Greg Batti

Ingres Corporation is a leading provider of open source information management services to the enterprise. Built on over 25 years of technology investment, Ingres is a leader in software and service innovation, providing the enterprise with proven reliability combined with the value and flexibility of open source. The Ingres Database offers high-volume transaction processing, high availability, multi-platform support, and security for mission-critical application deployments. Its software and support services are designed to provide customers these enterprise-class features at a lower total cost of ownership. It also offers its database software as part of integrated software appliances, enabling customers to rapidly and cost-effectively deploy, manage, and maintain open source solutions throughout the enterprise. These appliances are the result of its work with leading business intelligence and content management providers. Its business intelligence appliance delivers advanced reporting and data analysis capabilities; while its appliance for content management allows for the management of structured and unstructured data. As an open source company, Ingres has an active community of developers that continually test its code, influence their product roadmap by submitting specific feature requests, and contribute code for inclusion in its software. When integrating their applications with its database, developers increase their productivity given their direct access to its source code. The company offers their customers a variety of support options ranging from online access to on-site support. Ingres is headquartered in Redwood City, California, and has major development, sales, and support centers throughout the world, supporting thousands of customers in the United States and internationally.

Amberpoint, Inc. was founded in 2001 with significant venture backing from Norwest and Sutter Hill, it is a fast-growing company with a vision for market requirements and significant customer traction. Its prominent executives and experienced developers bring impressive records of success from such leading software companies as Sun, Forte, IBM, webMethods, Oracle, Ingres and Sybase. Its team has a great deal of experience at pioneering new technologies for distributed systems, databases, development tools and management frameworks. It is now applying that experience to deliver solutions that ensure the health and well-being of composite applications. It has grown quickly to become the industry-leading provider of visibility, management and security software for distributed applications. AmberPoint leads the market in the number of software licenses, paid customers and customers in production. AmberPoint software is used in 63 countries spanning six continents around the globe. And it is closely aligned with the leading platform providers and systems integrators to help organizations worldwide realize the benefits of loosely-coupled applications.