2011 Expo Sponsors


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Platinum Sponsors

Agent Vi

Agent Video Intelligence (Agent Vi) is a leading provider of open architecture, video analytics software deployed in a variety of security, safety and business intelligence applications worldwide. The comprehensive video analytics solutions offered by Agent Vi extend from real-time video analysis and alerts to forensic search and post-event analysis, and are fully integrated with a range of third party edge devices and video management systems. Based on Agent Vi's unique, patented, Image Processing over IP (IPoIP) architecture - which distributes the video analysis between the edge device and a server - Agent Vi's solutions offer comprehensive detection functionality and superior detection performance. Supporting up to 200 cameras on a single server, Agent Vi's distributed architecture delivers the most cost-effective video analytics products on the market.
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http://www.agentvi.com
Phone:   (303) 534-5106

Ipiphony

Advancements in technology have changed the way communications infrastructures are implemented. D&S has the personnel, training, facilities and expertise to be a valuable partner to our customers in achieving the optimum balance between technology and economy. As organizations take advantage of the convergence of data, voice and video communications over a single infrastructure, D&S provides products and services that help customers make the most of their technology investments. From supplying equipment to implementation of complete turnkey network management systems, D&S can be your single-source. LAN/WAN, Internet, Voice over IP, Unified Messaging and CTI are all part of the D&S portfolio of products. Of course, we continue to provide the best in PBX, key systems, components, repairs, installation/de-installation, voice messaging, call accounting systems and long distance services.
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http://www.ipiphony.com
Phone:   (800) 227-8403

Milestone Systems

Founded in 1998, Milestone Systems is the global industry leader in true open platform IP video management software. XProtect delivers powerful surveillance that is easy to manage, reliable and proven in thousands of customer installations. With support for the widest choice in network hardware and integration with other systems, XProtect provides best-of-breed solutions to "video enable" organizations - reducing costs, optimizing processes, protecting people and assets. With headquarters in Denmark and ten international offices, Milestone software is sold through authorized and certified partners in more than 100 countries. For more information, visit www.milestonesys.com.
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http://www.milestonesys.com
Phone:   (503) 350-1100

Xiotech

Xiotech, the ISE Company, is the world's leading provider of high-performance storage blades, purpose built for today's cloud and desktop and data center virtualization initiatives. The company's patented Intelligent Storage Element (ISE) storage blades provide the industry's best combination of performance, capacity, and scale, filling the ever-widening gap between performance-limited traditional storage arrays and capacity-limited emerging memory solutions. A single ISE storage blade can deliver unprecedented performance in only 3U (5.25 inches) including:

  • Over 27,000 Exchange Users
  • Over 1,000 Virtual Desktops
  • 750 DVD-Quality Video Streams
  • 25,000 MP3 Streams
  • 4 Studio-Class Movie Editing Projects

The company is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado with an engineering and development center in Hyderabad, India. Field sales and system support teams are located in many other cities across the United States and United Kingdom. Visit Xiotech at www.xiotech.com, or follow us on Twitter @xiotech.

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http://www.xiotech.com
Phone:   (866) 472-6764


Gold Sponsors

Adtran

ADTRAN, Inc. is a leading global provider of networking and communications equipment deployed by some of the world's largest service providers, enterprises, and SMBs. With an extensive portfolio including routers, switches, IP Communications platforms, IP phones, IP PBXs, Unified Communications solutions, Unified Threat Management, and wireless access points, ADTRAN delivers innovative solutions supporting next-generation technologies.
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http://www.adtran.com
Phone:   (800) 923-8726

Avaya

Avaya is a global leader in enterprise communications systems. The company provides unified communications, contact centers, data solutions and related services directly and through its channel partners to leading businesses and organizations around the world. Enterprises of all sizes depend on Avaya for state-of-the-art communications that improve efficiency, collaboration, customer service and competitiveness
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Axis Comm.

Axis is an IT company offering network video solutions for professional installations. The company is the global market leader in network video, driving the ongoing shift from analog to digital video surveillance. Axis products and solutions focus on security surveillance and remote monitoring, and are based on innovative, open technology platforms. Axis is a Swedish-based company, operating worldwide with offices in more than 20 countries and cooperating with partners in more than 70 countries. Founded in 1984, Axis is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm under the ticker AXIS. For more information about Axis, please visit our website at www.axis.com
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http://www.axis.com
Phone:   (978) 614-2000

BriefCam

BriefCam fulfills the global unmet need to browse video, investigate and identify incidents rapidly, and take action. BriefCam's Video Synopsis technology gives users 24 hours in a minute, compacting hours of events into a "brief" that takes just a few minutes to review. Video Synopsis is BriefCam's major innovation, a proprietary image-processing technology that creates a summary of the original full length video. The synopsis is made possible by simultaneously presenting multiple objects and activities that have occurred at different times. Video Synopsis enables the rapid review and indexing of captured video footage - with an index to the original source video; real-time video feed online and archival video footage offline - for on-the-spot event tracking, forensics and evidence discovery. Video Synopsis technology provides a very short video representation of a long time period, while preserving all essential activities of the original video. The synopsis serves as an index into the full video, and is performed in three stages
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MultiTech Reps

Multi-Tech Reps is a leader in the surveillance industry. Their history in the industry, quality product lines, unique showroom and outstanding customer service form the foundation for their success. These characteristics make Multi-Tech Reps a premier manufacturer’s representative firm.
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PanoLogic

Pano Logic, the leader in zero client desktop virtualization (VDI), is radically changing desktop computing by centralizing everything - desktop management, support, and the user experience - on the server. The only computing platform purpose-built for VDI, Pano Logic offers a simple, all-in-one hardware-and-software platform for desktop virtualization. Pano Logic eliminates the complexity and overhead of managing endpoint devices, which can comprise 80 percent of the TCO of thin clients, with a zero client that contains no processor, OS, storage, drivers, nor any moving parts. Removing processing power from the endpoint eliminates endpoint security breaches and drastically reduces energy
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http://www.panologic.com
Phone:   (877) 677-7266

Salient Data Centers

Salient has developed one of the most advanced and secure datacenter concepts in the region. Minnesota NAP (MN-NAP is strategically located outside of the Minneapolis/St. Paul downtown areas, making it the only datacenter of it's type in the North-Central region. Its groundbreaking design and unmatched product offerings make it the premium selection for large public and private entities that require the most extreme of today's power, space and bandwidth intensive applications.
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www.salientdatacenters.com
Phone:   (612) 836-4740

Skjold-Parrington Law

Skjold Parrington Business Attorneys At Skjold Parrington, our business is straightforward: aligning ourselves with our client's business strategy and providing the integrated legal representation necessary for client success. As general counsel to small and medium size businesses and their owners, our legal, financial analysis and business experience helps clients leverage knowledge and relationships to enhance their competitive advantage in the marketplace. Our scalable litigation model, based on appropriate resource allocation and advanced technologies, allows us to deliver highly efficient and cost-effective litigation services and support for commercial disputes of all sizes.
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http://www.skjoldparrington.com
Phone:   (612) 746-2560

SonicWall

SonicWALL, Inc. provides intelligent network security and data protection solutions that enable customers and partners - around the world - to dynamically secure, control, and scale their global networks. Built upon a shared network of millions of global touch points, SonicWALL Dynamic Security begins by leveraging the SonicWALL Global Response Intelligent Defense (GRID) Network and the SonicWALL Threat Center that provide continuous communication, feedback, and analysis regarding the nature and changing behavior of threats worldwide. SonicWALL Research Labs continuously processes this information, proactively delivering defenses and dynamic updates that defeat the latest threats. Leveraging its patented Reassembly-Free Deep Packet Inspection technology in combination with a high speed, multi-core parallel hardware architecture, SonicWALL enables simultaneous, multi-threat scanning and analysis at wire speed and provides the technical framework that allows the entire solution to scale for deployment in high bandwidth networks. Solutions are available for the SMB through the Enterprise and SMB, and are deployed in large campus environments, distributed enterprise settings, government, retail point-of-sale and healthcare segments, as well as through service providers.
Website:  
http://www.sonicwall.com
Phone:   (888) 557-6642

Sony

Sony has a long history as the industry leader in audio and video delivery systems. Many decades of experience in the security and broadcasting fields provide Sony with unparalleled insight into what features and capabilities are needed to keep Sony's solution state-of-the-art and in protecting your investment. Sony has a broad line of IP cameras that cover virtually every application.
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http://www.sony.com/security
Phone:   (201) 930-1000

VMware

VMware is the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, delivering customer-proven solutions to more than 190,000 customers, including more than 97% of Fortune 1000 and 94% of Global 500 companies. We're transforming the way IT serves the business and providing an evolutionary and pragmatic path to cloud computing. With VMware, your organization can reduce the complexity of its IT environment, significantly lower costs and enable a more flexible, agile service delivery and deployment model - one that better responds to your business needs. When you move beyond, you redefine what's possible.
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http://www.vmware.com
Phone:   (877) 486-9273


Silver Sponsors

Aruba Networks

Aruba is the global leader in distributed enterprise networks that securely connect local and remote users to corporate IT resources. Our award-wining portfolio of campus, branch office, teleworker, and mobile solutions simplify operations and secure access to all corporate applications and services - regardless of the user's device, location, or network. This dramatically improves productivity and lowers capital and operational costs. To learn more, visit Aruba at http://arubanetworks.com.
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http://www.arubanetworks.com
Phone:   (866) 552-7822

Connex International

Connex International, Inc. specializes in the development, management and delivery of comprehensive education, training and consulting services for security and IT industry professionals. Additional services include industry business intelligence, product / installation / integration certification and testing, project management, system design, security readiness, site assessment, and security process improvement. With 50 employees, half of which are bi/tri lingual and growing, Connex International, Inc. provides these services around the world in 14 languages: Arabic, Czech, Danish, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Castilian and Latin American Spanish, and Swedish.
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http://www.connex-i.com
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Force 10 Networks

Force10 Networks is a global technology leader that data center, service provider and enterprise customers rely on when the network is their business. The company's high performance solutions are designed to deliver new economics by virtualizing and automating Ethernet networks. Force10's high density and resilient Ethernet switching and routing products increase network availability, agility and efficiency while reducing power and cooling costs. For more information on Force10 Networks, please visit www.force10networks.com.
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http://www.force10networks.com
Phone:   (866) 600-5100

FRSecure

FRSecure LLC is a full-service information security consulting company. We are dedicated to providing value to our clients through well designed, implemented, and managed information security solutions. Our mission statement: We take the time to understand our client's business and align information security initiatives with their goals and objectives. In so doing, our clients benefit from solutions that help to drive business and add to the bottom line. Information security does have to be a cost center. FRSecure works with businesses of all sizes, in all industries. We understand that our clients are in business to make money, so we design secure solutions that drive business, protect sensitive information assets, and improve their bottom line. Regulatory and industry compliance is built into our solutions. Our experience has shown that good information security equals compliance, not the other way around.
Website:  
http://www.frsecure.com
Phone:   (888) 676-8657

HID Global

HID Global is the trusted leader in solutions for the delivery of secure identity to millions of customers around the world. HID Global is focused on creating customer value worldwide with technology-based access solutions, issuance solutions, embedded technology solutions and logistics technology solutions. As a leading manufacturer of secure identity solutions and contactless smart card technology for physical access control, HID is selected more than any other brand in the convergence of physical and logical access control. In addition, the company develops, manufactures and markets ID components, products and services typically deployed with national ID and e-passport programs, corporate access control, supply chain management, animal tagging, financial transactions, transport and various industrial or manufacturing solutions. Headquartered in Irvine, California, HID Global has over 2,000 employees worldwide and operates international offices that support more than 100 countries. HID Global is an ASSA ABLOY Group brand. HID expands the flexibility of its products by adding multiple-technology capabilities to its entire product line. Users of HID products can select the specific technology combination that best suits the needs of different applications, or they can add yet another level of security by using multiple technologies at each door
Website:  
http://www.hidglobal.com
Phone:   (800) 459-5636

Open Options

Open Options is a forward thinking, independent business that distributes an array of quality access control products for customers who embrace the distinct advantages of the open architecture concept. Customer satisfaction is our number one priority and we achieve this every day through quality products and more importantly, responsive, professional service after the sale. We believe in the unique value of each individual and encourage leadership and creativity among all our employees. Open Options draws from a deep reservoir of experience in the integration of access control systems ranging from our technical support representatives to our board of directors. This wealth of experience is applied directly to the creation and support of our products and our comprehensive business plan. At Open Options, our PEOPLE make the difference!
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http://www.openoptionsinc.com
Phone:   (972) 818-7001

SolarWinds

SolarWinds provides powerful and affordable IT management software to customers worldwide - from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses. We work to put our users first and remove the obstacles that have become "status quo" in traditional enterprise software. SolarWinds products are downloadable, easy to use and maintain, and provide the power, scale, and flexibility needed to address users' management priorities. Our online user community, thwack, is a gathering-place where tens of thousands of IT pros solve problems, share technology, and participate in product development for all of SolarWinds' products. Learn more today at http://www.solarwinds.com.
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http://www.solarwinds.com
Phone:   (866) 530-8100


Bronze Sponsors

ABP

Anderson Business Products (ABP) is a Minneapolis, MN based organization that has much experience in dealing with today’s Data Center initiatives & challenges. As an APC by Schneider Electric partner, ABP can help outfit your organization’s data center, server room, or network closet with the appropriate UPS, power distribution, and cooling infrastructure. APC’s pre-engineered solutions are designed to be modular and scalable so you can right size your infrastructure equipment to avoid waste and reduce energy consumption. Our product line-up also includes: magnetic media, server enclosures, KVM switches, secure console server switches, data center services, environmental / physical monitoring solutions, raised flooring sales and service, and more. Developing long-term relationships is the key to ABP's success. Our flexible and nimble business approach allows our many clients to leverage us as a team member. We are committed to earning your business via superior service and fair pricing.
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Catalyst Telecom

Catalyst Telecom is a value-added distributor of voice, video, mobility, network security and data equipment for the reseller community. The company wraps its value-added service offering around its best-in-class product set, ensuring resellers are getting the education, training, design and technical support and financial services assistance they need to be successful growing their business or adding new technologies. Catalyst Telecom is a sales unit of international specialty technology distributor, ScanSource, Inc.
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CSC

Founded in 1972, Communications Supply Corporation (CSC), a subsidiary of WESCO International, Inc. (NYSE: WCC) distributes a full range of data communications and security solutions. Together, CSC and WESCO form the largest electrical, data communications and security network in North America, with 400 full service branches and an international network designed to scale. At CSC, we focus on one thing: servicing our customers. Through our people, passion and expertise, we'll gain a thorough understanding of your organization's needs and deliver best-in-class products and services. It's this guiding principle that has turned us into the fastest growing data communications and security products distributor in North America today. Hardwire Technology Corporation is a provider of Power Limited (Low Voltage) Communications Systems and Services. Our success hinges on our ability to provide our customers with the services they desire on-time, on budget and above their expectations. Hardwire Technology’s primary focus is on low voltage cabling & systems installations. In addition to Telephone Systems and Data Networks, we also service and install Cable TV, Security, Audio Visual, Sound and Sound Masking Systems. Hardwire can provide a full spectrum of voice, data, wireless and video communications engineering and technical services to a broad range of markets. From small, single site projects to multi-site locations we are equipped to build and install the systems and the infrastructure you need.
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Hardwire

Hardwire Technology Corporation is a provider of power limited communications systems and services located in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Our success hinges on our ability to provide customers with the services they desire, on-time and above their expectation. Its founders have an experience level in this industry and area that is unmatched by other competing businesses.
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Imation

Imation Corp is a leading global technology company dedicated to helping people and organizations store, protect, and connect their digital world. Our portfolio of data storage and security products, electronics and accessories reaches customers in more than 100 countries through a powerful global distribution network. Imation Corp.'s global brand portfolio includes Imation, Memorex, XtremeMac, and TDK Life on Record brands.
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http://www.imation.com
Phone:   (651) 704-4000

Minnesota Business Journal

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Minnesota Office Solutions LLC

Minnesota Office Solutions LLC is a comprehensive, professional service company that partners with our clients to fulfill their Used, New, and Refurbished office furniture needs. With years of experience, our professional team scours local and national markets to bring commercial grade "A" used furniture to companies who pride themselves on being budget-oriented and environmentally responsible. We offer previously owned products from many reputable manufacturers including Herman Miller, Steelcase, Allsteel, and Haworth. Our inventories include cubicles and workstations, desks, chairs, files, conference tables, and executive offices. By partnering with MOS, you not only get our commitment to quality products and services, but also the experience of working with a company that is proud of their honesty, integrity, and reputation.
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www.mnoffices.com
Phone:   18003184003

Muzak

For over 75 years, Muzak has been at the forefront of the sensory branding industry. By acquiring, designing and delivering rich media-based solutions to clients worldwide, our services reach 100 million people every day. Through nearly 200 sales and service offices, Muzak designs, delivers and installs custom music, voice messaging, Digital Signage networks, leading drive-thru equipment and professional sound systems to a variety of clients in the retail, hospitality and restaurant industries. For more information, visit www.muzak.com
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Plantronics

Plantronics, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of lightweight communications headsets, telephone headset systems, and accessories for the business and consumer markets under the Plantronics brand name worldwide. The company’s products are designed for specific markets and applications, such as offices; contact centers; Unified Communications; mobile devices comprising cell phones and personal digital asistants; computer and gaming; and residential applications, as well as for other specialty applications. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Santa Cruz, California.
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Scansource

ScanSource Security is an independent, value-added distributor of identification, access control, video surveillance, and wireless infrastructure products. The company provides competitive pricing; free, two-day shipping anywhere in the US; products in stock and ready to ship from a centralized location, allowing for improved efficiency and cost-effectiveness; and highly trained sales representatives and technical support specialists with extensive product knowledge. ScanSource Security is a sales unit of international specialty technology distributor, ScanSource, Inc.
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Video Guidance

Video Guidance is a strategic visual communications services company that helps organizations achieve their business goals by connecting people, face-to-face from anywhere. We're certified and trained on latest technology and deliver visual communications services to customers who want to maximize the opportunity video interaction creates.
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http://www.videoguidance.com
Phone:   (952) 831-7215

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