Sponsors

Adobe Systems, Inc.
For 25 years, Adobe Systems has been a trusted partner to government organizations around the globe. With consistency, government organizations look to Adobe to help better create, edit, visualize and share information with practically everyone in the world. In the quest to become open and transparent, government organizations use Adobe solutions to more efficiently and effectively interact with citizens, employees and other constituents. Whether faced with publishing official government documents, providing citizens with a forum to participate in policy review, or reducing the complexity of enrolling for benefits, agencies turn to Adobe for trusted solutions to a wide variety of people-centric, government challenges.

ESRI
ESRI is providing the geospatial platform to enable Gov 2.0. Geographic information system (GIS) professionals are advancing their systems to include GIS server technology, create new applications, and spread geographic knowledge everywhere. Maps and GIS are becoming richer and more pervasive with new styles, patterns, and techniques. As new media is integrated with GIS services, Web 2.0 applications, real-time data, mashups, user-generated content, mobile applications, social networks, and geodata, a complete platform for Web knowledge integration is developing. ESRI is providing leadership in this evolving Web world with foundation technology, online map services, and professional services.

Microsoft
Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software, services, and solutions. Microsoft and its industry partners help government better serve citizens, providing familiar, easy-to-use software that seamlessly and securely connects people, information and systems. Microsoft offers agencies the flexibility to use existing technology investments while helping them meet the demands of the next generation of government. Gov 2.0 is an opportunity to embrace today's engaging Web 2.0 technologies to respond to citizens with increased efficiency, transparency and openness. Microsoft is working to make Web 2.0 practical for government with an enterprise IT strategy committed to security, scalability, and interoperability.www.microsoftgovready.com

Google
Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. This mission extends to our efforts in the government sector. Google provides innovative technologies that help government agencies organize information and make it accessible and useful to citizens and to authorized government employees.

EffectiveUI
EffectiveUI is an award-winning, user-centered design and development agency that specializes in the creation and implementation of user-friendly Web, mobile and desktop applications. From strategy and conception, to development and execution, EffectiveUI's tailored applications merge innovative technologies with user-experience strategy to help today's most respected brands deepen customer engagement through more compelling and meaningful interactions that deliver competitive advantages and produce measurable results. EffectiveUI has developed groundbreaking applications for organizations including eBay, GE Health, NBC Universal, Viacom, InVisM and Discovery Channel and has earned the distinction of being named an Adobe Gold Partner and a member of Microsoft's Global Agency Partners.

JackBe
JackBe® delivers enterprise mashup software that empowers organizations with the right information at the right time for the right situation. Our innovative enterprise mashup platform, Presto®, creates new insights and understanding by rapidly and securely combining previously unconnected information in new ways without the complexities, costs and risks of traditional information integration projects.

NIC
NIC is the nation's largest provider of eGovernment services and secure payment processing solutions. The company's innovative eGovernment services help reduce costs, simplify time-consuming processes, and increase efficiencies for government agencies, citizens, and businesses. NIC builds, manages, and markets online solutions for the U.S. government, 23 states, and hundreds of cities and counties across the country. NIC has developed more than 4,000 user-friendly services that allow constituents to conveniently interact with government via Web, mobile, and point-of-purchase channels. For more information, please visit http://www.nicusa.com.

OpenText
Open Text, a global leader in enterprise content management (ECM), combines the expertise and solutions to help customers embrace Enterprise 2.0 within the context of their ECM strategies. With Open Text's solutions, customers can transform their organizations with powerful social computing tools-blogs, wikis, forums, tagging, moderation, communities, and real-time collaboration-delivered behind the firewall as a natural extension of current ECM initiatives or to Web 2.0-enable public Web sites, intranets, and extranets. Open Text offers customers two decades of ECM expertise supporting 46,000 customers and millions of users in 114 countries. For more information, visit www.opentext.com

Sapient
Sapient helps Government agencies and commercial companies transform in the areas of business, technology and marketing to drive long-term change and evolve the citizen experience. Sapient Government Services is a leader in helping government agencies become more accessible and transparent through the use of technology -- our teams bring a track record of delivering mission-critical solutions, the ability to leverage commercial best practices and unique insights as part of the only leading interactive agency with a dedicated Federal practice. Our ability to foster collaboration, provide rapid results and solve challenging problems has enabled us to serve as trusted advisors and build long-term partnerships with Government agencies including the United States Department of Homeland Security, Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Institutes of Health, United States Department of Health and Human Services, and the Library of Congress. For more information, please visit: www.sapient.com/government.