RubyNation / June 11 - 13, 2009 / Reston, VA

Engine Yard focuses on Ruby on Rails application deployments and operations support, so you can focus on developing your application and business. Customers have started during development and grown to millions of users without stress along the way. Start with one slice, grow to 16 slices, then to a dedicated cluster in our data center or yours--all without changing your code. Engine Yard supports the Ruby community, by sponsoring the development of Rails, Merb, Rubinius, and other open source projects. We're here 24/7, by phone, at (866) 518-YARD or email, at info@engineyard.com.

Booz Allen Hamilton, a leading strategy and technology consulting firm, works with clients to deliver results that endure. Every day, government agencies, corporations, institutions, and infrastructure organizations rely on Booz Allen’s expertise and objectivity, and on the combined capabilities and dedication of our exceptional people to find solutions and seize opportunities.

Booz Allen Hamilton has been at the forefront of strategy and technology consulting for 95 years. Providing a broad range of services in strategy, operations, organization and change, information technology, systems engineering, and program management, Booz Allen is committed to delivering results that endure. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Booz Allen has 20,000 employees and generates annual revenue of over $4 billion.

CodeSherpas can develop the software you need for your business. They provide complete application lifecycle development from requirements through development, deployment, and maintenance. Already have a development team? Just need to get more work done? CodeSherpas can join your existing team and help them pull more weight. CodeSherpas can also provide training in Java, Ruby/Rails, and agile project management.

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FGM, Inc., is an information technology company delivering sophisticated, customized solutions that improve business efficiency across the enterprise. As a trusted partner of the Department of Defense, U.S. Government civilian and international agencies, and businesses throughout the world, FGM is an agile provider of technical solutions that enable mission-critical operations and decision-making. FGM's solutions help customers improve their business performance through information technology transformation services focusing on architecture, information management, systems integration, and integrated solutions.

Thanks to Addison-Wesley for giving us a selection of great ruby and rails books to give out.

Thanks to The Pragmatic Bookshelf for giving us a selection of great ruby and rails books for our giveaways. And a special thanks to pragmatic authors Dave Thomas and Chad Fowler for providing the NovaRUG with a fantastic RubyNation announcement meeting.

Thanks to O'Reilly for giving us a bunch of great ruby and rails books to give out.

Thanks to JetBrains for providing five RubyMine licenses for giveaways.

Thanks to Peepcode for providing T-Shirts and screencast coupons for giveaways.