Partners

		The Company: OStatic seeks to engage users in the development and implementation of Open Source Software and Services. In addition to the searchable database of 150,000+ Open Source and 30,000+ Proprietary Source Applications, their website provides users with access application reviews, alternatives, Q&A, and a network of trusted peer experts. OStatic is part of the Giga Omni Media Network. The Partnership: We think that OStatic is a great resource for buyers and providers to find, evaluate, and collaborate around open-source projects. Open Source work is showcased in many of our providers' portfolios, and Open Source Software is a great option for buyers who have the right support and service infrastructure.
		The Company: PBwiki is the world's largest provider of hosted business and educational wikis. They host over 500,000 wikis, serve millions of users per month, and 96% of our business users would recommend PBwiki to a friend. The Partnership: oDesk and PBwiki have joined forces to offer PBwiki end-users access to certified providers from the oDesk network. PBwiki recommends oDesk to their users that are looking for professional services. A custom PBwiki certification test has been made available to all oDesk providers.
		The Company: CVSDude has hosted collaboration and management tools for tracking and communicating project changes since 2002. Their customers range from individual programmers to open source teams to Fortune 500 companies. They offers a full spectrum of CVS and Subversion tools from free basic service to full-blown Enterprise options with enhanced security and functionality. CVSDude now provides online development environments to more than 2000 software companies and tens of thousands of developers. The Partnership: oDesk is proud to offer our own SVN repositories to every Team Room. But we know that some of our best clients need more than just the basics. We've partnered with CVSDude to offer a special deal on services with advanced features, such as Network (DAV) Drives and enhanced permissions settings, to our power users who need them most. This way we can can focus on what we do best - running a growing online staffing marketplace - and they can earn their tagline as 'The Version Control Experts.'
		The Company: Samasource was founded in 2008 to catalyze sustainable economic development and poverty alleviation by creating a thriving, active market for socially responsible outsourcing to developing regions. They are based in Silicon Valley and are piloting their model in Nairobi, Kenya. The Partnership: oDesk is proud to be an integral part of Samasource's plan to bring sustainable economic growth plans to developing countries. We will be working with Samasource to promote their messages and standards for ethical and socially responsible outsourcing. oDesk users will have the ability to opt-in to Samasource programs.
		The Company: Apisphere empowers mobile software applications with location-awareness. The Apisphere Geo-Enabled Mobility (GEM) platform delivers location-specific mobile content, including applications and messaging - via location-based triggers and across network boundaries - to virtually any mobile handset. The Partnership: Apisphere will be leveraging oDesk's network of developers worldwide to ensure its customers receive the professional services required to customize Apisphere's GEM and integrate real-time location-awareness into their mobile applications. A certification program will be made available to oDesk providers to learn and prove their knowledge of Apisphere technology.
		The Company: CollabNet is the company behind Subversion, the world's new standard for Software Configuration Management for distributed teams. By simplifying distributed development, enabling global collaboration, and providing on-demand development resources, the CollabNet Platform has helped hundreds of customers and over 1.5 million users reduce costs and risks, improve productivity, and accelerate innovation for software projects. The Partnership: CollabNet users often are looking for talented developers, designers, and writers. CollabNet promotes oDesk to their users and encourages them to utilize oDesk to fill their staffing needs. oDesk believes CollabNet has a world-class training program for Subversion. We recommend their Subversion training program for any buyers or providers that are looking to become experts in the tools.
		The Company: ExpertRating has been in business since 2000 and certified hundreds of thousands of professionals. This ISO 9001-2000 certified company offers online training, testing, and certification services to everyone - from individuals to small businesses to Fortune 500 clients. Their expertise is testing your expertise. The Partnership: We have partnered with ExpertRating to provide tests on more than 100 of today's leading skills, and new subjects are being added constantly. These tests are crucial to providers for certifying their skills and building their credibility within the oDesk network. These oDesk Skill Tests powered by ExpertRating enable buyers to compare provider test scores 'apples to apples', providing vital information for intelligent hiring decisions.
		The Company: The BSD Certification Group Inc. is a non-profit organization committed to creating and maintaining a global certification standard for system administration on BSD based operating systems. The Partnership: We have partnered with BSD Certification Group to promote a high standard of excellence in FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, and DragonFlyBSD. Information related to these skills can be seen at oDesk FreeBSD Administrator trends. BSD Certification promotes jobs to their user base and oDesk encourages any BSD administrators to get the best BSD certifications available.
		The Company: Businesses utilizing PHP know Zend as the place to go for PHP expertise and sound technology solutions. Zend's founders Andi Gutmans and Zeev Suraski are key contributors to PHP and the creators of the core PHP scripting engine, the Zend Engine. Because of their internationally recognized expertise, the company continues to provide important leadership for PHP and other open source communities, and plays a central role in the explosive growth of PHP. The Partnership: A key element of Zend's strategy to support staffing marketplaces like oDesk is the Zend Certified Engineer (ZCE) program. The ZCE program is a rigorous test of a candidate's skills and, with 3,500 ZCEs worldwide, the certification has become the defacto standard for the global PHP industry. oDesk providers can register their ZCE certifications in their oDesk profiles, providing valuable additional information to businesses looking for PHP experts.
		The Company: One of the goals of Intelligent Communities in the 21st century is to minimize the use of energy whenever and wherever possible. To this end, the Intelligent Community Initiative intends to help local businesses understand how easily they can move from a brick-and-mortar operations paradigm to a virtual operations paradigm. One component of the work of Intelligent Communities is to provide certification programs for US-based telecommuters. The Partnership: The Intelligent Communities Initiative (ICI) enables US-based telecommuters to get certified in their ability to work remotely for small-medium sized businesses. These certifications are available to oDesk providers and can be promoted on their profiles.
		The Company: Skytap is the leading provider of cloud infrastructure solutions available as on-demand services over the Web. Virtualization is poised to become the defining technology of the 21st century and Skytap's goal is to make serving up virtual machines over the internet as ubiquitous as delivering html to a browser. The Partnership: oDesk views Skytap as a leader in the space of virtualization and recommends their services to oDesk customers. Likewise, Skytap views oDesk as the leader in on-demand resources and recommends oDesk to their customers, especially for hiring QA contractors.
		The Company: Clarizen was founded with the clear vision of bringing the power of collaborative project management to every business. Quite simply, we empower businesses to align efforts across the entire value chain and manage projects to success. Clarizen is a leading global provider of collaborative online project management software that allows businesses to easily manage all of their projects and resources in a single environment. The Partnership: oDesk recommends Clarizen project management software to small-medium sized businesses that are looking for a robust solution to manage a distributed development team. Clarizen recommends oDesk to their customers that are looking for on-demand resources.
		The Company: TokBox is pioneering live video conference calling directly from your web browser. It's a free service that allows you to initiate video conference calls with multiple individuals all through your web browser. With membership growing rapidly, TokBox is poised to change the way the world communicates. The Partnership: oDesk recommends TokBox as a communication tool for buyers and providers working together. TokBox recommends oDesk as a source for expert TokBox API developers for custom integrations with end user applications. In addition, oDesk is planning to launch a TokBox widget to bring live video conference calling to the oDesk Team Room.
		The Company: ooVoo Video Chat is revolutionizing the way in which people communicate over the internet. ooVoo enables up to 6 individuals to hold engaging video and text chats and conference calls with up to 6 additional ooVoo powered VoIP phone participants. ooVoo's robust offering further enables its users to communicate with non-ooVoo users, send video messages, record conversations, and share large files. ooVoo's API allows developers to embed video chat functionality into their web sites and products. The Partnership: oDesk recommends ooVoo as a comprehensive video and text chat and conferencing tool for buyers and providers working together, especially when more than 2 parties are involved. ooVoo recommends oDesk as a source for expert ooVoo API Developers to customize ooVoo integrations with end user applications such as social networks, ISP's, and set top box manufacturers for living room HD implementations. In addition, oDesk is planning to launch an ooVoo widget to bring live video conference calling to the oDesk Team Room.