Sponsors

From FOSS.IN/2007

We all know that an international event like FOSS.IN simply cannot happen without the generous support from sponsors. And this is even more so this year, where the event is bigger than ever!

As always, our sponsors have been extremely supportive, and it gives me great pleasure to introduce them to you:

[edit] Platinum Sponsors

[edit] Sun Microsystems

For the third year in a row, Sun Microsystems is a Platinum Sponsor of FOSS.IN.

As one of largest (if not *the* largest) contributors of code to FOSS, Sun has been proven itself to be an earnest member of the FOSS community, and while they readily accept that the job they have undertaken is not an easy one, they are trying their best to live up to the high standardsparticipation that our community expects of them. Every year since 2005, they have released momentous collections of code - Solaris, Java and much more - and they engage the community not just to familiarize it with the code, but to learn from them as well.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Platinum Sponsor of FOSS.IN/2007:

SUN MICROSYSTEMS
http://sun.com

[edit] Geodesic Information Systems

When it comes to getting involved with FOSS projects, you will find that employees are the ones hardest hit time-wise. They work on daytime jobs, and then turn into Batman at night, fighting FOSS project related issues.

But sometimes, that just isn't enough, and this is where it pays off to work for a company that not only whole-heartedly supports FOSS, but encourages its employees to spend some time on FOSS projects. For any FOSS contributor, this is a dream job!

Our next sponsor is a company like that. If it wasn't for them, we could honestly say that FOSS.IN wouldn't happen, given that several key members of Team FOSS.IN work for this company. Not only do they give time and resources to team FOSS.IN to execute the million things that need to be done to bring FOSS.IN to life every year - they reach deep into their pockets and sponsor the event, too - for the second year in a row!

Ladies and Gentlemen: Platinum Sponsor for FOSS.IN/2007:

GEODESIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
http://geodesic.com

[edit] Gold Sponsors

[edit] Google

Search, and ye shall find. But these days you don't search - you google. :)

But Google is more than just a search company - it is the powerhouse organization behind many innvations and FOSS projects these days, including well known names such as Firefox, OpenOffice.org and now Android - the Linux based open source phone operating environment.

And Google is also, for the third year running, a sponsor of FOSS.IN!

Ladies and Gentlemen: Gold Sponsor of FOSS.IN/2007

GOOGLE INC.
http://google.com

[edit] Citrix

Long known for it's products in the thin client, terminal services and remote access space, this company has been spreading into network appliances that provide load balancing and application delivery acceleration.

All of a sudden, we find them active in the FOSS arena as well - with their acquisition and active support of the open source virtual machine monitor (hypervisor) Xen.

And next we find them at FOSS.IN, sponsoring the event!

Ladies and Gentlemen: Gold Sponsor of FOSS.IN/2007:

CITRIX SYSTEMS
http://citrix.com

[edit] Zimbra

Over the past few years, the concept of consolidated mail and group communication and collaboration has become more and more important in businesses. And while there are a number of proprietary products out there, one open source product has been steadily gaining ground.

And the company behind this product recently saw validation of its potential when it was acquired by Yahoo!

Ladies and Gentlemen: Gold Sponsor of FOSS.IN/2007:

ZIMBRA INC.
http://zimbra.com

[edit] Technology Sponsor

[edit] IBM

This company has been one of the largest organizations in the world throwing its entire weight behind Linux and Free and Open Source Software. Being one of the largest business organizations in the world inspires confidence (no one *ever* gets fired for specifying this company :), and this is the reason why CxOs across the world began looking at FOSS *very* seriously.

And of course there is the fact that a HUGE majority of us use the PC technology pioneered by this company. :)

And to top all that - they are good FOSS citizens as well - having developers and contributors in virtually an astounding number of FOSS projects today.

Ladies and Gentlemen: The Technology Sponsor for FOSS.IN/2007

IBM
http://ibm.com

[edit] Silver Sponsors

[edit] Red Hat

Both their commercial and community Linux distributions are highly successful, and no one knows how to balance the two better than our first Silver Sponsor.