UniForum sponsors, both vendor and end user companies alike, form the
corporate backbone of the Association and allow us to continue our work
as the leading proponent of open systems. Sponsoring companies receive
many benefits, including UniForum memberships for a number of their
employees. Information on how companies can participate in the UniForum
corporate sponsorship program is available by contacting Dick Shippee at
(408) 986-8840, ext. 17, or
Elan Computer Group of Mountain View, CA, develops and markets software
management and distribution tools. Their premier product is Elan License
Manager, a license management toolkit that allows an independent
software vendor (ISV) to control user access to the ISV's products.
Janett Peace, marketing communications manager at Elan, is looking
forward to the company's new activities at UniForum. "Being a corporate
sponsor is ideal for a company like us. It gives us high visibility in
the industry and allows us to participate more in the planning, track
sessions, trade show and other UniForum activities."
FMI is headquartered in San Jose, CA, and operates as a subsidiary of
Fujitsu Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan's largest computer manufacturer. FMI
develops, manufacturers and markets a range of semiconductors and
electronic components, including application specific standard products
(ASSPs), application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), memory
products, connectors, keyboards and thermal printers. FMI's wholly owned
subsidiary, Fujitsu Compound Semiconductor, Inc., develops and
manufactures microwave and fiber-optic products.
Sylvia Peterson is marketing analyst for processor products at FMI. She
says that Fujitsu has been involved in open systems--both design and
fabrication--for about 10 years. "We are also currently designing a new
product for the open environment, so we're very interested in supporting
this area of computer technology through UniForum."
TriTeal of Carlsbad, CA, develops, markets and supports open-systems
desktop software, systems software and integrated applications. The
company's best-known product is the TriTeal Enterprise Desktop (TED), a
common user environment that supports multiple hardware and operating
system architectures, including legacy systems, the Internet and
client/server environments.
"We're delighted to join the UniForum Association," says Josina Arfman,
director of open systems and standards at TriTeal. "We have long
recognized the importance of open systems environments, not only in
terms of Unix but also in terms of interoperability for a range of
technologies. We look forward to helping UniForum promote open systems
in the future."