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Ruby Sponsor
Obtiva
Obtiva provides agile software development services for organizations that need to create custom web applications. Obtiva consultants strengthen customer teams on-site by providing specialized skill sets and languages such as Ruby on Rails, Eclipse RCP, Java, agile project management, agile and technical coaching, and training. Customers can also count on the Obtiva Studio for full life-cycle development from planning to delivery. Our experienced practitioners share their knowledge of XP, Agile, and innovative new technologies by leading scheduled and on-site training throughout North America. For information please contact us at 630-588-8622 or visit www.obtiva.com.
Platinum Sponsors
Engine Yard
Engine Yard focuses on Ruby on Rails application deployments and operations support, so you can focus on developing your application and business. Customers have started during development and grown to millions of users without stress along the way. Start with one slice, grow to 16 slices, then to a dedicated cluster in our data center or yours--all without changing your code. Engine Yard supports the Ruby community, by sponsoring the development of Rubinius, Merb and other open source projects. We're here 24/7, by phone, at (866) 518-YARD, or email, at info@engineyard.com.
Silver Sponsors
New Relic
New Relic is the leading provider of Rails application performance solutions. New Relic's RPM is used by more than 1800 Rails organizations to monitor, tune and troubleshoot their applications. Try RPM Lite for free.
Fmondragon Creative Studio
Started in 2008, Fmondragon Creative Studio is a young creative group who started in most areas of graphic and web design and development. Quickly expanding into other medias, Fmondragon plans to add to their capabilities. Learn more at fmondragon.com.
Deforest Group
Deforest Group is a unique combination of high energy creatives, service-focused sales staff, and business-savvy partners. We take pride in delivering award winning design and photography to clients in many diverse industries. Discover… Focus… Create… Our team uses its creative energy to discover client needs, focus on their goals, and create lasting impressions of their brands through creative design and photography. For more information visit DeForestGroup.com.
Publishing Partners
O’Reilly
O’Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators through its books, online services, magazine, and conferences. Since 1978, O'Reilly has been a chronicler and catalyst of leading-edge development, homing in on the technology trends that really matter and spurring their adoption by amplifying "faint signals" from the alpha geeks who are creating the future. An active participant in the technology community, the company has a long history of advocacy, meme-making, and evangelism. Visit www.oreilly.com for details.
Pragmatic Screencasts
The Pragmatic Programmers is an agile publishing and training company. We're here because we want to improve the lives of developers. We do this by creating timely, practical books and working with The Pragmatic Studio to create the best developer training there is. The stuff we produce is timely and relevant because it's created by programmers for programmers. We have launched a new series of screencasts on various topics including Ruby, Rails, and Erlang. You can download and watch $5 episodes when and where it's convenient for you, in DRM-free formats. Check out some of our new screencasts at http://pragmatic.tv.
