Sponsors and Exhibitors

Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing.

Microsoft Canada Co. was founded in 1985. As the Canadian subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation in Redmond, Washington, the company provides sales, marketing, consulting and local support services in French and English. Microsoft Canada has grown from five people in 1985 to more than 900 employees. It also has strong relationships with more than 24,000 partners across Canada. More than 1,100 of these are Microsoft Certified Partners, and over 200 are Gold Certified Partners. Headquartered in Mississauga, Microsoft Canada has regional offices in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec and Halifax.

Microsoft Canada had more than $1 billion in annual sales in 2005. In a 2005 KPMG/Ipsos-Reid study, Canadian CEOs voted Microsoft one of the 25 most respected corporations in Canada. Microsoft Canada was also named in 2005 as one of Canada's 50 Best Employers in Report on Business Magazine and in 2006, as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers in Maclean's Magazine.

www.microsoft.com

The Pitney Bowes companies MapInfo and Group 1 Software are the global leaders in the location intelligence, customer communication management and customer data quality arenas. Pitney Bowes MapInfo and Group 1 Software solutions combine location intelligence – providing the answer to the fundamental question of “Where?” – with data quality and management for customer communication optimization and efficiencies. Countless healthcare organizations, including hospitals, care networks, health plans, and pharmaceutical companies, rely on Pitney Bowes MapInfo and Group 1 Software technology for critical business, operations and planning needs including for example, facility and location management, resource allocation, community needs analysis, health network and facility analysis, emergency response planning, emergency resource optimization and allocation, as well as data management and mailing efficiencies. Pitney Bowes MapInfo and Group 1 Software enable organizations to meet customer and patient needs, to provide quality service, to ensure network coverage, and to make better-informed business decisions.

Emergis, a TELUS company, is a North American IT leader that focuses on the health and financial services sectors. It develops and manages solutions that automate transactions and the secure exchange of information to increase the process efficiency and quality of service of its customers. Emergis has expertise in electronic health-related claims processing, health record systems, pharmacy management solutions, cash management, loan document processing and registration and information security. Emergis delivers solutions to major insurance companies, top financial institutions, government agencies, hospitals, large corporations, real estate lawyers and notaries and 3,100 pharmacies.

www.emergis.com

Smart Systems for Health Agency (SSHA) is an arms-length agency of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care responsible for putting in place computer technology products and services to connect doctors, hospitals, laboratories, public health offices, community care access centres and pharmacies. Electronically connecting these professionals will allow them to securely share patient information and make more informed decisions about our care. 

New Toronto Group ("NTG") is a preeminent provider of Adobe products and professional services for Connect, Acrobat Connect, Flex, Flash, Flash Media Server, and LiveCycle in North America.

NTG is the Vendor of Record with the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care for software and consulting services for e-learning solutions.  In addition, in May 2007, New Toronto Group was awarded a contract by the Ontario Ministry of Education to equip every school board and Faculty of Education in Ontario with Adobe Connect, a highly functional Internet-based training tool.

www.newyyz.com

For more than 16 years, Privasoft has serviced public sector clients with automated case management solution s designed to help improve process efficiency, enforce compliance and streamline decision making.

The Privasoft AccessPro Suite automates the process of capturing, tracking, managing and reporting on content-centric workflows to demonstrate accountability, speed response and deliver consistent decisions while reducing the potential for error.

Privasoft customers are organizations who must comply with legislative, regulatory and internal requirements including all levels of government, health care providers and law enforcement. With the AccessPro Suite, they improve customer service ratings, reduce case resolution times and increase the quality of responses. Enhanced service delivery results in processing more cases per employee. Improved capacity for managing regulatory compliance, leads to increased public trust while decreasing audit costs.

www.privasoft.com

Morrison Hershfield's technology facilities group specializes in the design and construction of data centres and other mission critical facilities.  We offer advanced, integrated power and cooling design capabilities for a significant improvement in data centre reliability and space, power and cooling efficiency..

www.morrison.com

CRC is the Government of Canada’s primary laboratory for research and development in advanced telecommunications. CRC’s research branches focus on satellite communications, radio propagation, multimedia and broadcast technologies, as well as terrestrial wireless, broadband networks and photonics. CRC’s clients include government, military and industry organizations. With its partners, CRC develops technologies and expertise, and transfers these to its clients for commercialization.

www.crc.ca

University Health Network is a major landmark in Canada’s healthcare system and a teaching hospital of the University of Toronto.  Comprised of three major hospitals and their research institutes; The Princess Margaret Hospital, including the Ontario Cancer Institute, the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute and the Toronto Western Research Institute, UHN is the largest research hospital in Canada.  UHN is an internationally recognized leader in patient care, research and education and brings together the talent and resources needed to achieve global impact.

www.uhn.ca

www.tma.osd.mil

The Centre for Security Science is a joint endeavour of Defence R&D Canada (DRDC) and Public Safety Canada that was created in 2006. DRDC is an agency of the Department of National Defence, responding to the scientific and technological needs of the Canadian Forces and national security communities. With a broad scientific program, DRDC actively collaborates with industry, international allies, academia, other government departments and the national security community.

www.pstp.drdc-rddc.gc.ca

Saskatoon Health Region is an integrated health delivery agency providing a comprehensive range of services and programs including but not limited to hospital and long term care, public health and home care, mental health and addiction services, prenatal and palliative care. It represents the largest health region in Saskatchewan, serving 289,000 local residents in more than 100 cities, towns, villages, RMs and First Nation communities.

www.ssha.on.ca

Securit is a world leading information security company with more than 140 branches in 16 countries.  Securit provides integrated information security solutions that manage and mitigate risk for clients. Services include records management, data protection and Shred-it document destruction.

www.securit.com

BidShift’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) enterprise solution positions healthcare organizations to streamline staffing management and cultivate a world-class work environment. Our next-generation staffing approach aligns workforce needs with data driven decision making to enable new levels of financial and operational performance. The company serves leading organizations across the U.S. to realize cost savings, enhance employee satisfaction, and advance clinical quality and patient care. 

www.bidshift.com

Enhanced service and industry-exclusive products have been Tripp Lite trademarks for more than 80 years. Tripp Lite manufacturers more than 1,000 different products, including UPS systems, surge suppressors, inverters, KVM switches, cables and connectivity products, power strips and PDUs, notebook accessories, rack systems, network management accessories and more.

www.tripplite.com

Founded in 2006, Pano Logic is a provider of desktop virtualization solutions aiming to eliminate the cost, complexity and security inherent in traditional PC environments. Extending the power of server virtualization to the desktop, Pano Logic has enabled a totally new approach to the traditional PC-centric desktop architecture by creating the first all hardware, no software architecture and providing a superior user desktop experience with better management, security and usability features than traditional PC deployments.

www.panologic.com

The CAREt™ System by IntelliDOT Corporation is a comprehensive patient safety solution that leverages a custom-designed wireless handheld device and integrated software applications onto a universal platform for medication, blood administration, specimen collection, infant breast milk administration tracking, vital sign and assessment collection. This easy to learn and easy to use system allows the caregiver to perform these tasks safely at bedside keeping one hand and their attention on the patient. Connected real-time to the hospitals HIS system, The CAREt System helps healthcare providers optimize documentation, communication and information across any size facility. 

www.intellidot.net

Astaro Corporation is a leading provider of Unified Threat Management security solutions. Its flagship product, the award-winning Astaro Security Gateway, simplifies Email, Web & Network Security and protects over 30,000 networks in 60 countries.

Using the proven quality of a hardened Linux platform, the Astaro portfolio integrates leading open source and commercial security products, powerful management and reporting facilities, and is rounded off with a front end that has unparalleled ease of use.

Astaro’s product offering is available as a software ISO, hardware appliance or virtual appliance and provides the flexibility to meet any deployment scenario. Astaro combines complete protection, best of breed applications, and enterprise level performance into a single, award-winning security appliance that offers the best total cost of ownership.

Highly regarded as the premier supplier of Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions in the world, over 100,000 IT administrators entrust their network with security appliances from Astaro.

www.astaro.com

GAO RFID Inc. is a member company of GAO Group which was established in 1992. The focus of GAO RFID is to provide you business solutions that involve radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. This technology, although available for several decades, is now in a position to revolutionize how business is done with the promise to deliver higher levels of productivity and enhanced security that will increase your business profitability.

GAO RFID delivers RFID readers, RFID tags, as well as turnkey system RFID solutions that consist of highly integrated hardware and software and professional services. These professional services include 'proof-of-concept', systems integration and 'prototyping' services. Our team of experienced technology professionals has a mandate to recognize and understand your business's RFID needs. Through this knowledge, we are able to help you deploy RFID technology that will maximize your return on investment (ROI) right from the start and ensure its expandability as the applications grow through the evolution of the technology (future-proofing).

www.gaorfid.com