Boston.com is one of the most visited regional portals in the U.S and is wholly owned by The New York Times Company, a leading media company with 2009 revenues of $2.4 billion, which includes The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, 15 other daily newspapers and more than 50 Web sites, including NYTimes.com, Boston.com and About.com. The Company’s core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment.

Bridgeline Digital is a developer of award-winning web engagement management software and interactive business technology solutions that help customers leverage best in class web-based technologies to achieve their business objectives. The iAPPS Product Suite is an innovative SaaS solution that deeply unifies web Content Management, eCommerce, eMarketing, and web Analytics capabilities into the heart of websites, online stores, intranets, extranets or portals - enabling users to swiftly enhance and optimize the value of their web assets. iAPPS Content Manager is the recent winner of the 2010 CODiE Award for the Best Content Management Solution, globally. http://www.bridgelinedigital.com/

Eloqua provides powerful business insight to inform marketing and sales decisions today that drive revenue growth tomorrow. The company’s mission is to make its customers the fastest growing companies on earth. Thousands of users, including Adobe, ADP, Fidelity and Polycom rely on the power of Eloqua to execute, automate and measure programs that accelerate revenue growth. The company is headquartered in Vienna, Virginia, with offices in Toronto, London and throughout North America. For more information, visit www.eloqua.com or email demand@eloqua.com.

The Microsoft New England Research & Development Center is a research and software innovation campus located in the heart of Cambridge, Massachusetts. This campus is home to Microsoft Research New England, Application Virtualization (App-V), Future Social Experiences (FUSE) Labs, SharePoint Workspace, Microsoft Technical Computing, and other product teams from across Microsoft. Visit us at www.MicrosoftCambridge.com, follow us on Twitter or attend one of our upcoming events.

Mullen is a 21st Century advertising agency, applying an interdisciplinary approach to orchestrating its full spectrum of services from traditional advertising to digital, social, mobile and analytics. A five-time Agency-of-the-Year winner, Mullen excels in creating and building culturally-relevant, experiential brands such as Zappos, JetBlue, Panera Bread, Olympus, Timberland, Stop & Shop and LendingTree among others. Founded on a strong and differentiating cultural principle of collective entrepreneurialism, Mullen has grown from a small creative boutique into one of the top-25 agencies in the US, with over 550 employees and $900 Million billings. Its vision is to the most innovative and creative marketing agency.

Unica Corporation is the recognized leader in marketing software solutions. The company's advanced set of enterprise marketing management and on-demand marketing solutions empower organizations and individuals to turn their passion for marketing into valuable customer relationships and more profitable, timely, and measurable business outcomes. Unica’s solutions integrate and streamline all aspects of online and offline marketing. The unique interactive marketing approach Unica provides incorporates customer and web analytics, centralized decisioning, cross-channel execution, and integrated marketing operations. More than 1,500 organizations worldwide depend on Unica for their marketing management solutions.

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Boston Media Makers get together at Doyle’s in Jamaica Plain on the first Sunday of each month from 10 AM to Noon. We gather around a big table and answer the question, "What are you doing?" If you are interested in meeting people who are working with audio and video on the web, you don’t want to miss participating in this group. bostonmediamakers.wordpress.com

We are strategists who help provoke, connect, and market to achieve results. The organizations we work with understand that the world is changing—rapidly and constantly. Our job is to provoke new thinking, identify new opportunities, convert ideas into action plans, forge alliances and partnerships, and leverage online and offline channels and tools to introduce ideas into the marketplace. Our varied portfolio includes Fortune 100 brands, global nonprofit and advocacy organizations, governmental agencies, media companies, marketers, and funded startups. causeshift.com

Flybridge Capital Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm whose mission is to assist talented entrepreneurs in growing innovative, global companies. With $560 million under management, the firm is focused on investing in consumer, energy, healthcare and information technology markets. flybridge.com

Highland Capital Partners is a global venture capital firm focused on one goal: to help great people build great companies. With more than $3 billion of committed capital, Highland takes a sector focused and stage diversified approach to investing in exceptional companies in the communications, consumer, digital media, healthcare and information technology markets. hcp.com

Holland-Mark is an independent marketing services firm that helps businesses connect with, respond to, and benefit from the truth about their customers, products, and brand relationships. holland-mark.com

HubSpot, Inc. provides Internet marketing software that helps businesses get found online, generate more inbound leads and convert a higher percentage of those leads into paying customers. HubSpot's software platform includes tools that allow professional marketers and business owners to manage SEO, blogging and social media, landing pages, lead intelligence and marketing analytics. hubspot.com

The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc. (JEGI) of New York, NY is a premier independent investment bank for media, information, marketing services and related technologies. Since 1987, JEGI has completed nearly 500 high-profile M&A transactions for global and emerging companies; entrepreneurial owners; and private equity and venture capital funds. jegi.com

MediaPost Communications is an integrated publishing and content company whose mission is to provide a complete array of resources for media, marketing and advertising professionals. MediaPost is the holding company for the following entities: MediaPost.com, the OMMA conferences (25+ events per year), Publications.MediaPost.com, OMMA & MEDIA Magazines, and suite of 50+ industry-focused eNewsletters & blogs. mediapost.com/publications/

MassChallenge is running a global startup competition and accelerator designed to help great ideas transform into great companies. Anyone can enter, with any idea from anywhere in the world. Entrants win access to $1M in cash awards, top mentorship and free office space. masschallenge.org

The Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange (MITX) is the region’s premier professional organization for the Internet business and marketing industry. Reaching more than 7,500 professionals in New England, MITX is the community for thought leadership, building business relationships and professional training and development. mitx.org

Mobile Monday is a global community of mobile industry visionaries, developers and influential individuals fostering cooperation and industry development. Mobile Monday Boston started in March 2005.

New Marketing Labs is a new media company based just outside of Boston, MA. We work primarily with Fortune 100-500 companies, both consumer and business facing, to design and implement digital marketing strategies to connect them to prospects, clients, partners and potential customers, and to humanize and build their brand. newmarketinglabs.com

Published at MIT since 1899, Technology Review is the authority on the future of technology. The daily website, bi-monthly magazine and signature events promote the understanding of emerging technologies and their impact on leaders. technologyreview.com

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Founded in July 2005, Mashable is the world’s largest blog focused exclusively on Web 2.0 and Social Media news. With more than 25 million monthly pageviews, Mashable is the most prolific blog reviewing new Web sites and services, publishing breaking news on what’s new on the web and offering social media resources and guides. mashable.com

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Blue Sky Factory is an industry leading email service provider. Through web-based email marketing application, creative and strategic services, and commitment to exceptional customer service, Blue Sky Factory helps companies grow their business with leading-edge email marketing techniques. blueskyfactory.com

Command Identity and Brand Design is a multi-talented art direction and graphic design firm, possessing the technical, business and creative abilities for meeting the diverse challenges of rapidly changing consumer product markets. Our versatility includes strategic and tactical skills in product conceptualization, development and production planning, as well as naming, branding, packaging, advertising, sales support, retail displays and promotional campaigns.

JitterJam is social marketing software helping businesses capture relevant conversations on the real-time web and turn them into lasting and trusted customer relationships. It’s a web application combining social media, email and mobile marketing with an intelligent contact database.

MCubator is a strategic consulting firm that helps non-profits, social entrepreneurs, sustainable businesses and start-ups with brand strategy, social media marketing, interaction design and business plans.

Founded in 2001, Oasis is a leading interactive agency that provides sophisticated digital strategy and creative design that blends the latest technologies to power cutting edge experiences for its clients and their customers. Headquartered in Boston with offices in New York and San Francisco, Oasis has created relevant, brand-enhancing interactive experiences for industry-leading brands and global organizations. Oasis has received multiple technology awards including recognition from the Horizon Interactive Awards, the Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange (MITX) Awards and Hatch Awards. Additionally, Oasis has been recognized by Boston Business Journal as one of Boston’s "Best Places to Work." agencyoasis.com

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