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8x8, Inc. (Nasdaq:EGHT) delivers affordable and agile cloud communications and cloud computing solutions to businesses of all sizes with employees in any location. We offer integrated business communications and cloud computing services that are designed to meet the highest levels of availability, reliability and scalability. Increasingly, businesses are finding they can reduce costs, improve productivity, and be positioned competitively for the future by choosing 8x8 for their mission-critical VoIP phone service, call centers, hosting solutions, video conferencing, and unified communications requirements. For more information, visit www.8x8.com.
   

Aerohive Networks reduces the cost and complexity of today's networks with cloud-enabled, distributed Wi-Fi and routing solutions for enterprises and medium sized companies including branch offices and teleworkers. Aerohive's award-winning cooperative control Wi-Fi architecture, public or private cloud-enabled network management, routing and VPN solutions eliminate costly controllers and single points of failure. This gives its customers mission-critical reliability with granular security and policy enforcement and the ability to start small and expand without limitations.
   

BeyondTrust is the global leader in privilege authorization management, access control and security solutions for virtualization and cloud computing environments. BeyondTrust empowers IT governance to strengthen security, improve productivity, drive compliance and reduce expense. The company's products eliminate the risk of intentional, accidental and indirect misuse of privileges on desktops and servers in heterogeneous IT systems.
   

Blue Coat Systems is a leading provider of web security and WAN Optimization solutions that secure and optimize the flow of information to any user, on any network, anywhere. Blue Coat offers the visibility, acceleration and security required to enable the enterprise to tightly align network investments with business objectives, speed decision making and secure business applications for a long-term competitive advantage. Blue Coat also enables service providers to save bandwidth and improve end-user web experiences with carrier-grade caching solutions that support managed security and WAN Optimization services. Blue Coat is trusted by 88% of the Fortune® Global 500.
   

BP Logix (www.bplogix.com) Business Process Management focuses on improving business processes. It targets those processes that are most important to creating value, will yield the greatest benefits once optimized, or that need to change to keep pace with competition. Understanding time is critical to the planning, oversight, and improvement of business processes. BP Logix Process Director automates business processes while also measuring the time it takes to execute them. It goes one step further by anticipating and providing notification of potential delays. This predictive capability offers Mid Market organizations greater insight into their processes, optimizes business performance and increases profits.
   

CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA), one of the world's leading independent, enterprise management software companies, unifies and simplifies complex information The Recovery Management and Data Modeling Business Unit of CA Technologies delivers the acclaimed CA ARCserve and CA ERwin products. Providing much more than backup, the CA ARCserve Family of Products gives customers control over their changing business by delivering total protection, recovery and availability for systems, applications and data — across physical and virtual environments. These award-winning products come together under the Business Unit's commitment to a 100% channel business model driven by more than 10,000 partners worldwide.
   

Cisco Systems, Inc. is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Today, networks are an essential part of business, education, government and home communications, and Cisco Internet Protocol-based (IP) networking solutions are the foundation of these networks. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create Internet solutions that allow individuals, companies, and countries to increase productivity, improve customer satisfaction and strengthen competitive advantage. The Cisco name has become synonymous with the Internet, as well as with the productivity improvements that Internet business solutions provide. At Cisco, our vision is to change the way people work, live, play and learn.
   

Dell listens to customers and delivers worldwide innovative technology and business solutions they trust and value. Recognized as an industry leader by top analysts, Dell SecureWorks provides world-class information security services to help organizations of all sizes protect their IT assets, comply with regulations and reduce security costs. Thousands of customers around the world and an expert research team allow Dell SecureWorks to identify and protect against emerging threats faster. Our deep security expertise, flexible delivery options and commitment to service excellence make Dell SecureWorks a premier provider of Managed Security, Threat Intelligence and Security and Risk Consulting services.
   
Fiberlink Fiberlink is the recognized leader in software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for secure enterprise mobile device and application management. Its cloud-based MaaS360 platform provides IT organizations with mobility intelligence and control over mobile devices, applications and content to enhance the mobile user experience and keep corporate data secure across smartphones, tablets, and laptops. MaaS360 helps companies monitor the expanding suite of mobile operating systems, including Apple iOS, Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone. Named by Network World as the Clear Choice Test winner for mobile device management solutions, MaaS360 is used to manage and secure over one million endpoints globally. http://www.maas360.com.
   
Fortinet is a worldwide provider of network security appliances and a market leader in unified threat management (UTM). Our products and subscription services provide broad, integrated and high-performance protection against dynamic security threats while simplifying the IT security infrastructure. Our customers include enterprises, service providers and government entities worldwide. Fortinet's flagship FortiGate product delivers ASIC-accelerated performance and integrates multiple layers of security designed to help protect against application and network threats. Fortinet's broad product line goes beyond UTM to help secure the extended enterprise — from endpoints, to the perimeter and the core, including databases and applications.
   

Hitachi, Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 360,000 employees worldwide. The Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer suite offers world-class software solutions to help you understand precisely what's happening across devices and environments, allowing you to better manage your costs, risks and assets. IT Operations Analyzer is an award-winning, comprehensive availability and performance monitoring software solution for heterogeneous servers, LAN, SAN, and storage devices on the network. Hitachi IT Operations Director is an all-in-one lifecycle management solution that simply and cost-effectively helps you administer security management, asset management and software distribution.
   
 HP 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 is available at http://www.hp.com.
   
   
  Information Builders' software and services transform data into business value for game-changing results. Our solutions for business intelligence and analytics, integration, and data integrity empower people to make smarter decisions, strengthen customer relationships, improve employee performance and drive growth. Our dedication to customer success is unmatched in the industry.
   
  Interneer for over ten years has provided businesses easy to use BPM software for automating business processes and workflows with fast implementations. The Interneer Intellect solution is browser based and can be easily accessed from most browsers. Intuitive drag and drop user interface with no coding required, is user friendly with no hassle and doesn't require IT collaboration. Interneer offers SaaS (Hosted) or Installed options with most deployments up and running in just a few days. Interneer Intellect provides quality and flexibility to meet various business needs and budgets from enterprise mid markets and small-medium businesses (SMB).
   
  iQ for Business (formerly iQ4bis) is a leading international Business Intelligence software corporation with a well-earned reputation for intuitive business analytics solutions for midsized companies. Recognized for its ease-of-use, affordability, flexibility and rapid implementation times, iQ for Business is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. Because iQ for Business' software solutions aggregate information from disparate sources, it enables users with the power and flexibility to ask and answer their own questions based upon a clear view of up-to-date operational data. iQ for Business offers turnkey software solutions, as well as custom solutions, for Sales and Revenue, Financial Analysis, Inventory, and more.
   
  Kaseya is the leading global provider of IT Systems Management software. Kaseya solutions empower IT departments to proactively manage and control IT assets remotely, easily and efficiently from one integrated Web-based platform. IT Automation is the key to delivering a proactive, results-based IT service model. Kaseya provides unparalleled automation of periodic IT tasks required to manage and maintain systems and devices. These tasks include monitoring, patch management, asset management, audit and inventory, mobile device management, backup, endpoint security, antivirus and software deployment. Kaseya solutions are trusted by a wide variety of industries including education, financial services, government, healthcare, military and retail.
   
  Instantly capture and create fully integrated end-to-end testing environments from your live production. In fifteen minutes or less, Kubisys Thin Capture® produces a replica of your live production with all of its data. Work in a test environment complete with application, database, web servers, and Active Directory functioning together. Thoroughly test changes safely and without disrupting production, all at a fraction of the normal cost.
   
  Level 3 Communications is a premier global provider of data, voice, video and managed services. We combine our reliable, secure network and flexibility to adapt to local requirements to provide stronger connections around the globe. We focus on understanding customers' challenges and delivering industry-leading customer service. Learn more: www.level3.com.
   
  A recognized leader in integration and data management, Liaison Technologies drives business and technology performance. With a comprehensive suite of products and services designed to move, transform, secure and manage business-critical information, Liaison combines innovative solutions and practical experience to deliver measurable results.
   
LogiXML gives IT professionals the fastest way to create BI applications, deploy scalable dashboards and reports, and embedded analytics into existing applications - all for a fraction of the cost of other solutions. Unlike traditional Business Intelligence platforms that are complex and costly, LogiXML's agile technology allows organizations to rapidly develop, refine, and adapt BI applications that serve any number of users on any platform, all without extensive development or professional services.
   
Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a leading provider of enterprise software platforms for business intelligence (BI), mobile intelligence, and social intelligence applications. MicroStrategy's BI platform enables organizations worldwide to analyze vast amounts of data stored across their enterprises to make better business decisions.  Companies choose MicroStrategy BI for its ease-of-use, sophisticated analytics, and superior data and user scalability. MicroStrategy's mobile intelligence platform helps companies and organizations build, deploy, and maintain mobile apps across a range of solutions by embedding intelligence, transactions, and multimedia into apps. MicroStrategy's social intelligence applications help enterprises harness the power of social networks for marketing and e-commerce. The company also offers a suite of free "friendly" consumer apps that use MicroStrategy's enterprise technologies and its proprietary Cloud platform. www.microstrategy.com.
   
Mimecast delivers cloud-based email management for Microsoft Exchange, including email archiving, continuity and security. By unifying disparate and fragmented email environments into one solution that is always available from the cloud, Mimecast minimizes risk and reduces cost and complexity, while providing end-to-end control of email. Mimecast has surpassed the1 million user mark and won several awards including the MSExchange.org Reader's Choice for Best Exchange Migration option and CRN Channel's 2011 Security Vendor of the Year.
   
Netreo's family of virtual-appliance and hardware-based management products provide award-winning dashboard views into your entire global enterprise through a single pane of glass. Our products are designed for cost-effective and rapid deployment, and offer easy-to-use network, server, and virtualization management solutions for any size company or organization; delivering real-time perspective into faults, application and network performance, service-level-agreements (SLAs), and configurations. All of this visibility through an easy-to-use web interface and an architecture that is free of agents, probes, or special client software .
   
Okta is the market leading on-demand identity and access management service that enables enterprises to accelerate the secure adoption of their web based applications, both in the cloud and behind the firewall. Okta delivers a complete solution addressing the needs of IT, end users, and business leaders; no customization required.
   
Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world's most complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems company. With more than 370,000 customers — including 100 of the Fortune 100 — in more than 145 countries around the globe, Oracle is the only vendor able to offer a complete technology stack in which every layer is engineered to work together as a single system. Oracle's industry-leading products give customers unmatched benefits including unbreakable security, high availability, scalability, energy efficiency, powerful performance, and low total cost of ownership. For more information, visit oracle.com.
   
For 28 years, PC Connection has operated on the belief that there's a lot more to IT than just technology. Our customer-centric approach focuses on your specific IT goals and challenges. We work closely with you before, during, and after every purchase to make sure you get exactly what you need, when you need it.
Business Growth Is Your Top Priority.
Supporting you every step of the way is Ours.
   
Ping Identity provides cloud identity security solutions to more than 700 of the world's largest companies, government organizations and cloud businesses. With a 99% customer satisfaction rating, Ping Identity empowers more than 40 of the Fortune 100 to secure hundreds of millions of employees, customers, consumers and partners using open standards like SAML, OpenID and OAuth. Businesses that depend on the Cloud rely on Ping Identity for simple, proven and secure cloud identity management for customers and employees through single sign-on, federated identity management, mobile identity security, API security and centralized access control. Learn more about Ping Identity at pingidentity.com.
   
With the industry's most comprehensive set of solutions for maximizing the value of customer and location data, Pitney Bowes Software solutions add data quality, geocoding, location intelligence, predictive analytics, communication management and mailing efficiency into critical customer relationship management workflows and business systems. Leading corporations and major government agencies worldwide rely on the proven expertise and decades of leadership from PBS. Korem, with offices in the United States, Canada and Europe, leverages key partnerships with industry leaders such as Pitney Bowes Software and Google, and commitment to excellence and adherence to the highest standards (including ISO 9001:2008 certification), to deliver solutions that deliver measureable, repeatable and impactful results.
   
Quarri Technologies, Inc. is a security software company that empowers organizations to keep their sensitive data secure. The company's products defend against both external and internal attacks and prevent unauthorized use and replication of confidential data by controlling both malicious and careless end-user behavior. Quarri's products allow users to remain productive and have a seamless online experience, while also enabling organizational compliance with industry standards and government mandates. Quarri is a privately held, investor-backed corporation based in Austin, Texas, with clients throughout North America and Europe. For further information, visit www.quarri.com.
   

Rackspace® Hosting is the service leader in cloud computing and founder of OpenStack™, an open source cloud platform. The San Antonio-based company provides Fanatical Support® to its customers, across a portfolio of IT services, including Managed Hosting and Cloud Computing. Rackspace has been recognized by Bloomberg BusinessWeek as a Top 100 Performing Technology Company and was featured on Fortune's list of 100 Best Companies to Work For. The company was also positioned in the Leaders Quadrant by Gartner Inc. in the "2010 Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service and Web Hosting." For more information, visit www.rackspace.com.
   
SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. Through innovative solutions delivered within an integrated framework, SAS helps midsize companies improve performance and deliver value by making better decisions faster. SAS provides easy-to-use, affordable and flexible business analytics solutions that are priced for the midmarket and customized to grow with your needs. Since 1976 SAS has been giving customers around the world THE POWER TO KNOW. For more information, visit www.sas.com/smb.
   
Scale Computing Scale Computing develops scale-out, clustered IT infrastructure products for small to medium-sized organizations based on its patented ICOS [Intelligent Clustered Operating System] technology. Since launching its initial scale-out storage solution in 2009, Scale has grown to over 800 customer deployments. Scale is currently expanding its footprint throughout the datacenter with what analysts are calling the industry's first hyper-converged architecture, HC3. Scale's HC3 seamlessly integrates storage, servers and virtualization into a scalable, turnkey infrastructure that's as easy to manage as a single server. Designed specifically for IT generalists, HC3 is ideal for those who have not yet adopted virtualization due to cost and complexity, enabling them to run highly-available applications. For additional info, visit www.scalecomputing.com.
   
TIBCO Spotfire, a product group of TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX - News), is a leading provider of enterprise analytics software for next generation business intelligence. TIBCO Spotfire products offer a visual and interactive experience that helps professionals quickly discover new and actionable insights in information. Distinguished by its speed to insight and adaptability to specific business challenges, Spotfire rapidly reveals unseen threats and new opportunities, creating significant economic value. Spotfire customers include industry leaders among the Global 2000 that have deployed Spotfire analytics to gain an information advantage over their competitors. For more information, visit http://spotfire.tibco.com.
   
Syncsort is a leading provider of high-performance data integration and sort solutions for open systems and mainframe environments. Syncsort solutions have been used by thousands of enterprises for more than 40 years to optimize data integration and data-intensive application performance, and maximize IT infrastructure efficiency and staff productivity, while delivering optimal TCO. For more than a decade, Syncsort DMExpress software has delivered the fastest and most efficient, simple, and cost-effective solutions for integrating, optimizing, and migrating data.
   
Thinking Phone Networks is focused on unified communications-enabling enterprise organizations to drive dramatic business process improvement. Our innovative ThinkingSuite cloud ecosystem combines a powerful analytics engine and application integration with comprehensive unified communications capabilities on a single hosted platform. ThinkingSuite communications services are deployed by hundreds of leading-edge enterprises at thousands of locations around the globe.
   
Virtacore Systems is a leading provider of hybrid cloud services, offering public and private cloud solutions to the middle market through the company's VMware-based unified platform. Virtacore is the only company to offer seamless migration of data to/from public, managed private and internal private clouds, using VMware technology. Virtacore also provides Google Apps services and support for businesses and organizations. Headquartered in Ashburn, VA, the company, a wholly owned subsidiary of IKANO Communications, Inc., has offices in Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, and Seattle.
   

VMware, the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, delivers customer-proven solutions that accelerate IT by reducing complexity and enabling more flexible, agile service delivery. Leveraging VMware vSphere™, the most widely deployed foundation for cloud computing, VMware enables enterprises to adopt a cloud model that addresses their unique business challenges. VMware's approach speeds the transition to cloud computing while preserving existing investments and improving security and control. With more than 250,000 customers and 25,000 partners, VMware solutions help organizations of all sizes to lower costs, increase business agility and ensure freedom of choice.
   

Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN), a global leader in unified web security, email security, and data loss prevention (DLP) solutions, delivers the best content security for modern threats at the lowest total cost of ownership to tens of thousands of enterprise, mid-market and small organizations around the world. Distributed through a global network of channel partners and delivered as software, appliance and Security-as-a-Service (SaaS), Websense content security solutions help organizations leverage Web 2.0 and cloud communication, collaboration, and social media while protecting from advanced persistent threats, preventing the loss of confidential information and enforcing internet use and security policies. Websense is headquartered in San Diego, California with offices around the world. For more information, visit www.websense.com.
   
Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, WhiteHatSecurity is the leading provider of website risk management solutions that protect critical data, ensure compliance and narrow the window of risk. WhiteHat Sentinel, the company's flagship product family, is the most accurate, complete and cost-effective website vulnerability management solution available. It delivers the flexibility, simplicity and manageability that organizations need to take control of website security and prevent Web attacks. Furthermore, WhiteHat Sentinel enables automated mitigation of website vulnerabilities via integration with Web application firewalls and Snort-based intrusion prevention systems. To learn more about WhiteHat Security, please visit our website at www.whitehatsec.com.
   
Xerox is well known for its leadership in document technology and services that include printers, multifunction devices, production publishing systems, managed print services and related software. Holding more than 9,400 active U.S. patents, the corporation continues to build on its heritage of innovation. To continue advancing its technological excellence, in 2009 Xerox spent $880 million of its 2009 revenue of $22 billion on research and development. Committed to environmental sustainability Xerox makes technology investments that reduce the carbon footprint of its operations. Xerox's consistent focus on customer usability is reinforced by innovative network management tools to reduce IT overhead.

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