Microsoft Tech·Ed Australia 2011

Hardware Sponsor

HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The world's largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure at the convergence of the cloud and connectivity, creating seamless, secure, context-aware experiences for a connected world. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at www.hp.com.

Major Sponsor

AvePoint is a global technology company and proven software leader. Since its founding in 2001, AvePoint has become the world’s largest provider of fully integrated infrastructure management software solutions for Microsoft SharePoint. Propelled by one of the world’s largest SharePoint-exclusive research & development teams, AvePoint helps more than 8,000 customers – including many Fortune 500 companies and government agencies – meet their specific business objectives by unleashing SharePoint’s full potential.

AvePoint, Inc. is headquartered and maintains its principle engineering centre in Jersey City, NJ, with wholly owned sales and engineering centres in the USA, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Singapore, and China. AvePoint is a Depth Managed Microsoft Gold Certified Portals and Collaboration Partner and Gold Certified ISV Partner as well as US Government GSA provider.

Premier Sponsor

Telstra provides network services and solutions to more than 200 of the world’s top 500 companies. They rely on us to do business across 240 countries and territories and to enable greater productivity, efficiency and growth.

Telstra solutions offer the best of all worlds – skilled people and a rich portfolio of services delivered on our world-class Telstra Next IP^® network and Next G^® network. To ensure reliable performance, they’re monitored and maintained from our dedicated centres using advanced management and operational systems. And they’re backed by Telstra Enterprise-grade Customer Service™ and one of Australia’s largest and most qualified field and technical workforces.

Sponsors

Sponsor	About
	App-DNA™ is the pioneer and global leader in Application Intelligence™, taking application compatibility automation to the next level by combining application and business insight. The award-winning AppTitude software platform empowers enterprise IT with application testing and remediation, plus the power to integrate user and device information, model delivery options, and automate application preparation. AppTitude provides insight about applications to guide decisions for application migration, management and business impacts. AppTitude saves time, cost and risk in managing application compatibility for Windows 7, Internet Explorer, Microsoft App-V, Citrix XenApp and VDI projects. App-DNA is vital for application transformation programs at major enterprises and top system integrators. App-DNA is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, a member of the Microsoft System Center Alliance, a Microsoft Jumpstart partner, CitrixReady Partner, Citrix Technology Partner, Citrix Desktop Transformation Model ecosystem partner and was named "Best in Show" at the Citrix Synergy conference. Read more at the App-DNA technical blog, on Twitter @appdna and online www.app-dna.com.
	AppSense has been providing User Virtualization solutions to optimize the user experience and simplify desktop management for over ten years, and has developed the technology, experience and operational capacity to offer a solution to what has been to date the most challenging yet important aspect of the desktop to manage - the user. Whether using physical PC, virtual desktops, App-V delivered applications, client hypervisors, cloud-based infrastructures or combinations thereof, AppSense User Virtualization technology provides a seamless working experience to all users at all times. With AppSense, partners can provide accelerated Win7 deployments, maximize the utilization of App-V to deliver virtualized applications and ensure successful proof-of-concepts for virtual desktop projects. AppSense is a Microsoft Managed Partner, a Citrix Ready Partner, and the only provider of user personalization technology in global VDI solutions from IBM, Dell, HP, Cisco Fujitsu and CSC. Learn more about AppSense by visiting www.appsense.com.
	Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) is a leading provider of virtual computing solutions that help companies deliver IT as an on-demand service. Founded in 1989, Citrix combines virtualization, networking, and cloud computing technologies into a full portfolio of products that enable virtual workstyles for users and virtual datacentres for IT. More than 230,000 organisations worldwide rely on Citrix to help them build simpler and more cost-effective IT environments. Citrix partners with over 10,000 companies in more than 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2009 was $1.61 billion.
	A singular vision—a belief in a better way to address current and future data management needs—guides CommVault in the development of Singular Information Management® solutions for high-performance data protection, universal availability and simplified management of data on complex storage networks. CommVault’s exclusive single-platform architecture gives companies unprecedented control over data growth, costs and risk. CommVault® Simpana® software modules were designed to work seamlessly from the ground up, sharing a single code and common function set, to deliver superlative Backup & Recovery, Archive, Replication, Search and Resource management capabilities. More companies every day join those who have discovered the unparalleled efficiency, performance, reliability, and control only CommVault can offer. CommVault’s corporate headquarters is located in Oceanport, New Jersey, in the United States
	Hitachi Data Systems helps organizations transform raw data into valuable information by making it more accessible and simpler to manage. Our vision is that IT must be virtualized, automated, cloud-ready and sustainable. Hitachi Data Systems provides best-in-class information technologies, services and solutions that deliver compelling customer ROI, unmatched return on assets (ROA) and demonstrable business impact. As the leader in storage virtualization, only Hitachi Data Systems offers a common, virtualized platform for all data and information. Our solutions manage data growth, cut costs, reduce operational complexity and improve IT agility. Our applications include end-to-end virtualization, massive consolidation, data replication, archival solutions and the ability to scale up and scale out as business objectives require. We are trusted by the world’s leading enterprises, including more than 80 percent of the Fortune Global 100. Hitachi Data Systems believes that data drives our world – and information is the new currency. Visit www.hds.com.
	Polycom Unified Communications solutions bring people face to face from anywhere, creating a highly collaborative environment that significantly improves learning, retention, and engagement as well as overall productivity and efficiency. Polycom helps organisations of all sizes, across all industries, become high-performance workplaces where individuals and teams collaborate on-demand between any location, over any network, with their device of choice. Polycom UC offerings include high-definition voice and video solutions for personal, mobile, group and immersive telepresence experiences – using up to half the video bandwidth required by other UC solutions. Standards-based interoperability and native integration of Polycom solutions preserve customer choice, leverage existing investments and future-proof customers as their collaboration strategy evolves. With our broad ecosystem of strategic partners, including Microsoft, provides the most comprehensive, reliable and scalable collaboration platform for managing and delivering UC solutions to your employees, partners and suppliers – on premises or from the cloud. Together with our partners, Polycom is truly enabling UC Everywhere™.
	Veeam Software, a Microsoft Technology Center Software Partner and an Elite VMware Technology Alliance Partner, develops innovative products for virtual infrastructure management and data protection. Veeam vPower™ provides advanced Virtualization-Powered Data Protection™ and is the underlying technology in Veeam Backup & Replication™, the #1 virtualization backup solution. Veeam Backup & Replication for Microsoft Hyper-V will be demonstrated at the Tech•Ed. Veeam ONE™ provides a single solution to optimize the performance, configuration and utilization of VMware environments and includes: Veeam Reporter™ - VMware capacity planning, change management, and reporting and chargeback; Veeam Business View™ - VMware business service management and categorization; A choice of VMware monitoring options including the nworks Management Pack™ - VMware management in Microsoft System Center, the nworks Smart Plug-in™ - VMware management in HP Operations Manager, and Veeam Monitor™ - framework-independent VMware monitoring. Learn more about Veeam Software by visiting www.veeam.com.