Dave Barry

Johnson Controls, Inc. operates as a global diversified technology and industrial business. The firm operates through the following segments: Building Efficiency, Automotive Experience and Power Solutions. The Building Efficiency segment engages in designing, producing, marketing and installing integrated heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems, building management systems, controls, security and mechanical equipment. The Automotive Experience segment provides innovative interior systems through its design and engineering expertise. The Power Solutions segment is a global supplier of lead-acid automotive batteries for passenger car, light truck and utility vehicle. It serves both automotive original equipment manufacturers and the general vehicle battery aftermarket. It also supplies batteries to power Start-Stop vehicles, as well as lithium-ion battery technologies to power certain hybrid and electric vehicles. The company was founded by Warren Seymour Johnson and William Plankinton in 1885 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

Visual Networks, Inc. is a provider of network and application performance management solutions. The company’s technologies enable enterprises to reliably and securely manage the delivery and performance of key applications such as Voice over IP (VoIP) across their infrastructures. Visual Networks' products increase application and network availability, optimize the use of bandwidth across the network and reduce operating costs across traditional and IP-based infrastructures.

AlterPoint, Inc. provides network configuration management solutions and information technology services. The company was founded by Michael S. Bennett, Roger H. Castillo and Michael Rovner in 2001 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Netcordia, Inc. provides network configuration and change management solutions. The firm’s NetMRI software solutions enable users to automate network change, manage network configurations, and meet compliance, as well as audit multi-vendor infrastructures and identify anomalies. The company was founded by Terry Slattery in 2000 and is headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland.

Inverse Network Technology, Inc. develops wide area network management systems offers services and products that provide accurate, meaningful information about the performance of the Internet. The company's diagnostic tools and methodologies measure comprehensive, end-to-end performance of the Internet from the perspective of the user, from dial tone to Web page downloads to e-mail exchange. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.