Geoffrey G. Stedman

Silicon Graphics, Inc., is a leader in high-performance computing, visualization and storage. SGI's vision is to provide technology that enables the most significant scientific and creative breakthroughs of the 21st century. Whether it's sharing images to aid in brain surgery, finding oil more efficiently, studying global climate, providing technologies for homeland security and defense or enabling the transition from analog to digital broadcasting, SGI is dedicated to addressing the next class of challenges for scientific, engineering and creative users

SonicWALL, Inc. provided intelligent network security and data protection solutions. The firm offers super massive series, NSA, wireless access point and WXA Series products. It offers network security, wireless network, email, virtual security, secure VPN, voice over IP solutions, The company was founded in 1991 by Sudhakar Ravi and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Preview Systems, Inc. designs, developes and markets technology that enables distribution and licensing of digital goods over the Internet and via other digital media. Digital goods includes software, music, video and documents that can be produced, delivered and licensed electronically. The products of the Company helps publishers, distributors and resellers to implement networks for the electronic data distribution. The firm is located in Sunnyvale, CA.

Part of Thales SA, Aladdin Knowledge Systems, Inc. provides solutions for software digital rights management and internet security. The company is based in Arlington Heights, IL.

Omneon, Inc. is a provider of digital content storage and processing systems used by media companies to enable efficient production and distribution of quality digital video and audio. The company develops, markets and sells a range of video servers, active storage systems and related software applications that media companies use to simultaneously ingest, process, store, manage and deliver digital media content formats. It changed its name from Omneon Video Networks, Inc. in December 2007. The company was founded in May 1998 by Lawrence R. Kaplan and Donald M. Craig and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.