Sponsors
Gold
Oracle
Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world's most complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems company. For more information about Oracle, visit www.oracle.com/technetwork/java.
- Information: www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/index.html
Zühlke Engineering Ltd
A company’s innovation and implementation skills are based on the interaction of business, people and technology. Zühlke Engineering demonstrates the success of such interaction with its pioneering products, bespoke software and combined solutions. Our range of services includes consulting, development and integration. We have a wealth of experience, with more than 7000 successful projects completed for our clients. The Zühlke Group has local teams in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, and in 2010 generated £47 million in revenue, employing more than 400 staff.
- Information: www.zuhlke.co.uk
Silver
Heroku
Heroku's cloud application platform is a new way of building and deploying apps. Developers can focus 100 percent on writing Java apps and never worry about deployment again. Java developers are adding to the hundreds of thousands of apps on Heroku today.
- Information: www.heroku.com/
IBM
At IBM, we strive to lead in the invention, development and manufacture of the industry's most advanced information technologies, including computer systems, software, storage systems and microelectronics. We translate these advanced technologies into value for our customers through our professional solutions, services and consulting businesses worldwide.
- Information: www-01.ibm.com/software/uk/rational/
Special
JBoss a division of Red Hat
JBoss, by Red Hat, is the leader in enterprise-class open source middleware. JBoss Enterprise Middleware is comprised of certified,
supported platform and framework distributions that are based on JBoss Community projects.ProductsA truly alternative to pricey, monolithic proprietary software stacks, JBoss Enterprise Middleware is a comprehensive open source middleware portfolio that includes both
integrated platforms and plug-and-play frameworks that give users more flexibility and technology choice.
Through a rigorous productization process, JBoss Enterprise Middleware teams continually harden and transform cutting-edge open source technology from the JBoss.org Community into well-tempered enterprise software products with unsurpassed quality, performance, and stability ‹ then deliver it with top-notch support and mission-critical SLAs.
Enterprises can deploy any JBoss Enterprise product today and add to their IT infrastructure as needed in future. The JBoss Middleware portfolio includes JBoss Enterprise Application, Portal, SOA and Data Services Platforms, as well as JBoss Hibernate, Seam, jBPM and Rules Frameworks.
Visit www.jboss.com for more information.
- Information: www.jboss.com
Community Night
Atlassian
Atlassian provides software development and collaboration tools to help teams conceive, plan, build and launch great products. More than 24,000 organizations of all sizes use Atlassian's issue tracking, collaboration and software development tools to work smarter and deliver quality results on time. Through its "1%" model, and its commitment to the betterment of society and the environment, Atlassian dedicates 1% of revenue, equity and employee time to the Atlassian Foundation for charitable contributions and projects. Learn more at http://www.atlassian.com.
- Information: www.atlassian.com
Exhibitors
10Duke
10Duke is Europe's leading provider of Software Development Kits (SDKs) for the creation of connected web, mobile and desktop applications.10Duke's SDK for Social Media has been developed and refined to enable the rapid and inexpensive development of advanced web services, whether as part of a larger enterprise system or as simple consumer facing social media applications. The SDK has already been used by a wide variety of international customers to create industry leading applications in the sports, entertainment, automotive, FMCG, construction and investment industries.
- Information: developer.10duke.com
hello2morrow GmbH
hello2morrow GmbH was founded in 2005 with the vision to provide the best solutions for measuring, monitoring and improving the technical quality of software systems. The lack of technical quality and the lack of transparency regarding technical quality is a root cause for many of the typical problems faced by modern IT organizations. Examples for derived problems are security vulnerabilities, high maintenance cost and costly break-downs of services.
Today our tools are used by more than 200 customers all over the world supporting developers to create better software and managers to have more clarity about the real quality of the software systems created under their supervision or created by 3rd party suppliers. The company has subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Switzerland.
- Information: www.hello2morrow.com
Progress
Progress Software with its DataDirect technology lines is the world leader in data connectivity, offering the most comprehensive software solutions for connecting the world's most critical applications to data and services, running on any platform, using proven and emerging standards.
- Information: www.datadirect.com
Twilio
Twilio, the cloud communications company, provides software developers with simple APIs that enable them to programmatically make and receive phone calls and text messages. Twilio is simple, powerful, and with pay-as-you-go pricing you pay for only what you use. Learn more at Twilio.com
- Information: www.twilio.com
Media
Agile Scout
AgileScout.com is a free online resource and Agile news site designed to help and inform anyone interested in Agile software development methods and Agile tools.
- Information: www.agilescout.com/
BlackBelt Factory
BlackBeltFactory is a global leader in Java skills assessment and elearning, powered by more than 80,000 members in their skills community.
With BlackBeltFactory , Java developers and managers improve technical skills for themselves and their teams at all critical points in their development process, including at hiring, staffing, training, appraisals, and organizational planning.
BlackBeltFactory Community Edition is a free certification portal and web application where members mass-author Java and related technologies exams. Java developers have their technology knowledge and development abilities recognized by the global BlackBeltFactory Community. Everybody is welcome to take existing exams and to enhance them or even create new ones.
BlackBeltFactory Coached eLearning combines Java coaching and eLearning to deliver the fastest and most cost‐effective way to gain skills in Java, Spring, Hibernate, and open source technologies.
- Information: www.blackbeltfactory.com/ui#!
The H Online
The H is the web site for open source and security news and features, covering everything from the latest Linux kernel enhancements to the newest enterprise applications and from the smallest critical security holes to the most recent developments in software defence. With a focus on the UK community and a passion for great software, The H's London based team bring up to the minute news, backed by in-depth features such as the Kernel Log, CSI:Internet, the Healthcheck series, regular comment from Glyn Moody and analysis from Richard Hillesley.
- Information: www.h-online.com
The Register
The Register -Biting the hand that feeds IT
With more than 5 million readers a month, The Register is the one of the world's biggest online tech publications.
It has news desks in London, San Francisco and Sydney to make sure you get the news you need on the tech market wherever and whenever it happens. And it has columnists who'll give you an interesting take on the implications.
It has an active community of IT Pros from across the world, who discuss everything from cloud to chips, systems design to sys admins, Virtualisation to Vatican bloggers, Latvian hackers to liquid crystal solid-state raygun turrets.
For an original slant on the world of technology, you could do worse.
The Register. It's where tech lives.
- Information: www.theregister.co.uk
User Groups
Dutch Google Technology User Group
The Dutch Google Technology User Group is a GTUG for The Netherlands.
This is a geeky group. We delve deep into the code.
- Information: sites.google.com/site/dutchgtug/
Glasgow Technology Network
- Information: http://www.glasgowtechnet.com/
Java User Group Graubuenden
- Information: www.jugr.ch
JUG Switzerland
JUG Switzerland aims at promoting the application of Java technology in Switzerland. JUG Switzerland facilitates the sharing of experience and information among its members. This is accomplished through workshops, seminars and conferences. JUG Switzerland supports and encourages the cooperation between commercial organizations and research institutions.
- Information: www.jug.ch/index.php
LSUG
The London Scala Users' Group (LSUG) is a community of over 300 Scala enthusiasts of all levels from expert to 'just want to know more'. With a regular speaker sessions and Dojo evenings every month and consider networking an impotent part of the evening. If you live/work in London or just in town for a short time, please come along.
- Information: www.lsug.net









