The Accent Reduction Institute (ARI) is the industry leader in American Accent Training, providing non-native English speakers with proven techniques to quickly master English pronunciation. ARI provides the tools to help people maintain their unique cultural identity while: Eliminating language barriers and miscommunications Increasing sales and profitability Communicating expertise to customers Building strong teams Increasing efficiencies Raising self-confidence

Advanced in partnership with Cbeyond are providing voice and broadband Internet built exclusively to serve small businesses. We work exclusively with this growing entrepreneurial class of customers and it shows in everything we do - from our customized packages to our unique customer support. Our local, long distance and Internet packages, anytime account management and industry-first VoIP platform give small businesses the communication tools that big businesses enjoy - at an affordable price.

We are a "Value Added Reseller" for industry leading data storage and virtualization manufactures. We provide each client with consultation, implementation service, and end user training. The Avalon Team is highly dedicated to providing storage and virtualization solutions that are easy to use, feature rich, and affordable. Together with our partners we deliver on that promise! Avalon Technologies has made the financial investment necessary to allow each client the ability to evaluate the technology through Live Solution Demonstrations (seminar registration). Our investment allows you the chance to make your own determinations on the solution before you make a commitment to implement. Also having these resources on-demand allows the Avalon Technical Team to research and develop best practices and better serve our clients.

Borderless Communications empowers businesses through On-Demand Unified Communications for supporting Voice, Video and Data services. Our Unified Communications transforms the way businesses communicate and extends their reach beyond what traditional voice and data network providers can offer. Borderless advanced features include the ability to manage voice calls through Microsoft Outlook and Popular Mobile technologies for supporting find-me follow-me, remote office, visual and audio voicemails that integrate with most email platforms.

Comcast Corporation is the nation's leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services, with 23.9 million cable customers, 15.3 million high-speed Internet customers and 7.0 million Comcast Digital Voice customers. Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of cable networks and in the delivery of programming content.

CrossTech Partners is a full service Digital Marketing Solutions Agency. We help clients drive marketing innovation with a focus on Second Circle Technologies™. Our services include digital campaign management, advanced web platforms, relationship and social media marketing, mobile delivery, and event technology solutions.

Deerfield Communications offers IT Professionals a suite of solutions to capitalize on customer interactions. Products include: VisNetic MailFlow - an email management system that ensures an organizations' high level of email customer service and 3CX - a VoIP phone system for Windows that drastically reduces call and phone system management costs.

FierceCIO is the leading source of executive IT management news and information.

FierceCIO:TechWatch is a twice weekly IT news update, with news covering IT security, hardware and storage news, networking, IT storage, and more.

FierceMobileIT provides tools, tips and case studies on how to deploy the latest wireless technologies in the enterprise.

FIRE AND ICE, a special product division of Reliable Construction Heaters which is based in Cleveland, Ohio. Our other locations include Columbus and Cincinnati Ohio; Indianapolis and Gary Indiana; Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania; Buffalo and Rochester, New York; Boston Massachusetts; and Louisville, Kentucky. We distribute Movin Cool portable air conditioners and other spot cooling devices, including water-cooled units. These portable air conditioning products are the quick and affordable solution to any heat-related problem. Portable/Temporary air conditioners are the products which focus directly on the people, processes and equipment that need to be cooled. Portable/Temporary air conditioning systems are far more efficient and economical than central air conditioning in most industrial and commercial applications. At Fire and Ice, we also focus on emergency cooling: whenever computers, telephone switchgear systems or electronic equipment is vulnerable due to an overheated environment. We provide on the premises engineering and evaluation to size each job at no additional cost. This guarantees the correct equipment goes into each application.

GreenBytes® has developed easy-to-use, energy-efficient storage appliances designed to bring the benefits of data deduplication to the broader storage market, with a price point and scalable roadmap that makes them more accessible than any competing storage appliance on the market today. GreenBytes offers storage performance three times that of competing deduplication appliances, making them ideal for solving both the primary and back-up/recovery storage needs for industries of all sizes.

Founded in 1980, Greenview Data designs and delivers precision Sortware-as-a-Service (SaaS) based solutions for antispam, email encryption and email archiving.

Groundwork0 is a proactive, managed-IT services company that helps businesses reduce IT risk by keeping their corporate data and network systems running around the clock. Our flexible services and maintenance contracts free IT staff from day-to-day tasks so they can pursue initiatives that support corporate business objectives.

The Local Engagement Team is a resource to help you successfully drive marketing and sales efforts such as: newsletters, web site content, business expos, seminars, radio programs, social marketing, etc. and is one of the strongest resources for partners that are looking to connect with complementary businesses and organizations in their area.Comprised of ten locally-based Business Development Managers, the Local Engagement Team aims to bring together Microsoft's Small Business IT Specialists, Microsoft registered partners, non-profit influencers and value-added providers to better meet the needs of local small and mid-sized businesses.By combining Microsoft's vast network of resources with the partners' messages, products & services, the Local Engagement Team provides an opportunity to grow small and mid-sized businesses substantially.

New Marketing Labs is dedicated to solving your online marketing and social media challenges. We approach this in two ways. On one side, we are an events and education organization, producing learning and networking opportunities like the Inbound Marketing Summit and New Marketing Bootcamp events, not to mention our webinars and online learning opportunities.

Ontario is Canada's high technology heartland - home to 6,000 software, hardware, and service firms. A delegation of up six IT companies will exhibit at the Ontario-Canada booth in a visit coordinated by the Consulate General of Canada in Detroit and the Government of Ontario. For more information, please contact Mauricio Ospina, Area Director USA - ICT sector, at 416-325 6151, or mauricio.ospina@ontario.ca

"Pinnacle Business Solutions is a Voice, Data, and IP Video Surveillance solution provider headquartered in Sterling Heights, Michigan. PBS specializes in providing small and medium size businesses IT solutions which lower your total cost of ownership and maximize your return on investment. Your in good hands with PBS a Microsoft Certified Partner and Cisco SMB Select Partner. Visit us today at www.pinnaclemi.net "

Precision Printer Services is a dedicated supplier of compatible laser printer toner cartridges and printer maintenance. Our company was formed in 1991. We have multiple locations throughout Michigan, and a network of authorized distributors that supply our cartridges to business all across the US market. Our manufacturing facility in Portage MI is a state-of-the-art production center. Combined with the best employees in the industry, we are able to construct premium compatible toner cartridges that truly rival the name brand products. We employ service technicians that are authorized by Hewlett Packard and Brother. We currently produce cartridges for HP, Lexmark, Brother, Canon, Sharp, and Dell laser printers and fax machines. We look forward to having the opportunity to serve your laser printer service and supply needs!

Tener Technologies, LLC (Tenertech) is an IT services and solutions provider in Ferndale, Mich., dedicated to maximizing technical efficiency for small to mid-size businesses throughout the Midwest. A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Tenertech provides network consulting, design and implementation, on-call technical support, Web site and multiple-platform server hosting, and software customization. Tenertech offers expertise in Windows Vista, Windows 2003, Windows XP, Linux, Novell and Apple Macintosh operating systems, and is an authorized reseller for Hewlett-Packard and Cisco Systems.

Founded in 1999, VR6systems provides streamlined data storage and backup solutions across industries. Our partners have over 25 years experience designing and managing information technology, including servers, storage, network infrastructure, client/server systems, and security. We are committed to promoting only the highest quality hardware and software solutions. We are a customer-oriented company known for our commitment to customer satisfaction.

The mission of Walsh College is to provide a quality, practical education in business and related technology that enables students to become successful professionals and leaders.

AeA, ITAA, GEIA and CSIA have merged to form TechAmerica, the largest and strongest voice and resource for technology in the United States. Together, we are the industry's leading trade association, giving the tech sector a strong voice and offering companies a broad array of exceptional programs and services.