Joseph Eckert

ownCloud, Inc. provides an open source platform to sync, share and view data and files. It helps enterprises concerned about sensitive data leakage via cloud services deliver secure file sync and share solution on their storage inside their data center. The firm offers enterprise edition, mobile applications and ownCloud Desktop Clients. It provides solutions for service providers, educational institutions, financial services and banking and healthcare and life sciences companies. The company was founded by Frank Karlitschek and Markus Rex in 2011 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

Canonical Ltd. is the British company behind Ubuntu, the leading operating system for container, cloud, and hyperscale computing. The private company is based in London, UK, and has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and the United States. The company provides enterprise security, support, and services to commercial users of Ubuntu. Established in 2004, Canonical is a privately held company. The company publishs Ubuntu and work with hardware manufacturers, software vendors, and public clouds to certify Ubuntu.

Open-Xchange AG develops e-mail and collaboration software solutions. It specializes in the development of tools for on-premise or on-demand solutions, geared towards fueling clients' businesses. The company designs an application suite, a centralized cloud environment that lets users manage digital lives, emails, tasks, and files from a single interface. Its solutions include e-mail, calendar, address book, document, and task management applications. The company was founded by Rafael Laguna de la Vera, Martin Kauss and Frank Hoberg in 2005 and is headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany.

Talend Germany GmbH develops and provides cloud and big data integration software solutions. Its products include Data Integration, Big Data Integration, Cloud Integration, Data Preparation Subscription, Data Preparation Free Desktop, Master Data Management, Application Integration, Metada Manager, and Data Fabric. The company was founded by Bertrand Diard, Fabrice Bonan, Peter Spiegel, and Ricco Deutscher in 2006 and is headquartered in Bonn, Germany.

Likewise Software, Inc. provides systems management software solutions. The firm specializes in information technology, unstructured data, data storage, Linux, security and Unix. The company was founded by Brian K. Moran, Manny Vellon, David Feinleib and Charles W. Mount in 2004 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA.

Qumranet, Inc. developed enterprise software solutions. It offered virtual infrastructure platform to enable independent computing. The firm's products help to host windows and Linux desktops centrally on servers in the data center, creating independent computing environment. The company was founded by Benny Schnaider, Rami Tamir, Moshe Bar and Giora Yaron in 2005 and was headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Virtual Iron Software, Inc. provides enterprise-class software solutions for server virtualization and virtual infrastructure management. The company's platform is used for server consolidation, rapid provisioning, business continuity, workload management, and policy-based automations. Virtual Iron Software was founded by Scott H. Davis and Alex Vasilevsky in 2003 and is based in Lowell, MA.

Parallels, Inc. provides hosting and cloud services enablement and cross-platform solutions. The firm’s products include remote application server, desktop for mac business edition, desktop for mac pro edition, mac management for SCCM, desktop for mac, toolbox for mac & windows and parallels access. The company was founded by Aleksey Kandikov, Ilya Zubarev, Juri Tsibrovski, Oleg Melnikov and Serguei Beloussov in 1999 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA.