Since its founding twenty years ago, a singular vision -- The Network Is The Computer (TM) -- has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that power the Internet. Sun can be found in more than 170 countries. Sun invented Java (TM) technology to provide a networked application and services platform that helps make the Sun vision a reality. Today, Java is the development language most used by developers, and the Java platform gives developers the broadest range of technologies for building cross-platform, compatible web services, wireless data services and other networked applications. Java technology is maintained and extended by the Java Community Process (SM) (JCP (SM)) program, an organization made up of over 700 companies, individuals, and organizations such as The Apache Software Foundation.

Platinum Sponsors

BEA Systems, Inc. is the world's leading application infrastructure software company, with more than 12,500 customers around the world leveraging the award-winning BEA WebLogic enterprise platform. BEA dev2dev delivers comprehensive resources for developers, including a developer portal, an integrated package of education and training, tools, support, and community programs aimed at developers of all levels of technical knowledge and experience. Visit www.bea.com or dev2de .bea.com.

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 IBM 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 information about IBM, visit http://www.ibm.com. For more information on IBM's on demand strategy, visit .

Novell 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 Ngage). 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. www.novell.com

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Additional Sponsors

The Source for Apache & Tomcat Solutions. Covalent is the leader in products and services for Apache & Tomcat, the world's leading Web server, and the only source of full commercial support for Apache & Tomcat. Covalent has assembled the deepest talent pool of Apache experts in the industry. Through Covalent's products and services, Apache/Tomcat users receive all the flexibility and benefits of open source, with the support and reliability of a commercial enterprise fully dedicated to those open source technologies.

CRYPTO-Server 6 from CRYPTOCard, is the world’s first Secure Password TechnologyTM Authentication Solution for Apache platform web servers, websites and web portals. We short form it FortApacheand the www just got orders of magnitude more secure! Based on the use of one-time passwords and two-factor authentication, with CRYPTO-Server 6 securing your Apache web server, you have total control over who can access your electronic access.

Gluecode Software™ (http://www.gluecode.com) is an open source application infrastructure company. The company's enterprise software solutions, including business process management and enterprise portal, offer customers a significant improvement in return on investment by reducing time-to-deployment and enabling applications that are more responsive to change and customization. Gluecode delivers its products via managed open source, bringing companies greater flexibility and control over their business applications by delivering reliable open source to the enterprise. Established in 2001, Gluecode is based in Los Angeles, CA.

Snapbridge is a leading provider of XML developer tools and cross-media publishing solutions. The company's product suite includes FDX Cross Media Server, FDX XML Server, XStudio Pro and XStudio Stylemaker development environment for XML development as well as information integration and management. Patent-pending Snapbridge FDX technology delivers unprecedented performance, flexibility, and scalability by federating multiple data sources in real-time to create composite XML objects that can be viewed or updated as part of a transaction. Founded in 2001, the Snapbridge team consists of world-class engineers and management, including members of the teams that defined XML and Java. Snapbridge is working with a number of leading companies in financial services, telecom, travel, media and other industries. The company is headquartered in San Diego and is privately held, with investment backing from JP Morgan Partners and Mission Ventures. For more information, please visit www.snapbridge.com