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Oracle's business is information - how to manage it, use it, share it, protect it. For nearly three decades, Oracle, the world's largest enterprise software company, has provided the software and services that let organizations get the most up-to-date and accurate information from their business systems.

Hewlett Packard is a leading global provider of products, technologies, solutions and services to consumers and businesses. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, personal computing and access devices, global services and imaging and printing.

Red Hat is leading Linux and open source solutions into the mainstream by making high-quality, low-cost technology accessible. Red Hat provides operating system platforms along with middleware, applications, and management solutions, as well as support, training, and consulting services to customers worldwide and through top-tier partnerships.

IBM is a global leader in the invention, development and manufacture of the IT industry's most advanced information technologies, including computer systems, software, storage systems, microelectronics and Linux.

Novell is a global leader in enterprise class software and services. Novell helps customers manage, simplify, secure, and integrate their IT systems by providing a flexible combination of open source and commercial technologies, based on open standards. Novell provides global services and support and has a strong history of innovation and world-class engineering.

For decades, Intel has developed technology enabling the computer and Internet revolution that has changed the world. Founded in 1968 to build semiconductor memory products, Intel introduced the world's first microprocessor in 1971. Today, Intel the world's largest chip maker is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking, and communications products.

Dell is a premier provider of products and services required for customers worldwide to build their information-technology and Internet infrastructures. Dell, through its direct business model, designs, manufactures and customizes products and services to customer requirements, and offers an extensive selection of software and peripherals.

Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Google's utility and ease of use have made it one of the world's best known brands almost entirely through word of mouth from satisfied users. Google allows you to be able to find information in many different languages; check stock quotes, maps, and news headlines; lookup phonebook listings for every city in the United States; search billions of images and even peruse the world's largest archive of Usenet messages.

CDAC was established in March 1988, as a Scientific Society of the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India. The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), is primarily an R&D institution involved in the design, development and deployment of advanced Information Technology (IT) based solutions.

Naukri is the definitive Indian careers website. It is a forum where employers, placement agencies and job seekers can exchange information, quickly, effectively and inexpensively. At Naukri, you can advertise for a job, search for a job, browse through resumes, place your resume, place your home page, visit employers' home pages and visit other Indian and international career sites. It is a one stop information clearing house about jobs and careers for Indians.

Free Software Magazine is a great magazine entirely dedicated to free software. It contains quality articles relating to both technical and non-technical issues. All published articles are released under a free license after their publication. Support free software, support Free Software Magazine! Subscriptions are available now!

Linux For You is India's first and only publication focusing on Open Source trends and technologies. LFY's 100,000 strong readership consists of IT executives, managers, and software developers throughout India.

Started in 1994, Linux Journal has become well-known as the Linux community's most trusted-source of information. Inside every issue of Linux Journal you'll find tips and tricks, in-depth tutorials, concise product reviews, insights from leading Linux personalities and much more.

NewsForge.com surfaces all relevant Linux and Open Source news, articles, and information published online, period.

O3 Magazine is a free magazine that focuses on the use of Free and Open Source (FOSS) software in Enterprise Data Networking environments. Articles introduce open source solutions, and demonstrate how to integrate these solutions with leading Enterprise Data Networking hardware from a wide variety of vendors.

Slashdot.org is the single hottest source, and the only site of its kind, for an insatiable audience dialed into the info-tech world -- cultural, technical, political, and business-related. Largest community-focused tech site on the Web with peer-tested content and discussion.

The Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology (KReSIT) at IIT Bombay aims at moulding the future leaders of the Indian IT industry by imparting world class IT education to them.

Since 1996 Tetra Information Services has been providing open source solutions to enterprises. Tetra specialises in system integration, and Web based applications development to help clients maximise their overall business efficiency by taking advantage of existing and new technologies.

KNOPPIX is a bootable Live system on CD or DVD, consisting of a representative collection of GNU/Linux software, automatic hardware detection, and support for many graphics cards, sound cards, SCSI and USB devices and other peripherals. KNOPPIX can be used as a productive Linux system for the desktop, educational CD, rescue system, or adapted and used as a platform for commercial software product demos. It is not necessary to install anything on a hard disk.

MySQL AB develops and supports a family of high performance, affordable database products - including MySQL Network, a comprehensive set of certified software and premium support services. The company's flagship product is MySQL, the world's most popular open source database, with more than 8 million active installations.

OpenOffice.org is both an open source product and a project. The product is a multi-platform office productivity suite. It includes the key desktop applications, such as a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, and drawing program, with a user interface and feature set similar to other office suites. Sophisticated and flexible, OpenOffice.org also works transparently with a variety of file formats, including those of Microsoft Office, and the vendor-neutral OpenDocument standard from OASIS.

Zmanda offers open source based storage software and services. Zmanda has a unique combination of experience in enterprise storage software and open source development. Zmanda's focus on openness, simplicity and security results in significant cost reduction of deployment of Data Protection and Archiving solutions. Strong partnerships with various open source projects strengthen Zmanda's ability to add functionality and provide the top-notch support expected by enterprise customers.