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AvePoint

AvePoint is a global leader in infrastructure management software solutions for Microsoft SharePoint, providing organizations the enterprise-strength tools vital for success. AvePoint specializes in comprehensive data protection, disaster recovery, replication, migration, administration, archiving and compliance solutions for all Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies.

Lose the BLOB…Keep the muscle.

StoragePoint by BlueThread Technologies dramatically reduces your SharePoint content database size 95%+ by externalizing content BLOBs to either direct-attached or network-addressable storage devices.

Improve manageability and increase scalability without sacrificing SharePoint functionality, performance, or user experience.

The Chicago SharePoint User Group (CSPUG) is a Microsoft-supported community of IT Professionals and Developers and Knowledge Workers that work with Microsoft’s SharePoint products. We hold meetings approximately every other month. Join our mailing list (meeting announcements only, no spam) to find out when registration opens for the next meeting, June 25^th, 2009, 1-4pm at the Microsoft Office in Downers Grove.

KnowledgeLake, Inc. develops document imaging related products and solutions for Microsoft SharePoint. KnowledgeLake extends the ECM capabilities of SharePoint, enabling businesses to reduce shipping costs, streamline operations, and achieve regulatory compliance using familiar Microsoft products that most businesses already own and use. KnowledgeLake products and solutions are deployed globally in thousands of organizations in many different horizontal and vertical industry sectors including public sector, healthcare, financial services, transportation and more.

With deep expertise in Microsoft Sharepoint, Magenic is an IT consulting firm that specializes in planning, designing, building and supporting Microsoft-centric business applications throughout their entire lifecycle. The company has designed and delivered more than 500 business technology solutions that help its clients in all industries increase sales, performance, and productivity. Magenic’s proven and unique distributed delivery model leverages onsite, onshore and offshore IT resources to ensure that the right work is being done in the right place for the right results. Our worldwide network of more than 300 consultants provides Microsoft expertise that is rivaled by few. Magenic has offices in Minneapolis, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, San Francisco and two delivery centers – one onshore in Minneapolis and the other offshore in the Philippines.

O’Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators through its books, online services, magazines, research, and conferences. Since 1978, O’Reilly has been a chronicler and catalyst of leading-edge development, homing in on the technology trends that really matter and galvanizing their adoption by amplifying “faint signals” from the alpha geeks who are creating the future. An active participant in the technology community, the company has a long history of advocacy, meme- making, and evangelism.

Pearson (NYSE:PSO), the global leader in education and education technology, reaches and engages today's digital natives with effective and personalized learning, as well as dedicated professional development for their teachers. This commitment is demonstrated in the company's investment in innovative print and digital education materials for preK through college, student information systems and learning management systems, teacher professional development, career certification programs, and testing and assessment products that set the standard for the industry. The company's respected brands include Scott Foresman, Prentice Hall, Addison Wesley, Benjamin Cummings, PEMSolutions, Stanford 10, SuccessNet, MyLabs, PowerSchool, SuccessMaker, and many others. Pearson's comprehensive offerings help inform targeted instruction and intervention so that success is within reach of every student at every level of education. Pearson's commitment to education for all is supported by the global philanthropic initiatives of the Pearson Foundation. Pearson's other primary businesses include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group. For more information, go to www.pearson.com.

Project Leadership Associates is a business and technology consulting firm that empowers small, middle market and enterprise organizations with services across four core solution groups: 1. Strategy & Execution, 2. Business Operations, 3. Applications and 4. Infrastructure. We focus on delivering all of our services with industry leading thought-leadership, seasoned senior consultants and strong business understanding. PLA is headquartered in Chicago, with branch offices in Dallas and Houston, TX.

Quest Software delivers innovative products that help you get more performance and productivity from your applications, databases and Windows infrastructure. Quest is an industry leader in SharePoint solutions, offering tools to manage, recover, migrate, develop and secure your growing SharePoint environment. With Quest, you reduce administrative time, consolidate and migrate information to SharePoint, easily and cost-effectively build applications in SharePoint, and protect critical business information within SharePoint. Through a deep expertise in IT operations and a continued focus on what works best, Quest helps more than 100,000 customers worldwide meet higher expectations for enterprise IT. Quest Software can be found in offices around the globe and at www.quest.com

SharePoint-eLearning.com provides dozens of free screen casts (video tutorials) which focus on beginner, intermediate and advanced concepts within SharePoint.

Slalom is one of the fastest growing consulting firms in the U.S., and is known industry-wide as the “consultants’ consulting firm” because of its progressive and innovative approach to employing locally based consultants. This local approach allows us to devote more time and energy towards achieving high quality results for companies in their communities, without the demand and strain of constant travel. Consulting Magazine recently ranked Slalom as one of the Top 10 “Best Firms to Work For.” Slalom provides services ranging from broad areas like program management, business process improvement, and software development, to specialized solutions like Business Intelligence, Information Architecture, and Mobile Applications. Slalom is headquartered in Seattle, with additional offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Portland, San Francisco, and Southern California.

Sybex is one of the world’s oldest and most respected publishers of computer books. Our series range from the reputable Mastering best-sellers, used by millions to gain in-depth understanding of the latest computer topics, to certification Study Guides that help students prepare for challenging exams, to Autodesk Maya Press books that service the needs of highly specialized 3D imaging and design markets. Sybex offers more than a dozen unique series designed to help you meet your own personal goals.

TRIBUNE is America’s largest employee-owned media company, operating businesses in publishing, interactive and broadcasting. In publishing, Tribune’s leading daily newspapers include the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, Sun Sentinel (South Florida), Orlando Sentinel, Hartford Courant, Morning Call and Daily Press. The Company’s broadcasting group operates 23 television stations, WGN America on national cable, Chicago’s WGN-AM and the Chicago Cubs baseball team. Popular news and information websites complement Tribune’s print and broadcast properties and extend the Company’s nationwide audience. At Tribune we take what we do seriously and with a great deal of pride. We also value the creative spirit and are nurturing a corporate culture that doesn’t take itself too seriously.

Event Sponsors:

Project Leadership

Breakfast and Beverage

AvePoint

Lunch and Beverage

Slalom Consulting

Speaker Shirts
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Quest Software

Attendee Shirts

Learning Tree

Afternoon Snacks

Knowledge Lake

Bag Sponsor

Blue Thread

Speaker Dinner

Tribune Co.

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Magenic

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SharePointeLearning

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Sybex

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Zune

O'Reilly

SharePoint Books

Pearson Eduction

SharePoint Books

AvePoint

Blue Thread

Chicago SharePoint User Group (CSPUG)

KnowledgeLake, Inc.

Magenic

O’Reilly Media

Pearson

Project Leadership Associates

Quest Software

SharePoint-eLearning

Slalom Consulting

Sybex

Tribune Corp.