Contributors

	Contributor	Desc
		For over a decade, Dundas Software has been a leading firm in the development of advanced Charting, Diagramming and Data Visualization solutions for Microsoft Technologies. Our thoughts in the design and development of Dundas products are to help developers save time and money with elegant, well thought out, productivity enhancing components. This is reflected in our numerous awards and rapid adoption of Dundas Technologies by Fortune 500 companies across the globe.
		Component Developer Magazine (CoDe) is on an aggressive growth path to become the number one Microsoft technology information resource, as reflected in our slogan, "Microsoft Technologies In-Depth for IT Managers and Developers." Each bi-monthly issue of CoDe Magazine contains detailed explanations of Visual Studio .NET and the .NET Framework, as well as other new Microsoft technologies and developer tools. Written by real-life developers who actually use the tools they write about, CoDe is a "must-have" reference for serious .NET and database developers.
		Apress is a publishing company devoted to meeting the needs of programmers and IT professionals. Apress' unique approach to computer book publishing grew out of conversations between Dan Appleman and Gary Cornell, Apress' founders, who believe that too many programming books are of such low quality that they are a complete waste of time. Computer professionals need quality books that are not just rehashes of documentation.
		ASPNetPro is devoted to professional developers who use Microsoft’s ASP.NET (Active Server Pages.NET) technology to build Web-enabled applications and business solutions. It targets the professional ASP.NET developer, not the hobbyist.
		Our goal is to build the best developer tools available to help developers around the world to get their jobs done faster and to help them avoid repetitive work. We believe in being open and available to our customers, and listening to what they have to say. Our highest priority is the success of our customers, followed by continued innovation with our products.
		At JetBrains, we have a passion for making people more productive through smart software solutions that help them focus more on what they really want to accomplish, and less on mundane, repetitive "computer busy work".
		Red Gate Software Limited counts Microsoft, HP, Sage, Bank of America, AT&T, The US Treasury and over 95,000 other leading organizations as customers of our simple software tools. There are over 200,000 Microsoft technology professionals currently using Red Gate products.
		Telerik is a leading vendor of ASP.NET UI components, content management solutions and add-ons for MCMS 2002 and SharePoint. Building on our expertise in interface development and the potential of AJAX we can help you take the richness and responsiveness of desktop applications to the web.
		Addison-Wesley Professional is a leading publisher of high-quality and timely information for programmers, developers, engineers, and system administrators. Our mission is to provide educational materials about new technologies and new approaches to current technologies written by the leading authorities. We are a division of Pearson Technology Group and our readers and authors benefit from our global resources.
		ASPSOFT is a Microsoft Certified Partner and its president, Jonathan Goodyear, is a Microsoft Regional Director. ASPSOFT employs published and industry recognized .NET experts, including Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) and other published and industry recognized .NET experts. Some of the publications that ASPSOFT regularly contribute to are MSDN Magazine and asp.netPRO Magazine. ASPSOFT consultants also frequently speak at conferences such as VSLive, Microsoft Launch Events, code camps and user groups throughout the country and internationally.
		Genome is an object-relational mapping (O/R mapping) tool that automatically provides persistence for .NET classes in relational databases. It generates the data access layer from the class model and schema mapping to the relational model provided by the developer. This introduces object-oriented concepts and true refactoring down to the data access logic tier. Depending on the type of application, efforts for development can be reduced by 20-80% while increasing maintainability and flexibility of the code.
		Mike Murach and Associates: If you haven’t heard of us before, you may be surprised to learn that we’ve been publishing books for professional programmers since 1974. In fact, our books on IBM mainframe subjects like COBOL, CICS, DB2, and JCL have been the best sellers in that field since the mid-1980s. And today, another generation of programmers is discovering our books on subjects like Java, JSP, Visual Basic, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, and SQL.
		Publisher of the iconic "animal books" for software developers, creator of the first commercial website (GNN), organizer of the summit meeting that gave the open source software movement its name, and prime instigator of the DIY revolution through its Make magazine, O'Reilly continues to concoct new ways to connect people with the information they need. O'Reilly conferences and summits bring alpha geeks and forward-thinking business leaders together to shape the revolutionary ideas that spark new industries. Long the information source of choice for technologists, the company now also delivers the knowledge of expert early adopters to everyday computer users. Whether it's delivered in print, online, or in person, everything O'Reilly produces reflects the company's unshakeable belief in the power of information to spur innovation.
		SourceGear was originally founded in January 1997. In 2002, SourceGear was named #156 on the Inc 500, Inc Magazine's list of the fastest growing private companies in America. SourceGear is located in Champaign, Illinois, near the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. SourceGear is privately held. The principals are Corey Steffen, Dan Schreiber, and Eric Sink, all of whom are actively involved in the operation of the company. Eric Sink's weblog contains his writings on software development and business, as well as the occasional tidbit of news about SourceGear and its products. SourceGear works cooperatively with a number of other software product vendors.