BitCricket (http://www.bitcricket.com)
Bitcricket’s provides superior service to our customers with uncompromising integrity in network performance analysis, troubleshooting, and training. The company was founded by former WildPackets CTO Scott Haugdahl and Senior Engineer Robert Bullen. The duo also worked together at Net3Group, a company previously founded by Scott and acquired by WildPackets.
CommunityWorks (http://www.communityworks.eu)
CommunityWorks is a trusted, independent, and unbiased user group association that aims to connect user group leaders with the resources, vendors, tools, and people needed in order to grow a successful user group. CommunityWorks will help you take full advantage of using the trusted channel of communities and will help you create the marketing pull necessary for making your user group flourish
To date there are almost no organisations who are focused on the real needs of user groups and their leaders. CommunityWorks has extensive knowledge and experience in this field of Information Technology user groups, both offline and online, and offers consultancy and services to those who need it.
Desktop Engineer (http://www.desktopengineer.com)
Application Compatibility Training for Vista, Windows 7 and Beyond…
My name is Darwin Sanoy, I am the Training Manager and a Trainer at DesktopEngineer.com
I know you’ve got a little money and even less time to sharpen your skill set this year.
Online training helps you get more for your time and money - but you have concerns about training in front of a computer.
So do I. It’s the same concern I have in our live traditional classroom classes - I want you walk away thinking “That was an excellent class - I really learned a lot.”
So what is the core concern? I think it comes down to staying engaged in the content. You’ve drifted through webinars in the past - finding you don’t remember the last 10 minutes because you’ve been engrossed in an email.
At DesktopEngineer.com we are using technology and teaching methods that help keep you focused on absorbing the content even though you are sitting behind a screen.
Diskeeper (http://www.diskeeper.com)
With over 29 million licenses sold, home users to large enterprise corporations rely on Diskeeper® defragmentation software to provide unparalleled speed and reliability to their Windows-based laptops, desktops and servers. Common installation benefits include faster boot and load times, speeded anti-virus scans, backups or web browsing and boosted access times for Microsoft® Outlook, Excel or Word applications. Reliability benefits include increased computer up time and extended lifespan up to 1 - 3 years. Diskeeper garnered 384 industry awards last year alone and, as of this writing, maintains an impressive 89.8% market share in units sold through distribution for System Utilities/General Disk Utilities.
eNews Generator (http://usergroup.windowsitpro.com/generator)
The eNews Generator is a FREE HTML e-newsletter builder for user group leaders. The tool lets you combine your messages and updates with Windows IT Pro & SQL Server Magazine articles. Build your HTML and text e-newsletters in minutes using this fast, powerful tool.
For the first time ever we’ve turned over all our content to you (now that is a big deal!). More than 26,000 articles from Windows IT Pro, SQL Server Magazine, Exchange & Outlook Pro VIP, Scripting Pro VIP, Security Pro VIP, Paul Thurrott’s WinInfo, Connected Home Express and JSIFAQ. You can take whatever article you want and include it in your newsletter. Pass along the latest IT news alongside your own articles and updates.
Fluke Networks (http://www.flukenetworks.com/fnet/en-us/)
Fluke Networks provides innovative solutions for the testing, monitoring and analysis of enterprise and telecommunications networks and the installation and certification of the fiber and copper foundation of those networks. Our comprehensive line of Network SuperVision Solutions™ provide network installers, owners, and maintainers with superior vision, combining speed, accuracy and ease of use to optimize network performance. Headquartered in Everett, Washington, Fluke Networks has over 500 employees worldwide and distributes its products in more than 50 countries and are used by 96 of the Fortune 100 companies.
INETA North America (http://www.ineta.org)
INETA provides structured, peer-based organizational, educational, and promotional support to the growing worldwide community of Microsoft® .NET user groups. Our mission is to offer assistance and resources to community groups that promote and educate their membership in Microsoft’s .NET technologies. INETA welcomes all facets of the .NET user community, from developers and architects to project managers and IT professionals. Members can be user groups or special interest groups that focus on a single aspect of .NET, such as C#, target the entire .NET platform or concentrate on other development technologies but are also interested in .NET. INETA is the next evolution in user group communities a non-profit, independent organization, chartered with supporting all user groups interested in the Microsoft .NET platform. INETA is run by a board of user group leaders, elected by their peers, and supported by Microsoft Corporation and other sponsors
Learn IT (http://www.learnit.com)
Learn iT!’s “above and beyond” philosophy ensures the efficacy of our classes and the delivery of consistent, outstanding customer service to our clients. It is critical that when our students/clients leave Learn iT!, they feel confident in their ability to capitalize on their newly acquired skills. Time is money, and our clients expect a high yield from their investment within the classroom.
Learn iT!’s core offerings now consist primarily of open-enrollment classes, customized private trainings, and classroom rentals for those who need our classroom space but do not require our instructors or software resources. Learn iT! offers these products and services for desktop applications, web and graphic design applications, professional development, and technical certification courses. Learn iT! is accredited by the Bureau for Private Post-Secondary Vocational Education, an authorized Microsoft Certified Partner for Learning Solutions (CPLS), a CompTia Partner and a Virtual University Enterprises (VUE) Testing Center.
LikeWise Software (http://www.likewisesoftware.com)
Likewise Software provides authentication and audit solutions designed to improve security and operational efficiencies and help achieve regulatory compliance in mixed network environments. Likewise Open, an open source community project, allows large organizations to securely authenticate Linux, UNIX and Mac systems with a unified directory such as Microsoft Active Directory. Likewise Enterprise includes all of the core authentication technology that comes with Likewise Open, plus world-class migration, group policy, audit and reporting modules.
NetPro (http://www.netpro.com)
NetPro provides unprecedented control over your Window infrastructure with software solutions that drive security and compliance into your organization while increasing operational efficiency and productivity. More than 6 million users–from such respected organizations as Coors Brewing, the U.S. Army, and General Motors–optimize their Windows networks with NetPro solutions.
Built on decades of industry leadership, NetPro delivers organic, fully integrated, scalable solutions – with strong controls and automated business processes – that cover the latest, most pressing security and compliance requirements. Add customer-driven enhancements and you’ll see why NetPro customers consistently rate their satisfaction levels among the highest in the business.
Network Protocol Specialists (http://new.networkprotocolspecialists.com)
Network Protocol Specialists, LLC is comprised of a group of dedicate network troubleshooters that enjoy both solving network problems and teaching others how to solve their own network related problems. We believe that by being both instructors and analysts, we are able to bring our real world experience into the classroom, as well as bringing the theory and concepts from the classroom into the real world.
Pacific IT Pros (http://www.pacitpro.org/)
Pacific IT Professionals is an independent non-profit professional association for IT Managers, Server Administrators, Network Administrators, and other IT Professionals who job it is to deploy, maintain, upgrade, support or troubleshoot Windows Servers or workstations, Exchange, SQL, IIS, Apple, Novell, Linux, and network equipment such as routers, firewalls, in business environments.
The group meets monthly to share experiences, troubleshooting techniques, problems with products, security concerns, and to learn about the latest Microsoft technologies. The group was founded in 1985 and meets monthly in downtown San Francisco on the first Tuesday of the month. The monthly San
Francisco meeting is web-simulcast live to meeting locations in Sacramento, Fresno, Reno/Lake Tahoe, Las Vegas, Silicon Valley, Santa Rosa, and Los Angeles. Other monthly meetings take place in Pleasanton, Pleasant Hill, and Los Angeles.
TechNet Magazine (http://www.technetmagazine.com)
TechNet Magazine, a joint publication of Microsoft Corporation and CMP, is the definitive source for in-depth, hands-on technical information for IT Professionals using Microsoft products and technologies.
TechNet Magazine is the premier source of essential information for IT Professionals and Technical Decision-Makers optimizing Microsoft Technologies. TechNet Magazine content empowers IT Professionals using Microsoft products and technologies by providing expert, practical information to help them do their jobs and be successful. Edited by Microsoft experts and professionals and published by United Business Media, TechNet Magazine offers exclusive content direct from the source, available in print and online.
TechSmith (http://www.techsmith.com/)
Founded in 1987, TechSmith is the world’s leading provider of screen capture and recording software for individual and professional use. People everywhere use our products to capture content from their screens in ways that help them communicate more clearly, create engaging presentations for diverse audiences, and analyze product usability and customer experience.
With products localized into five languages and a distribution network of resellers in more than 30 countries, TechSmith’s global reach is continually expanding.
Windows IT Pro (http://www.windowsitpro.com)
The Windows IT Pro magazine network — which includes Windows IT Pro magazine, SQL Server Magazine, Exchange & Outlook Pro VIP, Security Pro VIP, and Scripting Pro VIP — is the leading independent, impartial source of practical, technical information to help IT professionals better understand and manage the Windows and SQL Server enterprise. Each month, we help over 2.5 million IT professionals overcome the same issues you struggle with every day.
We launched Windows IT Pro magazine (as Windows NT Magazine) in 1995 and we launched SQL Server Magazine in 1999. We have grown into a network of print, on-line, email, and in-person publications and events.
Wrox (http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA)
Wrox Press, established in 1992 to publish books for computer programmers, is driven by the Programmer to Programmer philosophy. Wrox books are written by programmers for programmers, and the Wrox brand means authoritative solutions to real-world programming problems. Wrox’s unique author-editorial process delivers the best and most useful information you need in the timeliest manner.
Wrox.com is the official home on the Web for Wrox Press. Here, you can find information on current and upcoming Wrox titles, as well as errata and downloadable code for all Wrox titles found on this Web site. You can also purchase Wrox Press books via the site’s online shopping cart.
