Android Open Sponsors

HTCpro
HTCpro offers multi-platform mobility consulting, services and products for the enterprise. As part of HTC, one of the fastest growing companies in the mobile sector, HTCpro brings deep engineering excellence and a tradition of innovation to the mobile opportunities organizations have before them today. Whether you're looking to align strategic business goals with mobile, completely revolutionize how your enterprise conducts business or build platforms that will serve complex, diverse needs from the business over the long term, HTCpro can help. HTCpro is dedicated to helping our clients gain a competitive edge in all things mobile. Get mobile. Fast.

Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Corporation is the world's leading manufacturer of software for personal and business computing. Microsoft provides an integrated platform and suite of online services that enables a seamless experience for developers, consumers, and businesses across platforms, applications, and devices. From Silverlight to ASP.NET, Windows Server to SharePoint, Live Services to Internet Explorer, Microsoft is the only company with the full complement of technologies and solutions that can foster the next wave of innovation on the Web. Get ahead of your competition and grow your business on the Web by delivering new user experiences and capabilities that your customers demand.

Open Invention Network
OIN is a collaborative enterprise that enables innovation in open source and an increasingly vibrant ecosystem around Linux. It does this by acquiring and licensing patents and through strategic programs such as Linux Defenders (www.linuxdefenders.org). OIN has amassed a broad portfolio of technology patents. Patents owned by OIN are available royalty-free to any entity that agrees not to assert its patents against the Linux System. OIN's license agreement can be found at www.openinventionnetwork.com/pat_license_agreement.php. OIN has considerable industry backing. It was launched in 2005 by IBM, NEC, Novell, Philips, Red Hat and Sony, and has received supplemental financial support from Canonical.

X.commerce
X.commerce harnesses the technologies of eBay, PayPal and Magento to create the first end-to-end multi-channel commerce technology platform. Our vision is to enable merchants of every size, service providers and developers to thrive in a marketplace where in-store, online, mobile and social selling are all mission critical to business success. Learn more at x.com.

Black Duck Software
Black Duck Software is the leading global provider of products and services for accelerating software development through the managed use of open source and third-party code. Black Duck ® enables companies to shorten time-to-market and reduce development and maintenance costs while mitigating the risks and challenges associated with open source reuse, including hidden license obligations, security vulnerabilities, unsupported open source and version proliferation. The company is headquartered near Boston and has offices in San Francisco, Amsterdam and Hong Kong, as well as distribution partners throughout the world. For more information, visit www.blackducksoftware.com.

BugSense
BugSense is a real-time crash report tool that helps developers discover if their app has crashed and why. Mobile developers have to support an ever increasing number of different combinations of Android OS versions, devices and user settings, which can be a tedious or even impossible task. Mobile apps lack a centralized error log and BugSense is the solution. BugSense not only reports the error but also the context that the developers need in order to fix and improve their apps.

Dolby
Surround Yourself with Quality. Next-Generation Audio for Your PC Dolby® provides a suite of technologies that work together to deliver a surround sound experience with crisp, clear audio to your laptop, tablet, or mobile device. Whether you're listening through headphones, built-in speakers, or a connected home theater, a more captivating entertainment experience can be yours anytime. To introduce this ground-breaking audio technology, Dolby® will be presenting live events in the Bay Area, where select audiences can experience and compare the sound quality for themselves.

Intel
The Open Source Technology Center is at the heart of Intel's open source development efforts. Through measurable leadership in upstream contributions, project participation and maintenance, the Intel OTC helps shape the user experience across an array of products. MeeGo. Yocto Project. Linux Kernel. Less Watts. Linux Graphics. ConnMan. oFono. ACPICA. Android. Google Chrome. Mesa 3D Graphics Library. Cairo. Clutter. OpenSolaris. Xen. KVM.

Make magazine
Make: Stop by our booth and chat MAKE:, CRAFT: and DIY projects with the Maker Media team.

Marvell
Marvell-it's a new breed of semiconductor company. We are revolutionizing the consumer electronics world by providing a suite of low-power, high-performance silicon solutions that are powering the most popular consumer electronic devices today like eReaders, smartbooks, smartphones, Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) tablets, new personal information appliances, and much more. Marvell now also offers a complete, fully integrated mobile solution from silicon to applications. Kinoma-an open-source software platform-is a flexible foundation for developers to create and deliver fast, simple user experiences on an unprecedented range of digital devices from handhelds to smart appliances and smart furnishings. www.marvell.com

Meshin
Meshin, a project incubated inside Xerox PARC, grew from PARC's world-renowned semantic software application research. Meshin's team, with support from PARC researchers, have created a context-aware information services platform that links disparate information across communications streams, presenting users with a contextually unified, prioritized view that promotes rapid understanding and action.

MIPS Technologies
MIPS Technologies is a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital home, networking and mobile applications. The MIPS architecture powers some of the world's most popular products, including the majority of DTVs and set-top boxes available today. Through our 'Android on MIPS' initiative, our customers have already brought to market set-top boxes, digital televisions, tablets, smartphones and other Android devices based on the MIPS architecture. Android development is a major focus for the company. Explore the career opportunities for Android kernel developers at MIPS. Meet MIPS' Android team and hiring managers. Sponsor's Gallery, Monday/Tuesday, October 10th/11th.