Karen Tegan Padir

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.

Red Hat, Inc. engages in the provision of open source software solutions. It operates through the following geographical segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA); Asia Pacific; and Corporate. The Corporate segment represents share-based compensation expense. The company was founded by Robert F. Young in March 1993 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

EnterpriseDB Corp. provides enterprise-class products and services based on PostgreSQL an independent open source database. The firm?s services include quick deploy, performance training, PostgreSQL strategy, implementation services, solution design, automation services, security assessment, embedded subject matter expert, migration assessment, monitoring best practices, enterprise architecture, migration assistance and backup best practices. It also offers tools like backup and recovery tool, migration portal, migration toolkit, replication server and open source projects. The company was founded by Denis Lussier and Andrew Astor in March 2004 and is headquartered in Bedford, MA.

MySQL Americas, Inc. developed, supported and marketed open source database server software solutions. The company was founded in 1997 and was headquartered in Redwood Shores, CA.