Sponsors

Gold

Oracle

Oracle, the world's largest enterprise software company, has been a leading supporter of Java since its inception in 1995 and has significantly contributed to the adoption of the Java Platform. Oracle has been a co-specification lead for the EJB 3.0 / JPA specification, was a founding member of the JSF expert group, has been involved in over 100 JSRs spearheading the Eclipse tooling projects for JSF, JPA and BPEL. Oracle has provided the JPA reference implementation, donated over 100 JSF components to Apache, and most recently open-sourced Oracle TopLink, which became the Eclipse Java Persistence Platform project ("EclipseLink"). For further details please go to: http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/java/index.html

Zühlke Engineering Ltd

As an independent technology and consulting firm, Zühlke stands for bespoke software solutions and product innovation. We advise, develop and integrate to meet the task at hand and do so with compelling quality and efficiency. Our interdisciplinary teams take a holistic approach and profit from expertise gained in over 5000 projects. We make innovative use of fully developed methods and available technologies with a steady eye to achieving results. Our projects are completed on time and on budget. Our solutions are ready to operate and fit for the future. Zühlke enables customers to implement their ideas successfully with products and services that set new standards in quality and performance and with sustainable optimised business processes.

Zühlke are neutral in the products and technologies it uses, and selects just the right partner for the given project. As an open and learning organisation, we conduct a constant dialogue with renowned experts, universities and research institutions. We assume far-ranging responsibility for our stakeholders.

In the 40 years since its establishment, Zühlke has become an internationally acclaimed solution supplier with development centres in Austria, Germany, United Kingdom and Switzerland. In 2008 we generated turnover of about Euro 45 (GBP 36) million with some 330 employees.

 

Silver

ThoughtWorks

ThoughtWorks is a global IT consultancy providing end-to-end software development and solutions delivery to Global 1000 companies. Since our inception in 1993, we have built a reputation for delivering the software systems that are critical to a business’s success with timely, value-focused, market-leading, architecturally coherent solutions.

We manage projects using transparent collaborative, customer and user centric methods that inspire trust by delivering value early and often and reduce risk of failure. A selection of our present and past clients include Guardian Unlimited, British Telecom, Channel 4, Dixons Stores Group, Greenpeace, HSBC, Barclays Bank, BBC and Dresdner Kleinwort.

ThoughtWorks is headquartered in Chicago and have a global reach with offices throughout the USA, Canada, UK, Australia, India and China. We currently have a global headcount of 1500+ and believe our people are our biggest asset.

 

Media

developpez.com

JAVAWUG

Java Web User Group was founded and organised by Peter Pilgrim,
in 2004. It is an official Java User Group that meets once a month in
central London, where we tend to achieve 20 to 50 folks at a session. We
primarily discuss Java Enterprise and Web technologies and Standard
Edtion. We are also supportive to other JVM languages like Scala and
Groovy. JAVAWUG has recently expanded from eyes forward presentation
to providing Professional Code Jam events to the community. Best of
all we are FREE and INDEPENDENT.

LJC

The London Java Community (LJC) is a group of Java Enthusiasts who are interested in benefiting from shared knowledge in the industry. It is a free group funded by sponsorship. We have an active membership base of over 1000 members. We run monthly presentations, social get-togethers& a biannual unconference event (small fee to cover food/venue). Through our forum and regular meetings you can keep in touch with the latest industry developments, learn new Java (& other JVM) technologies, meet other developers, discuss technical/non technical issues and network further throughout the Java Community.

O'Reilly Media

O'Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators through its books, online services, magazine, 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 spurring 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.
Publisher of the iconic "animal books" for software developers, creator of the first commercial website (GNN), organizer of the summit meeting that gave the open source software movement its name, and prime instigator of the DIY revolution through its Make magazine, O'Reilly continues to concoct new ways to connect people with the information they need. O'Reilly conferences and summits bring alpha geeks and forward-thinking business leaders together to shape the revolutionary ideas that spark new industries. Long the information source of choice for technologists, the company now also delivers the knowledge of expert early adopters to everyday computer users. Whether it's delivered in print, online, or in person, everything O'Reilly produces reflects the company's unshakeable belief in the power of information to spur innovation.

Packt Publishing

Packt Publishing is a publisher of specialist books on Java, including titles such as Oracle JRockit: The Definitive Guide, the JSF 2.0 Cookbook, and Pentaho Reporting 3.5 for Java Developers, as well as publishing on a vast range of other technologies.
Its aim is to publish books in an “in-the-trenches” fashion, providing hands on expertise from people with a firm understanding of both the technology and its possible uses. Packt has recently launched two new brands, Packt Open Source and Packt Enterprise, allowing its editors to dig more deeply into their specialist areas, distilling the most useful knowledge possible.
Java is a core part of Packt’s title output, and the company always welcomes ideas for books that the Java community would like to see.

Skills Matter

Skills Matter provides Europe's largest selection of open source technology and agile software process training and events. Our courses are authored and taught by innovative world-leading experts and thought leaders who are usually the technology creator. Attendees to Skills Matter courses are passionate enterprise developers, architects and project managers who want to learn 'from the source'. Skills Matter's curriculum covers a very comprehensive list of open source and agile technology areas including Java EE, RIA and Web technologies, Agile & Scrum, Open Source .NET, Domain Driven Design, SOA & REST, Ubuntu, Mobile and Cloud Computing.

Skills Matter also organises and hosts open source and agile seminars, conferences and user groups with sessions delivered by experts and attended by passionate, grassroots developers, architects and project managers that trust Skills Matter to give them innovation and 'bleeding edge' thinking – this harnesses idea sharing and best practices in the open source community. Skills Matter is headquartered in Clerkenwell, London and can now also offer public training in Denmark, France and Poland.

TheServerSide.com

TheServerSide.com is an online community for enterprise Java architects and developers, providing daily news, tech talk interviews with key industry figures, design patterns, discussion forums, tutorials, and more. TheServerSide.com was launched in May 2000 and has become the largest independent Java community in the world. TheServerSide.com is owned and operated by TechTarget. TechTarget's Application Development Media Group of sites include TheServerSide.Net, SearchWinDevelopment.com, Ajaxian.com, SearchSOA.com, ebizQ.net, SearchSoftwareQuality.com and TheServerSide.com.

UK JUGS

UK JUGS is the Java User Group Scotland largely located in Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland.
Our group is free to join and is composed of software engineers, computer science students and interested others.
The primary aim is to promote the adoption and understanding of Java and related technologies.


We hold monthly meetings, alternating between purely social events and talk/presentation driven meetings to discuss a variety of Java related topics and technologies. Through regular meetings and our mailing list UK JUGS members can learn and stay up to date with Java, JVM and related technologies and network with the Scottish Java community.

 


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