Agile 2008 is the premier international conference in agile development. We are gearing up for more than 1600 participants from around the world, and we anticipate our fourth consecutive sellout!
Take advantage of this exciting opportunity to market your company, products and/or services to some of the most influential people defining and leveraging agile software development practices today. We offer several sponsorship levels with excellent marketing opportunities and benefits within each category.
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Sponsor Liaison: Phil Brock - Agile Alliance, USA
Media Sponsors: Pollyanna Pixton - Accelinnova, USA
VersionOne: VersionOne is recognized by Agile practitioners as the leader in Agile project management tools. By simplifying the process of planning and tracking Agile software projects, we help development teams consistently deliver software faster.
Since 2002, companies such as Adobe, BBC, Siemens, CNN, Disney, Dow Chemical, IBM, Lockheed Martin, Sony, 3M and Business Objects have turned to VersionOne to help provide greater value to their customers. Today more than 10,000 teams and 70,000 users in 50 countries use VersionOne’s Agile project management tools to streamline and standardize their agile development efforts.
It’s proven that VersionOne offers the most feature-rich, easy-to-use Agile project management tools available.
No other Agile project management tools give you more visibility into and confidence in your software development process. Using VersionOne, all project stakeholders – project managers, developers, testers, product owners, customers and software executives – can work together to easily coordinate project plans, priorities and progress.
VersionOne’s applications incorporate an open framework for organizations introducing or scaling agile development efforts. Whether you’re a small team getting started with Agile development or a multi-team, global enterprise, with VersionOne you’ll get the best tools in the industry, backed by the pioneers in Agile project planning.
VersionOne. Start small. Scale smart. See for yourself at www.versionone.com.
Rally is the #1 partner for Agile success through its family of products, coaching and community support. With a dedicated focus on Agile, Rally helps software organizations of all sizes incrementally adopt Agile practices to shorten their development cycles and collaborate across distributed teams and silos. Rally’s on-demand Agile lifecycle management products were honored with three-time Jolt Product Excellence Awards (the industry’s Oscars) in 2006, 2007 and 2008 and support over 300 corporate customers and 12,000 subscribers across 30 countries.
From an initial Agile pilot to enterprise-wide deployment, Rally’s Agile lifecycle management products give teams the visibility and collaboration needed to deliver high-value software in rapid iterations.
Rally’s end-to-end solutions for Agile development also include: Agile University, the largest online source for Agile training, and Agile Commons, the largest collaborative Web 2.0 community dedicated to advancing software agility. www.rallydev.com
Borland is the leader in Open Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) —open to customers’ processes, tools and platforms—providing solutions that transform software delivery into a more manageable, efficient and predictable business process. Borland software, services and training help customers manage, measure and improve each critical process within the delivery lifecycle. Our Open ALM platform delivers process-based integration across all lifecycle assets, activities and tools so that customers can collaborate, share information and track the entire software delivery process. Borland is opening the world of software delivery to empower customers to maximize the business value of their software.
ThoughtWorks Studios is the specialist product division of ThoughtWorks, the pioneering global consulting firm. We build practitioner-centric tools that enable software teams to simply get the job done. We believe in revolutionizing IT by providing tools that people need to be more productive and continue to push forward the art of software development. Developing enterprise software can be difficult and many professionals in the IT industry put a lot of time and effort into making it easier. We aim at building world-class software which leverages our development expertise, to translate these efforts into high quality software.
Our flagship product is Mingle, a project collaboration and management tool that provides a shared workspace for Developers, Testers, Business Experts and Project Managers. Flexible and intuitive, it adapts itself to the way project teams think and work, enabling them to get work done and deliver timely results.
ThoughtWorks Studios is building a suite of next-generation tools that embrace the recent advancements in our industry and bring us up to date with the best ways to develop software. Coming up in 2008 are Twist, the collaborative test automation tool, and Cruise, the continuous integration and release management system.
For more information please visit www.thoughtworks.com/studios
Object Mentor is the industry leader in Agile training and transitioning enterprises, both large and small, to Agile Software Development. Our approach tackles the organization from top to bottom, Executives to Project Managers, Quality Assurance to Business Analysts and especially Developers. Our mentors have experience with all modern platforms and languages as well as embedded and legacy systems.
Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 is an integrated Application Life-cycle Management (ALM) solution comprising tools, processes (MSF, Scrum, XP, FDD etc.) and guidance to help everyone on the team improve their skills and work more effectively together. Visual Studio Team System enables members of your team to: Collaborate and communicate more effectively with other team members and business stakeholders. Ensure software quality using advanced quality tools at every step of the application life cycle. Gain visibility into project activity and priorities to make informed decisions based on real-time data. In addition, over 200 Visual Studio Industry Partners offer products to support a broad range of software processes, tools, and platforms.
For the better part of 20 years Fabasoft has won the respect and right to manage business critical content for major world-class organizations in both the public and private sectors. At the heart of our solution is our highly scalable Single Instance Content Store that ensures business critical content is available and accessible throughout the entire content life cycle. Taken together, the entire Fabasoft product set provides a highly optimized and tightly integrated platform for building rich, content-based applications on an enterprise scale.
AccuRev provides best-of-breed software change and configuration management (SCCM) with an agile and efficient approach to managing the software release process together with code assets in a seamless manner using any preferred development process model (e.g., Scrum, Waterfall, Lean, XP, RUP, etc.). The AccuRev solution is designed for today’s complex and changing software development environments, including geographically distributed and offshore development teams working on multiple releases in parallel. AccuRev ensures greater project visibility, optimal team collaboration, and software asset reuse, unleashing the potential of development teams, while enabling a multistage continuous integration environment when combined with an automated build tool.
Berteig Consulting – Helping teams, organizations and people succeed with Agile methods. Berteig Consulting is dedicated to enabling high-performance, high-morale work environments in businesses and organizations in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, and Canada with agile training, agile coaching and agile consulting. Our team of master-level Agile coaches and consultants is ready to serve your needs. Our extensive experience, and customizable services will assist you in creating the best organization possible. Please visit us at www.berteigconsulting.com.
Electric Cloud is the leading provider of solutions that automate, accelerate and analyze software build-test-deploy processes to optimize both physical and virtual IT environments. The company’s award-winning products help development organizations to speed time to market, boost developer productivity, and improve software quality.
Danube provides software and training exclusively for the management of software development using Scrum. Its ScrumWorks® Pro and ScrumWorks Basic products are licensed to more than 85,000 software professionals worldwide, making it the most widely used software in the industry for managing Scrum projects. Danube’s on-premises software model makes it the leading choice for enterprises of all types, including large corporate and government organizations, which require the utmost in security, compliance, ease-of-use and customization. Danube also offers comprehensive training and coaching through its ScrumCORE™ team, comprised of some of the industry’s most renowned Certified Scrum Trainers. For more information, visit www.danube.com
GreenPepper is a brand developed by Pyxis Technologies. The intent behind GreenPepper is to create a community of software professionals dedicated to the advancement of our profession through the creation of tools that heighten collaboration with our stakeholders and help us create improved, more useful software. As a leader in Agile and iterative development, Pyxis Technologies offers Agile coaching and Scrum training as well as services provided by our outsourcing development centre, thus enabling our clients to benefit from a wide range of tools and expertise.
Industrial Logic helps organizations "scale agility faster" by providing state-of-the-art transitions and training in Extreme Programming (XP). Our coaches are pioneers of the agile movement who work with executives, managers, customers, programmers, testers, auditors and others to successfully transition whole departments and organizations to agility. Our dedication to efficiency and effectiveness has led us to innovate engaging and educational eLearning in agile practices and values, as well as Industrial XP, a comprehensive approach to agility. If you are looking for a smooth transition to agile software development, discover the "light and magic" in Industrial Logic.
Intelliware offers a wide range of custom software development services for results oriented businesses. With an enviable record of delivering quality market-ready solutions, Intelliware’s ability to put your ideas into production is second-to-none. Using their home-grown, agile and iterative development approach, i-Proving, Intelliware has manifested partnerships and established long-term relationships through collaborative initiatives in sectors that span financial services, eHealth, foundation and products. Aside from their dedication to software deliverables, Intelliware believes in balance as a means for success. The company and its employees support numerous community contributions, environmentally conscious practices and healthy living activities in order to build and grow the communities in which they work.
Klocwork is an enterprise software company providing automated source code analysis software products that automate security vulnerability and quality risk assessment, remediation and measurement for C, C++ and Java software. More than 200 organizations have integrated Klocwork’s automated source code analysis tools into their software development process in order to ensure their code is free of mission-critical flaws while freeing their developers to focus on what they do best – innovate.
Contact Klocwork for more information at www.klocwork.com or info@klocwork.com.
OutSystems is the software company that provides the industry leading ‘all in one’ Agile Platform for rapid delivery and management of web business applications that are built for continuous change. Companies use the OutSystems Agile Platform to deliver web business applications on-time and on-budget in weeks rather than months or years. The platform provides IT Management complete control and visibility over the application delivery process. The combination of OutSystems’ Agile Platform and Methodology results in applications that continuously reflect evolving business needs, bridging the gap between IT and business across the entire application life cycle.
Pillar is an IT consultancy that understands business just as much as technology. We love technology and we enjoy a reputation as world-class technicians, but we also appreciate IT’s higher calling to solve business problems and deliver business value as quickly as possible. This is exactly what we’ve been doing for close to 12 years. Pillar, has developed an evolutionary approach to deploying strategic IT solutions called Speed to Value (S2V). S2V brings together the much needed discipline of Value Management and best fulfillment practices like Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, XP, and Agile.
SolutionsIQ offers a full spectrum of services to develop software and fulfill technical talent needs, while improving your Agile knowledge and capabilities. Clients include AT&T (Cingular), Amazon, Corbis, Expedia, Federal Home Loan Bank, Infospace, Key Bank, Nike, Nordstrom, Regence Blue Shield, Safeco, US Bank, and Washington State University. A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, SolutionsIQ is also a member of the Java Community Process, Scrum Alliance, Software Association of Oregon, and Washington Technology Industry Association. Learn more at Learn more at www.SolutionsIQ.com.
Command Information has been performing as a trusted partner to global organizations and federal agencies for over 16 years. As a leading provider of information services including application development, next-generation Internet Protocol (IPv6) services, software and systems engineering, network engineering and support, security services, and managed services, Command has demonstrated success in solving today’s challenges using the technologies of tomorrow. Leveraging our proven agile methodology, Command’s products and services will assist companies and government agencies in moving to next generation IP networks and in developing and securing network-centric applications
SQE Training provides the widest selection of specialized software training courses available. Developed and taught by top industry consultants, all courses are based on the latest industry practices and updated regularly to reflect current technologies, trends, and issues. Find the training you need for your testing, development, management, requirements, and security challenges. From public to on-site and eLearning, you can choose the best learning options for you and your team. SQE Training has been reviewed and approved as a Registered Education Provider by the Project Management Institute. SQE Training also offers certification preparation training for testing certifications through the ISTQB™. www.sqetraining.com.
Wipro Technologies (NYSE:WIT) is a leading global provider of IT Services, Outsourced R&D, Infrastructure Outsourcing, Business Consulting and Business Process Services. With over forty Centers of Excellence, Wipro delivers significant business value to customers through a combination of process excellence, quality frameworks, and service delivery innovation.
Wipro’s experience in running Agile projects over the years has proven its capabilities and expertise in the areas of agile transition, distributed agile, and agile tool enablement. Agile processes are an integral part of its Quality framework; Wipro provides a wide spectrum of solutions in the Agile space spanning consulting, coaching and mentoring, and training. Wipro has executed a significant number of projects in this space and is a well-recognized co-sourcing/outsourcing vendor in Agile development.
Since 1994, the DSDM Consortium has been at the forefront in developing processes which combat the common causes of project failure – thereby ensuring time, quality and cost targets are always achievable.
The Atern framework is the culmination of practitioners’ experiences drawn from a wide range of public and private sector projects over more than a decade. This unparalleled expertise has resulted in a robust, but agile framework, which can be successfully applied across a variety of organizational and project contexts.
The mission of the not-for-profit DSDM Consortium is to be the leading enabler of knowledge and learning for successful project delivery.
Succeed with Agility at Scale: Increase your flexibility and responsiveness. Agile Development promises improved team efficiency, shorter development cycles, and better quality software that is ultimately better suited to the customer’s needs. IBM Rational provides technology, best practices, and industry expertise to help companies succeed in an Agile environment.
Empower Agile distributed teams with real-time information and automatic handoffs that keep teams in synch. Manage tests, defects and project progress through a real-time, single project view. Increase developer productivity with faster software iterations with self service from their IDE to increase the frequency of code check-ins and accelerate troubleshooting.
Tacit Knowledge is an enterprise software consultancy with offices in San Francisco, New York, Chisinau (Moldova) and Guadalajara. For the past six years we have developed custom applications for both Fortune 500 companies and startups with an emphasis on software stabilization and optimization, continuous deployment, and agile program management.
Tacit Knowledge is home to talented people who fully embrace agile ideals. Lean and agile methods have always been a part of our organization – it?s how we manage our projects and how we operate as a company. We are so committed to this approach that we are often asked by our customers to coach them in adopting agile practices in their organizations.
LitheSpeed specializes in the structured definition of business problems through a blend of Lean and Six Sigma techniques, and the rapid delivery of business value via Agile methods. Our Agile expertise centers around Scrum, Lean Software Development and Extreme Programming. We offer Lean and Agile management consulting, interactive training workshops, co-sourced development and just-in-time coaching services.
Our consultants and trainers enjoy more than a decade of experience implementing Agile methods at companies ranging from startups to Fortune 100 stalwarts. Our trainers are recognized experts with real life experience gleaned from multiple engagements across various industries.
X2A Consulting specializes in helping organizations adopt agility in their current development processes within the boundaries of real-life organizational and project constraints. We don’t believe in “absolute agile” or “one size fits all.” We have hands-on experience helping companies with governance constraints as well as with process maturity constraints (e.g. maintaining CMMI maturity level) and ensuring each company finds its ideal level of agility and adoption of it successfully. X2A Consulting is known for its academic and industrial-based organizational and project-level assessments. In a nutshell, X2A provides training, coaching, and agility consulting to accelerate revenue, reduce costs, improve quality, ensure compliance, and drive innovation throughout the project lifecycle.
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