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FORTUNE is the world’s premier business magazine. FORTUNE delivers the most sought-after eyeballs in business: more than five million senior global decision-makers and influencers. With its own unique brand of storytelling, FORTUNE delivers in-depth, cutting-edge editorial coverage and exclusive insider access to some of the sharpest minds in the world.

At Microsoft, we're motivated and inspired every day by how our customers use our software to find creative solutions to business problems, develop breakthrough ideas, and stay connected to what's most important to them. We run our business in much the same way, and believe our seven core business units offer the greatest potential to serve our customers in the coming decade. They include: Windows Client, Information Worker, Business Solutions, Server Platforms, Windows CE & Mobility, MSN, and Home & Entertainment. We are committed long term to the mission of helping our customers realize their full potential. Just as we constantly update and improve our products, we want to continually evolve our company to be in the best position to accelerate new technologies as they emerge and to betterserve our customers.

For more than 25 years, Oracle has worked on ways to help our customers manage critical information. We built the only Unbreakable database, with 15 international security evaluations. We developed the first complete suite of business applications - for the internet. We created the fastest, most reliable, and least expensive application server. Why? So that our customers have reliable, secure, and complete business systems that give them better quality information at a lower cost.

PricewaterhouseCoopers (www.pwc.com) is the world's largest professional services organisation. Drawing on the knowledge and skills of more than 125,000 people in 142 countries, we build relationships by providing services based on quality and integrity.

Tornado Insider is the only true pan-European technology media company serving the pan-European technology industry, providing entrepreneurs, investors, service providers and other participants with the information they need to succeed in Europe's high-growth high-tech economy. By connecting all the relevant players across industry and geographic boundaries through a rich mixture of news, analysis, research and conferences, Tornado Insider plays a vital role in helping Europe's entrepreneurs and investors build great companies.

Vision Capital is a Trans-Atlantic fund providing growth capital for leading technology companies. Vision invests in promising European and US technology companies and then takes an active, hands-on approach in expanding these businesses across the Atlantic. Vision Capital specializes in investments focusing on communication, software and Internet/e-commerce companies that are proven winners and have global potential. Their portfolio consists of venture backed European technology companies with a strong foundation in Europe who wish to enter U.S. market and U.S. companies who seek an added-value investor who can assist in global expansion.

The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation was created in November 2001 in extension of the former Ministry of Information Technology and Research to comprise the universities (research and education), industrial research and Denmark's policy on technology and innovation.

The object of the Ministry is to promote the interaction of trade and industry, centres of research and education and to strengthen coordination in pursuance of industry and research policy.

A number of institutions and commissions are associated with the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, including the universities, Danish Research Agency, Risø National Laboratory, the National Telecom Agency, the Danish State Information Service, the Secretariat of the Danish Rectors' Conference, the authorised technological service institutes (GTS institutes), Sensor Technology Centre A/S, Center for Applied Computer Science, Advanced Technology Group (the Industry Association for the GTS institutes) and the Innovation Group

The Danish Investment Fund is a state owned financial company. Operating independently in the capital market, we facilitate the supply of venture capital in terms of start-up equity and high-risk loans. Our financing is provided on commercial terms. Furthermore, we invest in private venture funds specialising in specific industry sectors. Our investment strategy extends across a wide range of industries. We invest in companies whose business ventures are innovative with high growth potential. Our vision is to create the best market for innovation finance in Europe.

The Copenhagen Stock Exchange is an international marketplace for transactions in Danish securities. The listed securities cover a wide range of financial instruments. Shares, bonds and money market instruments such as Treasury bills and notes and FUTOP futures and options are traded at the Exchange.

Cohn & Wolfe is Driven by IdeasTM: At Cohn & Wolfe, we don't just work for our clients, we partner with them for success. Our breakthrough ideas, strategic insight and flawless execution ensure achievement of business results through communications solutions. Cohn & Wolfe brings a tradition of innovative thinking and a passion for getting results to every client engagement. With the courage to do things differently and an aggressive, entrepreneurial spirit, our people drive our clients' success.

Often quoted by major news organizations, Computerworld is a vital and respected source of news, business and technology information for IT executives and professionals who are at the forefront of the move to e-business and adoption of new technologies. Computerworld reaches these IT leaders at medium to large corporations daily – through our computerworld.com web site – and weekly through our award-winning newspaper. Our coverage emphasizes and advocates for the user perspective, providing balanced, objective reporting on a wide range of technologies, business trends, career topics and management issues.

For more than seven generations, the same family of Cellar Masters has watched over Hennessy's stocks. The Cellar Master works to control the quality, the ageing and finally the blending of the thousands of eaux de vie collected over the generations. Hennessy is the only cognac house that is also a wine grower, a distillery, a brandy producer and the owner of an oak forest. It is this involvement in every step of the cognac-making process that gives real value to Hennessy's Quality Charter.

The Society of Danish Engineers, IDA, is an organisation that administers the interests of all engineers in Denmark and, as well as the interests of persons who co-operate to fulfill tasks of a technical or technological character.

IDA is the professional organization for all Danish engineers, encompassing around 60.000 members. IDA serves the interests of the engineering profession in all significant respects, both with regard to the profession's general interests and to the interests of individual members. In this way, IDA exerts significant influence on Danish technological, industrial and labour market policies.

Klarisma a/s is a private holding company founded by Kasper Larsen, one of the co-founders of Jubii, the largest Danish Web Search Engine. klarisma has specialized in data mining, statistics and optimizing the development of advanced Web user interfaces, with strong ties to backend systems such as Microsoft Navision Financials. klarisma consists of the following business units: 1) klarisma bds - Business Development Services is the consultancy and development part of klarisma. The unit makes technology and market reviews for Investors and Venture Companies, develops custom software solutions for CRM, Data Mining, forecasting and Information Presentation Systems, and are used to working with very large projects. 2) klarisma av - Supplies high end Audio Visual solutions for B2B and B2C clients. Our speciality is flat screen technology, from Plasma-, LCD-display systems and all interconnecting devices from DVD, Video scaler systems and installation. 3) klarvision - Distributes AV products to a network of 261 AV shops and dealers in Denmark. Primary products are Medion and other high quality low cost products.

Northzone Ventures is an early stage venture capital company investing primarily in the Nordic market. Our goal is to give entrepreneurs a firm grounding in how to build up sustainable companies based on great ideas and unique technologies, with the promise to invent new business categories or radically alter existing ones.

Sellys focuses on solutions and its services include interactive web design, e-services and IT consulting.

Technology Innovation invests capital in innovative business ideas in the seed phase, add value to the projects and lead them to an attractive exit. Technology Innovation invests in technology-based ideas with great commercial potential, for instance energy technology, environment, micro- and nanotechnology, hardware, software and wireless. Technology Innovation add value to our portfolio companies by offering coaching and consulting and by giving access to networks of advisers, technical experts, advisory groups, industry, and capital.