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Gold Sponsors

Gold Sponsor - The Jordan, Edmiston Group
The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc.
The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc. (JEGI) of New York is the leading provider of independent investment banking services for the media and information industries. Since being founded in 1987, the firm has successfully completed more than 450 transactions.

As the leading provider of M&A services to the Business Information sector, JEGI has closed numerous high-profile transactions for: Global Media and Information Companies; Entrepreneurial Owners; and Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds, including the recent sales of:

Think Service to CMP (United Business Media); Money-Media to Pearson; Trade Service to GF Capital Management; Aberdeen Group to Harte-Hanks; Thomson's Peterson's to Nelnet; Commonwealth Business Media to United Business Media; Gold Standard to Elsevier; and Hearst's Medi-Span to Wolters Kluwer.

JEGI's executive team of investment bankers has over 200 years of combined industry experience. For more information, visit our Web site (www.jegi.com) or contact our Managing Directors at 212-754-0710.

Gold Sponsor - OpSource
OpSource
OpSource™ delivers software-as-a-service and Web applications for on-demand companies, with hundreds of applications, millions of users and billions of transactions supported daily. OpSource On-Demand™, the leading Web operations solution for Web application delivery, is defining how Web-based software is delivered. By choosing OpSource as their Web application delivery partner, companies are freed from investing in and managing the complex and costly infrastructure and services necessary to deliver applications over the Web. They can instead focus their resources on developing, marketing and selling their applications and services. Further, by using OpSource Connect™ companies can leverage web services such as OpSource Billing™, OpSource Analytics™ and OpSource End-User Support™ and integrate their applications with other SaaS applications over the Internet as well as with enterprise applications behind the corporate firewall. OpSource On-Demand is suitable for companies at any stage of growth, with any type of on-demand application. OpSource is the only company to offer Success-Based PricingSM, a unit-based pricing model that allows businesses to begin with a modest minimum commitment and scale expenses as revenues increase.

Headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, OpSource has Web application delivery centers in Virginia, London and Bangalore. For more information about OpSource, visit www.opsource.net.


Silver Sponsors

Silver Sponsor - Business Objects
Business Objects
As an independent business unit within SAP, Business Objects transforms the way the world works by connecting people, information and businesses. Together with one of the industry's strongest and most diverse partner networks, the company delivers business performance optimization to customers worldwide across all major industries. Business Objects is also the clear leader in on-demand business intelligence with its full suite of SaaS offerings, including crystalreports.com, Information OnDemand, and Business Intelligence OnDemand - which allows customers to deploy a BI solution over the Web - without buying servers, installing software, or placing additional workload on IT. Learn more and experience a free trial at www.ondemand.com.
Silver Sponsor - IBM
IBM
IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with more than 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. With a unique combination of industry experience, business leadership, and the know-how to get things done, IBM is the company that many organizations, ISV's, and developers look to as their partner for success. IBM's global PartnerWorld program offers a wide range of technical, enablement, and marketing assistance to help Independent Software Vendors (ISV's) remain competitive and deliver innovative Software as a Service solutions. For more information, visit: ibm.com/partnerworld/saas.
Silver Sponsor - FTS
FTS
FTS is a leading provider of complex pricing and measurement software. FTS' LeapTM RevChain® for Content is extremely flexible and can process high volumes of any measure of data. Whether it is new subscription periods or rates, pay per use pricing, tiered pricing based on volume, discounting (complex cross-account/services/product discounts), or minimum purchase commitments - once identified, offerings can be rolled out quickly and simply. Leap RevChain also contains functionality to support complex partner revenue sharing, workflow and work queues for complex case management, contract management and business processes, a Web CRM and a multitude of standard reports. It is easily integrated with other enterprise systems and has tools for advanced data mapping, translation and transformation for legacy data migrations, and systems integrations. For more information, visit our website at www.fts-soft.com/content.
Silver Sponsor - MuseGlobal, Inc.
MuseGlobal, Inc.
Turn content into insight with content integration technology from Muse. Search engines, databases, Web mining and feeds can give you content but only Muse can integrate the widest range of content sources into information solutions that create insight. Muse makes it easy to integrate the freshest content from every key source you need into services that inform decision-makers in enterprises and consumer markets. You'll get the right information at the right time in the right applications on the right platforms with unparalleled searchability using installed or hosted Muse technology. All this with simple and centralized administration that will make your content integration nightmares a thing of the past. MuseGlobal's solutions range from adding complementary content to your website, comparing content, transforming content, including value-added content, improving productivity and enhancing information for researchers, providing alerts for blogs and other late-breaking sources, through to the Muse Search Factory which provides exceptional content access to Microsoft's SharePoint, BlackBoard and other portals-based solutions.
Silver Sponsor - Mzinga
Mzinga
Mzinga is the leading provider of business social media solutions that drive growth, innovation, and learning. Combining highly scalable technology, rich domain expertise, and robust moderation services, Mzinga enables businesses to harness the collective intelligence of employees, customers, and partners to achieve tangible business results. Marketing, customer service, and human resources professionals deploy Mzinga solutions to achieve higher revenues, lower costs, and greater workplace satisfaction. Mzinga has 14,000 communities under management and services more than 1 billion monthly page requests from 27 million users in 160 countries worldwide. The company's marquee list of customers includes ABC, AOL, ESPN, CBS.com, iVillage, Chevron Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, Marsh, Inc., Mercer, and Prudential Financial. To learn more, visit http://www.mzinga.com
Silver Sponsor - Oracle
Oracle
After 30 years, Oracle remains the gold standard for database technology and applications in enterprises throughout the world. Oracle is the world's leading supplier of software for information management, and the world's second largest independent software company. With a partner community of over 19,500 partners worldwide, the foundation for partners' success with Oracle is Oracle PartnerNetwork Through partnership with Oracle, you will gain access to Oracle's premier products and solutions, education, technical services and support from across all lines of business within Oracle.
Silver Sponsor - WebApps, Inc. a.k.a. SaaS.com
WebApps, Inc. a.k.a. SaaS.com
Founded in 2001, SaaS.com helps companies deliver both internal and consumer-facing applications as a service that are more intuitive, easier to deploy, and offer lower total cost of ownership. Two distinct business lines include a pre-existing set of Human Resource centric applications that are offered under a private-label model and a pure multi-application, multi-tenant delivery platform that can be coupled with industry-specific business logic and proprietary data to be delivered as a complete SaaS solution.

CODiE Finalist Showcase Sponsor

CODiE Finalist Showcase Sponsor - Internet Capital Group
Internet Capital Group
Internet Capital Group (ICG) acquires and builds Internet software companies that drive business productivity and reduce transaction costs between firms. Founded in 1996, ICG devotes its expertise and capital to maximizing the success of these platform companies that focus on delivering on-demand software and service applications to customers worldwide.

Bronze Sponsors

Bronze Sponsor - Copyright Clearance Center
Copyright Clearance Center
Copyright Clearance Center creates innovative licensing solutions for the seamless sharing of knowledge. CCC's licensing services, combined with its Web-based applications and tools, allow tens of millions of people in corporations, universities, law firms and government agencies to use and share published information with ease. Since its founding as a not-for-profit company in 1978, CCC has created and expanded the markets and systems that facilitate content reuse and the distribution of royalties to publishers and authors around the world. By offering rights to millions of the world's most sought-after publications, the company plays a major role in the global knowledge economy and encourages support for the principles of copyright.

Meeting Room Sponsors

Meeting Room Sponsor - Groxis
Groxis
Groxis, an innovator in federated search and visualization, is the developer of Grokker, an information management and discovery tool. Extending the value of existing search engines, Grokker’s core technology leverages the power of query federation, dynamic clustering and unique visual exploration of large result sets. Corporations, universities and content publishers are using Grokker to improve the way people explore, organize and share digital information. Groxis is privately held and located in downtown San Francisco.
Meeting Room Sponsor - MEI
MEI
MEI is an information consultancy helping publishers to "monetize their digital assets." We employ a staff of seasoned licensors and negotiators who represent the publishers' interests with aggregators, syncdicators, distributors and vendors of all types within the information industry. MEI works on a revenue share model with its publishers aligning the goals of both parties. Working internationally MEI helps publihsers to understand the market, to locate opportunties, to negotiate and to renegotiate deals of all types. Throughout the term of the deal, MEI maintains the agreement, assisting both vendor and publisher to maximize the potential of the deal. Where necessary, MEI's skilled IT department assists publishers with the embellishment and delivery of their content.

Exhibitors

Exhibitor - VQL2
QL2
QL2 is the leading provider of real time information to the world's most successful information service providers. We deliver critical data from any source, regardless of format, and seamlessly deliver it for immediate consumption and distribution. Over 300 clients in 38 countries rely on QL2 to deliver the data that content aggregators, publishers and providers need to fuel their services.
Exhibitor - Unisfair
Unisfair
Unisfair powers the world's virtual events and virtual business environments. Virtual events and business environments are used for marketing, recruiting and training purposes. If it can be done physically, Unisfair can replicate it virtually-with superior return on investment. Unisfair has powered over 400 virtual events for enterprise clients including Cisco Systems, IBM, and Quest Software; and for media clients including Nielsen, CMP, Rogers Publishing and Penton Media. Unisfair is privately held and backed by Sequoia Capital and Norwest Venture Partners with headquarters in Menlo Park, California and offices in New York, Boston and Israel.
Exhibitor - Vitrium Systems
Docmetrics – Vitrium Systems Inc.
Vitrium Systems specializes in technologies for the creation of enhanced, dynamic PDF documents. Vitrium's latest product, docmetrics, is a unique web-based application that empowers companies to generate more, better qualified sales leads from their white papers and other electronic marketing documents.

Docmetrics is based on Vitrium's protectedpdf software platform, an innovative Digital Rights Management technology, which empowers publishers to secure their electronic documents against unauthorized access, while providing legitimate readers with seamless access to content.


Industry Partners

Industry Partners - paidContent.org
American Business Media
Founded in 1906, American Business Media is the association of business information providers, delivering business intelligence to the industry, Madison Avenue, Wall Street and the Beltway. ABM's mission is to enhance the knowledge and best practices of leading media companies that provide quality information for business and professional markets worldwide. Learn more about the revenue opportunity in rich data at ABM's Business Information event where experts will discuss topics ranging from turning buying guides into business information to new cool software tools. To find out more about ABM please contact Nick Ferrari at n.ferrari@abmmail.com For more information about our upcoming Business Information event and other resources please visit www.abmevents.com
Industry Partners - GigaOM
GigaOM
GigaOM is the premier destination site for technology industry insiders. Edited by award-winning journalist Om Malik, GigaOM is widely considered an authoritative voice on what is disrupting the world of technology. Topics covered include broadband, VoIP, infrastructure, mobile, wireless, and venture capital. With signature intelligence, candor and irreverence, GigaOM breaks down the hype and explains how these new technologies will shape our future. GigaOM is part of Giga Omni Media, a portfolio of leading publications in the technology and entrepreneurial markets that reaches 1.75 million readers worldwide.
Industry Partners - paidContent.org
paidContent.org
paidContent.org is an award-winning site covering the business of digital media written by professional journalists for executives who need to stay on top of news in the online, technology, content, and application sectors. We cover company news (particularly M&A), offer analysis and commentary, report on funding and executive moves, and often break stories ahead of more traditional news sources.
Industry Partners - Triple Tree
Triple Tree
is a research-based investment bank with transaction activities focused on the convergence of technology and services in the areas of technology, healthcare, and business services. Specializing in M&A, the firm represents growth-oriented companies pursuing strategic alternatives that drive premium valuations.

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