Michel J. Maeso

Ayla Networks, Inc. develops internet of things enterprise software platform for manufacturers and service providers. It offers Ayla Platform, an end-to-end platform that allows manufacturers and service providers to use home controls, HVAC, appliances, lighting and other everyday products. The company was founded by David C. Friedman, Adrian D. Caceres, Phillip Chang and Thomas H. Lee in 2010 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Funambol, Inc. is a holding company engaged in the development of white-label digital lifestyle personal cloud solutions for mobile operators, device manufacturers, content providers and software developers. Its solutions encompass cloud-based server and applications for smartphones, tablets, computers and web portals. The firm provides services including professional services, KickStart training, software maintenance, technical support and community support. The company was founded by Fabrizio Capobianco, Stefano Fornari and Alberto Onetti in 2001 and is headquartered in Foster City, CA.

Packet Design, Inc. develops and markets network solutions that leverage the distributed intelligence of the Internet Protocol (IP) to enhance the reliability, efficiency and predictability of IP networks. Its products include SDN management and orchestration platform, SDN traffic engineering, explorer suite, route explorer, traffic explorer and performance explorer. The company was founded in March 2003 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

July Systems, Inc. develops and provides cloud-based mobile solutions. Its products include July MX, WiFi-MX and July Rapid; and also specialize in the design and management of a platform that offers end-to-end solutions enabling brands to publish, distribute, and monetize inventory and personalized services for consumers on the mobile internet. The firm serves retail and hospitality industries, malls, stadiums, airports and convention centers. The company was founded by Ashok Narasimhan and Rajesh T. S. Reddy in July 2001 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Cotendo, Inc. develops a content delivery network platform. Cotendo offers an integrated suite of Web and Mobile Acceleration Services from its 30 global distributed point of presence (POPs). Cotendo's single-platform software was built from the ground up. It includes acceleration services for dynamic Web applications, static and dynamic Web content, SSL, Advanced DNS, Adaptive Image Compression performance monitoring, and automatic failover as well as real-time reports and analytics. Cotendo also offers a distributed cloud application environment called Cloudlet that allows content providers and enterprises to make logic and data decisions at the edge, closest to the end users. Cotendo's superior performance and functionality enable clients to maximize monetization and productivity of their Web and mobile assets. Cotendo's founders took a fresh look at the morphing demands of the global content acceleration market. After analyzing content delivery and Web acceleration providers of the last decade, they concluded that agile, intelligent software-not massive infrastructure-would meet today's enterprise and global content delivery challenges and keep pace with tomorrow's demands. Today, using a fraction of the infrastructure and resources used by traditional providers, Cotendo's pioneering suite of Web and Mobile Acceleration services accelerates billions of transactions for millions of Internet users worldwide. Cotendo is headquartered in Silicon Valley with an R&D center in Israel.