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Founded in 1997, Blackboard is one of the leading providers of education-enterprise software applications and services. Consisting of five software applications bundled in two suites, the Blackboard Academic Suite and the Blackboard Commerce Suite, these products are licensed on a renewable basis. Blackboard s clients include primary and secondary schools, higher education, corporation and government markets, as well as textbook publishers and student-focused merchants. The company s online learning application, the Blackboard Learning System, is one of the most widely used course management systems among many postsecondary institutions in the United States. Blackboard is based in Washington, D.C., and has offices in Phoenix, the Netherlands, Japan and China.

Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the worldwide leader in providing software, services and solutions. Based in Reston, Va., the firm offers a number of products such as Bing, Internet explorer 9, Microsoft advertising, office products, windows products, Microsoft security essentials and windows live, to name a few. Additionally, its other products include Windows 7, Windows Phone, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Azure, Windows Server and Windows Downloads, among others. Microsoft offers a variety of multimedia applications, devices and services.

Information Systems & Networks is a business consulting and staffing company. It offers an initial assessment, the exploration and definition of e-business opportunities and development of a comprehensive implementation roadmap that charts a client company s initiatives. ISN s personnel comprise certified document imaging architects, LibertyNET-certified engineers, Microsoft-certified system engineers and developers, Oracle-certified database developers, certified program managers and certified information security professional. The company consults the United States Army, Defense Intelligence Agency and a client list that includes more than 135 federal agencies, 40 commercial companies and 22 international locations. ISN s technical staffing services group provides placement for contract, contract-to-hire and full-time, long-term business solutions. Information Systems & Networks was founded in 1980 and has headquarters in Bethesda, Md.