Michael F. Coney

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.

Unitrends, Inc. provides business recovery solutions for information technology environment. Its products include recovery series backup appliances, unitrends enterprise backup software, boomerang for VMware and cloud backup for office 365. The company was founded by Steve Schwartz in 1989 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

Acronis AG engages in the acquisition, holding, management, and disposal of participating interests in firms, particularly in the data protection and cybersecurity sectors. It also provides management and financing services to its subsidiaries. The company was founded by Serguei Beloussov, Max Tsypliaev, Yakov Zubarev and Stanislav Protassov and is headquartered in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.

Monster, Inc. operates internet job search engine. Its services include job ads, career information tips on resume writing, interviewing, and salary negotiation. The company was founded by Jeffrey C. Taylor in 1994 and is headquartered in Maynard, MA.

VERITAS Software Corp. develops software and provides computer services. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

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.

Intergraph Corp. provided enterprise software solutions. The firm operated through two divisions: Process, Power & Marine (PP&M) and Security, Government & Infrastructure (SG&I). It provided enterprise engineering software for the design, construction, and operation of plants, ships, and offshore facilities. The company also provided geospatially powered solutions to the defense and intelligence, public safety and security, government, transportation, photogrammetric, utilities and communications industries. Intergraph was founded in 1969 and headquartered in Madison, AL.