Bill Gates
Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Microsoft — March 24
Kai-Fu Lee
Corporate VP of Natural Interactive Services Division, Microsoft — March 24
Chris Anderson
Windows Client Platform Team, Microsoft —
March 25
Pat Helland
.NET Architecture Team, Microsoft — March 25
Bill Baker
General Manager, Business Intelligence, Microsoft SQL Server Business Group — March 26




Refer a Friend

San Francisco Weather
Avg March highs: 63°
Current conditions



 Sponsorship Opportunities
Exhibit at VSLive!

 Keynote Speakers
 Conference Speakers
 Speaker Interviews
 Speaker FAQ
 Free Book Chapter Download

Exhibitors

Visit the VSLive! San Francisco Exhibit Hall and get in on current and future technologies that will change the way you develop. If you have not already secured your exhibit booth for VSLive! and would like more information please see our media kit or contact Tim Smith, General Manager, Conferences.

Exhibit Hall Hours:

Wednesday, March 24th   noon – 3 p.m.
Thursday, March 25th   11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
    6 p.m. – 8 p.m. - Exhibit Hall Party
Friday, March 26th   11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

 View Exhibit Hall map


VSLive! Exhibitors
activePDF 807
Alphora 615
Apress 717
Borland 907
Business Objects 707
Component One 700
Compuware 706
DataDirect Technologies 714
Data Dynamics, Ltd. 612
eBay Developers Program 801
Ektron 915
Extended Systems 812
FarPoint Technologies 608
Fawcette Technical Publications, Inc. 946
ILOG 614
Infragistics 719
InnerWorkings 815
InstallShield Software Corporation 713
Intertech Training 712
LEAD Technologies, Inc. 605
Melissa Data 609
Microsoft Corporation 720
Microsoft Speech Partner Pavilion 928 & 836
/n software 603
Oak Leaf Enterprises, Inc 715
ObjectWare 813
Parasoft 616
Pegasus Imaging Corporation 816
PreEmptive Solutions 814
Richard Hale Shaw Group 716
SafeNet, Inc. 620
Serena Software 601
Software FX 711
Velocitis 811
Wise Solutions 806

Microsoft® Mobile DevCon Exhibitors
Accelent Systems Group 749
AirPrism 639
AT&T Wireless 629
Bay Area Technical Communities 607
Bell Mobility 845
Certicom 847
Cubistix 843
Extended Systems 738
iAnywhere
736
Handango 747
HP 728
i-mate 938
Imagine Cup 642
Immedient 841
Intel 600
Logotec Engineering
837
Motorola 631
NSTL 944
Odyssey Software 637
Orange 940
The PaulYao Company 744
Pharos 740
PocketGear.com, LLC 640
Pocket PC Magazine 750
Psion Teklogix 741
Samsung 641
Sprint 839
Symbol Technologies 734
SYWARE 743
Texas Instruments 846
Vibren Technologies 745
Virtio 938

SpeechTEK Exhibitors
Aculab 408
Angel.com Voice Sites 100
Aspect Communications 203
Avaya 211
AVIOS 201
BBN 102
Brooktrout 406
Cisco Systems 311
Clarity 513
CoAssure, Inc. 110
Convergys 205/207
CT Labs 412
Edify 200
Eicon 504
Empirix 206
First Data Voice Systems 310
Genesys 312
HP 307/309
IBM 300
Intel 514
Intervoice 500
LumenVox 407
NeoSpeech 313
NetByTel 106
Nexidia, Inc. 112
Nortel 509
Nuance 301
Phonetic Systems 413
ScanSoft 400
Spirit 308
Syntellect 409
The VoiceXML Forum 511
TuVox 208
Unveil Technologies 411
Verascape 203
Viecore 212
Voice Architects 213
Voice Objects AG 507
VoiceGenie 506
Vocal Laboratories 412
Walsh Media 410


Accelent Systems Group
Booth # 749
Accelent Systems Group of Insyde Software offers BIOS configuration system level software, development platforms and professional services that enable rapid time to quality for its customers who develop Windows Mobile ARM-based devices.
www.accelent.com


activePDF
Booth # 807
activePDF is a leading provider of PDF creation, conversion and development tools, catering to the increasing demand for automated document management practices within today’s businesses. Traditionally recognized for its innovative server-based products, activePDF recently entered the desktop PDF market, offering clients cost-effective, end-to-end solutions for all PDF generation and manipulation requirements.
www.activepdf.com


Alphora
Booth # 615
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 our product, Dataphor, provides an ambitious suite of technology solutions to enable the next generation of database software.
www.alphora.com


AirPrism
Booth # 639
The AirPrism Mobility Management Suite is a next-generation mobile device management application. It enables enterprises to address the unique challenges of deploying, securing, managing and supporting mission-critical mobile devices, such as laptops, handhelds, tablets and smartphones.
www.airprism.com


AT&T Wireless
Booth # 629
The AT&T Wireless Developer Program empowers developers to create innovative wireless solutions that make wireless technology more effective, more valuable, and more fun. Developers can take advantage of developer gateways, an aggregated, comprehensive body of knowledge and reference, and one of the largest and most effective online developer communities available.
www.attwireless.com/developer


Apress
Booth # 717
Apress® is a publishing company established by IT professionals, programmers, and enthusiasts just like you. Apress books are tools that will help you learn new subjects, solve problems effectively, and save time. Practical, instructional, and thought-provoking, Apress books offer the highest quality content, distinctively written with The Expert's Voice™.
www.apress.com


Bay Area Technical Communities
Booth # 607
The Bay Area hosts some of the largest technology communities in the world. Local user groups, professional associations, and student groups meet and discuss a variety of topics from wireless technology to application architectures. Stop by their booth to learn more.

Bell Mobility
Booth # 845
Bell Mobility is Canada's first wireless company to launch Location Based Services using both Assisted GPS and Cell Tower location technology and is looking for new solutions that meet real customer needs. Bell Mobility currently offers a wide variety of Assisted GPS Ready cell phones and PDAs and has an established customer base with these devices.
developer.bellmobility.ca


Borland
Booth # 907
Borland Software Corporation is a world leader in platform independent software development and deployment solutions that are designed to accelerate the entire application development lifecycle. By connecting managers, testers, designers, developers, and implementers in real time, Borland enables enterprises worldwide to define and sustain their competitive advantage.
www.borland.com


Business Objects
Booth # 707
Business Objects is the world's leading business intelligence (BI) software company. Our solutions, including Crystal Reports, enable organizations to track, understand, and manage enterprise performance, leveraging the information stored in an array of corporate databases, ERP and CRM systems.
www.businessobjects.com


Certicom
Booth # 847
Certicom is the authority for strong, efficient cryptography toolkits that allow software developers and device manufacturers to embed security into their products. Certicom is the leader in the development of Elliptical Curve Cryptography (ECC) delivering the strongest cryptographic security available today.
www.certicom.com


ComponentOne, LLC
Booth # 700
ComponentOne(tm) LLC, produces high-performance, easy-to-use tools for developers who work in Microsoft® Visual Studio® and Visual Studio for .NET environments. The ComponentOne Studio Enterprise integrated framework is a subscription service delivering over 30 ComponentOne products for ActiveX, .NET, ASP.NET, and Mobile.
www.componentone.com


Compuware
Booth # 706
Compuware Corporation provides software and professional services that optimize productivity and reduce costs across the application life cycle. The Compuware DevPartner family of products provides a comprehensive development, debugging and tuning solution to the challenges of application development, from concept to coding to completion
www.compuware.com


Cubistix
Booth # 843
The Cubistix family of products is a collection of software tools that assist, manage and visualize your data in meaningful ways. It offers and intuitive geo-mapping interface that allows you to spatially represent information for concise, mission critical business modeling for marketing, governmental organizations, and corporate
executives.
www.cubistix.com


DataDirect Technologies
Booth # 714
DataDirect Technologies is the leading provider of standards-based data connectivity components and XML query technology. DataDirect Technologies' products ensure consistent behavior and performance across J2EE, .NET, Web and client/server environments. With the most comprehensive support for ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET and XML, DataDirect Technologies helps developers speed development, integration and deployment.
www.datadirect.com

Data Dynamics, Ltd.
Booth # 612
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
www.datadynamics.com


eBay Developers Program
Booth # 801
The eBay Developers Program enables developers to create innovative solutions that tap into the power of eBay, The World's Online Marketplace®. Program members create a variety of solutions that meet the diverse needs of the 95 million registered users on eBay. For more information, visit www.developer.ebay.com.


Ektron
Booth # 915
More than 9,000 organizations worldwide use Ektron browser-based solutions to affordably author, publish and manage their Web content. Founded in 1998,Ektron offers a family of flexible, scalable HTML and XML Web content management systems, as well as the market leading eWebEditPro and eWebEditPro+XML content editing tools.
www.ektron.com


Extended Systems
Booth # 812, 738
Extended Systems is a global technology company providing data management software solutions to enterprises and commercial software developers. Advantage Database Server is a scalable, cross-platform client/server RDBMS that offers data integrity, reliability and performance without the high administration costs associated with other RDBMS solutions.
www.extendedsystems.com


Fawcette Technical Publications
Booth # 946
FTP is the leading multi-media provider technical information for IT and development professionals through print (Visual Studio Magazine, Windows Server System Magazine, Enterprise Architect and Java Pro); conferences (VSLive!, JavaPro Live!, Thunder Lizard and Enterprise Architect Summit); and the FTPOnline network of technical sites at www.ftponline.com


FarPoint Technologies
Booth # 608
FarPoint Technologies, Inc. is the premier developer of Web Form, Windows Form and COM components for professional developers around the world. Their feature-rich components benefit the leading corporations and independent consultants as a cost-effective solution for building enterprise-wide applications. Stop by their booth and see hands-on demonstrations.
www.fpoint.com


Handango
Booth #747
Handango is the leading provider of mobile downloads, offering over 50,000 applications and 25,000 digital content worldwide. Handango’s download platform, Handango AMPP, is used by industry leaders Microsoft, Orange, AT&T Wireless, Cingular Wireless, T-Mobile and more than 100 others.
www.handango.com


HP
Booth #728
HP is a leading global provider of products, technologies, solutions and services to consumers and business. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, personal computing and access devices, global services, and imaging and printing. Our $4 billion annual R&D investment fuels the invention of products, solutions and new technologies so we can better serve customers and enter new markets. We invent, engineer and deliver technology solutions that drive business value, create social value and improve the lives of our customers.
In addition to our product portfolio, HP is focused on providing tools and services designed to help our partners and developers create, build, test and market their products and solutions as quickly and efficiently as possible. From enterprise applications to imaging and printing to mobile devices such as the iPAQ Pocket PC, HP offers a wide variety of programs targeted at meeting the needs of developers in a variety of markets.
HP is also committed to providing the tools to drive the creation of mobile solutions. By enabling access to technologies such as mobile printing, security, and wireless communications, we are providing the building blocks for rapid development and deployment of solutions that solve real business problems. Combine that access with world-class partnering programs and the strength of the HP global services organization, and HP offers unparalleled opportunities to evolve your business.
www.hp.com


iAnywhere Solutions, Inc.
Booth #736
iAnywhere is the worldwide market leader in mobile databases and mobile
middleware. More than 12,000 customers and 1,000 embedded database partners
rely on its SQL Anywhere® technology and mobile enterprise solutions. In
addition, its AvantGo® mobile Internet service has more than ten million
registered subscribers.
www.ianywhere.com


Intel
Booth #600
Intel supplies computing and communications industries with component-level building blocks integral to computers, servers, and networking and communications products. These products rely on Intel's technology leadership and expertise in silicon design and manufacturing to help customers create advanced computing and communications systems. Intel's mission is to be the preeminent building block supplier to the worldwide Internet economy.
For the cellular handsets and handheld market segments, Intel provides component-level solutions for digital cellular communications and other applications requiring both low-power and high performance features. For these market segments, Intel offers flash memory, Intel XScale® technology based processors, and cellular baseband chipsets.
Intel, through the Mobilized Software Initiative (MSI), works with ISVs and industry leaders providing a comprehensive set of software tools, services, architecture specifications and training programs to help develop and optimize applications for mobile use - applications that provide a consistent user experience whether the user is connected or disconnected.
To learn more about Intel’s wireless computing and communication products visit www.intel.com/go/wireless and to learn more about Intel’s Mobilized Software Initiative role visit www.intel.com/ids/mobile and www.mobilizedsoftware.com.


ILOG
Booth# 614
For over 10 years, ILOG's innovative software components have helped companies maximize their business agility and improve operating efficiency. Over 1000 corporations rely on ILOG's business rules, optimization and visualization technologies to achieve dramatic returns on investment and create market-defining products.
www.ilog.com


i-mate
Booth# 938
We are one of the worlds leading specialists in collaborative design, development and supply of innovative, fully certified, wireless hand held devices and accessible services for the world mobile market. Our worldwide standard accreditation and certification service for mobile applications and devices goes a long way to ensuring the compliance and compatibility for our products and their associated software.
www.i-mate.com


Imagine Cup
Booth# 642
The Imagine Cup challenges students around the world to improve everyday life through software. At MDC you can preview some of the top mobility focused entries from US students this year, demonstrating smart mobile application built on .NET.
www.imaginecup.com/us


Immedient
Booth# 841
Immedient is a leader with emerging solutions involving Microsoft technology including Office System, MapPoint, Location Server and Mobile/Wireless. Combined with deep infrastructure and .NET solutions and delivery capabilities, Immedient has delivered cutting edge solutions for many medium and large enterprise companies and government agencies across North America.”
www.immedient.com


Infragistics, Inc.
Booth # 719
Infragistics™ is the leading provider of presentation layer tools for creating interfaces emulating the look and feel of today’s most popular Microsoft-style applications. Infragistics NetAdvantage™ 2004 is the ultimate presentation layer toolset for building stunning user interfaces for ASP.NET, .NET, Tablet PC and COM.
www.infragistics.com


InnerWorkings
Booth # 815
InnerWorkings delivers practice-based learning solutions for .NET developers. We confront traditional approaches to learning by shifting the emphasis away from instruction and towards structured practice, knowing by doing, and real-time code testing. Our goal is to transform the way software developers learn and are supported in the workplace.
www.innerworkings.com


InstallShield Software Corporation
Booth # 713
InstallShield Software Corp. is the acknowledged leader in software installation, deployment packaging, and updating solutions. The company offers a wide range of products and services that guarantee the successful distribution, management and set up of applications for independent software vendors, systems administrators and end users.
www.installshield.com


Intertech-Inc.
Booth # 712
Intertech Training (www.intertechtraining.com) delivers 3-5 day hands-on courses in VB.NET, C#.NET, ASP.NET, and advanced .NET, XML, and Java-related topics. Andrew Troelsen, partner/instructor, is the #1 .NET author on Amazon.com. Workshops delivered in Minneapolis, Chicago, and at customer sites throughout America.
www.intertech-inc.com


LEAD Technologies, Inc.
Booth # 605
LEAD Technologies is the developer of LEADTOOLS, the award winning development toolkit designed to help programmers integrate raster, document, medical, multimedia, Internet and vector imaging into their applications.  LEADTOOLS gives developers the most flexible and powerful imaging technology, offering support for file formats (140+), compression, image processing, PDF, OCR/ICR/OMR, barcode, and more .
www.leadtools.com


Logotec Engineering
Booth # 837
Logotec Engineering is a leading software house present on the European,
American and Asian IT market. Logotec offers Mobile@Connector, the Rapid
Application Development tool for mobile devices. The product was
recognized as the “Best Development Tool for Pocket PC” of Microsoft
Mobile Solution Challenge.
www.logotecengineering.com


MapPoint
Booth # TBD
Microsoft® MapPoint® .NET is a hosted, programmable XML Web Service for integrating maps, driving directions, distance calculations, proximity searches and other location intelligence into your applications, business processes, and Web sites. It enables rapid development of a wide range of location solutions, whether they are browser-based mapping applications, location-based services for handheld devices or location-enriched enterprise applications.

  • Find Locations - Enter street addresses or postal codes in the US, Canada or most Western European countries (and place names worldwide) to obtain latitude/longitude coordinates
  • Display Maps - Generate clear maps, from a high-level globe to street-level detail
  • Calculate Distances and Create Routes - Work out the distance, drive time or quickest/shortest route between multiple locations, generate turn-by-turn directions and show the route highlighted on a map
  • Perform Proximity Searches - Run "Find Nearby" queries on the base set of many millions of generic points of interest or your own location database
  • Personalized Data and Icons - Upload data for thousands of locations with rich attributes, and add custom location markers
  • Guaranteed Performance, Scalability and Reliability - A unique, specific Service Level Agreement defines standard service deliverables for all customers
www.mappoint.msdn.com


Melissa Data
Booth # 609
Melissa Data provides data quality tools with emphasis on address and phone verification, correction and enhancement. Our Data Quality Web Service and Developer's Components enable the power and flexibility to quickly achieve the highest level of quality data using almost any language, platform, and media, for real-time, point-of-entry or batch processing.
www.melissadata.com


Microsoft
Booth # 720
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.
www.microsoft.com


Microsoft Speech Partner Pavilion
Booth #836 & 928

Brooktrout Technology
Brooktrout Technology is a leading supplier of media processing, network interface, call control and signal processing products that enable the development of next-generation speech applications. The Brooktrout Technology TR1000(tm) voice processing board supports 2 to 60 ports of speech per board, and provides analog, BRI or T1/E1/PRI interfaces to support multiple, scalable services and a seamless migration path within the entire product family.
http://www.brooktrout.com/accessnetwork

Callwords
CallWords allows consumers to dial 1-800-555-5555, speak the name of the company or promotion they seek and have thier call connected free of charge. Company revenues are derived from call minutes billed to the business that receives the call similar to traditional toll free service. Additional enhanced call services such as auto attendant, VAD and IVR systems are also offered as part of the service The service is scheduled to go live in 2nd Qtr 2004
http://www.callwords.com/

Computer Talk Technology
Computer Talk Technology, Inc. designs, deploys, and supports contact center and speech applications for more than 400 clients worldwide. Established in 1987, ComputerTalk is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Chicago, Montreal, and the UK.   Customers include fortune 500 companies such as, Pfizer, Canon, Citibank, TD Waterhouse, Staples, Accenture, CGEY and National Grid. ComputerTalk's speech applications for Microsoft Speech Server include, public safety mobility solutions, voice scheduling, automated outbound client reminder, court automation, speech enabled auto attendant, call center routing, and find me/follow me services. For more information, visit Computer Talk Technology at www.computer-talk.com

CYGCOM
CYGCOM distributes speech and telephony integration products from the industry’s most reputable manufacturers. CYGCOM offers solutions that are complete, powerful, fully programmable, scalable, and capable of running mission-critical enterprise communications applications. CYGCOM provides products, Help Desk, Support Desk, onsite technical support, system integration, education and marketing services for channel customers.
www.cygcom.com

Datria
Datria Systems, Inc., designs, sells, and services voice-enabled, packaged software applications focused on improving the productivity of mobile workforces while reducing the cost to support them. Datria's products enable customers to exchange real-time information between a central office and field representatives, using only human voices and a simple phone connection. Datria sells packaged voice applications in three primary vertical industries including, Telecommunications, Utilities, and Broadband service providers (Cable and Satellite). Datria has 65 Customers in the US and Canada including BellSouth, TELUS, Bell Canada, Cardinal Health, Cingular Wireless, Energy South, and others.
http://www.datria.com/

EIG
Enterprise Integration Group (EIG) announces the Microsoft Services QuickStart for the Microsoft Speech Server. It's a rapid prototyping service for companies who want speech recognition to automate customer service. Clients get two proof-of-concept applications hosted remotely by EIG, eliminating initial hardware or software investment. All clients get reusable implementations, based on certified EIG best practices. Included: Reusable class files for MSS and VisualStudio; call scripting; Yes / No dialogues; error recovery; and professionally recorded voice prompts. EIG is world-renown for its human factors expertise. EIG developed the official course: Microsoft Speech Applications: Planning, VUI Design, and Maintenance.
www.eiginc.com

Gold Systems
Gold Systems offers several types of products for the Microsoft Speech Server. Custom selfservice speech solutions are tailored to your unique business needs including account inquiry, password reset, surveys, etc. Packaged offerings—for example, an Insurance Application that allows insurance carriers to offer their customers and providers access to account details, claim status, physician locaters, etc., and a V-Dialer that enables customers and clients to reach an employee by simply speaking the employee name—speed time to market and lower costs. Contact Gold Systems to learn how our Microsoft Speech Server offerings can help you to improve profi tability and increase customer satisfaction.
www.goldsys.com  

HTI Voice Solutions
Card Management Solutions from HTI Voice Solutions
Whether it is the ease of paying with a credit card or building points for a free airline ticket, people are reaping rewards from a number of consumer advantage programs. Although benefi cial to many companies, such programs can be challenging to manage. HTI's Card Management Solution helps ensure success by automating routine processes and customer inquiries across numerous markets such as fi nancial services, banking, retail, travel, and utilities/ energy. This packaged application allows callers to securely hear account balances (monetary or “points”), make payments, apply for a credit card/additional services, and much more. Built on robust, packaged grammars for Microsoft Speech Server, HTI's Card Management Solution delivers a rapid ROI by dramatically increasing the speed of deployment and time to market.
www.htivs.com

Intel
Microsoft and Intel have collaborated to develop and test a reference architecture that combines the Microsoft® speech platform with Intel® telephony components. Intel offers off-the-shelf hardware and software building blocks that simplify the integration of Microsoft speech software with enterprise voice networks:

• Telephony boards – Components that support 4, 16, 24, 48, and 96 channels in a single PCI slot. These boards come with continuous speech processing (CSP) software for pre-processing speech.

• Intel® NetMerge™ Call Manager – A telephony interface manager (TIM) that provides fast and easy integration of the Microsoft Speech Server with Intel telephony boards. Intel products are fully-compatible with the Microsoft speech platform. This fl exible and integrated platform is designed to help lower the entry barriers to speech and support Intel's and Microsoft's shared vision of speech as a mainstream technology accessible by any device, anytime, from anywhere.
www.intel.com

Intervoice
Intervoice provides developers, enterprises and carriers with the platform, software and services necessary to enable an interactive dialogue with technology. In working with Microsoft and the Microsoft Speech Server on the development and deployment of speech applications, Intervoice offers the key enabling software, the Telephony Interface Manager (TIM), and pre-confi gured hardware platform as well as its Omvia® Voice Express Packaged Applications all of which support industry standards such as SALT. Frost & Sullivan recently recognized Intervoice for its demonstrated excellence in business strategy, largely due to its early adoption of SALT. Intervoice has more than 22,000 active deployments worldwide including Ameritrade, Amtrak,
http://developer.intervoice.com/salt/

Metaphor Solutions
Using the Microsoft Speech Server, Metaphor Solutions offers packaged speech IVR (Interactive Voice Response) solutions to call centers and enterprises with the most human-like caller experience at the lowest cost of deployment. With the largest selection of packaged speech IVR solutions in the industry, Microsoft Speech Server / Metaphor bundled solutions allow any call center to enjoy the large savings of speech IVR at an affordable price for the first time. Experience our solutions yourself by calling the phone numbers on our Web site.
http://metaphorsol.com

Pronexus, Inc.
Speech and telephony applications specialist Pronexus Inc. introduces VBSALT™, a rapid application development environment that complements Microsoft Speech Server. The drag-and-drop interface of VBSALT lets developers easily design call fl ows, accelerating development and deployment of sophisticated speech applications. With its integration into Visual Studio .NET, VBSALT lets developers leverage existing programming skills to create compelling speech environments. In business since 1993, Pronexus also provides voice-enabled turnkey applications such as its bill payment solution VeoBill, professional services, and developer training.
www.pronexus.com

ScanSoft
SpeechWorks solutions from ScanSoft are employed by thousands of companies and automate millions of calls every day. Our speech recognition, text-to-speech, and speaker verifi cation technologies on the Microsoft Speech Server give enterprises cost-effective and customerpleasing telephone interactions. ScanSoft offers applications for many industries including banking, brokerage, travel, healthcare, utilities, and more. Applications range from Automated Attendant, which allows callers to simply speak the name of the person or department they are trying to reach, to more complex transactions like Change of Address, Order & Order Status, Make/Confi rm/Cancel Reservations, Prescription Refi ll, Pay Bill, Apply for a Loan, and many more.
www.scansoft.com

Solar Software
Solar Software specializes in delivering software effi ciency to customers. Solar applies expertise in .NET, Terminal Services, and Speech Server to provide customers with simple and fast access to corporate information via voice or mouse click. Solar has launched a series of voice enabled products powered by Microsoft Speech Server to deliver voice access to existing applications. Check out our Voice Assistant and Vocal Help Desk products today and begin realizing the potential of the “vocal infrastructure today”!
www.solarsoftware.net

Vail Systems
Vail Systems delivers fl exible speech application services for Microsoft Speech Server. With Vail packaged applications like Name/Address Change and Voice Locator, developers have the tools to jump-start their speech strategy and deliver compelling results quickly and affordably. Our voice hosting services are powered by a proven carrier-grade SIP VoIP platform and include 24/7 monitoring and real-time reporting. Providing next generation telephony solutions for over 10 years, Vail is the reliable choice in speech.
www.vailsys.com

Voice Automation
Voice Automation™ for MSCRM is a Microsoft® Speech Server application that voice-enables key CRM features and provides anywhere, anytime data access using only a phone. With Voice Automation for Microsoft CRM, mobile sales users listen and reply to incoming e-mail, get appointments and contacts, update leads, and get real-time quote information. Voice Automation extends and embraces the Browser, with interfaces that can be navigated without a keyboard, laptop, or PDA—only voice and a phone to access, update, and manage information.
www.voiceautomation.com

Envox Worldwide
Envox Worldwide provides its customers with the resources and expertise they require to design, develop, and deploy open, standards-based voice-enhanced communications solutions. Envox supports Microsoft's SALT standard because it represents an emerging industry standard that promises to simplify multi-modal application development and deployment. Our key value proposition for customers is that we enable them to leverage prior investments in hardware, software and application development while providing a clear and easy migration path to emerging standards and the new technologies, such as SALT, that will be required in the future. With the launch of the Microsoft Speech Server, Envox has begun to introduce a series of pre-packaged, SALT-based applications for retail stores and pharmacies.
www.envox.com/SALT


Motorola
Booth # 631
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) is a global leader in wireless, automotive and broadband communications. Sales in 2002 were $27.3 billion. Motorola is a global corporate citizen dedicated to ethical business practices and pioneering important innovations that make things smarter and life better, honored traditions that began when the company was founded 75 years ago this year. For more information, please visit www.motorola.com.
The Motorola MOTOPro product group is redefining the mobile experience by partnering to create the convenience of the always on-always connected mobile experience, collaborating to harness the creativity and experience of the world's largest developer communities and by defining a superior mobile experience for the mobile professional and professional consumer.


/n software, Inc.
Booth # 603
Based in Research Triangle Park, NC, USA, /n software inc. develops and markets networking components for professional developers. It's flagship product, the IP*Works! Internet Toolkit is a comprehensive suite of Internet Components, widely used by almost all Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies, since its first release in 1995.
www.nsoftware.com


NSTL
Booth #944
NSTL is the leading wireless and mobile technology testing organization. NSTL is the only authorized testing facility for both Microsoft Powered by Windows Mobile and Mobile 2 Market application testing. NSTL is also the testing facility for Qualcomm BREW, Nokia OK, and JavaVerified programs.
www.nstl.com


Oak Leaf Enterprises, Inc.
Booth #715
Mere Mortals .NET Application Framework is a RAD tool integrated with VS IDE that shows best practices in building well-designed, scalable apps. Cuts months off development time, easy to use, and reduces the .NET learning curve. NOT a generator, but write less code in creating Win Forms, ASP .NET, and Smart Device apps.
www.oakleafsd.com


ObjectWare
Booth # 813
ObjectWare helps corporate IT, systems integrators, and software vendors get to .NET smart client. Its IdeaBlade technology allows professional developers to build, maintain, and operate high performance Internet applications by bridging the infrastructure gap between the application layer and .NET. With IdeaBlade, development and deployment of robust smart client applications is fast, easy, and affordable.
www.objectware.com


Odyssey Software
Booth # 637
Odyssey Software is a leader in mobile enterprise software infrastructure products for Windows Mobile™ platforms. Odyssey's software products are enabling technology for remote data-access, application provisioning, and mobile device management for enterprise-class applications. These solutions can be quickly built, deployed, and managed, improving corporate agility, productivity, and competitive advantage.
www.odysseysoftware.com


Orange
Booth # 940
Orange Partner and Developer Program provides application and content creators tools required to build solutions to satisfy the requirements of our 50 million plus customers base. Our program provides support, development tools, information, testing and certification, and access to our global development centers.
developers.orange.com


Parasoft
Booth # 616
We make software work. Parasoft provides Automated Error Prevention solutions that combine advanced products, services and expertise to help companies automatically prevent errors throughout the software lifecycle, to improve software quality and reliability.
www.parasoft.com


The PaulYao Company
Booth # 744
Since 1987, we’ve specialized in delivering Power Programming Workshops, available as eCoaching from your desk, your team’s site, or at our open enrollment facility. Our early and continued focus on Windows allows us to maintain our lead in providing engineering education and developing technical resources in Windows related technologies.
www.paulyao.com


Pegasus Imaging Corporation
Booth # 816
Pegasus Imaging delivers components for document imaging, medical imaging, photo/color imaging, and video application development. Pegasus offers .NET toolkits for image capture, viewing, editing, processing, scanning, annotation, printing, compression/conversion (JPEG2000, TIFF,PDF, more), barcode, OCR, ICR, OMR, medical DICOM, more.
www.pegasusimaging.com


Pharos
Booth # 740
Pharos develops advanced GPS navigation and mobile location-based services for Windows Mobile devices to help travelers improve mobility, increase productivity and enhance safety and efficiency.
www.pharos.com


PocketGear.com, LLC
Booth # 640
PocketGear.com is the largest online resource for the Pocket PC. We offer over 10,000 Pocket PC software titles including games, enhancements, business applications, and more, available for download (buy or try) directly from the website. For developers, PocketGear.com is the distributor/publisher of choice, providing the most effective and profitable avenue for sales and promotion of their products. Above all, PocketGear.com is a community site devoted to Pocket PC enthusiasts of all kinds. Power Your Pocket PC at the most complete Pocket PC resource!
www.pocketgear.com


Pocket PC Magazine
Booth # 750
Pocket PC magazine, published by Thaddeus Computing, is a print publication dedicated to users of Windows Mobile PDAs and Smartphones. Each issue includes hardware and software reviews, user profiles, practical tips, plus "Enterprise Solutions." Its companion Web site, http://www.PocketPCmag.com is updated daily, featuring magazine archives, downloads, Web sites, reviews, tips, an Encyclopedia of Software and Accessories, and winners of annual Best Software Awards.
www.pocketpcmag.com


PreEmptive Solutions
Booth # 814
PreEmptive's tools allow you to protect and improve the efficiency of your .NET applications. Dotfuscator Professional Edition benefits include superior intellectual property protection, decreased application size, and better program performance. Dotfuscator is the one .NET tool no developer can afford to be without.
www.preemptive.com


Psion Teklogix
Booth # 741
Psion Teklogix designs and implements mobile computing solutions for enterprises around the world, providing mobile workers with anytime, anywhere access to corporate IT systems. The largest operating division of Psion PLC, Psion Teklogix plays a key role in its parent company's vision to create new ways to access mobile data and the mobile internet.
www.psionteklogix.com


Richard Hale Shaw Group
Booth # 716
First Rate Training * Cutting Edge Technology
The Richard Hale Shaw Group, experts in cutting-edge software development, provide hands-on, instructor-led training courses. Specializing in .NET, XML, Web Services, XDE/UML, and Compact Framework, they provide public and onsite training, consulting and mentoring services to software developers (and their managers). Classes are located as close as Ann Arbor Michigan as well as throughout North America, Europe and Asia.
www.RichardHaleShawGroup.com


SafeNet, Inc.
Booth # 620
SafeNet develops the technology that provides the foundation of Internet security. Our intellectual property, silicon, hardware, security systems, and software solutions enable the secure communications needed to conduct e-business, government operations, and secure communications via private networks and public networks like the Internet.
www.safenet-inc.com


Samsung
Booth # 641
Samsung Telecommunications America, a Dallas-based subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd., researches, markets and develops wireless handsets and telecommunications products throughout North America. For more information, see STA's website at www.samsungusa.com/wireless

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, and digital convergence technology. Samsung Electronics employs approximately 70,000 people in 87 offices spanning 47 countries. The company is the world's largest producer of memory chips, TFT-LCDs, CDMA mobile phones, monitors and VCRs. Samsung Electronics consists of four main business units: Digital Media Network, Device Solution Network, Telecommunication Network and Digital Appliance Network Businesses.
www.samsungusa.com/wireless


Serena Software
Booth #601
SERENA is the Enterprise Change Management (ECM) industry leader. For over twenty years Serena has focused exclusively on providing solutions that automate change to applications. Serena's Application Framework for Enterprises (SAFE(tm)) is the next step in ECM, providing cross-platform, cross-process and cross-organizational support across application life cycle processes.
www.serena.com


Software FX
Booth # 711
Software FX’s Chart FX charting solutions are built around specific platforms or development environments - COM, .NET or Java, and also Visual Studio and Delphi. Chart FX’s open architecture allows the addition of Chart FX Extensions, such as OLAP, Financial, Real-Time, Statistical or Maps to add specific functionality.
www.softwarefx.com


Sprint
Booth # 839
Sprint is a global integrated communications provider serving more than 26 million customers in over 100 countries. With approximately 67,000 employees worldwide and over $26 billion in annual revenues in 2003, Sprint is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying state-of-the-art network technologies, including the United States’ first nationwide all-digital, fiber-optic network and an award-winning Tier 1 Internet backbone. Sprint provides local communications services in 39 states and the District of Columbia and operates the largest 100-percent digital, nationwide PCS wireless network in the United States.
www.sprint.com


Symbol Technologies
Booth # 734
Create new advantage with enterprise mobility solutions from Symbol. Capture, move and manage information in real time, from the point of activity to the point where it matters most. Implement a more streamlined supply chain. Empower people to do more with less. Increase business visibility and velocity, even as you achieve greater operational efficiency. Do it all with end-to-end mobility solutions that integrate advanced data capture, ruggedized mobile computers, wireless network infrastructure, best-of-breed applications from our business partners, as well as Symbol Enterprise Mobility Services. Get the powerful advantages of mission-critical mobility. With Symbol. The Enterprise Mobility Company.
www.symbol.com


Texas Instruments
Booth # 846
TI, the leading manufacturer of wireless semiconductors, delivers the heart of today’s Smartphones. From custom to turn-key Smartphone solutions, including complete TCS chipsets, hardware and software reference designs and OMAP™ application processors, TI is making wireless personal, intelligent and seamless.
www.ti.com/wireless


Velocitis, Inc.
Booth # 811
Velocitis provides the next level in development tools for the Visual Studio .NET environment. The Velocitis tools are focused on code visualization, agile design, and visual refactoring. Velocitis is a Visual Studio Industry Partner(VSIP).
www.velocitis.com


Velocitis, Inc.
Booth # 811
Velocitis provides the next level in development tools for the Visual Studio .NET environment. The Velocitis tools are focused on code visualization, agile design, and visual refactoring. Velocitis is a Visual Studio Industry Partner(VSIP).
www.velocitis.com


Vibren Technologies
Booth # 745
Vibren Technologies, a gold-level Microsoft Windows Embedded Partner (WEP) and Microsoft Mobile Solutions Partner, is an advanced engineering services company specializing in Windows embedded software development. Vibren has worked with the world's largest and most-recognized technology providers with projects in many market segments.
www.vibren.com


Virtio
Booth # 936
Virtio assists software developers in managing the complexity inherent in delivering wireless products to market faster. Virtio improves time-to-market by providing early access to fast, full-function software emulation of your wireless product. Stop by to see how to improve your project.
www.virtio.com


Wise Solutions
Booth # 806
Wise Solutions is the leading provider of application installation products for developers. From no-touch deployments to Windows Installer, Wise is at the forefront of Windows technology. The .NET installation leader, Wise continues its legacy by offering exclusive support for creating SQL server installations.
www.wise.com

 


 FTPOnline  |  © 2004 Fawcette Technical Publications
    Sign up for regular e-mail updates
  VSLive! 2004  |  FTPOnline  |  Contact Us