Industry Partners

In December of 1998, the Lilly Endowment made a $4.9 Million dollar grant to Purdue University for the new Center. Lilly Endowment Inc is listed as one of the largest U.S. based foundations by the Chronicle of Philanthropy with assets totaling more than $15 Billion dollars. The gift, spread over 3 years, provided an infrastructure for the new center to support a robust research and outreach program. The Lilly Endowment is recognized as a patron for their generous support.

Headquartered in San Jose, California, Cisco is the worldwide leader in Internet networking. Their products include routers, dial-up access servers, ATM and LAN switches and associated network management software. These products help link “geographically diverse” networks.

Worldwide, Sun is over a $16 Billion dollar company with offices in 150 countries. Their development team - which has brought us things like NFS, Java and the first multiprocessor desktop computer - continues to turn out new, innovative products. Instant networking (Jini), Storage Area Networks, and Java 2 are a few of the ideas released in the recent past. Their alliances with other software providers and system integrators mean that in the future, Sun will continue to provide comprehensive solutions for the enterprise.

Alcatel-Lucent’s vision is to enrich people’s lives by transforming the way the world communicates. Born with an unparalleled ability to offer end-to-end communications solutions to their customers, they are focused on enhancing client relationships and enriching the lives of people through communications. Expert, driven, intuitive, innovative, Alcatel-Lucent is the first truly global communications solutions provider, with the most complete end-to-end portfolio of solutions and services in the industry.

The company that is looking to change the way we think about security. Instead of locking people out, Hewlett-Packard is looking at letting people in - the right people. Business partners, users and even e-customers are able to access appropriate information easier than ever before and solutions from HP’s security team are helping make it possible.

IBM Internet Security Systems is the trusted security advisor to thousands of the world’s leading businesses and governments, providing preemptive protection for networks, desktops and servers. An established leader in security since 1994, the IBM Proventia® integrated security platform is designed to automatically protect against both known and unknown threats, helping to keep networks up and running and shielding customers from online attacks before they impact business assets. IBM Internet Security Systems products and services are based on the proactive security intelligence of its X-Force® research and development team – the unequivocal world authority in vulnerability and threat research. The Internet Security Systems product line is also complemented by comprehensive Managed Security Services and Professional Security Services.

Lockheed Martin is a customer focused, global enterprise principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture and integration of advanced technology systems, products, and services for government and commercial customers. Lockheed Martin operates in the same context as its customers and is deeply involved in solving the problems and meeting the demands and expectations of its customers. Moreover, it leads the way in showing customers new systems-based possibilities and opportunities.

McAfee proactively secures systems and networks from known and as yet undiscovered threats worldwide. Home users, businesses, service providers, government agencies, and our partners all trust our unmatched security expertise and have confidence in our comprehensive and proven solutions to effectively block attacks and prevent disruptions.

MITRE provides systems engineering, research, IT, and information security support, working for government and industry. The company developed and operates the Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures (cve.mitre.org) public website that provides unique names for security vulnerabilities. CVE is used by more than 150 security products from 100 vendors. MITRE defined the Open Vulnerability Assessment Language (oval.mitre.org) that is being used to enable commercial and open source security products to adopt common tests for checking systems for security configuration and vulnerabilities. This XML-based language will eventually enable these products to tie together all aspects of enterprise security management. MITRE is headquartered in Bedford MA, with principal sites in McLean VA, Colorado Springs, and St Louis and 30 other domestic and overseas sites.

Northrop Grumman Corporation is a $30 billion global defense and technology company whose 120,000 employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions in information and services, electronics, aerospace and shipbuilding to government and commercial customers worldwide.

Worldwide, Sun is over a $16 Billion dollar company with offices in 150 countries. Their development team - which has brought us things like NFS, Java and the first multiprocessor desktop computer - continues to turn out new, innovative products. Instant networking (Jini), Storage Area Networks, and Java 2 are a few of the ideas released in the recent past. Their alliances with other software providers and system integrators mean that in the future, Sun will continue to provide comprehensive solutions for the enterprise.

Sypris Electronics is an industry leader with over 40 years of success as a complex electronics manufacturing and engineering development partner, holding significant expertise in the Aerospace and Defense industry. We have become the supplier of choice among numerous Aerospace, Avionics, Defense and Intelligence customers by offering complete turnkey solutions with a full range of customized design, manufacturing, testing and supply chain services. We deliver quality, customized products and services that address the unique requirements of modern electronic systems, sub-systems and complex circuit card assemblies. Sypris Electronics is your choice for Aerospace & Defense Manufacturing Services, Information Assurance Engineering Services and Secure Products.

Booz Allen Hamilton, a leading global consulting firm, has 19,000 employees serving clients on six continents. Integrating the full range of consulting capabilities, Booz Allen is the one firm that helps government and commercial clients solve their toughest problems with services in strategy, operations, organization and change, and information technology.