Sponsors 2018

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DiamondSince 2000, Chicago’s own ServerCentral has provided cloud, disaster recovery, managed services and colocation solutions for leading companies including Angie’s List, Ars Technica, Ballys, Basecamp, CDW, Georgia Dept. of Health, Outbrain, Rent Like A Champion, RichRelevance, Starcom Worldwide, USG, Vizient and many more. Visit us at http://www.servercentral.com to learn more.
GoldArista Networks was founded to pioneer and deliver software-driven cloud networking solutions for large data center storage and computing environments. AristaÕs award-winning platforms, ranging in Ethernet speeds from 10 to 100 gigabits per second, redefine scalability, agility and resilience. Arista has shipped more than 10 million cloud networking ports worldwide with CloudVision and EOS, an advanced network operating system. Committed to open standards, Arista is a founding member of the 25/50GbE consortium. Arista Networks products are available worldwide directly and through partners. Visit us at http://www.arista.com to learn more.
GoldNexum, Inc. is a cybersecurity and networking company that builds and secures global networks for organizations across multiple verticals around the world. In addition to its Chicago headquarters, Nexum has sales, training and support presence in Kentucky, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin and Indiana as well as the Security and Network Operations Command Centers (SNOCC) in New Mexico and Illinois. Visit us at http://www.nexuminc.com to learn more.
GoldKentik offers the industry's first purpose-built big data SaaS that stores months of raw NetFlow, BGP and other network data and turns it into actionable insights. Perform ad-hoc traffic analysis on billions of records in seconds, detect and mitigate DDoS, and get powerful BGP peering analytics visualization. Visit us at http://www.kentik.com to learn more.
GoldJuniper Networks simplifies the complexities of networking with products, solutions and services in the cloud era to transform the way we connect, work and live. We remove the traditional constraints of networking to enable our customers and partners to deliver automated, scalable and secure networks that connect the world. Visit us at http://www.juniper.net to learn more.
GoldCisco helps seize the opportunities of tomorrow by proving that amazing things can happen when you connect the unconnected. An integral part of our DNA is creating long-lasting customer partnerships, working together to identify our customers' needs and provide solutions that fuel their success. Visit us at http://www.cisco.com to learn more.
GoldLiveAction powers high-performance digital experiences by providing insight, assurance and control of enterprise networks. Our award-winning network performance analytics platform, LiveNX, offers a deep understanding of networks and applies situational awareness to accelerate employee productivity and boost customer satisfaction. For global network service providers, LiveSP supports high scale, multi-vendor hybrid WAN infrastructures through a multi-tenant, white label-enabled network performance monitoring platform. Learn more at http://www.liveaction.com
GoldEricsson's Unified Delivery Network (UDN) is a global content delivery platform that facilitates the collaboration between content and service providers together to create turnkey, value-added services. UDN’s first application will be media delivery with future plans for AR/VR, IoT and other edge compute applications. Learn more at http://www.ericssonudn.com
GoldLaSalle Solutions helps customers streamline technology operations through our Engineering Services and industry-leading IT management platform, LAMP. LAMP brings all your information together in one place to improve visibility, integration, data accuracy, and more, delivering a complete technology lifecycle solution and increased ROI. Learn more at http://lasallesolutions.com
GoldRadware is a global leader of application delivery and cyber security solutions for virtual, cloud and software defined data centers. Its award-winning solutions deliver service level assurance for business-critical applications, while maximizing IT efficiency. Radware’s solutions empower more than 10,000 enterprise and carrier customers to adapt to market challenges quickly. Visit us at http://www.radware.com to learn more.
SilverEstablished in the early 1990s, AMS-IX is a neutral, non-profit and independent Internet Exchange based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Internet traffic at AMS-IX has a peak of over 5 Terabits per second (Tbps) and it interconnects more than 800 IP networks, making it one of the largest Internet Exchanges in the world. The AMS-IX platform provides high-quality IP interconnection and peering services. Peering allows these networks to offer their end-users stable, fast and cost-efficient Internet services. Visit us at http://chi.ams-ix.net to learn more.
SilverA global leader in all Internet-related businesses, NTT Communications was named Best North American Wholesale Carrier at the Global Carrier Awards 2016 for the third year in a row. Our Tier-1 Global IP Network provides the best possible environment for content, data and video transport through a single AS (2914). Visit us at http://www.us.ntt.net to learn more.
ChampionChina Telecom Americas the largest international subsidiary of China Telecom Corporation Limited, builds and operates the most technologically advanced suite of transpacific communications services from network architecture, cloud and data center services to equipment management, security, content delivery, mobility solutions and more. Discover more at www.ctamericas.com