The partners that make it possible
We thank the following sponsors of the Imagine Cup for their generosity and dedication
to helping the world’s brightest technology students achieve their potential.
Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software,
services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.
For more information, visit
http://www.microsoft.com/.
BT
BT is one of the world’s leading providers of communications solutions and services
operating in 170 countries. Its principal activities include networked IT services;
local, national and international telecommunications services; higher-value broadband
and internet products and services and converged fixed/mobile products and services.
BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services, Openreach,
BT Retail and BT Wholesale.
In the year ended 31 March 2007, BT Group plc’s revenue was £20,223 million with
profit before taxation of £2,484 million.
British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group and
encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is
listed on stock exchanges in London and New York.
For more information, visit
www.bt.com/aboutbt.
Microsoft XNA Team
XNA Game Studio 2.0 enables hobbyists, academics, and independent game developers
to easily create videogames for Windows and Xbox 360™ using optimized cross-platform
gaming libraries based on .NET. Combined with an active membership in the XNA Creators
Club (available from Xbox LIVE® Marketplace), you can also create, debug, and play
games on your Xbox 360 console.
Microsoft Interoperability Team
Interoperability enables innovation and opportunity. Job market success comes easily
to those who can recognize the opportunity for a mixed-technology solution and effectively
leverage the interoperability of Microsoft products. Bright minds are constantly
developing solutions that enable new interoperability scenarios, such as playing
MP3, AAC, and WMA music together, or mashing up new cross-platform applications
and services on the Internet. For more information, visit http://www.microsoft.com/interop/.
Microsoft Windows Live Services
The Windows Live platform of Web services provides a platform that lets your customer
share information and content to create vibrant online communities and social networking
spaces. This will enable partners to extend their existing applications using global,
industry-leading Web services or build new Web applications that leverage Microsoft
core infrastructure and Web services platform. The central focus of this powerful
new platform is built around four simple ideas: Build community-driven applications;
enable users to store and access information from anywhere, on any device; communicate
and build connection; and maintain trust. For more information and to download SDKs,
visit
dev.live.com.
Microsoft Accessible Technology Team
Accessibility makes it easier for anyone to see, hear, and use a computer, and to
customize their computing environment according to their own preferences, needs,
and abilities. For many people, accessibility is what makes computer use possible.
At Microsoft, our mission is to enable people and businesses throughout the world
to realize their full potential. We consider our mission statement a promise to
our customers. We deliver on that promise by striving to create technology that
is accessible to everyone—including people who experience the world in different
ways because of impairments and disabilities.
For more information, visit
www.microsoft.com/enable/microsoft/mission.aspx.
Microsoft Unlimited Potential
For more than 5 billion people, the opportunity to learn, connect, create, and succeed
remains elusive. Several barriers stand in the way of effectively reaching these
underserved communities, including environmental or infrastructural obstacles, localization
issues, the need for personalized solutions, and the prohibitive cost of technology.
To better serve these people, Microsoft Unlimited Potential combines advanced technologies
and strong partnerships with governments, international organizations, nongovernmental
organizations (NGOs), educational institutions, and technology and service partners.
Ultimately our mission is to enable sustained social and economic opportunity for
those at the middle and bottom of the world's economic pyramid-the next 5 billion
people.
In the short term, Unlimited Potential aims to reach the next 1 billion people by
2015 by exploring solutions in three key interrelated areas. Each is crucial to
developing sustained economic opportunity:
-Transforming education
-Fostering local innovation
-Enabling jobs and opportunities
In these three areas, Microsoft Unlimited Potential can create the greatest possible
impact in building a virtuous cycle of sustained social and economic development.
This cycle drives communities; helps build connections to form new communities;
is fueled by local and global partnerships; and, most importantly, ultimately becomes
locally sustainable. Sustainability is a key indicator of effective programs and
activities, and is our long-term measure of success. To learn more, visit the Microsoft Unlimited
Potential Web site.
Microsoft Learning
Microsoft Learning builds innovative training products that enable you
to make the most of your investment in Microsoft products and technologies. Microsoft
Learning offers a diverse range of programs that includes Microsoft training and
certification, Microsoft Press books, instructor-led training, skills assessments,
and e-learning solutions. From utilizing cutting edge technology to advancing world-class
training, Microsoft Learning provides the tools to help you stand out in whatever
field you choose.
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