Since 1982, Sun has brought together the world's brightest technical minds to solve the world's biggest technical problems. Our vision of "Everyone and everything participating on the network" means that when people are networked, they share, they interact, and solve problems.

Our company's mission is to deliver Network Assurance appliances to secure networks for businesses worldwide. Astaro Security Gateways are at work in over 30,000 networks around the globe.

N2Net, is a leader in Internet communications solutions offering a comprehensive range of Internet services to business, SOHO (small office-home office) and residential customers. Providing Internet Access, Web hosting, Co-Location and other value-added services, N2Net offers affordable and reliable Internet Solutions.
Complete Internet Solutions Since 1997, N2Net has offered a complete line of high-quality, high-performance Internet solutions enabling customers to increase productivity and profitability through Internet technology. Through the variety of its comprehensive service offerings, N2Net is meeting the requirements of today's growing businesses. Customers can choose affordable, always-on high-speed Internet access and fully managed Internet services, all backed by unparalleled technical resources, people and experience.

Fort Systems Ltd. was founded

• To provide commercial support for MailScanner, the world's most secure and popular open source email gateway software.
• To provide support for the open source applications often used with MailScanner that provide a complete open source solution to stop viruses and spam.
• To develop commercial applications based on MailScanner and supporting applications.

We strongly believe in and support open source software as a fast emerging alternative to commercial software. We understand the need of our customers to have expert, dependable support readily available for mission critical open source applications. We also believe there is a strong market for commercial applications based on an open source foundation.

The Linux Box is a project management and consulting practice, specializing in open source technology and the Linux platform. We help customers select, customize, and deploy best-of-breed open source solutions. We concentrate on applications development and porting, training and knowledge transfer, and network support services.

Spliced Networks is an open source software and media company. Spliced Networks develops AppOS and AppStacks. AppOS is a Linux based operating system designed for server applications. AppStacks are highly secure Application Stacks for Linux and MacOS X based on leading Open Source software. AppStacks enable customers to deploy highly secure and highly scalable server solutions quickly and easily. Spliced Networks publishes o3 magazine, a FREE Open Source Enterprise magazine created with Scribus and other Open Source tools. Spliced Networks is headquartered in Athens, Ohio.

IBM and Linux can help your business expand beyond the limitations of proprietary vendor software and hardware and offer the enterprise computing qualities of UNIX with cost-effective hardware choices, from x86 servers to 64-bit computing and supercomputers. There are now more than 12,000 IBM Linux customer engagements worldwide, allowing customers to reduce their computing costs with solutions ranging from webserving, ERP to the world's largest supercomputers. IBM has the largest and most complete portfolio of Linux hardware, middleware and services solutions. In addition, more than 600 developers in the Linux Technology Center have been working as peers directly and successfully in various open source communities since 1999. They are proud of their many contributions that have helped accelerate Linux acceptance worldwide. To find out more about IBM's Linux support and contributions, please visit www.ibm.com/linux.

Digium is the original creator and primary developer of Asterisk, the industry's first open source PBX and Asterisk Business Edition, the professional-grade version of Asterisk. Used in combination with Digium's PCI telephony interface cards, Asterisk offers a strategic, highly cost-effective approach to voice and data transport over IP, TDM, switched and Ethernet architectures. Digium provides quality hardware and software products that enable telephony applications including legacy PBX, IVR, auto attendant, next generation gateways, media servers and application servers. Digium also offers a full range of professional services including consulting, technical support and customer software development services.

Software For The Open Enterprise. Do you need a secure, productive, cost-effective IT environment? Novell can get you there by helping you manage, simplify, secure, and integrate heterogeneous IT environments at low cost.

ImageStream Internet Solutions, Inc. is a privately held telecommunications equipment manufacturer that qualifies as a small business under federal government guidelines. The company is a leading supplier of Linux-based LAN and WAN solutions for small offices, corporate LANs and WANs, and Internet backbone providers. ImageStream products include high-performance routers and switches, network cards, monitoring taps, and network management software. The company is headquartered in Plymouth, Indiana.

DeVry University campuses are located throughout the United States and Canada. We specialize in education that prepares students for careers in technology, business and management. Our programs are designed with industry input and feature an applications - oriented approach with plenty of 'real world' experience. Our programs also integrate general education to enhance graduates personal development and career potential.

San Francisco-based GroundWork Open Source, Inc. integrates, enhances and develops leading open source software to deliver comprehensive IT operations management solutions. With GroundWork solutions, enterprises leverage the flexibility and low cost of open source tools to achieve enterprise-level availability, performance and operational efficiency at a fraction of the cost of traditional software.

Purple Squirrel Group is a Web Development and Online Marketing Company. We specialize in understanding business processes and developing custom web applications to support your business objectives. Purple Squirrel Group uses Open Source Technologies extensively in their hosting servers, in their development efforts, on their PBX and on their desktops. Purple Squirrel Group has plans to release a number of word press plugins back to the community. We are very pleased to be a sponsor of the Ohio Linux Fest.

The Sybase Developer Network (SDN) and CodeXchange are a one-stop shop for your technical needs. Find whitepapers, product updates, free-trial software downloads and information concerning your Sybase products. Not enough? Take a look at CodeXchange where code samples developed by your peers are hosted and new development projects begin regulary. Search through the open source code for what you need before having to develop it yourself or pay for a support call.

rPath provides rBuilder and rPath Linux, the first software appliance platform. Software appliances give application developers complete control of the software stack, from the OS to the application, including the delivery of updates. This simplifies installation, configuration, and maintenance for customers, opening new markets for your software. For more information, visit: www.rpath.com.

What began as a better way to build software--openness, transparency, collaboration--soon shifted the balance of power in an entire industry. The revolution of choice continues. Today Red Hat is the world's most trusted provider of Linux and open source technology.

Fedora Core is an operating system and platform, based on Linux, that is always free for anyone to use, modify and distribute, now and forever. It is developed by a large community of people who strive to provide and maintain the very best in free, open source software and standards. Fedora Core is part of the Fedora Project, sponsored by Red Hat, Inc. Now available for x86, x86_64 and PPC systems!

The League of Professional System Administrators (LOPSA) mission is to advance the practice of system administration; to support, recognize, educate, and encourage its practitioners; and to serve the public through education and outreach on system administration issues. LOPSA is working to provide system administrators with educational and networking opportunities, a forum for support and ideas, and an active community engaged in discussion of sysadmin issues. Additionally, LOPSA is dedicated to advancing the profession as a whole. LOPSA provides a public voice for system administrators, works to educate the public, and influence corporate and legislative policy.

FreeGeek Columbus provides computers and training for limited-resource populations in Central Ohio through redistribution of used equipment and the use of Free Software. FreeGeek Columbus is committed to Free Software, responsible electronics recycling, and community engagement.

The Open Source Club at The Ohio State University is a student and community organization dedicated to the idea of open source software.

The Northeast Ohio Open Source Society (NOOSS) was started several years ago to create a group that talked about Open Source instead of just Linux. The focus of NOOSS is to discuss Open Source Software and many of the ideas and concepts that Open Source is fueling.

NOTACON, an annual conference held in Cleveland, Ohio, explores and showcases technologies, philosophy and creativity often overlooked at other "hacker cons". Our desire is not to supplant other events, but complement them and strike a balance that has gone unnoticed in our community for far too long.

With each new year we build upon the successes and knowledge of the previous years. Our goal is to enlighten, educate, and entertain attendees, presenters, and staff alike. We try to do this by finding new ways to apply technology to graphics, art, music, or social interaction.

Freespire is a community-driven, Linux-based operating system that combines the best that free, open source software has to offer (community driven, freely distributed, open source code, etc.), but also provides users the choice of including proprietary codecs, drivers and applications as they see fit. With Freespire, the choice is yours as to what software is installed on your computer, with no limitations or restrictions placed on that choice. How you choose to maximize the performance of your computer is entirely up to you.

NetBSD is a free, secure, and highly portable Unix-like Open Source operating system available for many platforms, from 64-bit Opteron machines and desktop systems to handheld and embedded devices. Its clean design and advanced features make it excellent in both production and research environments, and it is user-supported with complete source. Many applications are easily available through pkgsrc, the NetBSD Packages Collection.

FreeBSD© is an advanced operating system for x86 compatible (including Pentium© and Athlon™), amd64 compatible (including Opteron™, Athlon 64, and EM64T), UltraSPARC©, IA-64, PC-98 and ARM architectures. It is derived from BSD, the version of UNIX© developed at the University of California, Berkeley. It is developed and maintained by a large team of individuals. Additional platforms are in various stages of development.

GNOME offers an easy to understand desktop for your Linux or UNIX computer. The GNOME project provides two things: The GNOME desktop environment, an intuitive and attractive desktop for users, and the GNOME development platform, an extensive framework for building applications that integrate into the rest of the desktop.

The Linux Link Tech Show was Started in September 2003 by the founders of the Lehigh Valley Linux User Group. Our goal is to provide a weekly live webcasted radio style show about GNU/Linux and Technology.

Open source software is becoming more and more common in our everyday lives. Most of us are affected by open source whether we realize it or not. We want to provide quality programming that is informative and entertaining for and about the open source community. This show provides news, reviews and general discussion about open source initiatives. We hope it is fun and helpful.