John Emerson

Empress Software, Inc. operates as an embedded database platform for embedded applications.

Forté Software, Inc. is a pioneer in advanced development and integration software for scalable distributed applications. Organisations, systems integrators and independent software vendors use the Forté product family as their application environment to more efficiently build, integrate, deploy and manage powerful foundation for 100 application packages, and Forté products are marketed worldwide through direct operations, subsidiaries, distributors and value-added resellers.

Sun Microsystems, Inc. provides network computing infrastructure solutions. It offers its solutions under the Java technology platform, Solaris Operating System, MySQL database management system, Sun StorageTek storage solutions, and UltraSPARC processor brands. The company also develops networking computing products and technologies which include servers, storage, open source software, tools, and training. The company provides solutions to the social networking, entertainment, financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, news, energy, and engineering companies. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Amberpoint, Inc. was founded in 2001 with significant venture backing from Norwest and Sutter Hill, it is a fast-growing company with a vision for market requirements and significant customer traction. Its prominent executives and experienced developers bring impressive records of success from such leading software companies as Sun, Forte, IBM, webMethods, Oracle, Ingres and Sybase. Its team has a great deal of experience at pioneering new technologies for distributed systems, databases, development tools and management frameworks. It is now applying that experience to deliver solutions that ensure the health and well-being of composite applications. It has grown quickly to become the industry-leading provider of visibility, management and security software for distributed applications. AmberPoint leads the market in the number of software licenses, paid customers and customers in production. AmberPoint software is used in 63 countries spanning six continents around the globe. And it is closely aligned with the leading platform providers and systems integrators to help organizations worldwide realize the benefits of loosely-coupled applications.

Symplified, Inc. provides cloud identity security solutions and services. It offers single-sign-on (SSO), identity and access management (IAM), directory integration, centralized provisioning, strong authentication, mobile device support and flexible deployment options. The firm delivers cloud identity solution that helps service-oriented IT organizations simplify user access, regain visibility and control over application usage and meet security and compliance requirements. The company was founded in 2006 by Eric Olden and Darren C. Platt and is headquartered in Tempe, AZ.

Perspecsys, Inc. provided cloud data protection solutions. It offered cloud protection gateway, cloud security issues and data residency services. The firm served the banking and finance, retail, healthcare, public sector, government and business services industries. The company was founded was Lynda Woloszyn and Terry Woloszyn in 2006 and was headquartered in Bolton, Canada.