Diamond sponsor:

IBM is the world’s largest information technology company, with 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. For more information about IBM, visit http://www.ibm.com. In 1995, IBM combined the various parts of software within the company to form the IBM Software Group. The Software Group offers the industry's widest range of middleware products on all types of computing platforms for on demand computing environment. IBM software products and offerings are sold under five brand names – WebSphere, DB2, Lotus, Rational and Tivoli. For more information about IBM Software, visit http://www.ibm.com/software.

 
Platinum sponsors:

To the Microsoft Corporation, service orientation is a crucial prerequisite to creating connected systems. Connected systems are applications that leverage the network to link the actors and systems that drive business processes. You build connected systems on an application model that transcends any one device, crosses boundaries respectfully, and rejects the restrictions of synchronicity. Connected systems pull together a constellation of services and devices, to more effectively meet your business challenges than the disconnected applications of the past. The Microsoft platform supports building services and solutions compliant with the WS-I Basic Profile 1.0, and provides early adopter support for advanced WS-* Web services specifications. The principal approach to building Web services on the Microsoft platform is to use the Web services support in ASP.NET, colloquially referred to as ".asmx" or ASMX because of the file extension used by Visual Studio for these executables. BizTalk Server 2004 permits orchestrations to be exposed as Web services, greatly accelerating the process of developing Web service gateways to business applications that lack native Web service support. An early implementation of advanced Web service features, such as complex message routing using the WS-Addressing specification and the message-level security features of the WS-Security specification, are available in the Web Services Enhancements for Microsoft .NET (WSE). WSE is a technology-preview program for customers willing to experiment with technology based on proposed standards. Microsoft offers rich support for Web service invocation from our operating systems (Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows CE) and from the Microsoft Office System. Visual Studio continues its tradition of providing the best development environment for enterprise line-of-business applications. Microsoft also is focused on delivering the guidance necessary to build well. Extending the traditionally strong guidance for developers available from MSDN, Microsoft is offering architectural guidance in the form of books, white papers, reference applications, and pattern libraries. The Microsoft patterns and practices portal (http://www.microsoft.com/practices/) is the access point for architectural guidance, from information design to solution architecture to the modeling of solutions for deployment into the enterprise datacenter.

Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL) is a leading provider of infrastructure software and services to over 50,000 customers in 43 countries. With more than 20 years of experience in data center, workgroup and desktop solutions, Novell's 6,000 employees, 5,000 partners and support centers around the world are meeting customer requirements for identity-driven computing and Linux solutions. By providing enterprise-class software and support for commercial and open source software, Novell delivers increased operating flexibility and choice at a lower total cost of ownership. More information about Novell can be found at http://www.novell.com.

Software AG provides a real-time single view of strategic business information by integrating applications and systems, in addition to modernizing mainframe and open system IT environments. Its offerings are based on the product families Adabas, Natural, EntireX, Tamino and ApplinX. Around 2,500 employees in 59 countries support the mission-critical systems of 3,000 customers around the world. The company maintains five R&D facilities across three continents. Founded in 1969, Software AG today is Europe’s largest and most established systems software provider. It is headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany and is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (TecDAX, ISIN DE 0003304002 / SOW). In 2004 Software AG posted 411 million euros in total revenue.

 
Gold sponsors:

BEA Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAS) is a world leader in enterprise infrastructure software, helping enable companies to improve business responsiveness through service-oriented architecture (SOA), a software design approach that more closely aligns IT with business objectives. With 15,000 customers worldwide including the majority of the Fortune Global 500, BEA and its WebLogic® and Tuxedo® brands are among the most trusted names in business technology. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., BEA has 77 offices in 37 countries. More information on BEA products and services is available at www.bea.com.

Progress Software Corporation (PSC) supplies superior software products and services that empower our partners and customers to dramatically improve their development, deployment, integration and management of quality business applications worldwide. Our goals are to maximize the benefits of information automation while minimizing technology cost of ownership. PSC delivers products and services through its operating units: The Progress OpenEdge Division, DataDirect, Sonic Software, ObjectStore and PeerDirect We deliver products and services directly to user organizations, through OEMs and distributors, in partnership with systems integrators, and through our Application Partners. Progress Software's 2,000 Application Partners deliver more than 5,000 Progress-based business solutions. For more information, please visit: www.progress.com or email: sea-mktg@progress.com.

 
Other sponsor:

Our role in the IT industry is to provide software solutions to our customers. We distribute software. Our software products are aimed at enabling software distributions, print management, websites / monitoring and reporting as well security reporting. We provide implementation services for solutions in areas that we choose to serve - Print management, Web Analytics, and Systems and Security Reporting solutions.

 
Supported by:

	The Information Technology Standards Committee (ITSC) was formed in 1990, under the purview of the Standards Council appointed by the SPRING Singapore . It is an industry-led effort made up of volunteer members from the industry, but supported by SPRING Singapore and IDA Singapore. It is a neutral and open platform for interested industry and government parties to come together to agree on technical standards.   ITSC promotes and facilitates national Infocomm standardisation programmes and the participation of Singapore in the international Infocomm standardisation activities. ITSC fulfils its role by appointing the various technical committees and work groups to develop and/or recommend the adoption of standards as Singapore Standards. The participation in local and international standardisation efforts are also done through the appointed technical committees and working groups. There are at present some 350 technical experts and representatives from 180 organisations, engaging in ITSC's standardisation activities.
	NICC helps Singapore workforce increase competency and employability in the Infocomm space through programmes that promote infocomm accreditation, skills, and talent management. NICC is an industry-driven national body with Singapore Computer Society (SCS), Singapore infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF) and Information Technology Management Association (ITMA) as founding parties. The body works closely with the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) to promote Infocomm knowledge and skills. It will facilitate certification and recognition measures to help meet the country's targets for an Infocomm-competent workforce.
	OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) is a not-for-profit, international consortium that drives the development, convergence, and adoption of e-business standards. The consortium produces more Web services standards than any other organization along with standards for security, e-business, and standardization efforts in the public sector and for application-specific markets. Founded in 1993, OASIS has more than 4,000 participants representing over 600 organizations and individual members in 100 countries.

 
Official Publication:

Computerworld Singapore is a vital and respected source of technology and business information for IS professionals, senior managers and CEOs worldwide. As the flagship title of IDG Communications, Computerworld reaches out to professionals who are at the forefront of the move towards e-business and adoption of new technologies.   Computerworld Singapore informs and educates IS professionals from large- to medium-sized corporations on IT trends and news all around the world. It is the authoritative fortnightly focusing on the latest developments and trends in IT for IS professionals in Singapore.   Computerworld carries a mix of News, Technology, Product information and Business articles. With access to the world's most comprehensive news wire service - IDG News Service - an exclusive IDG link to over 300 publications in 90 countries, Computerworld is right at the forefront of all the IT action.