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SDSIC offers a limited number of sponsorships for companies that qualify for corporate or associate membership and want to sponsor SDSIC through a dues premium and optional services. A sponsorship includes membership, recognition at the monthly Special Events, and increased exposure to the software industry.  Our sponsors also particpate in many of the monthly SDSIC events.

The following sponsors have made significant financial and service contributions to our organization. We thank them for their generous support:

	Allen Matkins' commitment to quality is the engine that has driven our growth and reputation over our initial 27 years of practice as a firm. Our strength lies in the ability of our over 200 lawyers situated in six major California business centers to bring creative solutions to complex issues, turning problems into opportunities. It is our belief that the relationship between our clients and our lawyers is unique and that the best interests of our clients are served by long-standing individual relationships and personalized service. Our clients are from a broad range of private and publicly held technology companies in a variety of industries, including software companies in various stages of growth, their boards and officers.
	BlueHornet Networks, a recognized leader in email marketing, provides permission-based eMarketing solutions to a vast array of businesses and organizations. BlueHornet email marketing tools are offered over the Web on a pay-per-use or subscription basis, enabling clients to build customer databases, create customized email marketing messages, segment specific customer groups, and send targeted, personalized messages. BlueHornet statistical tools allow clients to effectively manage and evaluate eMarketing campaigns.
	Clearpoint Agency, Inc., an award-winning firm based in San Diego, specializes in PR and marketing services for companies in technology, retail and service industries. Clearpoint Agency supports their clients' business goals with strategic communications counsel, creative collateral, targeted lead generation programs, and expert PR tactics designed to get organizations and their key players the recognition they deserve. Clearpoint Agency has secured coverage for clients in Newsweek, Washington Post, Red Herring, USA Today, Forbes, PC Magazine, CNET, San Diego Union-Tribune, NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, BBC and others. For more information on work Clearpoint Agency has done for clients such as Toshiba, Language Weaver, Super Bowl XXXVII Gala with Jay Leno, Eddie Bauer, and more, visit www.clearpointagency.com or call 858.724.2500.
	Comerica Incorporated is a multi-state financial services provider headquartered in Detroit, with banking subsidiaries in Michigan, California and Texas, banking operations in Florida, and businesses in several other states. Comerica delivers comprehensive financial services organized into three focused operating units: Business Bank, Individual Bank, Investment Bank. Comercia is #1 among the top 50 U.S. bank holding companies in commercial loans as a percent of total assets; among the top 10 in commercial loans and top 20 in small business loans; the 3rd largest SBA 7(a) lender in the U.S.; and, among the "Best Big Companies in America," according to Forbes magazine.
	Established in 1981, and headquartered in San Diego, DATASKILL provides business technology services. DATASKILL's expert teams add value by collaborating with customers to fully exploit existing IT investments, primarily through integrating business processes and systems internally and across the supply chain. DATASKILL creates custom solutions for business needs that drive competitive advantage — rapidly building strategic applications with open standards-based technologies such as XML Web Services. Leveraging a 21 year track record, DATASKILL delivers results that are reliable, predictable, and have measurable value.
	DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP is a business law firm of 1,350 lawyers in offices throughout the U.S., whose core practices are corporate and securities, litigation, real estate, intellectual property and government affairs. Worldwide, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary has 2,700 lawyers in 49 offices in 18 countries, including the United Kingdom, mainland Europe and Asia, offering leading practices in Commercial, Corporate and Finance, Human Resources, Litigation, Real Estate, Regulatory and Legislative, and Technology, Media and Communications.
	Ernst & Young is the professional services firm that offers traditional audit and tax services, as well as customized services in corporate finance, online security, risk management, the valuation of intangibles, and e-business acceleration. The firm's unique approach creates the innovative atmosphere that enables people to anticipate, define, and solve the business performance issues that drive today's markets and the markets of the future.
	Fair, Isaac and Company is the preeminent provider of creative analytics that unlock value for people, businesses and industries. The company’s predictive modeling, decision analysis, intelligence management, decision management systems and consulting services power more than 14 billion mission-critical customer decisions a year. Founded in 1956, Fair, Isaac helps thousands of companies in over 60 countries acquire customers more efficiently, increase customer value, reduce fraud and credit losses, lower operating expenses and enter new markets more profitably.
	From its beginnings in 1890, Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP has grown to more than 600 attorneys and professionals in 12 offices nationwide and abroad. Heller Ehrman opened its San Diego office in 1998 to serve the region's technology industries, as well as those companies who provide service to the technology sector. Since its opening, the office has grown to more than 50 attorneys and professionals and provides a full spectrum of services for emerging and mature technology companies, including corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, patent and trademark prosecution, licensing, strategic alliances, intellectual property litigation, securities litigation, employment litigation defense and counseling, and executive compensation.
	Intuit markets and develops the world's best-selling personal, small business, and tax preparation software, as well as the most comprehensive set of Web-based solutions to give consumers and businesses the power to take full control of their financial lives, with less work. Starting with a simple idea, Intuit has grown to become the leader in personal finance, small business accounting, and tax preparation software.
	Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP is the largest intellectual property law firm in the west. Founded in 1962, the firm has more than 150 lawyers who specialize in intellectual property law. Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear has six offices located throughout the state of California. The firm opened its San Diego office in 1984 and has grown to more than 35 lawyers. Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear serves clients around the globe in all areas of intellectual property law. The firm's clients include public and private companies at various stages of growth from start-up to Fortune 500. Patents, trademarks, copyrights, unfair competition, trade secrets and rights of publicity are all components of the firm's practice. The firm's practice includes client consultation, licensing, preparation and procurement of patents and trademarks, copyright applications, appeals, oppositions and cancellations and intellectual property litigation before federal and state courts.
	Luce Forward has long been part of the California high-technology community. We move in step with rapid developments in software, technology and telecommunications, often taking the lead in finding creative legal and business solutions to the evolving needs of our clients. Luce Forward attorneys work closely with a broad spectrum of business clients to help them build and protect their intellectual property business interests and assets. For more than 130 years, we have worked with our clients as their needs have changed, as industries have grown and evolved and their world has reached out globally. Our mission, counsel for the times, means that we draw on deep experience while remaining abreast of the business, industry and global trends that influence our clients. With nearly 200 attorneys practicing in Carmel Valley / Del Mar, Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco, Luce Forward is a full service law firm. Luce Forward has built a strong reputation for its commitment to helping clients achieve their goals. Luce Forward draws upon the talent and expertise of its practice areas and four offices to respond to the varied needs of its clients, regardless of the size or complexity of the legal issue.
	Oracle Corporation is the world's leading supplier of software for information management, and the world's second largest independent software company. With annual revenues over $11 billion, Oracle offers its database, tools and application products, along with related consulting, education, and support services. Oracle is the first software company to develop and deploy 100 percent internet-enabled enterprise software across its entire product line: database, server, enterprise business applications, collaboration, application development and decision support tools.
	As a top 25 law firm with offices in all major financial centers, Paul Hastings works with innovative clients around the globe, assisting them in corporate transactions, employment law, litigation, real estate and tax matters. In addition to emerging enterprises, Paul Hastings serves a diverse client list from the Fortune 500 and Forbes International 500. - Eight U.S. offices - More than 100 lawyers in Asia-Pacific (largest Asian presence of any U.S. law firm) - Named Labor and Employment Litigation Law Firm of the Year (The American Lawyer) - More than 200 litigators around the globe with a reputation for trial capability - Named International Real Estate Law Firm of the Year (Chambers & Partners) Here in San Diego, nearly 55 local Paul Hastings attorneys are as passionate about giving time and knowledge to benefit the community as they are about delivering effective solutions to the San Diego business community. A powerhouse in intellectual property, corporate transactions, securities litigation, mergers and acquisitions, employment law, real estate, tax and more, Paul Hastings' San Diego office serves some of the area's best-known biotech, wireless, pharmaceutical, telecom, and start-up companies.
	Formed in 2001 by the merger of Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP and Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts, our experience spans three centuries. Today, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP has approximately 900 lawyers in 16 locations, including 350 corporate and securities lawyers, 250 intellectual property and technology lawyers and 250 attorneys who handle complex and international litigation.
	PricewaterhouseCoopers provides a complete range of professional services to companies and individuals in technology and communications industries, serving as tax advisors, consultants, financial advisors, and auditors. They provide thought leadership in key areas such as revenue recognition, compensation practises, and the quarterly Software Industry Best Practises survey that helps identify key industry issues as they emerge and provide companies with valuable benchmarks.
	Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savtich LLP is a full service business law firm with experienced attorneys in a wide range of practice areas, providing software companies and their executives with legal services in a variety of areas including: intellectual property, business formation, corporate partnering and joint ventures, venture capital and other private securities offerings, tax, securities, mergers and acquisitions and business litigation.
	QUALCOMM Incorporated is a leader in developing, delivering, and enabling innovative digital wireless communications products and services based on the Company's digital technologies. As the pioneer of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), the technology of choice for next-generation wireless communications, QUALCOMM continues to lead the industry in the development of voice, data, and wireless Internet products and solutions. QUALCOMM is also transforming industries through its various satellite businesses and technology partnerships.
	When you sign up for a subscription to the San Diego Business Journal, you get more than an award-winning weekly newspaper — You get dozens of special reports including who's who directories for various industries and quarterly reports on health care, real estate, banking and finance. And you get the widely read Book of Lists, FREE at the end of the year.
	Sun Microsystems, Inc. has long been synonymous with leading edge technology in virtually every field. From manufacturing to financial services, telecommunications to education, retail to government, energy to health care — Sun is helping companies .com their business processes to leverage the power of the Internet. To streamline processes and raise productivity. To reduce both costs and complexity. Sun offers proven products and comprehensive services to take your business where you want it to go — to a new level of competitive advantage.