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About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.
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About Makara
Makara is pioneering a next-generation approach to application management that leverages cloud architecture. Makara's technology works underneath the application stack as a virtual layer, making it easy to deploy and manage business-critical web applications in the cloud without the hassle of employing multiple agents. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, Makara is funded by Shasta Ventures, Sierra Ventures, Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz.
About DataSync Corporation
DataSync Corporation was launched in 2005. The business was focused on providing IT consulting and customized software development. Beginning in 2008, DataSync's business model expanded and the company began focusing on developing an open source data consolidation platform. In 2009, DataSync released its flagship syncing platform, DataSync Suite. Since the initial launch, DataSync has seen extensive market penetration and continues to enhance the platform with additional features.The company now has thousands of users around the world, and is rapidly building its global partner network providing services and solutions centered around DataSync Suite.
About iNet Process
iNet Process is a leading European provider of services around open source CRM and DMS applications. As an active member of the SugarCRM community, iNet Process has some of the most popular projects on the SugarForge platform - including iNetDocs.
iNetDocs enables seamless integration between KnowledgeTree and SugarCRM. Documents and folders in the KnowledgeTree repository can be searched, browsed and retrieved from within SugarCRM and attached to all the modules within the CRM application, including "Module Builder" ones.
iNet Process securely hosts solutions and assists organizations with specialized implementations, consulting, customization, training and support.
About Fonality
Fonality's cloud-based business communications solutions replace traditional phone systems and add advanced functionality including conference bridges, unified messaging, chat, voicemail and email, presence management, contact center applications, and integration with products such as Microsoft Outlook, Google, Salesforce. Fonality's patented technology also provides automated system monitoring, configuration backups, rock-solid connectivity, simplified multi-location networking, and complete data privacy over the cloud. Solutions are a fraction of the cost of traditional premise-based systems and scale from single-site businesses with basic needs to multi-location corporations with distributed call centers.
About SierraCRM
SierraCRM Inc. was formed in June of 2004 to deliver innovative powerful enhancements for SugarCRM. Founded by experts in both AmdocsCRM and SugarCRM, SierraCRM's value proposition is to deliver products that automate many of the daily tasks associated with acquiring, processing, and marketing to prospects and customers. SierraCRM addresses the dual market need to both reduce the deployment timeframe for SugarCRM and reduce customization expense required to meet the specific needs of CRM users.
SierraCRM products include the award winning Process Manger, Marketing Manager and Routing Manager. All SierraCRM's products completely integrate inside SugarCRM providing a seamless solution that installs quickly and requires no interfaces or separate databases to setup and maintain.
About Omni
Omni, The Integration Company, has developed over 12 transparent, server-side CRM integrations for Exchange and GroupWise - NO Outlook plug-ins required! SugarCRM customers and partners can use Riva Integration Server from Omni to automatically synchronize address book items (accounts, contacts, leads), calendar data (meetings, appointments, tasks, calls) and SugarCRM opportunities, quotes and support cases to all Exchange and GroupWise clients, including: Outlook, Outlook Web Access, Microsoft Entourage 2008 for Mac (Business Edition), GroupWise, ActiveSync and BlackBerry mobile devices. No more Outlook plug-ins to install, manage or maintain.
About Pardot
Pardot's marketing automation solution shows sales teams exactly where to spend their time by scoring, nurturing, and handing off sales-ready leads. Data from Pardot is bi-directionally synced with SugarCRM, creating a unified marketing and sales pipeline. As a result, clients have seen up to a 700% increase in lead follow-up efficiency and up to a 400% increase in the number of product demos scheduled with prospects. Pricing starts as low as $500 per month and plans do not require contracts.
About Levementum
Levementum is a professional services firm focused on delivering World Class implementations of the SugarCRM Suite. With its focus on Adoption, and its deep understanding of how to utilize SugarCRM as a "Platform" , Levementum brings tools, methods and people to help you realize the "Promise of Open Source". Via its locations on both East and West Coasts, Levementum delivers integration, development, process consulting , training and hosting solutions.
About Talend
Talend is the first provider of open source data integration software. After three years of intense research and development investment, and with solid financial backing from leading investment firms, Talend revolutionized the world of data integration when it released the first version of Talend Open Studio in 2006. Talend's solutions are used primarily for integration between operational systems, as well as for ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) for Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing, and for migration.
Unlike proprietary, closed solutions, which can only be afforded by the largest and wealthiest organizations, Talend makes data integration solutions available to organizations of all sizes, and for all integration needs.
About Plus Consulting
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is a business strategy – one that is reinforced and supported through software. That's why, as part of our solution, we take the time to understand your critical business issues first. Whether you're looking to increase customer satisfaction, increase sales or increase productivity and efficiency, we can help you accomplish your CRM goals.
About entrinsik
Since 1984, Entrinsik Inc. has been developing, implementing, and supporting database solutions that enable organizations to maximize performance and improve bottom lines by tracking, understanding, and managing information. With thousands of users around the world in various industries, Entrinsik's Informer Web Reporting software intuitively accesses real-time data from multiple databases to provide a single point of access to customizable reports for powerful analysis and reporting. Entrinsik's Semtek ERP software now drives many of the nation's largest professional and continuing education profit centers.
About Red Hat
Founded in 1993, Red Hat is the leader in enterprise Linux and is the most recognized open source brand in the world. We serve global enterprises with technology and services made possible by the open source model. Solutions include Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, JBoss Enterprise 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 and JBCAA, the global standard Linux and middleware certifications.
About KnowledgeTree
KnowledgeTreeTM document management software is affordable, easy to use and enables business professionals to manage the document lifecycle, promote collaboration, reduce paper and ensure compliance. Offering commercial SaaS and on-site editions as well as a free, community edition, KnowledgeTree helps organizations of all sizes transform documents into strategic business assets.
KnowledgeTree's software is backed by our commitment to excellent customer service and support. Customers around the world in many industries, including life sciences, professional services, and government sectors, use KnowledgeTree to increase business process efficiency and reduce costs. KnowledgeTree is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.
About salesElement
salesElement is a leading developer of customized proposal automation solutions for businesses of all sizes. salesElement provides customized solutions that are part technology and part marketing to give its clients exactly what they need to allow them to close more sales in less time and reduce administrative costs.
About JigSaw
Jigsaw is an online directory of more than 7 million business contacts. Every contact in Jigsaw is complete with full name, title, postal address, hard-to-find email address and telephone number. If your success depends on reaching out to others, Jigsaw is essential.
About Zend
Businesses utilizing PHP know Zend as the place to go for PHP expertise and sound technology solutions. Zend's founders Andi Gutmans and Zeev Suraski are key contributors to PHP and the creators of the core PHP scripting engine, the Zend Engine. Because of their internationally recognized expertise, the company continues to provide important leadership for PHP and other open source communities, and plays a central role in the explosive growth of PHP.
About agencyQ
Founded in 1999, Q has grown from Q-Industries – a small, technology-focused interactive shop – into agencyQ, a full-service firm that has the capabilities and connections to expand your choices, not limit them. Still based in Washington, D.C., Q now includes satellite offices in Atlanta, GA and Columbus, OH. Like the Web itself, change is a constant at Q, but what stays the same is an unwavering commitment to helping our clients succeed.
About Actuate
Actuate founded and continues to co-lead the Eclipse BIRT open source project. BIRT is the premier development environment for Rich Information Applications that present data in compelling and interactive ways via the web on any device. Actuate and its people are dedicated to making BIRT the best environment for our customers to develop Web 2.0 applications that drive revenue through higher customer satisfaction/loyalty and improve operational performance. The people of Actuate continually participate in and provide resources for the vibrant open source community that has emerged around BIRT. Anybody can participate in the BIRT movement by visiting BIRT-Exchange.
About Box.net
Box.net was founded on a simple, powerful idea: people should be able to access and share their content from anywhere. Since 2005, Box.net has helped more than 3 million individuals, small businesses and Fortune 1000 companies do just that. We want to reinvent what businesses can do with their content through Box's Cloud Content Management platform, made for a new kind of worker, a new kind of workplace and a new kind of IT.
About MindTouch
MindTouch set out to solve the problem of collaboration by making it possible for non-programmers to connect enterprise systems, databases and web-services in the context of an easy to use collaborative environment. The purpose of MindTouch is to provide wiki-like ease of collaboration between humans and machines; thereby enabling less-technology savvy people to automate reports and systems and create dashboards.
About DotNetNuke Corp
DotNetNuke Corp. (or DNN Corp.) is the creator of DotNetNuke®, the most widely adopted web content management system (CMS) and application development framework for building web sites and web applications on Microsoft .NET. Using DotNetNuke, businesses can quickly develop and deploy interactive, dynamic public web sites, intranets, extranets, and web applications. DotNetNuke Corp. provides this framework in both "Community" and "Professional" Editions.
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Frequently Asked QuestionsWhat is SugarCon?SugarCon is SugarCRM's annual customer, developer and partner conference. Attendees consist of a mix of customer, developer, partners, community members, and prospects. The event's content is aimed at providing these groups with relevant and practical information. I am interested in sponsoring the event, who should I contact?SugarCon is a great venue for showcasing products, cultivating developers, and developing qualified sales leads. If you are interested in sponsoring this event, please contact Dana Testa for more information. Will there be rooms available at the Palace Hotel?We have reserved a block of rooms for our attendees. The cut-off date for accepting hotel reservations into the room block with the negotiated rate of $199.00 a night is March 19, 2010 or until block is filled (whichever comes first). Reservation requests received after 5:00 pm Pacific Time at the Hotel on the cut-off date will be accepted at the Hotel's prevailing rate (not the negotiated rate), based on room type availability and occupancy. Applicable state and local taxes currently are 15.58% (subject to change without notice). Third person charge in-room is $40.00 per night. Hotel policy dictates no more than three (3) adults per room. Children under 18 stay for free in their parent's room, using existing bedding. Group room rate good for 3 days pre and 3 days post conference (April 9 - April 18, 2010), based upon availability. Early Departure FeeIn the event that a guest who has reserved a room at the Palace Hotel and checks outs prior to the guest's reserved checkout date, an early departure fee of $100.00 will be charged to that guest's individual account. Guests wishing to avoid this fee must advise the hotel at or before check-in of any change in the scheduled length of stay. The Hotel will remind you of this at check-in. Porterage FeesFor independent arrivals at the hotel, porterage fees are the responsibility of the guest. Porterage fees for group luggage handling (including individual group participants arriving together in groups of 10 or more people) is currently $3.00 in and $3.00 out per bag. Individual Guest Room Deposit and Cancellation PoliciesA deposit equal to one night's stay is required to hold each guest's reservation. Such deposit shall serve to confirm the reservation for the dates indicated, and, upon check-in, shall be applied to the guest folio of the reserved stay. These deposits paid by individuals are refundable if notice is received by the Hotel at least 72 hours prior to arrival and a cancellation number is obtained. Book Your Hotel RoomPrior to March 19, 2010, reserve your hotel stay at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco for SugarCon. Room reservations at The Palace Hotel are available at a group rate of $199 per night, subject to availability. About The Palace HotelA rich 19th century air of elegance greets you as you walk through the Palace Hotel, San Francisco doors. Beautiful vaulted ceilings and original Austrian crystal chandeliers recreate the glamour of yesteryear. Host to presidents, royalty, and giants of industry, the Palace Hotel, San Francisco is centrally located downtown and adjacent to the Financial District. Our hotel provides distinguished travelers with the excellent service to which they are accustomed, and was named to Condé Nast Traveler's 2002 Gold List. Directions to the hotel How do I pay for SugarCon?SugarCon accepts the following credit cards for method of payment: MasterCard, Visa, and American Express. What is your cancellation policy?There is no reimbursement for cancellations. May I bring guests?Many participants will be traveling from afar and may want to travel with companions not attending the event. Please note that since SugarCon is for registered conference attendees only, guests, family and children are not allowed at any conference sessions and most events. You can bring a guest to the evening at the California Academy of Sciences for an extra fee of $100 payable at the time of your registration. When do you recommend I arrive and depart?When booking your flights to SugarCon, you should plan to arrive at the Palace Hotel by Monday, April 12, 2010. Your departure should be scheduled after 7:00 pm on Wednesday, April 14, 2010. Channel Partners participating in the paid Partner Training on Thursday, April 15, 2010 should plan to depart at or after 7:00 pm on Thursday, April 15, 2010. Reserve your air travel as soon as possible. San Francisco International Airport is the closest major airport (25-minutes from downtown). Oakland International Airport is a 30-minute drive over the Bay Bridge. Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) serves both airports. The Powell Street BART station is one block away from the Palace Hotel. What can I expect in terms of the weather in San Francisco and how should I plan for attire?The weather in San Francisco in April is usually pleasant; mid 60's of high to 50's at night/17 C/10C and mostly sunny. Check out: www.weather.com just prior to your travel date and select 10-Day forecast for the conference dates: April 12-15. The attire for the SugarCon conference is business casual. Plan to dress in layers, to ensure you are warm or cool enough for the weather outside and the meetings rooms inside. Will SugarCon include meals?All conference meals are covered by your Conference Registration fees. This includes any evening or special events offered throughout SugarCon. What can I expect in terms of the evening events?SugarCon 2010 is planning a special evening event at the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, and a San Francisco city tour. Please check back for more details. Can I talk to somebody to get more details?If you have any questions or need assistance with anything, please contact Kathleen Johnston, Marketing Events Manager, at kjohnston@sugarcrm.com or call 408-454-6962. Office hours: Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM PST |
