Gov 2.0 Summit 2009 Sponsor Gallery

Booz Allen Hamilton
Booz Allen Hamilton has been at the forefront of strategy and technology consulting for 95 years. Every day, government agencies, institutions, corporations, and infrastructure organizations rely on the firm's expertise and objectivity, and on the combined capabilities and dedication of our exceptional people to find solutions and seize opportunities. We combine a consultant's unique problem-solving orientation with deep technical knowledge and strong execution to help clients achieve success in their most critical missions. Providing a broad range of services in strategy, operations, organization and change, information technology, systems engineering, and program management, Booz Allen is committed to delivering results that endure.

Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. At Microsoft, we are passionate about helping people solve problems. We are inspired every day by how our customers use Microsoft Live Search to find information on the web. Microsoft Live Search is one of the web's leading search engines serving more than 185 million customers each month with advancements in search areas: entertainment, shopping, local and health. Microsoft Advertising help advertisers and publishers drive stronger engagement with audiences by leveraging the synergies between media and technology. Microsoft provides advertising customers with greater insight into the marketplace, flexibility over media performance and brand engagement, and expertise and support tailored to specific needs.

ESRI
ArcGIS is the geospatial platform for enabling 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.

 

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.

 

HP
HP provides innovative solutions to help government agencies execute their missions. Our solutions span IT infrastructure, applications, business process outsourcing, security and privacy, imaging and printing, PCs, mobility and wireless, and global services - as well as biometrics, recognition technology, identity management and other homeland security capabilities. HP serves nearly every U.S. federal defense and civilian agency, as well as 45 state governments. Governments around the world turn to us for the mission-focused experience and expertise needed to reduce costs, streamline processes and operate more efficiently, while improving the quality and value of their services. To learn more, visit www.hp.com/go/publicsector.

 

Intel
Intel is one of the great American manufacturing companies. Our microprocessors are at the heart of personal and business computers, netbooks, medical equipment, supercomputers, and countless other devices essential in today's digital world. We are the single largest purchaser of green power in the US and have invested a billion Dollars plus toward improving education. Intel just announced a $7 billion investment in new manufacturing in the US that brings the 32 nanometer silicon process technology to life. We don't just design microprocessors; we manufacture them and help define new devices and the markets that use them.

Palantir Technologies
Palantir's mission is to create a ubiquitous software platform for data analysis in the Information Age. Palantir's products leverage human analytic capabilities with advanced computational power to enable the intuitive analysis of large amounts of complex data. Our technology is revolutionary in it's ability to integrate, scale and secure data for use in tactical, operational, and strategic analysis. Additionally, Palantir is the only analytic software platform that simultaneously enables collaboration across organizations while protecting civil liberties. Widely deployed in many key government agencies, Palantir is helping solve mission critical problems in the fields of intelligence, defense, cyber defense, regulation and oversight, healthcare, and financial services. To learn more visit www.palantirtech.com

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.

 

ForeSee Results
As the leader in online customer satisfaction measurement, ForeSee Results captures and analyzes online voice of customer data to help departments and agencies encourage use of the web channel and ncrease recommendations. Using the methodology of the University of Michigan's American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), the "gold standard" in the federal government, ForeSee Results identifies the improvements to websites and other online initiatives with the greatest impact on citizen satisfaction. With more than eight years of experience measuring online customer satisfaction in both the public and private sector, ForeSee Results offers unparalleled expertise in customer satisfaction measurement and management.

SharedBook
SharedBook is the leading provider of technology platforms for the personalization, customization, annotation and collaboration of text materials, which can then be transformed dynamically into virtual or physical books. SharedBook's Annotation platform allows comments and responsive statements to be posted contextually and in real-time, linking them directly to the original documents through online footnoting, while always preserving the content in its original form. Downloadable PDFs or manufactured books can also be created from all or selected annotations and the original content.

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.

 

Aquilent
Named the Government Contracting Firm of the Year by the Tech Council of MD, Aquilent is the recognized leading provider of Web-based solutions shaping the next generation of technology for the federal government. Aquilent is considered a trusted partner government-wide, with customers that include the VA, GSA, HHS, and DoD. Specializing in acquisition and finance, content management, and enterprise web applications, Aquilent, recognized as one of the Top 50 Best Places to Work by the Washington Business Journal, is guided by an unwavering commitment to deliver solutions that maximize efficiency, reduce risk, and provide quantifiable results.

 

JackBe
JackBe enables new insight and understanding for organizations to make faster decisions and achieve better business results. JackBe's award-winning Enterprise Mashup Platform, Presto, delivers visually rich, secure web applications that combine live data from internal and external systems without the complexities, costs and risks of traditional information integration projects.

 

Salesforce.com
Salesforce.com is the enterprise cloud computing company. The company's portfolio of Salesforce CRM applications has revolutionized the ways that organizations collaborate and communicate with their constituents across sales, marketing and service. The company's Force.com platform enables customers, partners and developers to quickly build powerful business applications to run every part of their organization in the cloud. As of July 31, 2009, salesforce.com manages business information for approximately 63,200 customers, including over half of US Cabinet agencies, the Department of State, the Department of Treasury, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Health and Human Services, NASA, and the US Army. Salesforce.com is headquartered in San Francisco.

 

Sapient
About Sapient Government Services Sapient helps Government agencies and commercial companies transform in the areas of business, technology and marketing by delivering the right results on-time and in-budget. Sapient Government Services leverages best practices and its extensive Government expertise to evolve systems, technologies, and processes to deliver mission-critical solutions for Governmental agencies. Our ability to foster collaboration, drive long-term change, provide rapid results and solve challenging problems has enabled us to serve as trusted advisors and 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.

 

Survey Analytics
IdeaScale allows you to create real time feedback communities based on the simple concept of crowdsourcing. IdeaScale goes beyond just collecting ideas by providing a unique blend of software and services that turn the best concepts into reality. Create communities in minutes that harness the latest technologies such as Facebook, Twitter, and iPhone integration - right out of the box. Your communities can integrate seamlessly with your brand, allowing you to precisely customize the security level, look and feel, etc. Let IdeaScale power your next government 2.0 solution.

 

Synteractive
Synteractive, a strategy and business solutions firm, radically improves the efficiency and effectiveness of some of the world's most complex organizations using our Intelligent Orchestration™ framework. A critical mass of new technologies has reshaped the way society connects with each other and with information. Meanwhile, government continues to struggle with challenges that lock expertise and information away in silos. Government 2.0 isn't an option; it's an imperative. Synteractive is a pioneer in Government 2.0-from organizational strategy, to SharePoint, to Clouds. As we speak, Synteractive strategists and engineers are building the next generation of government in the highest profile environments.

Touchstone
Touchstone helps clients develop solutions for national issues affecting the economy, environment, healthcare, and public safety. We help clients rethink Government by using the power of emerging technology to deliver transparent, citizen-centric solutions. Our consultants specialize in discovering new forms of cross-organizational collaboration to benefit the public. Touchstone's experience developing Agency Strategic Plans, IT & Web Strategies, Governance Models, Performance Measures and External Communications allowed us to help design the first Federal E-Government portfolio. Today our consultants are developing government 2.0 solutions and working with agency leaders to engineer change in a complex government environment.

Case Foundation
The Case Foundation, created by Steve and Jean Case in 1997, invests in people and ideas that can change the world. The Foundation champions initiatives that connect people, increase giving, and catalyze civic action. For more information, visit www.casefoundation.org.

Craig Newmark
cnewmark.com is a personal blog wherein a guy named Craig promotes Gov 2.0 efforts and online grassroots democracy, including veterans rights, Mideast peace, and microfinance. He also supports the efforts of government workers, particularly the Federal Web Managers Council.