Thank you to our 2011 Sponsors!
SPONSORS
Underwriter  
  Avaya is a global leader in business communications systems. The company provides unified communications, contact centers, data solutions and related services directly and through its channel partners to leading businesses and organizations around the world. Enterprises of all sizes depend on Avaya for state-of-the-art communications that improve efficiency, collaboration, customer service and competitiveness. www.avaya.com
Thought Leadership Sponsor
  Motorola Mobility, Inc. (NYSE:MMI) fuses innovative technology with human insights to create experiences that simplify, connect and enrich people's lives. Our portfolio includes converged mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets; wireless accessories; end-to-end video and data delivery; and management solutions, including set-tops and data-access devices. For more information, visit motorola.com/mobility.
 
Business Technology Sponsors

 As a global provider of IT staffing services, Modis connects the very best IT professionals to great opportunities at leading companies. For both temporary and permanent assignments, and across virtually all industries, we use our insight, flexibility and expanded resources to understand your goals and help you achieve them. Visit modis.com/itrecruitment to learn more.
  Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE: RAX) is the world’s leader in the hosting and cloud computing industry. Based in San Antonio, Texas, the company delivers enterprise-level hosting services to businesses of all sizes and kinds. Rackspace integrates the industry's best technologies for each customer's specific need and delivers it as a service via the company's commitment to Fanatical Support®. Rackspace hosts more than 108,000 customers in nine data centers across the globe through their portfolio of hosted IT services, including Managed Hosting and Cloud Computing. Currently, 40% of FORTUNE® 100 companies trust Rackspace for their hosting needs. For more information, visit www.rackspace.com.
 
Platinum Sponsor
  IDC Insights lines of business assist businesses and IT leaders, as well as the suppliers who serve them, in making more effective technology decisions by providing accurate, timely, and insightful fact-based research and consulting services. Our global research and analysis is focused on mitigating technology risks, maximizing the effectiveness of IT investments, identifying new opportunities, and bringing forth technology solutions that are aligned with the organization's business objectives.  Focusing on energy, financial services, government, healthcare, manufacturing and retail industries, our research covers over 200 technology markets including cloud computing, business analysis, outsourcing, enterprise mobility, sustainability, IT governance, data center, social media and many more. www.idc.com
 
Gold Sponsors
  Compuware Corporation, the technology performance company, provides software, experts and best practices to ensure the world’s most important technologies work well and deliver value. Compuware customers include 46 of the top 50 Fortune 500 companies and 12 of the top 20 most visited U.S. web sites. For more information, please visit www.compuware.com.

 LongJump platform software creates process-driven web applications that improve business productivity by automating business workflows, making data actionable, enabling social collaboration, mobilizing information access and empowering end-user customizations. CIOs and Enterprise architects can reduce the time and cost of developing custom apps from months to weeks by visually creating enterprise apps (no coding required). Companies like Cisco, Genentech, AT&T, HP are using the LongJump platform to increase productivity and empower business users. www.longjump.com

 QlikTech is a leader in Business Discovery — user-driven Business Intelligence (BI). QlikTech's powerful, accessible Business Discovery solution bridges the gap between traditional BI solutions and standalone office productivity applications. Its QlikView Business Discovery platform enables intuitive user-driven analysis that can be implemented in days or weeks rather than months or years. The in-memory associative search technology it pioneered allows users to explore information freely rather than being confined to a predefined path of questions. QlikView works with existing BI applications and adds new capabilities: insight for everyone, zero-wait analysis, mobility, an app—like model, remixability and reassembly, and a social and collaborative experience. www.qlikview.com
 
Savvis, a CenturyLink company, is a global leader in cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises. Nearly 2,500 unique clients, including more than 30 of the top 100 companies in the Fortune 500, use Savvis to reduce capital expense, improve service levels and harness the latest advances in cloud computing. For more information, visit www.savvis.com or www.centurylink.com.
 

Association Partners

The Southern California SIM (SCSIM) Chapter is run for and run by leading Southern California IT Executives.  Its purpose is to provide a meeting place for our members to exchange ideas, share experiences, be introduced to innovative technology and continue professional development.  We meet four times a year to network with colleagues and enjoy program presentations that are always informative and thought provoking.  With over a hundred members, SCSIM is a great place for CIO’s and senior IT leaders to collaborate,  network and learn from each other. www.scsim.org
LA’s mission is to be the premier catalyst and information source in the Los Angeles community for improving the practice of information security. We accomplish this by providing education, networking and support to our direct constituents, information security practitioners, IT practitioners with information security responsibilities and information security vendors.  We provide outreach, advocacy and education to the broader Los Angeles community. http://www.issa-la.org

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When it comes to communication, there is no “one size fits all.” But what is common to professionals across almost any discipline – marketing, public relations, public affairs, advertising, investor relations, etc. – is the need to engage and persuade audiences and measure success. Our expertise and insight help determine the best solution for our clients, and we take a customized approach to helping our clients surpass their goals.  From Facebook to Factiva, and trade journals to Twitter, we’ll connect you to the audiences and influencers that matter most.  No matter where they are.