Marc Sokol

Cranite Systems, Inc. provides secure mobile networking solutions. The firm's products include safeconnect and wirelesswall, which encrypt all transmitted information that include network addresses, applications, and ports as well as the data. The company was founded by Dennis M. Volpano in August 2000 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, CA.

ClearPoint Metrics is changing the way organizations drive improvement in IT and security initiatives through the use of metrics and scorecards. The company deliver advanced software solutions that enable organizations to constantly measure, actively monitor, and effectively communicate the business impact and effectiveness of IT and security investments. IT and security executives rely on its solutions to answer the critical questions on the state, quality and value of IT and security efforts and provide critical support to their IT and security governance efforts. Its solutions deliver the hard facts and data that organizations require to objectively assess the quality of their IT and security initiatives and assure compliance with industry best practice frameworks and regulatory requirements.

Splunk, Inc. engages in the development and marketing of cloud software solutions. Its products include Splunk cloud, Splunk light and Splunk enterprise. It also offers solutions for Information Technology operations, security, internet-of-things, application analytics, business analytics, and industries. The company was founded by Erik M. Swan, Michael J. Baum and Robin K. Das in October 2003 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Vormetric, Inc. provides solutions for protecting enterprise information. Its products include data security manager, transparent encryption, live data transformation, docker security, tokenization, application encryption, cloud encryption gateway, key management as a service, thales orchestrator, protection for teradata database and security intelligence. The company was founded by Phil Grasso, Tien Nguyen and Duc Pham in 2001 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

CounterStorm, Inc. provides internal network security solutions. The firm offers information assurance, information security, data protection, digital forensics, eDiscovery and incident response. The company was founded by Salvatore J. Stolfo in Augusts 2001 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

CITTIO, Inc. provides network monitoring and operations software solutions. Its software watchtower is based on java architecture, delivers software solutions, web server, an embedded database, and management portal. The company was founded by Jamie Lerner in 2001 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

AppStream, Inc. designs software distribution and software license management tools. Its solutions encompass remote software access and virtual image distribution. The company was founded by Uri Raz on November 2, 1999 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

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.