Velocity 2009 Sponsors

Keynote Systems
Keynote is the leading provider of on-demand test and measurement solutions for continuously improving the online experience. Connected companies will know precisely how their Web sites, content, and applications will perform on actual browsers, networks, and mobile devices long before their customers and business are impacted.

Google
Google is a proud user and supporter of open source software and development methodologies. Google contributes back to the Open Source community in many ways, including source code, project hosting on Google Code, projects for students including Google Summer of Code and the Google Highly Open Participation Contest, and support for a wide variety of projects, LUGS, and events around the world. Learn more at code.google.com/opensource/

Shopzilla
Shopzilla.com is the largest and most comprehensive shopping search site on the Web. With an index of millions of products from thousands of stores; Shopzilla empowers shoppers to instantly find virtually anything on sale from anyone, anywhere on the Web - at the best price for their lifestyle. Shopzilla also operates BizRate, a consumer feedback network that collects more than one million consumer reviews of stores and products each month. The company is owned by Scripps Networks Interactive Inc., which include national lifestyle TV networks such as HGTV, The Food Network, Fine Living and more.

Aptimize
Aptimize's software products instantly accelerate web site and intranet speeds by optimizing web pages in real time. Page load times are reduced by 33%-75% with no code changes, no extra hardware. Proven for SharePoint, ASP.NET and now Apache-based sites, Aptimize helps businesses connect faster with customers.

Facebook
Founded in February 2004, Facebook is a social utility that helps people communicate more efficiently with their friends, family and coworkers. The company develops technologies that facilitate the sharing of information through the social graph, the digital mapping of people's real-world social connections. Anyone can sign up for Facebook and interact with the people they know in a trusted environment. Facebook is a part of millions of people's lives and half of the users return daily. Facebook is a privately-held company and is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif.

NeuStar
NeuStar's managed services support companies that rely on the Internet for critical processes and applications. Webmetrics web performance monitoring and load testing services ensure online performance, competitive advantage, and a positive end-user experience (www.webmetrics.com). UltraDNS services power the resolution of more than 30 million domains globally (www.ultradns.com).

Rackspace Cloud
The Rackspace Cloud provides scalable web, application and storage hosting backed by Fanatical Support. Through an integrated suite of products - Cloud Sites, Cloud Servers and Cloud Files - The Rackspace Cloud enables users to trade the hassles of hardware for a worry-free hosting environment. Learn more at rackspacecoud.com.

Schooner Information Technology
Schooner Information Technology has pioneered a new generation of data access appliances specifically architected for Web 2.0 and cloud computing datacenters. Schooner appliances provide 8x performance improvements over traditional servers, with 1/8th the power and space requirements, 60% lower TCO, and 100% compatibility with existing Memcached and MySQL Enterprise™ deployments.

SoftLayer
Headquartered in Plano, Texas, SoftLayer provides industry-leading, on-demand virtual data center and cloud computing services on a global basis from facilities in Dallas, TX; Seattle, WA; and Washington, DC. SoftLayer integrates all facets of IT to innovate fully automated solutions. This empowers customers with complete control, security, scalability, and ease-of-management.

SpringSource
SpringSource provides a complete suite of software products that accelerate the entire build, run, manage enterprise Java application lifecycle. SpringSource employs the open source leaders who created and drive innovation for Spring, along with the Java and web thought leaders within the Apache Tomcat, Hyperic, Groovy and Grails open source communities.

Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems has held open systems to be the cornerstone of its business philosophy since the beginning. From desktops to supercomputers, and from development tools to productivity suites, Sun is dedicated to delivering hardware and software based on open industry standards. Today, through shared technology innovation, Sun's continued commitment to Open Source is reflected in its leadership and key contributions to the many projects including Java, OpenSolaris, OpenOffice.org, OpenSPARC, GNOME, Grid Engine, Jini, JXTA, NetBeans, and Mozilla.