Sponsors
Please contact Delia Frees at delia@apachecon.com or on +1 707 765 0823 for more information.
Gold
Google is a proud user and supporter of open source software and development methodologies. Google contributes back to the Open Source community in many ways, including source code, project hosting on Google Code, projects for students including Google Summer of Code and the Google Highly Open Participation Contest, and support for a wide variety of projects, LUGS, and events around the world. Learn more at code.google.com/opensource/ And, of course, Google is hiring! If you are interested in job opportunities at Google, please visit www.google.com/jobs |
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HP Open Source and Linux solutions are designed to solve your mission-critical IT problems today! We sell over a million Linux servers a year, delivering high performance, scalability, security, storage, and backed by our commitment to the open source community. Learn more about our market leading Linux platforms and Open Source Middleware Stacks at www.hp.com/go/linux. Also be sure to check out our new FossBazaar and Fossology initiatives which are aimed at further encouraging the adoption of Open Source in the enterprise. Our solutions are delivered and supported by over 6500 Open Source and Linux professionals across 160 countries. Come visit us at our booth to hear how HP and the Open Source community are working together. | |
Hippo develops and sponsors the Apache licensed Hippo CMS and Hippo Portal applications. We believe in the Apache way of developing, and actively participate in ASF projects. You can find our code in many projects, among which Apache Cocoon, Apache Jetspeed and Apache Slide. We stimulate our developers to get involved in the foundation and become a committer in relevant projects, sharing our knowledge with others in true Apache spirit. Hippo is a member of the Java Community Process and helps define new Java specifications. Hippo CMS is widely used in the Netherlands and across Europe, and is rolling out vastly to set a global standard in open source content management. For more information, visit our company website at http://www.onehippo.com or get involved in the Hippo community at http://www.hippocms.org. |
Wi Fi
The Wifisoft.org Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation that initiates and stimulates local and international cooperation between open communities. Wifisoft.org achieves and facilitates cooperation between Open Communities via the Internet and the organization of events. We organize and facilitate lectures and hands-on workshops. Our main event is the OpenCommunityCamp 10-17 August 2008 (opencommunitycamp.org) Further information about the WiFi network can be found on the Wiki |
Additional
Established in 1999, The Apache Software Foundation provides organizational, legal, and financial support for a broad range of Open Source software projects, including Apache HTTP Server — the world's most popular Web server software for more than a decade. The Foundation provides an established framework for intellectual property and financial contributions that simultaneously limits contributors' potential legal exposure. Through a collaborative and meritocratic development process, Apache projects deliver enterprise-grade, freely available software products that attract large communities of users. The pragmatic Apache License makes it easy for all users, commercial and individual, to deploy Apache products. For more information, please see http://www.apache.org/ | |
The Covalent Products Division of SpringSource is the leading provider of support and services for Apache Software Foundation (ASF) open source projects. SpringSource, the company behind the Spring Portfolio, the leading enterprise Java™ application platform, acquired Covalent Technologies in early 2008. SpringSource products and services help hundreds of organizations, including many of the world’s largest financial institutions, retailers, manufacturers, healthcare, technology and public sector clients, build, test and run mission-critical enterprise applications. SpringSource, with offices worldwide, provides products and services to more than half of the Fortune 500. For more information, please visit http://www.springsource.com and http://www.covalent.com. |
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HALO Worldwide is a consulting firm specializing in promotion, publicity, and brand integration programs that span strategic communications and positioning, brand planning and translation, public relations and outreach, and image management. HALO principals have gained a reputation for being among the most competent in the business, leveraging more than 30 years’ combined out-of-the-box thinking, intuitive marketing, and media relations expertise to develop highly effective campaigns across a range of media resources. With a clientele that ranges from startups to blue chip organizations, we are passionate about managing reputations, driving brand awareness and recognition, and developing valued relationships with credibility and gravitas. http://www.haloworldwide.com/ | |
ThinkGeek.com is the top retailer for the techno-enthusiast market and sells everything from fun gadgetry and computer accessories to apparel, and it is the number one online destination for caffeinated products from soap to lollipops. Founded in 1999 to meet the gadget needs of the Open Source community—the thousands of programmers, engineers, students and lovers of Open Source out there who were in the trenches as the Internet was forged—the website now draws a wide cross-section of visitors and appeals to the geek in everyone. | |
Yahoo! Inc. is a leading global Internet brand and one of the most trafficked Internet destinations worldwide. Yahoo! is focused on powering its communities of users, advertisers, publishers, and developers by creating indispensable experiences built on trust. Yahoo! is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. For more information, visit pressroom.yahoo.com or the company's blog, Yodel Anecdotal. |