Sponsors.

	Altegra Technologies is develops custom enterprise solutions that empower businesses.
	CodeSmith Tools is a privately-held software company, established in 2004, specializing in the creation of software tools that help developers be more productive. Our flagship product, CodeSmith Generator, started out as a small side project by our founder and CEO Eric J. Smith. CodeSmith Generator quickly gained tremendous popularity and grew into a hugely successful product.
	CTS is a privately held, regional IT consulting firm that provides business intelligence, quality assurance, application integration, software development, and portals and collaboration consulting services to enterprise clients
	GITCA is the world’s largest international not-for-profit independent organization powered by dedicated volunteers devoted to the development and growth of the IT community by providing services to support leaders and connect user groups, associations, and student IT organizations. GITCA stands committed to the free exchange of resources, ultimately elevating the status of the IT Professional both in their industry and in the community.
	GrapeCity has been in the software business for over 25 years. Our corporate headquarters are located in Sendai, Japan, with US offices in Kirkland, WA and Morrisville (RTP), NC. We also have other operations throughout the United States and Asia. GrapeCity is also the world’s largest component vendor. Our award-winning tools benefit leading corporations, software companies, and independent consultants around the world as a cost-effective solution for building distributed enterprise-wide applications for commercial or in-house use. From the CEO to our newest team member, our goals are the same: to provide you with the innovative tools and support you need to thrive in today’s competitive development market.
	INETA provides structured, peer-based organizational, educational, and promotional support to the growing worldwide community of Microsoft® .NET user groups. Our mission is to offer assistance and resources to community groups that promote and educate their membership in Microsoft’s .NET technologies. INETA welcomes all facets of the .NET user community, from developers and architects to project managers and IT professionals.
	Founded in 1991, Intertech has grown from a one-person shop to the largest combined software developer training company and research-supported consulting firm in Minnesota. Intertech delivers instructor-led training for software development professionals at its training facility, at customer sites throughout North America, and virtually. Intertech designs and develops software solutions that power Fortune 500 businesses, mid-sized companies, and state government. Intertech works with NASA, Wells Fargo, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Intel, and other major companies around the United States helping them learn and use technology.
	At Microsoft, our mission and values are to help people and businesses throughout the world realize their full potential.
	Middle Bay Consulting is an Information Technology Consulting Firm established in July 1997. Our mission is to provide high-quality eGovernment solutions to agencies at the state, local, and national level. We are focused on agencies that provide Business Regulation and Consumer Protection services. Middle Bay strives to build long-term partnerships sustained by understanding the needs and exceeding the expectations of each customer.
	Morrison Management Specialists, a member of the Compass Group, is the nation’s only food service company exclusively dedicated to providing food, nutrition and dining services to the healthcare and senior living communities through its two operating divisions: Morrison Healthcare Food Services and Morrison Senior Living. With over 1,200 registered dietitians, 450 executive chefs and more than 18,000 professional food service team members, Morrison is actively committed to fostering ways to enjoy great-tasting, healthy food through socially responsible practices and superior customer service. The Atlanta-based company serves approximately 585 acute care clients and 450 senior living clients in 41 states including some of the largest and most prominent integrated healthcare systems and senior living communities in the United States.
	O’Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators through its books, online services, magazines, research, and conferences. Since 1978, O’Reilly has been a chronicler and catalyst of leading-edge development, homing in on the technology trends that really matter and galvanizing their adoption by amplifying “faint signals” from the alpha geeks who are creating the future. An active participant in the technology community, the company has a long history of advocacy, meme-making, and evangelism.
	Perficient is a leading technology and management consulting firm serving clients throughout the United States. 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.
	Pluralsight is a group of serious developers. We are also committed to creating the best training available. This mix of training for developers, by developers is what rings true to our customers.We call it hardcore developer training. You’ll know it as superior training that is relevant and pushes all the latest technologies.
	Red Gate was founded by Neil Davidson & Simon Galbraith, who are both still intimately involved in running the company as joint Chief Executives.There are now around 250 people working here, and we’ve been repeatedly recognized as a great place to work. Our products are used by hundreds of thousands of people, and most of the organizations you’ve heard of have bought some of our stuff.We make products that are technically challenging to create, yet are really intuitive – we call it “ingeniously simple”.
	TEKsystems is a subsidiary of Allegis Group, the largest private IT talent management firm in the world. Through our IT staffing solutions, talent management insight and suite of IT services, we make it easier to get IT done. Our longstanding history and industry-leading position speak to our success in helping clients meet their business targets faster, cheaper and more accurately.
	Telerik’s mission is to make software development easier and more enjoyable. Our tools for agile project management, collaboration, development and testing allow companies of all sizes to create richer, more stable and aesthetic software faster than ever before. Trusted by over 100,000 customers worldwide for our devotion to quality and customer care, Telerik helps technical and business professionals maximize their productivity and “deliver more than expected” every day. As true craftsmen, we don’t believe in compromises and our goal is to only release tools that we can be proud of.
	The Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) is an independent, not-for-profit association dedicated to supporting, educating, and promoting the global Microsoft SQL Server community.Co-founded by Microsoft and CA in 1999, PASS was created to help educate and connect millions of SQL Server users around the world. Led by a member-elected Board of Directors, PASS is run by and for the community, made up of database administrators and developers, application developers, Business Intelligence and IT professionals, executives, consultants, educators, instructors, students, vendors, and many others who work with or use Microsoft SQL Server and Business Intelligence technologies.
	The University of South Alabama is a dynamic, growing institution on the outskirts of Mobile, Alabama. With a population of over 15,000 students and a green campus nestled between the waters of Mobile Bay and the beautiful beaches of the Gulf of Mexico, USA is a high research activity university as designated by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education and hosts a diverse student body. USA is classified as one of the nation’s top ranking universities by USNews Education.
	User Group Support Services Supporting technical communities and leaders worldwide.
	VisualSVN is a rapidly growing independent software vendor. Since 2005, we provide professional tools and solutions for Version Control Systems. Exceptional quality and highest level of service are the keys of our success. Tight integration with the open source world makes us able to deliver state-of-the-art solutions that are precisely designed to serve the needs of enterprise customers.