Telcordia, a global leader in the development of fixed, mobile and broadband communications software and services, enables Communications Service Providers (CSPs), enterprises, suppliers and government entities to successfully deploy innovative and advanced services in the new era of services-dominated communications.  With its innovation, experience, and reach, Telcordia has the elements to deliver the communications software and services that help our clients realize operational efficiencies, drive revenue, and maintain a competitive edge.  A key component of Telcordia’s industry leadership is its globally recognized Applied Research organization.  Leveraging its Bell Labs heritage, the Applied Research group has been issued over 1800 patents and is renowned for research and development that consistently leads to technology and business transformation.  Examples of its transformational leadership include invention or innovation in ADSL, AIN, ATM, ISDN, Frame Relay, PCS, SMDS, SONET, Video on Demand, and Voice-over-IP.  Telcordia is headquartered in Piscataway, N.J, with offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Central and Latin America. (www.telcordia.com)

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their offerings are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications services, the nation’s fastest 3G network and the best wireless coverage worldwide, and the nation's leading high speed Internet access and voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory publishing and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators in such fields as communications equipment. As part of their three-screen integration strategy, AT&T operating companies are expanding their TV entertainment offerings. In 2009, AT&T again ranked No. 1 in the telecommunications industry on FORTUNE^® magazine’s list of the World’s Most Admired Companies. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com.

HP Labs (HPL) is the exploratory and advanced research organization for Hewlett-Packard. We conduct high-impact research in technical areas that address the most important challenges and opportunities our customers and society face. We create business value for HP through technology transfer. By working closely with our partners in HP's business units-Technology Solutions, Printing and Imaging, and Personal Systems-we commercialize innovations that result from our research.

We recognize that HPL is part of a larger innovation ecosystem and that, if we want our work to have significant scientific and business impact, we must lead, listen to and collaborate with participants in this community. To this end, we pursue an "Open Innovation" research approach, in which we leverage relationships with universities, government entities, customers and partners to accelerate our research results.

HP Labs operates in locations around the world: Palo Alto, USA; Bangalore, India; Beijing, China; Bristol, UK; Haifa, Israel; St. Petersburg, Russia; and Tokyo, Japan. Our research is conducted in 23 labs and is focused on eight broad themes: Analytics, Cloud, Content transformation, Digital commercial print, Immersive interaction, Information management, Intelligent infrastructure and Sustainability. http://www.hpl.hp.com/ 

The major operations of the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) include a Global Technology Services (GTS) segment, a Global Business Services (GBS) segment, a Systems and Technology segment, a Software segment and a Global Financing segment. IBM's business model is built to support two principal goals: helping IBM's clients succeed in delivering business value by becoming more efficient and competitive through the use of business insight and information technology solutions; and providing long-term value to IBM's shareholders. With over 3500 employees at 8 locations across the globe, IBM Research is the largest industrial research organization in the world. In 2007, IBM earned 3,125 US patents, claiming 15 years of patent leadership. In addition, IBM and several partners have committed dozens of innovative, environmentally responsible patents to the public domain. For more information, visit http://www.ibm.com

Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful, and we are now widely recognized as the world’s largest search engine – an easy-to-use free service that usually returns relevant results in a fraction of a second.  We also provide ways to access all this information without making a special trip to the Google homepage. The Google Toolbar enables you to conduct a Google search from anywhere on the web. And when you’re away from your PC altogether, Google can be used from a number of wireless platforms including WAP and i-mode phones.  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 generates revenue by allowing advertisers to deliver measurable, cost-effective online advertising that is relevant to the information displayed on any given page. We believe you should know when someone has paid for ads, so we always distinguish ads from the other content on a page. We don’t sell placement in the search results, or allow people to pay for a higher ranking. www.google.com/about

EMANICS is a Network of Excellence supported by the European Commission Information Society Technologies 6th Framework Program. The network brings together 13 of the best research teams across Europe in the discipline of network and service management. EMANICS addresses the scalability, dynamics, security and automation challenges that emerge towards the management plane of the future Internet and complex services running on top of it.

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