At InfoTech 2004, CED showcased the most innovative information technology demos from North Carolina-based early and later stage entrepreneurial companies, University spin-outs, IT corporations and local research institutions. Congratulations to Inlet Technologies and Integrian for winning first and second place respectively in the 2nd Annual People’s Choice Awards, voted on by conference attendees based on level of innovation, market application and “demo-ability.”
Click HERE to listen to brief audio interviews with several InfoTech 2004 demo participants.
Click HERE to view the demo selection criteria used in selecting this year’s participants.
Demo Selection Chair: Jeff Messinger, Noverant, Inc.
Animated Communications
www.3dchor.com
Chapel Hill, NC
Animated Communications has developed technology called 3dChor Video Effects Studio that allows anyone to take video and easily create special effects once limited to professional animators. The Windows-based software program allows children and adults to create complex animations with the click of a button.
CipherOptics Inc.
www.cipheroptics.com
Raleigh, NC
CipherOptics designs, develops and manufactures encryption solutions that secure communication over high-speed networks. The CipherOptics family of encryption solutions can encrypt data at full Gigabit line-rates with minimal latency for transmission over non-secure wired or wireless networks. The company enables organizations to completely secure all data communications while maximizing broadband network capacities.
clearTXT, Inc.
www.cleartxt.com
Apex, NC
clearTXT is a mobile communication and information delivery system for the education market. Notifications, alerts and other types of messages are delivered (as text messages) right to the cell phones and email inboxes of students, instructors and school representatives. clearTXT also provides a permission-based mobile marketing solution, enabling schools and their partners (businesses) to generate revenue through the delivery of notifications.
Covelight Systems
www.covelight.com
Cary, NC
Covelight Systems’ Percept is a security appliance that protects business applications and sensitive information, ensuring that intellectual property is secure from both insider and outsider threats and ensuring that internal and regulatory compliance requirements are fulfilled. Percept is installed in the Web application data center and passively monitors and records all user activity, detecting threats by analyzing transaction and user sessions for activity that deviates from an acceptable norm.
Devici, Inc.
www.devici.com
Durham, NC
Devici has designed and developed a wristwatch-based electronic monitoring, logging and pacing system for individuals participating in strength training and cardio fitness activities. The addressable market includes home gym manufacturers, individuals, personal trainers, health clubs, university athletic departments, private and public health and rehabilitation centers. The company’s system will enable users the ability to monitor their exercise program, which has been proven as the key element in continuing a regular exercise regimen.
EMC Corporation
www.emc.com
RTP, NC
EMC Corporation offers products, services and solutions for information storage and management. The company’s offerings help customers of all sizes manage their growing information—from the time of its creation to its archival and eventual disposal—through information lifecycle management. The Massachusetts-based company developed numerous technology applications in its Research Triangle area office.
End II End Communications, Inc.
www.endiiend.com
Charlotte, NC
End II End has developed and commercialized software that delivers network services to secure, optimize and manage a company’s Wide Area Network. The company’s product provides IP routing, firewall, VPN encryption, authentication, Quality of Service, Intrusion Detection and Web Cache/Filtering on a single integrated software platform. The End II End solution leverages the Linux/Intel architecture for reliability and global support. All network services are managed using the End II End Simple Unified Management (SUM) tool, enabling customers to control thousands of sites as a single location.
FormRouter, Inc.
www.formrouter.com
Cary, NC
FormRouter is a complete form hosting and retrieval service that enables companies of all sizes to create, host and retrieve online form responses without programming. FormRouter helps companies, organizations or individuals who need to securely capture data online.
IBM Corporate Strategic Design
www.ibm.com/technology
RTP, NC
IBM has developed a wireless handheld device for enabling exchange traders to access buy-and-sell orders through a reliable portable wireless device. This device is tailored to solving ease-of-use and reliability concerns with personal digital assistants (PDAs) and tablet computers.
IBM Extreme Blue
www.ibm.com/extremeblue
RTP, NC
IBM’s Extreme Blue program is an incubator for talent, technology and business innovation. Students enrolled in a full-time degree program at an accredited U.S. university are eligible to apply. Selected students participate on a small team to conceive and deliver the technology, business plan and go to market strategy for an emerging business opportunity. Extreme Blue project teams mix business and technical disciplines with a variety of experience from undergraduate and graduate student interns – all led by IBM's technical and business experts.
Inlet Technologies
www.inletHD.com
Cary, NC
Inlet Technologies provides High Definition media processing technology to solve the size problems encountered with the transmission and storage of HD media. Inlet has combined its proprietary Media Processing Engine with an advanced, compute intensive compression format to reduce the size of HD by up to a factor of 3, in real-time, while preserving the media quality. Inlet delivers cost savings to media professionals by removing deployment barriers enabling practical production, distribution and storage of High Definition media.
InnerOptic Technology Inc.
www.inneroptic.com
Chapel Hill, NC
InnerOptic is expanding the capabilities of its 3D Laparoscope to provide tumor detection for colon cancer and other subsurface lesions. The company is integrating into the laparoscope device a cancer detection technique called "Frequency Domain Optical Detection" that can detect subsurface tumors. With this integrated device, InnerOptic will be able to provide real-time updates for both 3D topography and suspected tumor locations.
Instancy, Inc.
www.instancy.com
Raleigh, NC
Instancy’s mission is to improve individual, team and organizational performance by facilitating communication, collaboration, knowledge transfer and learning. The company’s RPM System (Realtime Productivity Management) is an integrated Web and Mobile environment (PDAs, Tablets, SmartPhones, and others) that collects and delivers critical intelligence in ‘real-time’ within the context of mission critical business processes or workflows (individual and collaborative job-tasks).
Institute for Innovations
www.institute4innovations.com
Carolina Beach, NC
Institute for Innovations offers “The Strategic Visioning System,” an Internet-based software and training tool that facilitates new idea creation and knowledge management. The company’s technology is based on Bisociation Brainstorming, a proprietary brainstorming technique that uses the theory of Bisociation Brainstorming for discovery and opportunity recognition. The software provides multiple stage bisociative processes, visual mapping, idea appending, idea prioritization; asynchronous/synchronous operation, brainwriting/brainstorming modality, anonymity, multiple organizational levels, incentive system tracking, real-time discussion groups and administrative reports.
Integrian
www.integrian.com
RTP, NC
Integrian develops and manufactures mobile digital video solutions for the public safety, transportation and corporate security markets, which are delivered through strategic partnerships with market leaders. Customers use Integrian's technology to capture high-quality digital video as well as to tag, transmit, archive and search that video for various security and law enforcement purposes.
Level 8 Systems, Inc.
www.level8.com
Cary, NC
Level 8 Systems' Cicero technology is a business integration software that maximizes end-user productivity, streamlines business operations and integrates systems and applications that would not otherwise work together at the desktop. Cicero streamlines all activities by providing a single, seamless user interface for simple access to all systems associated with a task. Cicero enables automatic information sharing among line-of-business applications and tools.
MCNC Grid Computing and Networking Services
www.mcnc.org/gcns
RTP, NC
The MCNC Grid Computing & Networking Services (GCNS) company works in tandem with the MCNC Research & Development Institute and MCNC Ventures as a catalyst for technology-led economic development throughout North Carolina. GCNS offers a variety of technology services, including computing resources, data storage and networking infrastructure.
Memscap, Inc.
Durham, NC
www.memscap.com
Memscap, an international company with offices in Durham, provides solutions based on micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS). The company has developed a magnetic MEMS switch that can replace bulky and fragile reed switches. Memscap is offering technology for applications that require small size and full surface mount technology (SMT) compatibility.
NORLINX
www.norlinx.com
Raleigh, NC
NORLINX has developed Enterprise Management Software - Global Site Management (GSM) - to manage and control complex, hard-to-manage IT infrastructures. GSM is geared to integrate, automate and improve the process of IT infrastructure management for customers. NORLINX’s goal is to build an industry-wide architecture for centralized management of IT infrastructure utilizing a phased approach that allows the company to fully champion the management of multiple computer hardware components and devices within data centers and data closets.
NuLambda, Inc.
(no Web site)
Chapel Hill, NC
NuLambda has developed a patent-pending technology that simplifies billing and payment processes for the healthcare industry. Through the company’s technology, patients can use health insurance ID cards as payment cards to cover out-of-pocket expenses at the point of service (POS) and receive consolidated patient medical bills and Explanation of Benefit (EOB) statements post-visits.
Polyview Technologies, Inc.
(no Web site)
Apex, NC
Polyview is a patented display technology platform that protects the privacy and security of a display by masking the content using a proprietary algorithm. Unauthorized viewers only see the “masked display” and cannot see the sensitive content on the protected display. Authorized viewers can clearly see the content with the coupled hardware (LCD shutter glasses). Future enhancements include viewing multiple full screen programs on one HDTV, and playing multiple games or one from different perspectives on a single game console.
QlikTech, Inc.
www.qliktechinc.com
Raleigh, NC
QlikTech develops and provides business intelligence and analysis software. The company’s QlikView is a complete business intelligence software suite that lets developers build and deploy analytical applications. QlikTech’s clients have deployed QlikView for business performance management and reporting across a range of functions – sales, finance and accounting, manufacturing and clinical trial data analysis.
Red Hat
www.redhat.com
Raleigh, NC
The Red Hat Desktop is a secure, manageable solution for the enterprise and is targeted at Government, Academic and Enterprise IT organizations. The Red Hat Desktop is a productive environment that features mature open source office applications including an e-mail client, browser and office suite. Organizations seeking a single client for developers who require both development and office productivity solutions are ideal pilot sites.
Refense Technologies
www.refense.com
Raleigh, NC
Refense is a security technology company dedicated to providing solutions to secure critical components of today's networks. The company’s solutions address the security concerns in securing sensitive data and critical network devices. Refense’s Network Device Scanner provides the solution to ensure the security and policy compliance within the backbone of every IT infrastructure, the network.
RTI International
www.rti.org
RTP, NC
RTI is an independent, nonprofit corporation with a distinguished history in scientific research and technology development. RTI's mission is to “improve the human condition through objective, innovative, multidisciplinary research, development, and technical services, setting the standard for scientific and professional excellence.”
StrikeIron
www.strikeiron.com
Durham, NC
StrikeIron is pioneering products and subscription-based online services that make it easier and faster to work with Web services. The StrikeIron Web Services Business Network (WSBizNet) allows anyone to quickly locate, understand and utilize existing Web services for access to information, integration with existing applications and assembly of new applications.
TapRoot Systems Inc.
www.taprootsystems.com
Morrisville, NC
TapRoot Systems provides critical embedded software for a new class of consumer product – Smartphones. TapRoot's software, found embedded deep within handsets, provides the foundation for smartphone designs. The company’s special focus is on the communication infrastructure software found within a smartphone handset. TapRoot provides telephony and networking products as well as turnkey design services to smartphone manufacturers and semiconductor vendors around the world to help deliver their products to market more quickly.