BEZ is a software company that offers innovative Proactive Performance Management (PPM) solutions that provide a line-of-business view of application resource utilization that allows the enterprise to accurately profile application performance, compare change and growth alternatives, forecast results to set expectations and verify actual performance results versus predictions so that performance objectives can be met to ensure business continuity

Knoa Software is the leading provider of end-user experience management solutions. Knoa Experience and Performance Manager (EPM) monitors real end-user experience and captures application and end-user metrics to drive adoption and enable efficient and effective use of enterprise applications. Knoa enables organizations to achieve and sustain ROI from the initial and ongoing investment in enterprise applications. With actionable insight into actual end-user experience and performance, the costs for end-user support, application support and training are reduced. Knoa also impacts the top line by allowing organizations to manage end-user performance for efficient, effective and compliant process execution. Knoa’s customer base includes some of the largest, most demanding, enterprise application deployments in the world with customers like British Telecom, Conagra, Kimberly Clark, Kraft Foods, Johnson & Johnson and Microsoft.

Terascala Avon, MA www.terascala.com

Terascala designs, builds and sells high performance storage solutions based on the massively scalable open source Lustre file system. The system is managed and monitored through command line or web-based interfaces and offers government, university and enterprise customers a very high performance storage cluster for a price that is a fraction of existing market levels.

Interactive Supercomputing Waltham, MA www.interactivesupercomputing.com

Interactive Supercomputing (ISC) develops and sells Star-P, an interactive parallel computing platform. With automatic parallelization and interactive execution of existing desktop simulation applications, Star-P merges two previously distinct environments - desktop computers and high performance servers - into one. The company markets Star-P for a range of security, intelligence, manufacturing, energy, biomedical, financial, and scientific research applications.

Network Engines, Inc. provides server appliance solutions for enterprise software application vendors. By offering a combination of application integration services, value-added utilities, a suite of hardware reference platforms, and worldwide fulfillment services, Network Engines enables its partners to achieve rapid time-to-market while minimizing their customer support costs.

Electronic Designs manufactured high performance, high density semiconductor memory devices for commercial, industrial, and military computer system applications.

Microtouch was a leading developer of touch screen technology for use in ATM's, retail environments, and other commercial applications.

Ardence is the leading provider of products and services for Windows-based embedded, real-time and control applications. As a provider of complete solutions for embedded and real-time design, Ardence offers customers the expert guidance and support they need to select the right Windows platform for their project. Ardence products have been licensed for distribution by some of the largest hardware and software companies in the world, including Microsoft and Intel.