SharePoint Sponsorship Program in Houston

Is your company interested in participating with H-SPUG as a sponsor? For 2013, we have implemented a tiered sponsorship program fully outlined in this document. We have the following options available:

Platinum:

Platinum sponsors are our group of sponsors the commit to sponsoring three events for the calendar year, year end event and SharePoint Saturday Houston Gold tier. This sponsorship is prepaid and allows the sponsor flexibility to sponsor three events throughout the year. H-SPUG officers will coordinate with our sponsors on scheduling their sponsorship. These sponsors are also recognized on our website as our Platinum Sponsors. We limit this to three (3) sponsors per calendar year.

Gold:

Our Gold event sponsors will be able to sponsor two events for the year. H-SPUG officers will coordinate with our sponsors on scheduling their sponsorship. We limit this to four (4) sponsors per calendar year.

Silver:

Our single event sponsors will be able to sponsor one event for the year. H-SPUG officers will coordinate with our sponsors on scheduling their sponsorship. We limit this to four (4) sponsors per calendar year.

Door Prize:

In order for us to be fair for all sponsors, we will update the sponsor page to reflect sponsors that participate in any of the following: Sponsor tiers, Door Prize, Year end event and/or SharePoint Saturday Houston. If you find that your company is no longer listed, we encourage you to actively participate as a sponsor.

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Platinum Sponsors   Logo URL    Biography Website    Process is pervasive to all enterprises. More efficient processes save time and money while increasing productivity and profitability. SourceCode’s K2.netTM offering is a business process management solution that enables customers to quickly design and deploy solutions that automate, manage and optimize processes.​ K2 For thirty years, New Horizons Computer Learning Centers has provided practical and innovative corporate training solutions to help organizations overcome operational challenges and take advantage of emerging opportunities. We are part of the largest, independent training organization worldwide. We help organizations and individuals achieve results, increase productivity and efficiency, drive revenue and reduce costs by providing the high quality yet cost effective learning solutions. know us and are dedicated to promoting the success of our clients through quality training. New Horizons offers a variety of learning solutions to fit the needs of any organization, individual, or government agency. Our offerings include PC applications and graphics software instruction as well as highly technical IT training and certification program training, professional development, and business skills training. In addition to offering public classroom-based courses, we can customize courseware, provide training at your company location, or roll-out an enterprise-wide training program. We even offer room rentals, with or without computers, at our state-of-the-art facilities. New Horizons Houston

These Gold sponsors participate at two H-SPUG events.

Gold Sponsors   Logo URL    Biography Website    Catapult Systems is a national Microsoft-focused IT consulting company that provides application development, enterprise solutions and infrastructure services. With offices in Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Denver, Tampa and Washington D.C., Catapult implements innovative technology solutions that enable our clients to achieve their business objectives while deriving the maximum value from their Microsoft technology investments. Our experienced team uses a proven approach and a personal relationship style to deliver the right solutions for our clients. We pursue new and unique approaches to applying Microsoft solutions to meet the most demanding enterprise needs, and we back up this commitment by employing the most experienced staff of certified Microsoft consultants. A Microsoft National Systems Integrator (NSI), Catapult is dedicated to our Microsoft partnership and expertise in its technologies. Our NSI status is an elite ranking attained by fewer than 40 consulting firms nationwide, while our gold certified partner status and competencies demonstrate that we’ve met a stringent set of criteria, including specialized certifications and an extensive portfolio of real-world customer references, to be identified as the most skilled partner available in the solution areas we serve. To date we hold 11 gold and 17 silver Microsoft competencies, an accomplishment unmatched by any other Microsoft partner. Boasting an unparalleled depth and breadth of expertise, Catapult is your Microsoft partner of choice. Catapult Systems Critical Path Training is a joint venture between Ted Pattison and Andrew Connell dedicated to educating Professional Developers, Designers, IT Professionals and Information Workers how to become successful with Microsoft's SharePoint Products and Technologies. We offer instructor-led training classes across the United States in Microsoft Technology Centers and a few selected professional training facilities that are owned and managed by our partners. We reach many other customers throughout the world by offering online versions of our most popular SharePoint training classes. We pride ourselves in the fact that we conduct extensive research and author the SharePoint industry's most in-depth training. Our mission is to provide you with an objective viewpoint and key insights about the architecture as well as best practices and essential coding techniques. We also believe that training is about more than just telling people a set of technical facts. There is a fine art to writing a great technical training course. A course author must be able to create a story that teaches concepts and reinforces technical skill in a series of lectures and lab exercises that build a student's understanding layer by layer through the week. ​ CriticalPath Training ​Based in the United Kingdom, Muhimbi is an international provider of products for the SharePoint and InfoPath markets. From our PDF Converters to our Workflow Tools, our products are compatible with MOSS, WSS 3 as well as SharePoint 2010 and available in a number of languages. Muhimbi ​Webtrends is the global leader in unified mobile, social and web analytics and engagement. We help marketers create, measure and improve campaigns for more than 3,500 global brands including: The New York Times, Microsoft, BMW, RIM, China Telecom, China Mobile, CCTV, Tencent QQ, Hitachi, The Associated Press, HSBC, Barclays, Vivo Cellular and Petrobras. Our leadership extends beyond the web analytics industry we founded to the measurement, optimization and integration of all digital content and customer intelligence, including web sites, social media, mobile and paid-search advertising. Webtrends is a registered trademark of Webtrends Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. Webtrends

These Silver sponsors participate either at a single H-SPUG event, year end event or SharePoint Saturday. 

Silver Sponsors   Logo URL    Biography Website    As the largest IT training provider in the State of Texas, CTREC Hilton IT Academy understands that every student who walks through our door has certain goals and objectives in mind. Whether the requirement is professional development, project and team goals, or the business objectives of an entire company, our Training Solutions Consultants are ready to provide a complete solution for your IT training needs. ​ CTREC Hilton Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to empower people through great software-any time, any place and on any device.​ Microsoft ​NewsGator is paving the way to true enterprise social. Leveraging the Microsoft Ecosystem, we are developing solutions for organization who believe in the future of work. Solutions that improve productivity, engage employees, and drive SharePoint adoption. Our mission is clear: We Make Social Real. Evaluate the capabilities required to drive productivity and engagement in your organization by visiting our social evaluation pages. NewsGator is also inviting H-SPUG members to Score Your Social Readiness, a complimentary consultation resulting in a customized report to help you find out precisely where and how social can benefit your business. News Gator Rackspace® Hosting is the world’s leading specialist in SharePoint hosting and cloud computing industry, and the founder of OpenStack™, an open source cloud platform. The San Antonio-based company provides Fanatical Support® to its customers, across a portfolio of IT services, including Managed Hosting and Cloud Computing. In 2010, Rackspace was recognized by Bloomberg BusinessWeek as a Top 100 Performing Technology Company and listed on the InformationWeek 500 as one of the nation’s most innovative users of business technology. The company was also positioned in the Leaders Quadrant by Gartner Inc. in the “2010 Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service and Web Hosting.” For more information, visit www.rackspace.com. Rackspace RAMP has developed the next generation of search & video experiences to make video more valuable.  Using RAMP, clients are able to fully leverage the value of all of their video content by driving increased discovery across search and social sites, enhancing user engagement through dynamic search and publishing solutions, and maximizing revenue through sophisticated advertising capabilities. Leading media companies and enterprises using RAMP include Thomson Reuters, FOXNews, ABCNews, NBC, Dow Jones, Meredith, Citibank, and others. For more information visit RAMP.com, or contact us at info@RAMP.com.​ http://www.ramp.com