Founded in 1993, Red Hat is the premier Linux and open source provider. Rated the number one enterprise software vendor for value in a CIO Insight Magazine study for four consecutive years, Red Hat is the most recognized Linux brand in the world. They serve global enterprises through technology and services made possible by the open source model. Solutions include Red Hat Enterprise Linux, middleware, and a broad range of management and services: consulting, 24x7 support, Red Hat Network. Red Hat's global training program operates worldwide and features RHCE, the global standard Linux certification.

VMware (NYSE: VMW) is the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the data center. Customers of all sizes rely on VMware to reduce capital and operating expenses, ensure business continuity, strengthen security and go green. With 2007 revenues of $1.33 billion, more than 100,000 customers and nearly 14,000 partners, VMware is one of the fastest-growing public software companies. VMware is headquartered in Palo Alto, California,

LeftHand Networks® deliver physical and virtual SANs that are easy to grow, easy to manage and designed for high performance. LeftHand pioneered IP-based SANs in 2001. Their innovative, scalable SAN solutions are ideal for storage and server consolidation, multi-site SANs, and disaster recovery, providing around-the-clock access to data for many applications, including server virtualization, Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server, Oracle, file sharing, and replication to and from remote and branch offices.

Through their infrastructure software and ecosystem of partnerships, Novell harmoniously integrates mixed IT environments, allowing people and technology to work as one. They deliver the best-engineered, most interoperable Linux platform and a portfolio of integrated IT management software that help customers worldwide reduce cost, complexity and risk. Because of their 25 years of experience and our vision of interoperability and flexibility, they deliver powerful, next-generation business infrastructures that enable their customers to stay competitive.

Novell® Making IT Work As One™

Founded in 2003, Virtual Iron provides enterprise-class software solutions for creating and managing virtual infrastructure. Organizations use Virtual Iron for consolidation, rapid provisioning, business continuity, workload management and policy-based automation. The solutions dramatically reduce the cost and complexity of managing and operating the enterprise data center. Read More

Hitachi Data Systems leverages global R&D resources to develop storage solutions built on industry-leading technology with the performance, availability and scalability to maximize customers' ROI and minimize their risk.

DataCore Software, a leading provider of virtualisation software, fundamentally changes the economics of managing storage with innovative software that combines advanced functions and services with the agility and savings of hardware independence. Datacore is privately held and its corporate headquarters are in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. DataCore’s European headquarters are located in the UK in Reading, Berkshire. For more information visit www.datacore.com

Overland Storage offers the most complete set of smart, affordable data protection appliances that help midrange and distributed enterprises ensure data is constantly protected, readily available and always there. Overland Storage brings enterprise-class capabilities to mid-range customers through affordable and reliable solutions that reduce the backup window, improve data recovery speed, simplify short- and long-term data retention and make cost-effective disaster recovery a reality for all.

EScon is a Digital Storage Solution provider whose strength is in its depth of knowledge from circuit board design to integrated storage solutions.
Escom been designing Storage solutions since 2001. In 2002 they were the first company worldwide to design, build and ship a 12 IDE drive RAID solution in 2U of rack space.
In 2005 Escon designed a unique storage concept for data transportation and mobility which starting shipping in 2006. FieldPac1 is being used in various markets including data acquisition and medical imaging. FieldPac2 is currently being developed for release in 2008 and it also carries some of these unique concepts plus a revolutionary dual mirrored podular design.