Woody Benson

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

Shiva Corp. provides remote access solutions for businesses. It used to offer hardware and software products, including the LanRover, VPN Express and secure internetworking solutions. It used to provide dial-in, shared dial-out and LAN-to-LAN links over high-speed remote access via analog or digital links. It was headquartered in Bedford, MA.

MCK Communications, Inc. developed, marketed and distributed voice solutions. It offered an open and interconnected business telephony environment and options for flexible migration to next generation environments. It was founded in June, 1989 and was headquartered in Needham, MA.

Part of DZS, Inc., Elastic Networks, Inc. is a company that manufactures high-speed digital communications products. The company is based in Alpharetta, GA. Elastic Networks was acquired by Paradyne Networks, Inc. on March 05, 2002 for $28.13 million. The company was founded in 1997 by Larry R Hurtado.

Salesnet, Inc. was a provider of online CRM software specializing in managing and reinforcing sales processes. It was committed to bettering sales teams in aspiring organizations by providing online sales solution that integrates organization's practices and methodologies to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and profitability of each individual sales professional. Organizations such as American Express Incentive Services, Sovereign Bank, JetBlue, GreenPages, and Tellabs used to use the company's software to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and profitability of global sales organizations. The company was founded by Richard Perkett in 1997 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Maven Networks, Inc. provides broadband marketing, media and entertainment services. It enables media companies to create and distribute direct to consumer Internet television channels. The company was founded by Hilmi Ozguc in 2002 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Expo Communications, Inc. provides consumer-generated video product reviews. It distributes informative video content for digital points of purchase viewable at expotv.com, retail websites, youtube, facebook, manufacturer sites. The company was founded by Daphne Kwon and William Hildebolt in 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

M:Metrics, Inc. provides data for the wireless data sector. It offers data on mobile consumption, applications, consumers, and advertisement to the mobile, advertising, media, technology, and consumer goods industries. The company was founded by William Hodgman and Seamus McAteer in 2004 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA

KickApps Corp. operates a software-as-a-service platform. It hosts, manages & delivers community applications for media companies and businesses. The firm's applications include social networking, user-generated content, online video players and viral widgets. The company was founded by Eric D. Alterman and Peter Clark in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY.