Mark D. Friedman

Lotus Development Corp. was an American software company. The company was famous for their groundbreaking Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet application, which was the killer application in the early days of the IBM PC which helped spread the adoption of the PC. The company also provided one of the more powerful groupware systems, Lotus Notes. The company was headquartered in Cambridge, MA

Dragon Systems, Inc. developed speech recognition software applications. The company was headquartered in Newton, MA.

SoundBite Communications, Inc. provided cloud-based, multi-channel services. It serves two global markets, the hosted contact centers and mobile marketing. The company was founded on November 14, 2001 and was headquartered in Bedford, MA.

Peppercoin, Inc. provides software payment services for merchants. It provides small payments suite for various payment models, including pre-paid, subscription and pay-as-you-go with Intelligent Aggregation. The company serves digital, mobile and physical point-of-sale merchants. Peppercoin was founded in 2001 by Silvio Micali and Ronald Rivest and is located in Waltham, MA.

Part of Nokia Oyj, Kenan Systems Corp makes software for billing, order processing, and customer analysis. The company is based in Cambridge, MA. The company was founded by Kenan E. Sahin. Kenan Systems was acquired by Lucent Technologies, Inc. on March 01, 1999 for $1,308.13 million.

Part of Dell Technologies, Inc., Epoch Systems, Inc. is a company that makes computer storage software. The company is based in Westborough, MA. Epoch Systems was acquired by EMC Corp., part of Dell Technologies, Inc. from September 07, 2016 on September 03, 1993 for $112.24 million.

Part of Informa Plc, EMC is a British company that manages and scales turnkey energy efficiency solutions for Fortune 500 clients across their North American portfolios. The company, based in Surrey, UK, has been using its total project management approach, EnergyMaxx®, since 2003 to successfully implement thousands of projects annually. These projects include efficient lighting, smart building controls, specialty disinfectant lighting, ROI-driven IoT solutions, electric vehicle supply equipment infrastructure, and ongoing maintenance and warranty support. Through their services, EMC has helped clients realize billions of kilowatt-hours of energy savings and advance their net zero emissions goals. EMC was acquired by IBC Informa Ltd. on August 24, 1998.

Lucent Technologies used to design, develop and manufacture telecommunications systems, software and products. The company was headquartered in Welwyn Garden City, UK.