Our Sponsors

The International Oracle Users Group is a global user group comprised of more than 7,000 members worldwide. IOUG provides communications, networking, and educational opportunities for all users of products and services in the Oracle environment. It collaborates with Oracle Corporation in its product direction by being the channel for an integrated voice for the user community. The Grassroots Alliance Partner (GAP) Program for local/regional Oracle user groups focuses on maintaining strong customer relationships with user groups. The program's goal is to understand the needs of user groups and deliver services to enhance the growth and development of entire user communities. The GAP Program is dedicated to providing support for local, regional, and special user groups and continues to rely on the feedback of users to provide strategic direction for Oracle products and services. For more information about IOUG, e-mail ioug@ioug.org.

Network Appliance, Inc. (NetApp), a leader in enterprise network storage, has been providing data access solutions since 1992 and is a member of both the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ 100 index. The company pioneered the concept of the "network appliance," an extension of the industry trend toward dedicated, specialized products that perform a single function. NetAppb storage platforms (NetApp filers, NearStore(tm) appliances, and NetCacheb appliances) are coupled with powerful data management, content distribution, and reporting software, offering seamless storage management from the corporate data center to the remote office.

Precise Software Solutions helps businesses perform by improving the performance of their applications. By monitoring and analyzing overall performance, Precise's comprehensive application performance management solutions proactively pinpoint the root causes of service degradation and determine their impact on the entire application infrastructure - before they affect response times and end-users. By identifying trends and deviations from the norm, the Precise solutions bridge the gap between technology and business to facilitate performance optimization and strategic planning. Nearly 1,400 leading enterprises worldwide, including Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies, are using Precise solutions to help maximize their technology investments and meet their business goals.

At Maverick Solutions we offer the highest quality Oracle, Java, and Microsoft training for businesses, organizations, and individuals. We do this with the most knowledgeable instructors, using the most recent courseware, and at the best price. This makes it the best value for our clients. At Maverick Solutions, onsite training is our specialty. An entire class can be trained for about the cost of sending a few people offsite. So for larger groups, onsite training is your Maverick Solution. For every problem there's a solution - make yours a Maverick Solution.

Quest Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSFT) is a leading provider of application management solutions. Our software gives businesses confidence that their vital applications will be available and performing well,while simultaneously driving down the costs of managing them. By focusing on the people and technology that make applications run, Quest enables IT professionals to achieve more with fewer resources and get the most out of existing application investments. Founded in 1987 and based in Irvine, California, Quest Software has offices around the globe and more than 1,800 employees. Approximately 10,000 businesses worldwide use Quest Software because business runs better on Quest.

Confio Software develops performance management solutions for Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, Sybase databases and J2EE applications. Confio’s Performance Intelligence (PI), which applies business intelligence analysis to IT operations, improves service levels and reduces costs for database and application infrastructure. The Confio Igniter Suite PI is an open, multi-vendor, agentless monitoring solution that allows DBAs and management the ability to detect problems, analyze trends, and resolve bottlenecks impacting database response time. Built on an industry best-practice Wait-Time methodology, Confio’s Igniter™ Suite improves service levels for IT end-users and reduces total cost of operating IT infrastructure. For a free trial go to www.confio.com/freetrial.