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TriTek Solutions, a ValueNet participant specializing in the integration of IBM Enterprise Content Management (ECM) products and related technologies, has become a leader in the design, development and delivery of customized Enterprise Content and Business Process Management solutions. TriTek offers industry specific solutions for the financial services, insurance, utilities and government verticals.

Go Pro's solution infuses collaboration organizations’ business processes and preserves all of the artifacts created through the case management system. The document and business process management solution is designed to enable employers to document and organize e-mail, contracts, instant messages and other interactions into a hierarchical context, preserving the document trail and correspondence history.

Global and broad industry experience enables Sogeti to provide value-added IT solutions and professional services to achieve strategic business objectives. Sogeti employs 18,000 people in 11 countries, including 25 major US city locations. Offices are close to local decision makers, allowing Sogeti to respond quickly, flexibly and cost-effectively to meet client business needs. Sogeti, your Local IT partner!

mySoftIT GmbH is a national and international acting developer of software solutions for managing, administering, backing up and providing highest availability of virtual IT landscapes as well as for connectivity and mobility solutions. mySoftIT is IBM ISV and VMware Technology Alliance Partner.

Prolifics, in business since 1978, is an end-to-end systems integrator specializing in IBM technologies. Their depth of experience with secure, end-to-end SOA and Portal solutions helps customers with all aspects of the full project lifecycle while maintaining an unparalleled 96% success rate delivering projects on time, on budget, and to specification.

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Dynamix Group Inc. is an information technology company located in Roswell, GA with multiple sales locations throughout the Southeast USA. They address customers' business needs by offering a wide range of IBM products, services and solutions including servers, storage, software, integration services, financing, maintenance and technical support. Dynamix Group is an IBM® Premier Business Partner.

Paragon has been designing and implementing innovative IT infrastructure services and solutions for their clients through the excellence of their team of consultants. Their IT infrastructure expertise, service delivery methodology and technical depth, provides clients with solutions that are designed to increase their profitability, productivity and efficiency. The Paragon team is committed to cultivating long-term relationships with their clients and ensuring that their business challenges are met with integrity and execution excellence.

Agilysys is a leading provider of IT solutions, with special expertise in retail and hospitality markets. Using technology — including hardware, software and services — they help customers with their IT needs. Agilysys possesses expertise in enterprise architecture and high availability, infrastructure optimization, storage and resource management, identity management and business continuity.

PEAK Resources is a systems integrator specializing in providing Mid-Market to Fortune 100 clients with architectural design, technical expertise and the professional and consulting services required to implement technology-based business solutions. Specific areas of expertise include virtualization life-cycle solutions, high-availability, server/storage consolidation and back/up recovery. PEAK is an IBM Premier Business Partner.

Metro Systems Corporation Public Company Limited was one of the first IBM Business Partners in Southeast Asia. MSC expanded to offer fully integrated IT solution & services, covering multiple IBM platforms. As a proven record of the company's continuing success, MSC has reached major milestones such as becoming a public company and opening their new headquarters-Metro Campus.

Sirius is an IT Solution Provider and IBM Premier Business Partner dedicated to helping clients implement advanced infrastructure solutions that are designed to provide a competitive advantage and a positive ROI. Backed by decades of IT experience, Sirius has an experienced, certified team of professionals to help clients develop and implement the right IT solutions.

Southern Cross Computer Systems (SCCS) is an Australian owned and operated company headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. SCCS is a computer infrastructure and IT consulting services provider. It supplies and integrates IT hardware, software and networks. SCCS offers a service desk and managed IT services which allow customers to concentrate on their core business. SCCS consulting practice offers IT Strategic Planning, IT Governance, Risk Management and Information Security consulting services.

Evolving Solutions, an IBM Premier Business Partner, architects and implements IT solutions for virtualization, consolidation, disaster recovery and energy efficient data centers. Through evaluation and assessment of the current IT environment and understanding the business needs and growth plans; they work with clients to help them reach their corporate objectives and goals.

Synergy Plus (A Hyro Company) specialises in the design, implementation and ongoing support of IBM infrastructure and software solutions. Implementing the right hardware and software products is critical to project success and the smooth running of your business and we have the experience and skills to ensure we do it right every time.

With over 1,100 employees, Inter Access delivers innovative solutions to medium sized and high end customers in Public, Finance, Industry & Commerce. Inter Access services its customers with integrated IT solutions based on leading technology by strategic partners such as IBM, supporting their business processes and offering them business agility.

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Chief Security Officers is an IBM Business Partner that delivers professional consulting and assessment services that includes Business Continuity Planning, Disaster Recovery Planning, IT Security Assessment, Payment Card Industry Assessment (CSO is a PCI Qualified Assessor), HIPAA Security Assessment, Identity Management, Electronic Evidence Discovery, and Computer Forensics.

Through its IBM Business Partner Innovation Center (BPIC), Logicalis leverages new technology to drive sales and expand market share. By bringing customers into the BPIC for demonstrations, Logicalis can demonstrate the value of its technical solutions and build relationships with customers.

MIT Consultants, a Premier IBM Business Partner, is a recognized leader in enabling business innovation, improving agility and optimizing operational performance across the commercial sector. Through its collaborative Business Partner relationship with IBM, MIT delivers world-class integration services through broad technology insights and deep industry expertise.

Insight is a leading provider of brand-name IT hardware, software and services to enterprises, small- to medium-sized businesses and public organizations in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific. With approximately 4,500 teammates worldwide, the Company generated $4.8 billion in sales and ranked 543 on Fortune Magazine’s ‘Fortune 1000’ in 2007.

Motorola’s enterprise mobility solutions integrate advanced data capture products, radio frequency identification technology, mobile computing platforms, wireless infrastructure, mobility software and world-class services programs. These mobility products and services offerings are proven to increase workforce productivity and realize competitive advantages for the world's leading companies. For more information, please visit www.motorola.com

MSI Systems Integrators help make businesses better through enterprise IT solutions. We architect, build and support ROI driven enterprise solutions designed specifically for business-critical requirements. Our infrastructure solutions include hardware, software and services that positively impact profitability and business processes now and into the future.

Pasporte is an IBM Premier Services Partner and ICT outsourcing partner of choice for a broad range of mid-sized, UK companies including JD Sports and Orient Express Hotels. We deliver managed hosting, applications and networks with 24 x 7 support , freeing our customers to concentrate on their business goals.

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Prolifics, in business since 1978, is an end-to-end systems integrator specializing in IBM technologies. Their depth of experience with secure, end-to-end service-oriented architecture and portal solutions helps customers with all aspects of the full project lifecycle while maintaining an unparalleled 96% success rate delivering projects on time, on budget, and to specification.

MindTree Consulting is a global IT and R&D Services Company co-headquartered in the U.S. and India. Our domain experts deliver business-enabling solutions by leveraging a consulting led, framework-based and IP-driven approach.

MindTree's IT Services business provides a range of services to CIOs across a variety of industry segments.

FRITZ & MACZIOL is a leading company for software, systems and services in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. They develop and sell software and system solutions for public clients, medium and large-sized companies. As an IBM Premier Business Partner, we offer our customers the entire product ranges from IBM and comprehensive services in consulting and system integration.

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Global Groupware Solutions helps businesses develop strategic competitive advantages by leveraging technology in building lasting relationships with employees and customers. We bring a deep understanding of human relationships, sound technology skills, business processes understanding and cross-vertical industry experience. We passionately believe in the power of SaaS innovations to help SMBs reap the benefits of software applications.

GEOCOM specializes in developing and delivering comprehensive solutions for the retail, banking, health care and government segments. Their cutting edge multiplatform software products, based on open standards, embed a wide array of IBM middleware solutions. They are quality focused through the adoption of the best practices of the software industry.

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Working with IBM WebSphere and Lotus Domino technologies, SilverBlaze provides e-business solutions, as well as consulting and development services, to IBM customers throughout North America and the Caribbean. Our robust, cost-effective e-business offerings address a variety of concerns - e-Commerce, Online Inquiries, Web Content Management, Business Process Management - emphasizing ease of integration and management, and a rapid return on investment.

Ontrack Solutions Pvt. Ltd. is a Business Partner with IBM India. As a systems integrator Ontrack Solutions specializes in providing end-to-end IT infrastructure solutions to customers in India. With strategic alliances with other partners such as Vmware, Check Point, Nokia, RSA, Double-Take, Citrix and IBM Software our services include design, deployment and maintenance around Infrastructure solutions.

Sowre Consulting Spain is a consulting and technology services company dedicated to the supply, development and implementation of solutions based on IBM middleware. Sowre provides consulting, services and global solutions based on industry standards. Sowre has a research lab for IBM’s WebSphere and Lotus Workplace technologies as well as a software factory for the development of solutions build on J2EE and portals using industry standards as well as the RUP (Rational Unified Process) implementation methodology.

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Solarsoft is a new name in mid-range Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems but an established supplier of software tailored to the needs of manufacturers and distributors. The company has grown organically and through acquisition since 1986. Over 1,700 firms across North America, Europe and Asia rely on Solarsoft to bring clarity and efficiency to their operations.

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iEnterprises is an IBM Premier Business Partner located in Murray Hill, New Jersey and London, England. iEnterprises develops world class Lotus Notes-based Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions, wireless CRM solutions and mobility solutions using IBM technology that are designed to increase productivity and profitability for thousands of users across the globe.

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The rSmart Group, a leading open source application software company, packages, certifies, deploys, and supports Kuali, a financial system, and the rSmart Sakai CLE, a collaboration and learning application, for the education market. The rSmart approach offers institutions open source applications that break their dependence on traditional proprietary software vendors.

AVATAR is a company specialized in technology solutions based on IBM Software. Their stated target market is based on organizations using Internet technologies for critical business systems. They have achieved the IBM Business Partner highest rank category (Premier), and are among the leaders in Latin America in e-Commerce Solutions based on WebSphere Commerce.

Cosapi Data belongs to one of the most important Peruvian Holdings of Engineering, Construction and Technology and is recognized for its wide experience integrating Information Technology Projects with IBM Solutions. Its services include the design and architecture of solutions, consultancy, solution development, software factory (with CMMI N3 maturity), project management and outsourcing of services and processes (with ISO 9000 Quality).

Vocera Communications provides a wireless communication system enabling instant voice communication among inbuilding mobile workers. The System consists of two key components: the Vocera System Software and the Vocera Communications Badge, a wearable, voice-controlled device that operates over a wireless LAN. Together they are designed to allow staff to immediately speak with the resources they need.

BlueWare is an international software developer and provider of information systems for the healthcare industry with offices in the United States and United Kingdom. In 1996, BlueWare unveiled their pioneering product, Wellness Connection an Electronic Health Record system, which is designed to give secure, immediate access to patient information, anytime, anywhere, and provides decision support for the entire community of caregivers.

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Our company was founded by the joint contribution of CKS Corp. (presently known as CSK Holdings Corp.) and IBM Japan in 1989. Since its launch we have provided various solutions to our customers with the provision of IBM products. This includes the construction of infrastructure with servers and security systems, application development such as ERP and CRM the system operations.

With a staff of 250 people, certified and highly skilled on IBM products and solutions, Computer Gross differentiates itself from its competitors with the higher Value Add which is able to provide to the channel and to its business partners, consolidating its leadership in the distribution of IBM products.

Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions (ECS), a business unit of Arrow Electronics, Inc. [NYSE: ARW], provides enterprise and midrange solutions to value-added resellers, system integrators, and independent software vendors. Arrow ECS connects resellers to the world’s foremost technology suppliers and provides comprehensive services to help resellers grow their business. Visit www.arrowecs.com.

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Global and broad industry experience enables Sogeti to provide value-added IT solutions and professional services to achieve strategic business objectives. Sogeti employs 18,000 people in 11 countries, including 25 major US city locations. Offices are close to local decision makers, allowing Sogeti to respond quickly, flexibly and cost-effectively to meet client business needs. Sogeti, your Local IT partner!

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