Platinum Sponsors
EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is the world’s leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to transform the way they compete and create value from their information. Information about EMC’s products and services can be found at www.EMC.com.
Event Sponsors
CrownPeak is the market leader in Web Site Management as a Service. We provide content management, search and/or web hosting for hundreds of live web sites and publish millions of documents and pages across the entire range of industry sectors and organizational sizes in North America. We have averaged over 90% growth year-to-year since our founding, and have added at least one major product release in each of our four full years of operation. We have over 97% client retention, year-to-year.
Duo Consulting helps clients create, organize, and manage content to drive business results on the Web. We combine strategy and implementation services to reach business objectives through the organization and presentation of content. Quite literally, we put your content to work.
Founded in 1999, Duo has grown to be one of the most established web development firms in the nation, with marquee clients in law, non-profit, business, and government. We attribute our success to a company-wide belief that effective web strategy is both an ongoing process and an evolving partnership with our clients. Our industry-leading team will help you make the right tradeoffs between cost and functionality and guide you through myriad options of products and services. We offer continued support after your site launches through managed hosting services, maintenance contracts and site analytics. We welcome the opportunity to partner with your organization.
e-Spirit is the manufacturer of FirstSpirit, the content management system for companies with high expectations of their solutions. e-Spirit is a reputable internationally-oriented product supplier with big-name customers in all sectors.
The FirstSpirit content integration platform is already used throughout their corporate infrastructure by some internationally active customers, for example by Airbus, Linde Group, Commerzbank, NEC Electronics, Speedo and MAN, and is increasingly replacing existing content management technologies in large businesses.
FirstSpirit is a client/server application which uses the most modern technology and up-to-date standards in all its components and is capable of seamlessly integrating into the SAP, IBM and Microsoft portals. The software architecture of FirstSpirit follows a strict component-based approach. FirstSpirit offers both a convenient Java client and a browser-based Web client. This enables users with varying degrees of skill to find a suitable work environment.
EPiServer AB is the world’s fastest growing provider of web content management and online community platforms. More than 2,500 customers worldwide use EPiServer CMS to create collaborative and attractive websites. EPiServer CMS is the foundation for more than 8,500 sites and is used on a daily basis by more than 130,000 web editors. EPiServer delivers its web content management platform through an extensive network of over 300 competent partner companies in 25 countries. EPiServer is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, with an AAA-ranking by Dun & Bradstreet since 2000. The company was founded in 1994 and has offices in The United States, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, The Netherlands, South Africa and the United Kingdom.
eZ Systems is the world’s largest Open Source Content Management software company. We have a true global presence with 85 employees from 23 nationalities and offices in Norway, Denmark, Germany, Ukraine, France and North America as well as an international team operating from the headquarters in Norway supporting the rest of the world. With a community of more than 25 thousand registered users and more than 170 official partners there is a thriving ecosystem supporting eZ.
The mission of Foraker Design is to build a new Internet for our clients and their customers by replacing clutter and confusion with beauty and clarity. To accomplish this mission we combine our visionary marketing, branding, and strategy services with expert implementation know-how in web design, SEO, application development, user experience, system architecture, and security.
We specialize in custom business systems, web content management, custom search functionality, community / social media applications, and advanced traffic and conversion analysis tools. Foraker was founded in 1999, and is located in Boulder, Colorado.
The Content Wrangler Community is the new global network dedicated to people who value content as a business asset, worthy of being effectively managed. This is the place where technical communicators, medical and science writers, web professionals, content managers, marketing gurus, online community managers, document engineers, information architects, localization and translation pros, taxonomists, bloggers, documentation and training managers, and content creators of all types hang out. It’s a place to join your peers, to share, to collaborate, to contribute, to find the information—and the people—you need.
Members are congregating online and forming special interest groups focused on software tools, content standards, information modeling, job hunting, technical communication, web 2.0, marketing and more. In addition to allowing the formation of groups, the community provides members with online forums, a blog, keyword searchable member directory, video and photo sharing, discounts on upcoming conferences, event announcements, training sessions, webinars, and much more.
Media Sponsors
ITtoolbox is an online community of professionals who share practical information on IT topics. This community enables anyone to access the collective knowledge of a worldwide audience of experienced professionals. In doing so, ITtoolbox satisfies the need for practical and timely information for an infinite number of possible challenges in the complex and rapidly changing field of information technology.
The ITtoolbox platform integrates the following collaboration and community publishing tools:
- Groups
- Blogs
- Wikis
- Knowledge Bases
- Professional Networking
We serve the IT community through 28 different knowledge bases including: Business Intelligence, C Languages, CRM, Knowledge Management, Java, Security and Web Design.
ITtoolbox is visited by 2.6 million IT professionals a month and has over 1.7 million pages of community-generated content providing practical IT information.
Peachpit publishes the industry’s best-selling books on the latest in graphic design, desktop publishing, multimedia, Web publishing, digital video and general Macintosh computing.
The WebAward Competition for Website Development is the standards-defining competition that sets industry benchmarks based on the seven criteria of a successful Web site. It recognizes the individual and team achievements of Web professionals who create and maintain outstanding Web sites. Web sites are judged on seven criteria, including design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copy writing and ease of use and receive a numeric score. Each WebAward entry is judged against other entries in its industry category and then against an overall standard of excellence. Entrants also benefit from receiving valuable feedback from the WebAwards professional judging panel on their Web site development efforts. The deadline for entry for the 2009 WebAwards is May 29, 2009. Learn more
The Web Marketing Association is working to create a high standard of excellence for Web site development and marketing on the Internet. Staffed by volunteers, it is made up of Internet marketing, advertising, PR and design professionals who share an interest in improving the quality of Website development and marketing on the Internet. Since 1997, the Web Marketing Association’s annual WebAward Competition has been helping interactive professionals promote themselves, their companies, and their best work to the outside world.
