PASS Summit 2010 Sponsors and Exhibitors

Sponsors and Exhibitors are an integral part of the PASS Summit experience. Attendees return each year to learn about the latest SQL Server complementary product offerings, view product demonstrations, and check out the latest upgrades and solutions. To view the Exhibit Hall Floor Plan, click here.

Premier Sponsor

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.  Microsoft has worked to achieve this mission by creating technology that transforms the way people work, play, and communicate. Microsoft develops and markets software, services, hardware, and solutions that we believe deliver new opportunities, greater convenience, and enhanced value to people's lives.  Microsoft does business throughout the world and has offices in more than 100 countries.

Platinum Sponsors

	Dell is transforming itself from the company that redefined value and expanded access to computing products into one that is revolutionizing the way technology works for people and organizations. It is doing so by listening to customers and using that insight to create innovative solutions that make technology simpler and deliver reliable, long-term value. To find out more, please visit www.dell.com
	EMC Corporation, is the world's leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technologies, services, and solutions. Our mission is to lead customers on the journey to the private cloud-a dramatically more efficient and flexible way to manage, deliver, and consume IT services for reduced costs and increased business agility.  We're uniquely positioned to provide Microsoft customers with their virtualized architectures. EMC is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner with 15 competencies and has been recognized 20 times as a  Microsoft Partner of the Year winner.

Gold Sponsors

	CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) is an IT management software and solutions company. Our products enable customers to manage and secure IT environments and deliver more flexible IT services. We solve the toughest IT management challenges through: deep expertise in diverse and complex environments, highly reliable and scalable products that are easy to use and a practical approach to innovation.
	expressor software provides affordable, enterprise-class ETL solutions for Microsoft SQL Server.  According to Microsoft MVP and SSIS guru Andy Leonard, “expressor not only addresses SSIS issues with heterogeneous data sources, performance and complex transformations but it is also complementary to SSIS.”  See us at booth # 300-304 and download the free expressor Studio beta at www.expressor-software.com/Studio.
	As a world-leading information technology company, HP applies new thinking and ideas to create more simple, valuable and trusted experiences with technology.  Our focus is to continuously improve the way our customers live and work through technology products and services, form the individual consumer to the largest enterprise.  More information can be found at www.hp.com

Silver Sponsors

	DBSophic is the pioneer of automatic workload tuning for SQL Server applications. While traditional tools optimize individual queries, DBSophic solutions tune the database workload automatically.			Fusion-io, leader in system application and database acceleration, unleashes the potential of performance-starved applications, allowing companies to rethink the way they architect their data systems.
	Joint IBM and Microsoft® development initiatives make the latest Microsoft technologies a perfect fit with IBM System Storage, IBM System x® and BladeCenter® servers.			Idera provides powerful software tools to simplify your SQL Server management. Our award-winning solutions include backup and recovery, performance monitoring, security, compliance and administration SQL Server tools.
	Essential tools for SQL Server, Oracle, .NET and Exchange. Over 100,000 organizations and 500,000 IT professionals benefit from Red Gate’s simplicity, ingenuity, and transparent pricing.			VMware, the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, delivers customer-proven solutions that reduce IT complexity while significantly lowering costs and enabling more flexible, agile service delivery.

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