Kim Weins

PeopleSoft, Inc. provides enterprise software that ties together back-office applications and databases. Its software addresses such tasks as accounting, human resources management and supply chain management. PeopleSoft has expanded its product lines to include vertical applications for manufacturing firms and government agencies. In late 2003 Oracle launched a hostile attempt to purchase PeopleSoft, which ultimately agreed to be purchased for $10.3 billion in December 2004. Oracle completed the acquisition of the company in January 2005. PeopleSoft is located in Redwood Shores, CA.

NextPath Technologies, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and markets positioning services known as gimbals. It also designs and markets motion control systems, wireless communication technology, fiber optic switching, alkaline and electrolyte enhanced premium water products, energy and micro economic systems technology and other fiber optic technology through its subsidiaries. The company was founded on March 23, 1984 and is headquartered in Valencia, CA.

Annuncio Software, Inc. provided software that allows enterprises to personalize marketing campaigns. Its e-Marketing platform provided e-marketing functionality, across multiple marketing touch points, allowing business users to easily define, automate and analyze marketing campaigns and personalize web sites and web stores. The company was founded in 1997 by Didier Moretti and was headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Peregrine Extricity, Inc. is a provider of business-to-business (B2B) software products that allow companies to manage the internal and external sharing of information and the execution of interactions among software applications and business partners over the Internet. It refers to this exchange and management of information among groups of companies over the Internet as business-to-business relationship management, or B2BRM. The company is headquartered in Belmont, CA.

OpenLogic, Inc. provides open source software and solutions for enterprises. It offers solutions for open source governance and to automate the integration and deployment of open source components - reducing the risk and maximizing the cost savings associated with using open source software. The firm provides provides enterprises with a certified library of open source software that encompasses hundreds of the most popular open source packages via OpenLogic Exchange (OLEX), a free web site where companies can find, research, and download certified, enterprise-ready open source packages on demand. The company was founded by Rod Cope in 1998 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Redseal, Inc. provides proactive security management solutions. The firm’s solutions include compliance, incident response, vulnerability management and cyber insurance. The company was founded by Scot Malloy, Alain J. Mayer and Brian Laing in 2004 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Since 2000, TuVox has become synonymous with superior caller experience. The firm's customers achieve improved customer retention and increased revenue through innovative combinations of technology and live agent services. TuVox accomplishes this through a combination of speech application solutions and contact center solutions for both inbound and outbound calls. TuVox provides enterprise software for speech applications. Its enterprise software can automate virtual calls such as natural language call routing, self-service transactions, information requests, and product support. The company's customers are interested in optimizing return on investment by combining a leading-edge design approach and a focus on maximizing return continuing to seek ways to innovate over time.

RightScale, Inc. provides cloud computing management solutions and services. The firm offers PlanForCloud.com, a free cloud cost management tool based on database. It products include cloud management, analytics and pricing. The company was founded by Michael Crandell and Thorsten von Eicken in 2006 and is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA.

Pillar's enterprise-wide budgeting software was one of the first to use Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) and object-oriented technology and to run over a network, allowing multiple simultaneous users. It was purchased by IMRS (NASDAQ:IMRS, now Hyperion, NASDAQ:HYSL) in 1994.