionals succeed™.

Tidal Software is a leading provider of application scheduling and performance management software that simplifies IT operations by automating and integrating performance and process management. Tidal puts IT operations management into the business process using new levels of automation, visibility, and control over systems. Tidal makes ERP applications more efficient, and gives IT deep visibility and control over composite SOA solutions. Leading enterprises drive greater IT efficiency with Tidal. Call (650) 475-4600. Visit www.tidalsoftware.com.

Ultramatics is the recognized leader for successful IBM SOA implementations. Serving clients throughout North America, Ultramatics was awarded IBM's prestigious Beacon Award for Best SOA and WebSphere Solutions. With references that include some of the most complex SOA implementations in the world, Ultramatics focuses on Best Practices within four core verticals. Ultramatics has codified a significant set of reusable assets known as "UltraStart Business Solutions" that help our customers more quickly implement their SOA initiatives.

Web Age Solutions is a leading provider of technical education and custom curriculum development to many of the world's largest organizations. We earned our "Preferred Vendor" status with these global leaders as a result of our highly progressive approach to technical training. Our depth of knowledge in WebSphere, SOA, Web services, Web 2.0, J2EE Frameworks and our ability to customize courses to efficiently target client needs sets us apart in the technical training market place.