Melinda Wilken

Akimbi Systems, Inc. develops virtual infrastructure management software that harnesses the potential of virtual machine technology and makes it easier to leverage for IT advantage. It is a software company developing applications built on virtualization technology derived from research conducted at Cornell University. It has offices in Europe and Asia Pacific. It was founded in 2004 by by James Phillips and Xun Wilson Huang and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

NorthScale, Inc. is the elastic data infrastructure software company, provides a new class of data management technology that scales out, enabling customers to dramatically lower data management costs while simultaneously improving the scalability and performance of their web applications. Based on the widely used memcached open source technology, the NorthScale server family of elastic data infrastructure software offers substantial cost, performance, and scalability advantages over relational database technology alone, for the vast majority of data associated with web applications. It is designed to enable customers to start where they are, with existing relational database technology and expertise, and incrementally evolve toward a scale-out data architecture for their web applications. Today, NorthScale is in production behind some of the world’s busiest web applications. It powers the popular FarmVille and Café World applications at Zynga and provides a shared data management platform for NHN, Korea’s largest web application operator with over 150 million unique users. Founded in 2009 by leaders of the open source memcached project and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. NorthScale is a privately held company funded by Accel Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners.

VMware, Inc. engages in the provision of cloud infrastructure and business mobility. Its products include Software-Defined Data Center, Hybrid Cloud Computing, and End-User Computing. It supports modernizing data centers, integrating public clouds, empowering digital workspaces and transforming security. The company was founded by Diane Greene, Mendel Rosenblum, Scott Devine, Edward Wang and Edouard Bugnion in 1998 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Brio Technology, Inc. used to provide software solutions to help companies extract, integrate, analyze and report information. Its software products were enable individuals, workgroups and executives in organizations to view data and information allowing for more actionable insight for business decisions. It used to offer a set of technologies that create an integrated analytic platform called the Brio Business Performance Platform. It was founded in year 1984 and was headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Actional Corp. provides enterprise application integration software. Its Web service software helps businesses to deploy, maintain, and manage the application integration process. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Bedford, MA.

Part of Panasonic Holdings Corp., RightWorks Corp. is a cloud provider that offers advanced technology solutions specifically designed for accounting firms and professionals. The company is based in San Jose, CA and was founded by Vani Kola. The company's portfolio includes a range of intelligent cloud solutions that help firms modernize and elevate their operations, protect client data, and maximize revenue potential. RightWorks also offers access to its firm improvement community, RightWorks Academy, which amplifies the value of its solutions.

Cunningham Communications, Inc. provides services to the small, medium and large clients. Its services include call center, miSecure messaging, it/help desk support, event registration, absentee and sick lines, and voicemail services. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Grand Rapids, MI.