Corporate Sponsors

forum 2003 Sponsors

IPMA thanks the following Corporate Sponsors for their support:
	AT&T Government Solutions serves State Government customers through a broad range of technical and professional services. In addition to an extensive array of voice and data transport services, AT&T Government Solutions includes a portfolio of highly integrated network solutions w/ strategic planning and assessment, architecture and design, development and deployment, and fully managed services. AT&T 's planning, building and managing superior network-based solutions will connect organizations, people and systems. Contact Gerald Marolda for more info.
	Cisco provides connectivity tools for the smallest home network to the networks that make up the Internet. Contact Greg Semler for more info.
	Contact Kevin Flick for more info.
	Contact Scott Walker for more info.
	Contact Bill Ross for more info.
	IBM is the world's largest information technology company as well as the world's largest business and technology services consultancy; the world's largest hardware company and I/T rental and financing company. At IBM, we strive to lead in the creation, development and manufacture of the industry's most advanced information technologies, including computer systems, software, networking systems, storage devices and microelectronics. We translate these advanced technologies into value for our customers through our professional solutions and services business worldwide. Contact Mike Andritch for more info.
	Logical Networks, Inc. is a full service, Microsoft Certified Partner, IT consulting firm with a solid track record of providing innovative, customized e-business solutions to government agencies and northwest businesses since 1986. With our professional staff of highly skilled consultants, including experienced system architects, developers, project managers and technical communicators, we are able to offer our clients a comprehensive and highly effective resource team for any IT project. Contact Tom.Wilkinson for more info.
	Software Development Company. Contact Al Cabraloff for more info.
	Milestone Technology, Inc. is at the forefront of knowledge and expertise in business and technology solutions development. Milestone brings its clients into the future by helping them transform their business practices through cutting-edge technology solutions. Contact Don Cotey or Jacques Michel (360-786-9173) for more info
	Netdesk is the Northwest's #1 leader in Microsoft technology training. We focus exclusively on enterprise skills for Microsoft technology professionals with training classes for engineers and programmers in Seattle and Olympia on Windows 2000/XP, SQL, Exchange, Visual Basic, C#, XML, .NET, and more. Netdesk delivers the highest customer satisfaction in the Northwest with innovative programs like our 30 Day Schedule Lock, Employer Guarantee, and our exclusive 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Why do the most experienced Northwest companies trust Netdesk for their Microsoft enterprise skills? Find out more at www.netdesk.com. Contact Kate Chan for more info.
	Network Appliance delivers total data management and information distribution solutions that enable businesses to simplify, share, and scale their storage networking and content delivery infrastructure and helping them solve business problems. Contact Dan Benoit (425-467-4724) for more info.
	Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL) is the leading provider of information solutions delivering secure identity management (Novell Nsure), Web application development (Novell exteNd) and network infrastructure services on a variety of computing platforms (Novell Nterprise), supported by strategic consulting and services (Novell Ngage). Novell's one Net vision helps customers profit from the opportunities of the information economy by eliminating boundaries to information, delivering it securely and economically. For more information, call Novell's Customer Response Center at 888-321-4CRC (4272) or contact the local resource, Darrell Sutherland at 425-452-6604.
	Contact Judi Albright for more info.
	Paladin Data Systems Corporation is a leading Oracle Integrator and Oracle Software Reseller in Washington state. Paladin Consulting specializes in the custom development of large, enterprise-level applications for both brick and mortar businesses and cutting-edge shops. Through its exclusive Database Administration on Demand service agreements, Paladin manages its customer's databases. It also installs, configures and tunes Oracle's flagship database products. From its Microsoft Certified Technical Education Center and authorized VUE and Sylvan Prometric Testing Facility in Poulsbo, WA, Paladin TEC offers a full range of training in Microsoft Certification, Microsoft Office, Oracle, Cisco and CompTIA/Network+ products. Paladin Support Center builds efficient networks for greater business productivity. From network design and installation to on-going maintenance or disaster recovery planning, Paladin is your one-stop solution for every facet of your company's technology needs. Contact Shannon Childs (360-394-5937) for more info.
	Contact Rick Hendrickson for more info.
	Rhodes Consulting Services, Inc. is a small nation-wide consulting company that specializes in protecting our customers through the services of project management and project planning. A customized version of MS Project is used extensively for the project planning services. During the delivery of project planning and project management services, Rhodes Consulting frequently assists with implementing project management processes including issue management, risk management, change control, and quality assurance. Rhodes Consulting has significant experience providing these services for state and local governments including the states of Washington, Texas, and California. Projects supported range from large I/T development projects such as ACES, smaller non I/T projects such as the Special Commitment Center, and systems in Texas and Washington during the maintenance/enhancement phase. Contact John Rhodes for more info.
	Contact Sean Padget (360-956-0414) for more info.
	As one of North America?s leading management consulting and systems integration firms, we have earned long?term relationships with many of the most respected private and public sector organizations. From our 14 locations in key markets throughout North America, our clients value us for our seamless integration of business knowledge, technical expertise and 36 years of real world experience. Sierra Systems focuses on successful, practical "best of breed" solutions for government, financial services, healthcare, justice, telecommunications and utilities. Contact Glenn Briskin for more info.
	Software AG offers a full suite of e-business integration and enterprise systems software that extend and support billions of mission-critical transactions daily for some of the world's largest organizations. Software AG's products and services leverage existing IT investments by connecting customers' legacy and packaged applications with the newest e-business processes and applications thereby enabling customers to access their information from the heart of the enterprise to the desktop. Contact Dan Webster for more info.
	The Storage Experts who deliver easy to use, industry-leading, innovative storage solutions to manage and protect business critical information. Contact Eric Olson (Phone: 425-709-3406) for more info.
	Services driven.....Technology Enabled. Unisys is a worldwide information technology services and solutions company. With precision thinking and relentless execution, our people drive our clients' business visions forward. We help clients in more than 100 countries quickly and efficiently achieve competitive advantage. We combine expertise in Systems integration, Outsourcing, Infrastructure, Server technology and Consulting. We serve six primary vertical markets worldwide: Financial services, Public Sector, Communications, Transportation, Commercial and Media. Unisys: Imagine It. Done! Contact Brian Ridderbush for more info.
	Verizon is one of the world's leading providers of high-growth communications services. Verizon companies are the largest providers of wireline and wireless voice and communications services in the United States, and leading providers of data services. Verizon also is the world's largest provider of print and on-line directory information. Verizon has wireline and wireless operations in the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Pacific, and its global presence - including its directory businesses and FLAG, the world's longest undersea fiber-optic cable - extends to 40 countries. Contact Bob Killops (360-705-9120) for more info.
	Xerox is a global company dedicated to providing solutions that simplify your work and make you more productive. Xerox offers products and services that can help your Department/Agency improve its business processes, lower costs, increase clock speed and share crucial knowledge. These products and services make it easy for you to turn paper information into digital information, and vice-versa; to view, organize and share information in the form of digital documents; to send documents on networks throughout the office or around the world; and to print, publish, and copy them onto paper. Contact Eric Ecklund for more info.
	XIOtech is a wholly owned subsidiary of Seagate Technologies. XIOtech designs, manufactures and markets the most manageable application-driven storage solutions in the world. The XIOtech MAGNITUDE's software-based architecture provides terabytes of high-performance, centralized storage that can be accessed continuously by several heterogeneous servers. These servers can be running UNIX, Windows NT, Windows 2000, NETWARE or LINUX. The MAGNITUDE is a Storage Area Network (SAN) in a Box and with XIOtech's exclusive REDI software family, is the only storage subsystem to offer true disk virtualization and a true zero backup window. Contact Jim Grua for more info.

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