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Meet the Vanguard Companies in the Visual Studio Add-On Market!

Visit the VSLive! Exhibit Hall and get in on current and future technologies that will change the way you develop. For exhibitor opportunities at VSLive! contact Tim Smith, General Manager, Conferences.

Alphora
Booth # 205
Alphora provides innovative tools and technologies which enable developers and information technology professionals to produce and maintain robust applications faster than ever before. Building on a foundation of generations of successful database application development tools, Alphora is able to provide an ambitious suite of technology solutions to enable the next generation of database software.

AmberPoint, Inc.
Premier Pod #9
AmberPoint management solutions transform XML and Web services initiatives into enterprise-class business assets. Providing business- and system-level monitoring, management and security capabilities, AmberPoint Management Foundation integrates seamlessly into any environment, raising the value organizations derive from their Web services systems by leveraging XML message content. AmberPoint is the only Web services management solution optimized for both .NET and Java platforms.

AppDev
Booth #312
Stop by Booth #312 for your Free Visual Basic .Net Training CD. AppDev offers instructor-led training on CD-ROM and Video, and custom on-site classes - all featuring developer-taught practical content (also available for licensing). Courses include Visual Basic® .NET, Visual C#™ .NET™, ASP.NET™, ADO.NET™, Microsoft® SQL Server™, COM+, XML, XSLT, and more.

AppForge, Inc.
Booth #110
The leading mobile and wireless application solution for Microsoft Visual Basic developers. MobileVB integrates directly into Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 enabling developers to quickly create custom mobile applications for Palm, Pocket PC, and Symbian OS. Develop applications for leading mobile and wireless devices including Palm, iPAQ, Dell, Symbol scanners, the Nokia 9210/9290 Communicator, and others.

Apress
Premier Pod #14
Check out the Apress booth at VSLive! 2003 where every day of the show there will be a new freebie and chance to win free books, DVD's and more! We'll be located right outside of the expo hall so, you literally can't miss us on your way in to see all of the vendors. Be sure to stop by and see the booth presentation and consult the book signing schedules of Apress authors and VSLive! speakers Christopher Duncan, Dan Appleman, Bill Vaughn, Deborah Kurata and more!

Borland Software Corporation
Booth #406-408
Interoperability between Microsoft® .NET and all major platforms is and continues to be a key differentiator and advantage for Borland customers. The Borland® strategy for the Microsoft® .NET™ platform features award-winning application development environments-such as Delphi, ™ C++Builder, ™ Kylix, ™ and JBuilder™-that support the capabilities of the.NET framework, including ASP.NET and application interoperability through XML Web Services.

Code Magazine
Booth # 103
Code (Component Developer) Magazine published by EPS Software Corp, provides in-depth articles on the latest .NET development techniques. Written by developers for developers, the magazine is a "must have" for serious developers. EPS Software's Custom Software Group contributes to the magazine when not writing custom mission-critical software for the company's corporate clients.

Deep Training / EraServer.NET
Booth # 215
Deep Training was formed by leading .NET experts to provide .NET training to developers. Deep Training offers public and onsite classes in VB .NET, C#, ASP.NET, and Web Services. Experience the DEEP difference. www.deeptraining.com. EraServer.NET provides a complete range of .NET services including application hosting, secure authorization, a CMS engine, SQL Server and more. Sign up today at www.eraserver.net

Desaware
Booth # 302
Desaware is a leading software component vendor, providing advanced components for Microsoft Visual Studio and .NET platforms. Desaware is the developer of SpyWorks, VersionStamper, NT Service Toolkit, StateCoder, StorageTools, the Desaware ActiveX Gallimaufry and the Event Log Toolkit.

ComponentOne, LLC
Booth # 304-306
ComponentOne LLC was formed on July 1, 2000, by the merger of APEX Software Corporation and VideoSoft. Both APEX and VideoSoft have a history of leadership in the Microsoft Visual Studio component industry and have received numerous industry and user accolades for their component tools. ComponentOne produces high-performance, easy-to-use tools for professional developers and Help authors. The ComponentOne product line includes components for ActiveX, .NET, ASP.NET, and Help authoring tools.

Compuware
Booth # 313-315
Compuware Corporation provides software and professional services that optimize productivity and reduce costs across the application life cycle. Compuware solutions accelerate development, improve quality and enhance performance with automated error detection, stored procedure debugging, memory analysis and performance profiling. Additional information is available at www.compuware.com.

Crystal Decisions
Booth # 318
Crystal Decisions, the maker of Crystal Reports, is one of the world's leading information management software companies with more than 12 million licenses shipped, and support of more than 300 strategic partners including SAP and Microsoft. Headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., Crystal Decisions has more than 20 offices worldwide and can be found on the Internet at www.crystaldecisions.com

Data Dynamics, Ltd
Booth # 401
Created in January 1996, Data Dynamics, Ltd., provides award winning software tools & controls for application developers using Microsoft design environments. The Company’s primary product focus is on Data Analysis and Information Reporting including products such as ActiveReports, SharpGrid, ActiveCube and DynamiCube. We also offer UI development products including ActiveBar and ActiveSizer. We offer both site licensing and volume discounts.

Developmentor
Booth # 112
DevelopMentor has been providing educational resources for the professional developer community since 1993. Their highly respected technical team develops and delivers hands-on, instructor-led courses on technologies including .NET and XML/Web services. DevelopMentor offers instruction in its training centers in Los Angeles, Boston, and London as well as in locations worldwide.
www.develop.com

Digital Guru
Official Bookstore
See the latest technology books at VSLive! The VSLive bookstore is sponsored by DigitalGuru. Visit them on-line at www.digitalguru.com

EHelp
Premier Pod #7
Easily create professional Help systems for Windows, Web, and .NET applications with RoboHelp, the Industry Standard in Help Authoring. RoboHelp.NET is the only Help authoring tool that supports .NET, creates server-based Help, and provides real-time analysis of end-user activity in your Help system and application.

Element K Journals
Element K Journals is a leading provider of computer technology journals and information products. With a rich history of editorial excellence, Element K Journals provides continuing professional development with in-depth, real-world examples written in an easy-to-read format. We publish more than 35 monthly “how-to” journals, a family of productivity-boosting CD-ROM products, tip booklets, and free weekly email tips. If you want to stay competitive, you’ll find that Element K Journals is the best source for the most comprehensive, problem-solving, and up-to-date information. Visit our interactive Web site to view a free issue of the journal of your choice.

Extended Systems
Booth # 308
Extended Systems provides the expertise, strategy and solutions to help enterprise organizations realize their business goals through mobile technology. The company's software and services portfolio includes data synchronization and device management solutions; mobile applications for sales, service and pharmaceutical professionals; mobile application development tools and services; and a client/server database management system.

Far Point Technologies
Booth # 403
FarPoint Technologies, Inc. is a premier developer of Web Form, Win Form and COM components for professional developers around the world. Our feature-rich components benefit the leading corporations and independent consultants as a cost-effective solution for building enterprise-wide applications for commercial and in-house use. Stop by our booth and see a hands-on demonstration of Spread for Web Forms and Spread for Win Forms!

Fawcette Technical Publications
Booth # 113-115
Fawcette Technical Publications, Inc. (FTP) is the leading independent multi-media provider of hands-on technical information for the IT development community. Products include print publications (Visual Studio Magazine, .NET Magazine, XML Magazine, and Java Pro), worldwide technical conferences (VSLive! and Thunder Lizard), and FTPOnline, a network of technical sites at www.fawcette.com, including www.visualstudiomagazine.com.

Fiorano Software
Booth # 216
Fiorano Software, Inc. develops multi-platform component-based integration infrastructure solutions addressing the needs of enterprises that need to rapidly compose and deploy easy-to-modify business processes. Based on standards including JMS, XML, SOAP and Web-Services, Fiorano's solutions combine exceptional workflow management technology with a unique architecture mixing Peer to Peer data transport with centralized control. Fiorano's solutions enable developers to visually compose and deploy complex business processes using pre-built/pre-tested components, while also providing a powerful API for custom integrations.

Fujitsu Software Corporation
Booth # 107
Fujitsu Software’s NetCOBOL for .NET includes an enhanced COBOL compiler with language extensions and a code generator targeting Microsoft's Intermediate Language (MSIL), support for ASP.NET and XML Web services, and integration with the Visual Studio .NET Integrated Development Environment. Plus exciting CICS to ASP.NET migration solutions.

HunterStone, LLC
Premier Pod # 10
Hunter Stone is a Microsoft Certified Partner and VSIP member focused on providing innovative .NET solutions, tools and products to those that need them. Our technology solutions are designed to help customers increase potential, organization and productivity, while decreasing overall operating costs.

Identify Software
Booth # 214
Identify(tm) Software develops and markets the AppSight solution suite based on its patented Black Box technology that captures, communicates and identifies the root cause of problems in applications. AppSight is used throughout the application life cycle to increase application reliability and reduce deployment and support costs.

Infragistics, Inc.
Booth # 207
Infragistics(tm) is the leading provider of components for COM, Java, and .NET environments. Featuring an integrated product family covering the full range of best-of-breed presentation-layer components for Microsoft environments, The Infragistics NetAdvantage(tm) Suite includes ActiveX components for COM development, Windows Forms components for Visual Studio.NET, and Web Forms controls for ASP.NET. Subscription and Enterprise Editions of the Infragistics NetAdvantage Suite include source code for all Infragistics .NET components.
www.infragistics.com

InstallShield Corp.
Booth # 116
InstallShield Software Corp. is the acknowledged leader in software distribution and deployment solutions for independent software vendors and corporate IT systems administrators. InstallShield technology powers deployment for the top 100 independent software vendors and is used by more than 200,000 corporate and commercial software developers and systems administrators worldwide. InstallShield is headquartered outside of Chicago in Schaumburg, Ill., with European headquarters in Bristol, England. For more information, visit www.installshield.com.

Intertech-Inc
PP # 13
Intertech-Inc delivers 3-5 day hands-on workshops in VB.NET, C#.NET, ASP.NET, and advanced .NET, XML, and Java-related topics. Learn from best-selling .NET authors and trainers including Andrew Troelsen, Tom Barnaby, and Jason Bock. Workshops delivered in Minneapolis, Chicago, and at customer sites throughout America. http://www.intertech-inc.com

LEAD Technologies, Inc.
Booth # 210
For the last 12 years, programmers worldwide have recognized LEAD Technologies as the undisputed LEADer in imaging developer toolkits. The LEADTOOLS family of toolkits is designed to help programmers integrate raster, document, medical, multimedia, Internet and vector imaging into their applications quickly and easily. Whatever your programming needs, LEAD has a toolkit specifically designed to give you the best imaging technology available.

Microsoft
Booth # 301
Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to empower people through great software -- any time, any place and on any device. Microsoft Visual Studio .NET is the comprehensive tool set for rapidly building and integrating XML Web services, Microsoft Windows®-based applications, and Web solutions.

MySQL
Booth # 106
MySQL develops, markets and supports the MySQL database server, the worlds most popular open source database. With an estimated four million installations and 27,000 downloads per day, MySQL is becoming the core of many high-volume, business-critical applications for companies like, Yahoo! and Cisco.

National Instruments
Booth # 413
NI Measurement Studio, developed in 1986, is a comprehensive suite of natively integrated measurement and control components and classes for Visual Studio .NET that greatly increases productivity and reduces application development time for scientists and engineers. Visit
ni.com/mstudio for details.

/n Software
Booth # 405
Since 1995, /n software inc. has rapidly established itself as a leader in TCP/IP development with its flagship product IP*Works!. The IP*Works! package includes fast, robust, and easy to use components for developing connected applications. IP*Works! Has become the staple internet component suite for nearly every Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies worldwide. Backed by an excellent track record, /n software provides robust enterprise-class solutions backed by professional technical support.

NetManage, Inc.
Booth # 410
Recognized as experts in host access and integration solutions, NetManage provides software and consulting services to extend and maximize a company's investment in existing legacy systems and applications. Offering a full range of application integration, Web publishing and host access software for mid-size and Global 2000 enterprises, NetManage has more than 30,000 customers including 480 of the Fortune 500.

Pegasus Imaging Corporation
Booth # 310
Pegasus Imaging Corporation delivers digital imaging software development tools and compression technologies. Pegasus Imaging offers .NET managed controls, COM components, VCL’s and DLL’s to develop powerful document imaging, medical imaging, color/photo imaging, and video applications. Features include image viewing, editing, TWAIN scanning, ISIS® scanning, printing, converting, barcode, OCR, ICR, medical DICOM, compression (including JPEG2000, JPEG, wavelet, TIFF), and more. http://www.jpg.com

Proposion
Booth # 118
Now Lotus Notes and Domino can be first-class citizens in your Microsoft .NET environment. Proposion N2N is a native managed data provider for connecting to Notes and Domino from any .NET application. Proposion ASPEN allows you to host ASP.NET pages on your Domino server (without running IIS).

PreEmptive Solutions
Booth # 217
PreEmptive Solutions has been the leader in obfuscation technology for over 5 years. PreEmptive’s latest product, Dotfuscator™ for the Microsoft .NET platform helps protect your program against reverse engineering while making it smaller and more efficient. Dotfuscator has an easy to use GUI and command line interface for seamless integration with your build process. The benefits to you include superior intellectual property protection, decreased application size, and better program performance.

Rainbow Technologies
Booth # 404
Founded in 1984, Rainbow Technologies is a leading provider of security solutions for the Internet, eCommerce, mCommerce, content protection, software distribution, and high-assurance communications. Rainbow Sentinel(tm) products provide state-of-the-art software protection and software license management for application developers; protecting over 25 million clients worldwide. With headquarters in Irvine, Calif., Rainbow maintains offices and authorized distributors throughout the world.

Rational Software Corporation
Booth # 209-213
Rational Software provides a software development platform that improves the speed, quality, and predictability of software projects. This integrated, full lifecycle solution combines software engineering best practices, market-leading tools, and professional services. Ninety-eight of the Fortune 100 rely on Rational tools and services to build better software, faster. Additional information is available at www.rational.com and www.therationaledge.com, the monthly e-zine for the Rational community.

Red-Gate Software
Booth # 212
Red Gate Software create simple software tools for Developers and DBA using Microsoft technologies. Since being founded in 1999 Red Gate have served over 3000 customers. Our products include SQL Compare and ANTS. New at VSLive is ANTS Profiler for identifying slow .NET code. Visit our booth to see product demos and enter a free competition with prizes worth $2500. www.red-gate.com

Richard Hale Shaw Group
Booth # 101
Drop by Booth #101 and get a FREE CD of .NET Tools!
First Rate Training * Cutting Edge Technology
The Richard Hale Shaw Group, experts in cutting-edge software development, provide hands-on, instructor-led training courses. They specialize in Microsoft .NET, XML, Web Services, XDE/UML, and Java Web Services. They provide public and onsite training, consulting and mentoring services to software developers (and their managers).

Sams Publishing
Booth # 104
Que and Sams Publishing have a long-standing history of supplying technical information to technical minds -- focused on teaching tomorrow's programmers, developers, and systems administrators the skills they need to build and maintain leading-edge technology. http://www.sams.com

Sanctum, Inc.
Booth # 314
Sanctum, Inc. is the recognized leader for Web application security solutions which provide automatic enforcement of intended business processes, ensuring the protection of core information assets. By detecting and defending against unauthorized behavior, Sanctum protects sites from cybercrime-even if there are unknown security holes or flaws. Sanctum's solutions complete security infrastructure, assure regulatory compliance and create sustainable ROI.

SAPIEN Technologies, Inc
Booth # 102
PrimalCode .NET IDE 5-License Pack offers total capability in a small footprint for your .NET development team. Also supports legacy languages: ASP, PHP, more! Come see PrimalCode in action at VSLive! Free copies raffled daily. Retail value $1,145. From SAPIEN Technologies, makers of PrimalScript, scripting IDE for professionals.

Serena Software
Booth # 109
Serena ChangeMan DS accelerates development for .Net Applications by delivering a comprehensive solution for managing distributed application assets and processes from development to deployment. It ensures a consistent development process without sacrificing individual creative freedom. The result: reduced time to market, improved software quality and lower development costs. Learn More--Visit Booth #109.

SourceGear Corp
Booth # 309-311
SourceGear is a leading provider of software development tools for programmers working with Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS) and Visual Studio.NET.
The company’s software provides source control and collaboration solutions for development teams that need to work together more effectively, across the building or across the globe.
Additional information is available at www.sourcegear.com

TechExcel
Booth # 412
DevTrack is the only defect-tracker with a built-in Web portal for your Beta customers. DevTrack 5.1 comprehensively manages and automates development management, defect tracking, and test plan management processes within one seamlessly integrated application. It provides powerful workflow and process automation features, seamless source code control integration with Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS) and Perforce, robust searching and reporting, and comprehensive point-and-click customization.

Velocitis Inc
Booth # 316
Velocitis develops and markets Flywheel, a comprehensive code visualization, design and refactoring addin for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. Flywheel creates UML style visualizations directly from C#, VB.NET and J# code. Bi-directional, real-time synchronization enables visual design and refactoring. With Flywheel it takes less time to comprehend unfamiliar systems, implement new solutions and refactor existing code. www.velocitis.com

Wintellect
Booth # 417
Wintellect is a training, debugging and consulting firm dedicated to helping companies build better software, faster through a concentration on .NET and Windows development. Its services include in-depth, multi-day .NET on-site and open enrollment training as well as development and consulting services including emergency debugging. For more information about Wintellect, go online at wintellect.com or call 877-968-5528. www.wintellect.com

Wise Solutions
Booth # 201-203
Wise Solutions is the leading provider of application installation and management products and services. From 64-bit installations to Windows Installer, Wise is at the forefront of Windows technology. Already the established leader for creating .NET installations, Wise continues it's legacy with Wise for Visual Studio .NET. You'll produce more reliable, better quality installations that ultimately save your organization time and improve the end-user installation experience.

Wrox Press
Booth # 114
Wrox Press is a unique publishing house with an editorial structure developed to meet the specific needs of the constantly evolving computer industry. Wrox is not a traditional publishing business. It is a specialist information provider, delivering solutions to working programmers in a multitude of formats, including dedicated web sites and mailing lists, such as http://p2p.wrox.com, the Programmers' Resource Center.

Xtras.NET
Booth # 317
Are you a .NET developer currently using or evaluating third-party components? Xtras.Net has worked with hundreds of independent .NET developers to evaluate commercial third-party components in the creation of our first Xtras.Net Catalog. Visit our booth and pick up your copies of our catalog and the developers' objective evaluations.