Jean Crumrine

Founded in 2000 by John Abbott, 451 Research LLC is a technology-industry syndicated research and data firm focused on the business of enterprise IT innovation. The firm is headquartered in New York City. 451 Research is a division of The 451 Group, a leading global analyst and data company. 451 Research's market-segment coverage is focused, organized and delivered through comprehensive Practice Areas available via subscription. These areas include: CloudScape (CS), Eco-Efficient IT (ECO-IT), Eco-Efficient IT (ECO-IT), Enterprise Security (ESP), Internet Infrastructure Services (IIS), Infrastructure Computing for Enterprise (ICE), Information Management (IM) and Multi-Tenant Datacenter (MTDC).

The Investment Company Institute is an association of mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, closed-end funds, and unit investment trusts. The non-profit company is based in Washington and has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom. The American company operates to support and represent these types of investment vehicles. The CEO of the company is Paul Schott Stevens.

The Arbitron Co. manages and analyzes data for the human resources, transportation, and electronic media markets. The company is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN

Founded in 2000, ChangeWave Research is a research firm located in Rockville, Maryland. The firm is a subsidiary of the 451 Group. ChangeWave tracks the rate of change in demand trends and provides the results through a weekly subscription service. The firm also conducts surveys at the corporate, consumer, industry and macroeconomic levels and publishes weekly reports on more than 500 companies. Within the corporate buying area, ChangeWave focuses on overall information technology spending, hardware purchasing, software purchasing, smart phones, cell service providers, energy efficiency, PCs and information technology security. The firm's consumer spending research focuses on overall spending, retail stores, consumer electronics, PC buying, smart phones, online shopping, restaurants, personal gadgets, home improvements, TV service providers, healthy lifestyles/diets and early adopter trends. ChangeWave's focus on macroeconomic trends includes corporate sales, capital budgets, sales pipelines, hiring trends, price pressures, cancelled orders and product inventories. The firm's research regarding industry trends focuses on semiconductors, alternative energy, healthcare, water, natural gas and oil, telecommunications, information software/services, aerospace/defense, computer hardware, wireless, energy utilities and consumer electronics.