It can now be said…at least in part.
Throughout the Fall, Carla Thompson and I spent uncountable hours sifting through DEMO applications, turning over stones, and interviewing hundreds of companies to come up with the 77 who will launch products next week at DEMO 2008.
At one point in those intense 90 days from late September through Christmas, Carla asked, “Is this just a better group of applicants? There are so many great candidates.”
We did have a tough choice. After all, when you cast the net as wide as we do — looking at every type of product from core components to consumer entertainment — you find yourself weighing the market impact of, say, an advance in enterprise application development against an implementation of a unique consumer search algorithm. Then again, that’s what makes DEMO unique and exciting . . . there’s something for every interest and often, these interests intersect in serendipitous ways leading to unexpected results.
Now, though, the DEMO organization has released the names of the 77 companies introducing products next Monday. The envelop please. . .
2Win Solutions, Ltd.; Raanana, Israel
800 PBX, Inc.; Fremont, CA
Acesis, Inc.; Mountain View, CA
Asankya, Inc.; Atlanta, GA
Aternity, Inc.; Westborough, MA
atlaspost.com; Taipei City, Taiwan
Avistar Communications Corp.; San Mateo, CA
BitGravity, Inc.; Burlingame, CA
blist, Inc.; Seattle, WA
Buzka, Pty Ltd.; Subiaco, Australia
Capzles, Inc.; Culver City, CA
Catalyst Web Services, LLC; Alexandria, VA
CellSpinSoft, Inc.; San Jose, CA
Celsias, Ltd.; Wellington, New Zealand
CHALEX Corp.; Grasonville, MD
Circos.com, Inc.; San Mateo, CA
Citiport, Inc.; Taipei City, Taiwan
Citrix Systems, Inc.; Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Cozimo.com, Inc.; Berkeley, CA
Ecrio, Inc.; Cupertino, CA
Education.com; Redwood City, CA
Eyealike, Inc.; Bellevue, WA
Fabrik, Inc.; San Mateo, CA
Flypaper, Inc.; Phoenix, CA
GoldMail, Inc.; San Francisco, CA
good2gether, Inc.; Melrose, MA
Green Plug, Inc.; San Ramon, CA
HealthPricer Interactive, Ltd.; Vancouver, BC
Hubdub, Ltd.; Edinburgh, Scotland
Huddle.net; London, England
Iterasi, Inc.; Vancouver, WA
iVideotunes, Inc.; Alpharetta, GA
Jodange, LLP; Yonkers, NY
Kaazing Corp.; Mountain View, CA
LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc.; Emeryville, CA
LegiTime Technologies, Inc.; Westport, CT
LiquidPlanner, Inc.; Bellevue, WA
LiquidTalk, Inc.; Chicago, IL
Liquidus Corp.; Chicago, IL
Livescribe, Inc.; Oakland, CA
MANDIANT; Alexandria, VA
MOLI, LLC; West Palm Beach, FL
Movial; Helsinki, Finland
Nirvanix; San Diego, CA
NotchUp, Inc.; Los Altos Hills, CA
Notebookz.com, Inc.; Berkeley, CA
Pathworks Software Corp.; Mountain View, CA
Redux, Inc.; Berkeley, CA
Review2Buy, Inc.; San Francisco, CA
Ribbit Corp.; Stanford, CA
Rove Mobile, Inc.; Ottawa, Ontario
Santrum Networks, Inc.; Taipei, Taiwan
SceneCaster; Richmond Hill, Ontario
Seesmic; San Francisco, CA
Semingo, Inc.; Herzliya Pituach, Israel
Silobreaker, Ltd.; London; England
Skyfire; San Jose, CA
SpeakLike, LLC; New York, NY
Sprout, Inc.; Honolulu; HI
Squidcast; San Francisco, CA
StackSafe, Inc.; Vienna, VA
Standout Jobs, Inc.; Montreal, Quebec
STEP Labs; San Jose, CA
Sterna Technologies, Inc.; San Mateo, CA
support.com; Redwood City, CA
SupportSpace, Inc.; Redwood Shores, CA
Symantec Corp.; Cupertino, CA
TimeTrade Systems, Inc.; Bedford, MA
Toktumi, Inc.; San Francisco, CA
TubeMogul, Inc.; Berkeley, CA
Vidyo™, Inc.; Hackensack; NJ
Visible Measures Corp.; Boston, MA
Voyant, Inc.; Austin, TX
xtranormal, Inc.; Montreal, Quebec
Yoics, Inc.; Palo Alto, CA
YouChoose, LLC; Thornton, PA
Zodiac Interactive; Valley Stream NY
It’s not to late to join the conference in person (register with this link to get the “Friends of Guidewire price”) or via Web video (check out demo.com for information on live streaming). We’ll also give you a “backstage pass” to the event, posting behind the scenes stories as the event unfolds.
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shulia said
It was a great event, and Chris’ upfront statement about being the “class of 08″ was absolutely true!!!…meaning that it will create bonds and business contacts that will last years after the event,,,
Presenting for Sterna Technologies, I personally had tremendous fun, and Sterna gained a great deal by launching our BPS product at DEMO.
Thanks to all the DEMO team!!!