Sponsors

SAP is the world’s leading provider of business software, bringing cloud computing to companies of all types and sizes. With more than 105,000 customers in over 120 countries, the company provides a comprehensive cloud computing portfolio ranging from a complete on-demand suite for growing midsize companies, to Line-of-Business Solutions for established enteprises, to technology and services to help customers virtualize and manage their on-premise
systems in the cloud. SAP brings the global scale and reach to customers and partners alike, with an on demand platform open to a broad ecosystem of partners to drive greater innovation.

IBM has the technology and experience to help you harness the power of cloud to transform your business. Whether through private clouds, managed services at industry-leading global cloud computing centers, or software as a service, IBM can help you reduce costs, improve service delivery and enable innovation. With IBM’s enterprise class cloud computing capabilities, you have a trusted partner to help you assess cloud readiness, develop adoption strategies and identify business entry points.

SILVER

Cloud Technology Partners helps transform businesses using cloud solutions. Started by the founders and alumni of Cambridge Technology Partners, we accelerate your ability to respond to the needs of the business, drive innovation, and lower IT costs by leveraging cloud solutions.  We reduce the risk of modernizing applications, infrastructure and processes. For example, we are leading the migration of legacy applications to private clouds saving millions of dollars. Our services range from cloud strategy to transformation, implementation and managed services. We are vendor-neutral, cost-competitive, and 100% focused on transforming businesses using the best available cloud solutions.

MetraTech offers a new approach to charging, billing, settlement and customer care that enables organizations to embrace change without compromise.  Our billing product, MetraNet, is unique in its ability to automate business processes for billing and customer-care to support any number of business models that address radical or divergent business strategies.  This approach enables companies to reach their strategic goals and in particular, delivers an unrivalled ability to monetize their business models within the Cloud.  MetraNet can model any product or service, and also offers users the ability to radically differentiate themselves in how products are marketed, sold and managed across the value chain.

Plex Systems, Inc. develops Plex Online, a software as a service (SaaS) solution in the cloud covering complete manufacturing operations. Plex Online offers industry-leading features for every department within a manufacturer, including Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) and Quality Management Systems (QMS) for the shop floor, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) for sales and marketing, Supply Chain Management (SCM) for procurement, and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) for finance and management. Plex Online delivers total coverage throughout a manufacturer’s operations, enabling automotive; food and beverage processors; medical device; aerospace and other global suppliers to run their business at maximum efficiency.

Workday is the leader in enterprise-class software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for managing global businesses, combining the lower cost of SaaS with a modern approach to applications.  Founded by PeopleSoft veterans Dave Duffield and Aneel Bhusri, Workday delivers Human Resources, Financial Management, and Payroll solutions for mid-sized and Fortune 500 companies.  Workday’s next generation system-of-record leverages standards-based integration and provides a new enterprise foundation for global companies. Workday’s innovative thinking, new technologies, and SaaS solutions provide a fresh alternative to legacy, on-premise ERP. More than 175 customers have selected Workday.

Oracle provides the world’s most complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems with more than 370,000 customers—including 100 of the Fortune 100, and representing a variety of industries in more than 145 countries around the globe. For companies that want to build a private cloud or access a cloud over the internet, Oracle On Demand has engineered cloud services that accelerate any cloud strategy.   Oracle On Demand quickly delivers the business results you need from your investment in cloud technology, you only pay for what you use out of your operating budget, reducing your IT budget to a predictable monthly fee— freeing more capital for your business. Oracle specializes in managing your entire Oracle stack so that you don’t have to increase and train your IT staff, add to your hardware footprint, or increase system complexity. And growing with Oracle On Demand is easy: simply add users and functionality as needed to evolve your IT infrastructure at a pace— and cost—that makes sense for you.

MEDIA

Bloomberg Businessweek Research Services (BBWRS) is a unit within Bloomberg that operates as full-service custom research supplier specializing in B2B market research. BBWRS has extensive experience conducting thought leadership research and providing custom content solutions for its clients. Over the past few years BBWRS has developed ongoing research programs on topics such as corporate sustainability, corporate social responsibility, economic conditions and business intelligence. In addition to providing research solutions BBWRS leverages its relationship within Bloomberg to help organizations develop multi-channel marketing programs.

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