Exclusive MTL 2008
Event Sponsor

Compuware Corporation

Compuware Corporation is a recognized industry leader in enterprise software and IT services that help maximize the value of technology investments. We offer a powerful set of integrated solutions for enterprise IT including IT portfolio management, application development, quality assurance and IT service management. With Compuware you can:

• manage your IT operations and infrastructure as a whole
• increase efficiency, cost control and employee productivity
• improve time-to-market and software quality in application development and delivery
• maximize availability and performance of critical business systems

Compuware serves the world's largest IT organizations, including 95 percent of the Fortune 100 companies. In addition to the popularity of our award-winning solutions, we have over 7,000 organizations utilizing the knowledge, skill and dedication of our global professional services team.

Premier Partner

Society for Information Management (SIM)

The Society for Information Management, known as SIM, is the premier information management association in the world; membership is limited to the top information executives in leading business or public sector firms and key academic contributors to the field.

The Detroit chapter of SIM challenges your comfort levels and encourages continuous learning, enhancing your value to your organization. They accomplish this through programs, focus groups, and networking.

SIM's Vision is to be recognized as the community most preferred by IT leaders for delivering vital knowledge that creates business value and enables personal development.

SIM'S Mission is to bring together senior IT executives, prominent academicians, selected consultants, and other IT thought leaders to share and enhance their rich intellectual capital for the benefit of SIM's members and their organizations.

Client Case Study
Corporate Partner

Clark Hill PLC

Clark Hill is a full service law firm serving clients in the business, government, and nonprofit sectors, in addition to our representation of individuals. Our experienced attorneys and leading-edge technologies consistently deliver client-centered solutions.

Clark Hill clients expect the best, and we deliver by responding quickly to their needs, understanding their business issues, and providing outstanding legal advice.

Since 1890, our attorneys have proudly represented a diverse range of clients ranging from individuals and new entities to Fortune 500 corporations. These are just a few of the reasons why our firm is repeatedly chosen and recommended by our clients.

Client Case Study
Corporate Partner

Sun Microsystems

Sun Microsystems Inc., develops the technologies that power the global marketplace. Guided by a singular vision -- "The Network is the Computer" -- Sun drives network participation through shared innovation, community development and open source leadership.

Sun provides a diversity of software, systems, services, and microelectronics that power everything from consumer electronics, to developer tools and the world's most powerful datacenters. Our core brands include the Java technology platform, the Solaris operating system, StorageTek and the UltraSPARC processor.

We serve consumers and individual developers, alongside the largest global enterprises. Our network computing platforms are used by nearly every sector of society and industry, and power some of the world's best known search, social networking, entertainment, financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, news, energy and engineering companies - broadened by one of the world's largest portfolio of software and service partners.

Every day, companies and governments around the world benefit from Sun's technology stewardship, via our work to create the standards that bridge the world's digital divide, to our solutions and business practices that offer higher performance with lower power, cooling, and space requirements. Sun invents products and services that save time and money for those seeking to use technology to create opportunities. Today more than ever: The Network is the Computer.

Official Breakfast
Sponsor

Xiotech Corporation

Xiotech Corporation, an innovator in data storage and protection solutions, is delivering a new foundation for storage with unprecedented reliability, performance, and scalability. Xiotech's Emprise™ storage family is built on patented Intelligent Storage Element (ISE) technology, which virtually eliminates drive-related service events, while delivering industry-leading performance.

Official Luncheon
Sponsor

Oracle Corporation

Oracle Corporation is the world's largest enterprise software company, providing database, middleware, and collaboration products; enterprise business applications; application development tools; and professional services for businesses and organizations worldwide.

Exclusive Internet
Cafe Sponsor

Cisco Systems

Cisco enables people to make powerful connections-whether in business, education, philanthropy, or creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make networks possible-providing easy access to information anywhere, at any time.

Exclusive Tote Bag
Sponsor

Kelly IT Resources

Kelly IT Resources® has specialists who can identify and recruit the right people, whether our customers need project managers, technicians, network designers, systems analysts, or database administrators in contract, part-time, or full-time positions. With Kelly IT Resources, it's not the services we offer that differentiate us, but rather the way in which we serve our customers. Our commitment to fostering customer satisfaction is illustrated in our customer-focused business model, which organizes our operations around local branch offices to provide accountability and responsiveness. We become part of your team and get to know your business, your challenges, and the way you work. Having put more than 7,000 people to work last year alone, Kelly IT Resources has one of the most extensive, loyal networks of consultants in the industry. We pride ourselves on hiring and retaining top talent from within the IT industry to staff our branch offices and field positions. As a business unit of Kelly Services® headquartered in Michigan, we maintain relationships with the most respected companies in America, including more than 90 percent of the Fortune 500®.

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and Lanyard Sponsor

Fast Switch

"If you can dream IT, we can deliver IT."

Fast Switch is an Information Technology (IT) staffing firm that seamlessly provides services across the spectrum from pure IT staffing (consulting) to direct hire (recruiting) and everything in between (like contract-to-hire). Our forte is putting our creativity, flexibility, and cost effectiveness to work for our clients, so uniquely, that they view us as their only non-commodity IT staffing supplier.

Fast Switch has been delivering IT services that bridge the gap between traditional IT staffing firms and international IT consultancies since 1996. Our professional staff in Michigan grew over 100% in 2007 and we expect similar growth in 2008. We are pleased to be a Corporate Partner of Midwest Technology Leaders.

Corporate
Technology Partner

AMI Strategies

AMI Strategies is one of the largest Technology Expense Management, TEM companies in the world whose mission is to save hard dollars by managing expenses and technology in areas such as telecommunications, energy, and leases. In this emerging industry, few companies offer such a robust and flexible International Managed Services Application.

Over the past decade, companies have counted on AMI Strategies and their State-of-the-Art, web-based eAMI™ Vendor Relationship Manager Application to minimize expense spending and improve employee productivity across their business platforms. Through centralized electronic databases, eAMI™ collectively pulls together, evaluates, corrects and updates, in real time, all company's expenses guaranteeing proper payment and allocation anywhere in the world.

Additionally, AMI provides a full service TEM business process outsourcing solution that includes the full range of support services from invoice payment to contract and dispute management. This offering has been revered since inception and grown exponentially over the past five years.

Among the awards AMI has received over the years, the most notable have been the Inc 500 fastest growing private company, Deloitte Technology Fast 500, and Crain's Detroit Business honorable mention for "Best Places to Work."

Corporate
Technology Partner

Cast Iron Systems

Cast Iron Systems is the fastest growing integration appliance vendor. Using "configuration, not coding" to simplify application integration, The Cast Iron Integration Appliance™ enables midsize companies and enterprises to connect applications in days rather than months and cut integration costs by 80% - without burdening specialists or writing custom code.

Corporate
Technology Partner

Intelligent Connections

Intelligent Connections (IC) is a National leading provider of information security solutions, specializing in security consulting, product deployment and integration, support services, and certified training. Combining highest level of expertise with best-of-breed manufacturers, IC increases reliability, security, and performance for all business sizes in industries ranging from finance to healthcare to manufacturing.

Corporate
Technology Partner

Microsoft

Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to empower people through great softwareÑany time, any place and on any device.

Corporate
Technology Partner

salesforce.com

Salesforce.com is the market and technology leader in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS). The company's portfolio of SaaS applications, including its award-winning CRM, has revolutionized the ways that customers manage and share business information over the Internet. The company's Force.com PaaS enables customers, developers and partners to build powerful on-demand applications that deliver the benefits of multi-tenancy across the enterprise. Applications built on the Force.com platform, can be easily shared, exchanged and installed with a few simple clicks via salesforce.com's AppExchange marketplace.

Corporate
Technology Partner

TechTeam

TechTeam delivers global, multilingual help desk services and specialized IT solutions via our global locations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Romania, and through our wholly owned subsidiaries TechTeam Government Solutions, Inc., TechTeam Akela SRL, TechTeam A.N.E., and TechTeam Cyntergy.

Drawing on 25 years of experience touching every point of the IT process, we have developed a proven Single-Point-of-Contact (SPOC) delivery model that offers support efficiencies and cost savings by integrating self-service, service desk, remote monitoring, and on-site support solutions. We tailor these solutions and services to the specific business environments of a broad range of vertical industries, including automotive, consumer, pharmaceutical, hospitality, insurance, financial services, manufacturing, government, and education.

We are committed to expanding into new markets, delivering new services, and reaching more locations to better serve our global clientele.

TechTeam was founded in 1979 in Detroit, Michigan as a value-added reseller and computer training company. As we grew, we added new services, including telephone technical support for Ford Motor Company. Today we have over 23 years of experience serving our flagship customer, in addition to serving global companies in business-to-enterprise, business-to-business, and business-to-consumer markets.

Corporate
Technology Partner

Vignette

Vignette helps organizations improve how they connect online with key audiences by providing software for building great online experiences and managing the content that fuels those experiences. Vignette invented Web Content Management over a decade ago, and our customers include some of the world's most prominent brands in virtually every industry.

Airfoil Public Relations

Airfoil is a growing public relations agency for fast companies, from Silicon Valley to the nation's heartland, from the business centers of Manhattan to the storefronts of the Midwest. Their work is built on speed, process and measurement; and their results move companies to market more rapidly and efficiently. Airfoil brings Higher Thinking™ and new perspectives to the way businesses communicate. They lift awareness of early stage companies and expand marketplace preference for the nation's most recognized brands in business-to-business technology and services, consumer products and services, automotive and manufacturing technology, and healthcare.

Automation Alley

Automation Alley is a technology business association driving the growth and image of Southeast Michigan's economy through a collaborative culture that focuses on workforce and business development initiatives.

Since its founding in 1999, Automation Alley has expanded to include more than 850 businesses, educational institutions and government entities, covering an eight county area and the City of Detroit. Automation Alley promotes regional prosperity through business attraction services, exporting assistance, workforce development and technology acceleration.

ConnecTech

ConnecTech is Michigan's premier network for technology professionals, offering members the opportunity to discover the latest technology trends, meet with other professionals, and advance their careers through various professional development initiatives. Powered by Automation Alley, ConnecTech represents a community of more than 700 technology-minded professionals through its eight statewide chapters.

Great Lakes IT Report

The Great Lakes IT Report is the daily e-mail newsletter covering the technology industry in Michigan, including news from hardware, software, the life sciences, advanced manufacturing, automotive telematics and alternative energy. Read by 40,000 technology thought leaders every business morning, the IT Report is written and edited by Michigan's leading technology writer, Matt Roush, and also offers tech coverage from CBS News, the Associated Press and more.

HIMSS Analytics

The Michigan Chapter of HIMSS (MI-HIMSS), formed in the Spring of 2002, is dedicated to improving information systems management in Michigan's health care institutions. Chapter members come from diverse backgrounds, but all are involved in some aspect of health care information systems and management. Their members consist of professionals from hospitals and clinical organizations, third-party payers, administrators, information technology systems vendors, consultants, management engineers, telecommunications professionals, physicians, nurse and medical informatics professionals, and essentially anyone interested in the trends of health care information and management systems.

Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning (MACUL)

The Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning (MACUL) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization established in 1975 dedicated to bringing educators from all levels together to share their knowledge and concerns regarding educational uses of computers and technology.

Michigan Association for Female Entrepreneurs (MAFE)

Michigan Association for Female Entrepreneurs (MAFE) is a non-profit, 501c3 organization that addresses the unique needs of women entrepreneurs by offering training and educational programs, business development opportunities, and support for new and existing women business owners. MAFE is a local network of the National Association for Female Executives, one of the nation's largest businesswomen's associations, founded in 1972, with over 60,000 members and more than 200 networks across the United States.

The goal of MAFE is to provide women with professional and educational content in an environment in which women can build business alliances and have the opportunity to make connections with like-minded business professionals. Our mission is to advance the growth and success of women business owners by providing resources and services through education, networking, and public advocacy to empower women both personally and professionally.

Michigan Council of Women in Technology (MCWT)

The Michigan Council of Women in Technology provides leadership, mentoring, community outreach, professional development and networking to professional women within the Michigan technology community. Our vision is to serve as the premier association for professional women within Michigan's technology community.

MichiganMall.com

MichiganMall.com has become Michigan's largest and most recognized Internet-based search directory. A Michigan-only, targeted directory, it gives company websites wide visibility on the Internet and augments their other marketing endeavors. It is truly cost effective marketing giving small businesses some of the marketing advantages enjoyed by larger businesses with bigger budgets.

MITechNews.com

MITechNews.com is a web portal site that features stories, information and events listings about Michigan technology companies and entrepreneurs. MITechNews.com is owned by Michigan News Network, a corporation based in Grand Rapids, MI.

The Glance

The Glance is a service available to the technology industry in Michigan, providing a quick and easy way for anyone to either find or post events. They have made it easy for anyone to FIND technology-related events throughout Michigan and they want to make it even easier for technology associations and technology businesses to POST their events.

WWJ Newsradio 950

WWJ Newsradio 950 is the CBS all-news radio station in Detroit. It has the largest news staff of any radio station in Michigan, and the largest business news staff of any radio station in the country, and offers comprehensive, live, local and around-the-clock coverage of news, sports, weather and business. Its Web site, WWJ.com, offers unparalleled depth of coverage from a wide variety of resources.

X-OLOGY

X-OLOGY magazine provides a unique hybrid of technology information and high-end lifestyle content for an educated, visionary audience. The quarterly publication takes an in-depth look at the people, companies, technologies and ideas that are transforming Southeast Michigan. The engaging format balances thought-provoking articles and striking photography that resonates with its tech-savvy readers.

X-OLOGY magazine is an Automation Alley publication, supporting the organization's mission to drive the growth and image of Southeast Michigan's technology economy, and is published in partnership with Southfield-based Renaissance Media.