DEMO Announces Lineup of New Technology Companies to Take the Stage at DEMO 09
FRAMINGHAM, MA - FEBRUARY 28, 2009 -- The DEMO conference, known for launching some of the technology industry's biggest innovators, announced today that there will be 39 new products launched at DEMO 09. In its 19th year, the DEMO conference has hand selected the 39 companies that will be demonstrating their new products in six-minute live stage demonstrations to an audience of media, investors, and fellow entrepreneurs from around the globe. DEMO 09 will be hosted by Chris Shipley who will be joined on-stage for the first time ever by new co-executive producer, VentureBeat's founder and CEO Matt Marshall. The conference kicks off on March 1-3 in Palm Desert, California. Register to attend at http://www.demo.com.
DEMO is about innovative products that bring new ideas and business models to the market, or that challenge existing players in the market. DEMO continues to serve as the launch pad for emerging technology while providing insight to an audience of powerful influencers.
Various products launching at DEMO 09 include:
-- a portable device that works as both a netbook and a touchscreen tablet;
-- a network of small, battery powered wireless cameras that stream video
directly to the Internet;
-- a commerce-based networking solution that allows subscribers to send
various forms of content via Bluetooth;
-- a personal email assistant to initiate and sort through emails and parse
conversations, files, images, media, dates and places;
-- a next-generation community management application;
-- an intelligent, Web-based mortgage buying subscription service;
-- a ubiquitous public forum for sharing information side-by-side on any
Web page;
-- the first voice-to-text SMS application for the iPhone;
-- a full-featured clinical application that gives transplant organizations
the tools to manage an active and scalable program;
-- products from all over the world including Canada, France, Germany,
Great Britain, Switzerland, and Taiwan.
DEMO 09 Demonstrators
7 Billion People, Inc.; Austin, TX; www.7bpeople.com
Always Innovating, Inc.; Mountain View, CA; www.alwaysinnovating.com
AppZero Corp.; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; www.appzero.com
Asurion Mobile Applications, Inc.; San Mateo, CA; www.asurionmobile.com
Avaak, Inc.; San Diego, CA; www.Avaak.comBitGravity, Inc.; Burlingame, CA; www.bitgravity.com
bluBuzz, LLC; Holland, MI; www.blubuzz.net
Cc:Betty, Inc.; Palo Alto, CA; www.ccbetty.com
Citrix Online, Goleta, CA; www.citrixonline.com
Coveroo, Inc.; San Francisco, CA; www.coveroo.com
deskNET, Lausanne, CH; www.sobees.com
Document Depository Corp., LLC; Wayne, PA; www.docdep.com
eFormic, Ltd.; Stuttgart, DE; www.CO2code.info
Ensembli, Ltd.; Sheffield, Great Britain; www.ensembli.com
Evri, Inc.; Seattle, WA; www.evri.com
Gazaro, Inc.; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; www.gazaro.com
HAM-IT, Inc.; North Andover, MA; www.ham-it.com
Home-Account, Inc.; San Francisco, CA; www.home-account.com
HowSimple, LLC; Huntington Beach, CA; www.howsimple.com
Jadoos, Inc.; Sunnyvale, CA; www.jadoos.com
Kutano Corp.; Burnaby, BC, Canada; www.kutano.com
Liquid Media, LLC; Arvada, CO; www.liquidmediasw.com
Ontier, Inc.; Portland, OR; www.ontier.com
Primal Fusion, Inc.; Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; www.primalfusion.com
Promptu Systems Corp.; Menlo Park, CA; www.promptu.com
Purewire, Inc.; Atlanta, GA; www.purewire.com
Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, Inc. San Diego, CA; www.mirasoldisplays.com
Qubes, Inc.; Taipei, Taiwan; www.qubes.cc
Silverstone Solutions, Inc. San Francisco, CA;
www.silverstonesolutions.com
Skout, Inc.; San Francisco, CA; www.skout.com
SmartyCard; San Mateo, CA; www.smartycard.comSymantec Corp.; Mountain View, CA; www.symantec.com
Technicopia, LLC; Carmel Valley, CA; www.gwabbit.com
Transformyx, Inc.; Baton Rouge, LA; www.transformyx.com
Vokle, Inc.; Santa Monica, CA; www.vokle.comXandros, Inc.; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; www.xandros.com
XMARKS; San Francisco, CA; www.xmarks.com
Zipadi Technologies, LLC; Bluffdale, UT; www.zipadi.com
Zuora, Inc.; Redwood City, CA; www.zuora.com
DEMO 09 will be broadcast live over the Web through a partnership with former DEMO 08 demonstrator and DEMOgod award winner, BitGravity (http://www.bitgravity.com). Through BG Live(TM), their highly-scalable flash-based video stream service, BitGravity will delivers an unmatched user-experience to viewers around the globe. In an effort to make DEMO even more social and interactive this year, both the live broadcast and portions of the conference will feature Facebook(R) Live Feed technology, allowing conference participants and those viewing the live stream across the Web to share and view Facebook status updates about the event in real time.
DEMO will broadcast live beginning at 8:30 AM PST on March 2 and March 3 and can be seen at: http://www.demo.com/live.
Stay connected with DEMO through our communities on:
Facebook: http://www.demo.com/fbdemo
LinkedIn: http://www.demo.com/linkedin
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/demotweets
Plus, follow the DEMO 09 audience through an aggregated Twitter Feed at: http://www.twitter.com/demochatter
DEMO 09 Sponsors and Partners
Platinum sponsors of DEMO 09 are Canson, Inc., The Institute for Information Industry, Microsoft Corporation, Porter Novelli and Qualcomm. Angelsoft, Comerica Bank - Technology & Life Sciences Division, Connect Public Relations, Inc, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, NEC Corporation of America, New York Stock Exchange, Nokia, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Silicon Valley Bank. Symantec, The Bogart Group, UBS, VCNetwork and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati are gold sponsors.
Strategic Partners include Guidewire Group and VentureBeat. Media partners include VCJ, Pulse2.com, Mashable, PR Newswire, ReadWriteWeb, and Ubergizmo. Marketing partners include Astia, Atlanta Venture Forum, Band of Angels, Boogar Lists, Conference Guru, Eye-To-Eye Communications, Golden Capital Network, IDG Ventures, Industry Standard, Keiretsu Forum - Northern CA, Keiretsu Forum - Southern CA, National Science Foundation, Rocky Mountain Venture Capital Association, SD Forum, San Diego Venture Group, Tech Coast Angels, VentureChoice, VentureDeal, and Wireless Industry Partnership.
About the DEMO Conferences
Produced by Network World Events and Executive Forums, the DEMO conferences in the United States and China introduces a wide spectrum of emerging technology products and services to the market for the very first time. Each innovation is hand selected from across the spectrum of the technology marketplace. The DEMO conferences have earned their reputation for consistently identifying tomorrow's cutting-edge technologies, and have served as launch pad events for companies such as Palm, Java, TiVo, E*TRADE Salesforce.com, VMware, Six Apart, OddPost, IronPort, GrandCentral and Glam Media helping them to secure venture funding, establish critical business relationships, and influence early adopters. Each DEMO conference features only the most innovative new companies, products and technologies. For more information on the DEMO conferences, visit http://www.demo.com.
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About Network World
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About International Data Group (IDG)
International Data Group (IDG) is the world's leading technology media, events, and research company. IDG's online network includes more than 450 Web sites spanning business technology, consumer technology, digital entertainment and video games worldwide. IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers in 85 countries including CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro, InfoWorld, Macworld, Network World, and PC World. IDG's lead-generation service, IDG Connect, matches technology companies with an audience of engaged, high-quality IT professionals, influencers, and decision makers.
IDG is a leading producer of more than 750 technology-related events including Macworld Conference & Expo, LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, Entertainment for All Expo (E for All), DEMO, and IDC Directions. IDC, a subsidiary of IDG, is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events. Over 900 IDC analysts in more than 90 countries provide global, regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends.
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Porter Novelli for DEMO: Lisa Peterson
Lisa.Peterson@porternovelli.com
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