Compaq

Compaq Computer Corporation was a prominent developer and manufacturer of personal computers and related products, catering primarily to business, home, government, and education sectors. The company offered a diverse array of computing products, including desktop personal computers, battery-powered notebook computers, AC-powered portable computers, and tower PC systems designed for data storage and management in network environments. Although Compaq initially operated as an independent entity, it is now a brand name under Hewlett-Packard.

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Zip2

Acquisition in 2002
Zip2 was a mobile media company that developed applications aimed at enhancing interaction between business partners and their target audiences through mobile devices. It operated the Zumobi Network, a collection of interconnected mobile media applications that facilitated user discovery of apps and content. The network enabled cross-promotion among applications and supported viral distribution, allowing for improved engagement metrics on usage and user behavior. This platform provided businesses with tools to better connect with their customers, optimizing their marketing efforts in the mobile space. Zip2's innovative approach positioned it as a significant player in the evolving mobile media landscape.

SteelEye Technology

Series B in 2001
SteelEye Technology is a prominent provider of data and application availability management solutions, specializing in business continuity and disaster recovery. The company offers the SteelEye LifeKeeper suite, which includes application-focused data replication, high availability clustering, and disaster recovery solutions. These offerings are designed to be user-friendly, allowing enterprises of all sizes to efficiently deploy and manage them. SteelEye's services are aimed at ensuring the continuous availability of essential business-critical applications, servers, and data, thereby enhancing IT reliability and minimizing downtime for its clients.

Surebridge

Series B in 2001
Surebridge is a provider of software outsourcing services tailored for mid-size companies. The company specializes in delivering fully managed, name-brand ERP, CRM, and e-commerce applications. Its offerings encompass software selection based on specific business needs, efficient application deployment, secure application hosting and management, as well as ongoing business improvement services. Surebridge focuses on the middle market, leveraging its expertise in notable software solutions such as Microsoft Business Solutions, PeopleSoft, and Siebel Systems. Through its comprehensive portfolio of managed applications and professional services, Surebridge aims to enhance operational efficiency and support the growth of its clients.

Lane15 Software

Venture Round in 2001
Lane15 Software offers software for the development, testing, and deployment of InfiniBand Architecture in corporate networks. Lane15 Software offers enterprise data centers with Lane15 Fabric Manager, a fabric management software solution. It also offers Lane15 Application Enabler, a software solution that enables its users to run their existing database applications over an InfiniBand subnet. Lane15 Software was acquired by InfiniSwitch Corporation in March 2003. Lane15 Software was founded in 2000 and is based in Austin, Texas.

Goliath Falls

Venture Round in 2000
A community for Independent Retailers devoted to helping you get back to your business. Boost your margin of success. And compete in the new economy. They're using the technology of today to promote the values of the past. They believe that access to the best products, excellent pricing and the most current information on trends and customers will allow you to do business the way you've always dreamed.

StoreRunner

Venture Round in 2000
In late 1998, StoreRunner.com launched as one of the first online shopping sites on the Web, offering a wide selection of products and services from the most trusted retailers, with technologies enabling users to shop online or in their own neighborhoods. In early 1999, CBS committed over $100 million in promotional support to StoreRunner in exchange for an equity stake in the business. This investment allowed StoreRunner to promote its brand across all CBS' television, radio, outdoor and interactive media properties, rapidly accelerating StoreRunner's appeal to shoppers and merchants. In May of 2000, after months of consumer research and testing, StoreRunner re-launched its own branded site with an entirely new look and feel, improved navigation, advanced search functionality, enhanced data feed capabilities for large retailers and catalogers, a suite of e-Commerce-enabling tools for small-to-mid size businesses, and an expanded database of over 1 million products in over 8,000 different categories.

eHitex

Private Equity Round in 2000
Hitex can look back on more than 30 years of company history. After the success of the first in-circuit emulators, Hitex began marketing worldwide: the company founded a branch in Great Britain and is represented by sales partners in all other important regions of the globe. In 1997, Hitex acquired the development tools branch of Kontron, thereby strengthening its position in the market. Since the beginning of 2003, Hitex belongs to Infineon Technologies AG. This connection guarantees Hitex a solid and secure future and allows Hitex to maintain and extend its existing partnerships with other semiconductor manufacturers as an independent company.

Senior.com

Venture Round in 2000
Senior.com is the preeminent resource for information, products, and services focused on meeting the needs of seniors and those serving seniors in their communities. As the name suggests, they are only about seniors. As senior.com grows and expands in its offerings and its visitors, they will seek to provide the most up-to-date, accurate and informative content available today.

Digital Island

Post in 2000
CenturyLink is a global communications, hosting, cloud, and IT services company that enables its clients to transform their businesses and their lives through technology solutions. It offers network and data systems management, big data analytics, and IT consulting service to its customers. CenturyLink also provides broadband, voice, video, data, and managed services over a 250,000-route-mile U.S. fiber network and a 300,000-route-mile international transport network. It operates in more than 55 data centers in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Tantau Software

Series B in 2000
TANTAU Software Inc. is a leading provider of software and services that enable enterprises to conduct high-volume, secure, mobile ecommerce transactions while maintaining direct access to their customer. TANTAU's blue-chip customer base includes major financial institutions and stock exchanges around the world. Strategic alliances include Nokia, Hewlett-Packard, Compaq, NEON Systems and Baltimore Technologies. TANTAU is a member of the WAP Forum and Radicchio, the global industry consortium that promotes security for wireless ecommerce. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, TANTAU is a global company with development and sales offices around the world, including Australia, Finland, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Nupremis

Series A in 2000
Nupremis Inc. is a full service Application Service Provider (ASP), providing applications infrastructure and shared business solutions on an outsource basis. Nupremis is a charter member of Oracle’s iHost applications hosting program and provides Oracle applications management and back-end integration services.

NaviPath

Venture Round in 2000
NaviPath provides a complete Online Relationship Marketing solution, The NaviOne™ Solution Suite, combining leading-edge Internet access with branding, customer care, and subscriber and revenue management services. NaviOne lets organizations deepen relationships with customers and members by offering them value-added, branded Internet services. NaviPath delivers Internet access solutions that help organizations broaden market coverage – and build competitive advantage – without the risk of investing millions in infrastructure or technology. Our comprehensive private-label Internet access solutions are supported by a leading edge, high-availability national network, and value-added network and information services. With NaviPath, you can offer high quality, scalable, branded Internet services to your customers. The NaviPath Technology Platform is a unique network architecture that provides unprecedented price/performance and a superior Internet experience for end-users. It aggregates multiple local calling areas into NaviPOPs, deploys advanced switch-bypass technology to eliminate busy signals, and employs private transit Internet connectivity to avoid congested public peering points on the Internet.

Snapfish

Series B in 2000
Snapfish, LLC is an online photo printing and sharing service founded in 1999 and based in San Francisco, California. Acquired by HP in 2005, Snapfish primarily focuses on allowing users to upload, print, and share photos with friends and family. Unlike many photo-sharing platforms that emphasize community interaction, Snapfish prioritizes the printing aspect, offering a variety of products such as photo books, greeting cards, and customized gifts. The company has established partnerships with retail stores like Costco and Walgreens, enabling customers to pick up their prints locally. Users can upload an unlimited number of photos, although to maintain this status, they must purchase prints at least once a year. Snapfish's business model includes affordable printing options, making it accessible for users to continue utilizing the service. Its main competitors include other photo-sharing platforms like Flickr, Shutterfly, and Photobucket.

CMGion

Venture Round in 2000
CMGion is a software development company that enables a global network of caching and anonymous, profile-based services. The company offers worldwide data center operation services to deliver targeted content and software services. It functions as a sister company of CMGI Inc. along with companies like Sun Microsystems Inc. and Novell Inc. having small stakes in it.

MyFamily

Series C in 2000
MyFamily, founded in 1998, provides an online platform for families to connect and share their experiences. The website allows users to create personalized family sites where they can post photos, share stories, schedule events, and engage in discussions. This service aims to strengthen family bonds by facilitating communication and collaboration among members. Originally part of Ancestry, a print publishing company, MyFamily is now under The Generations Network, which also operates other family-oriented websites. The platform is currently undergoing design updates to enhance user experience.

Octane Software

Venture Round in 2000
As of May 31, 2000, Octane Software Inc. was acquired by E.piphany Inc. Octane Software, Inc. provides application software and services to the rapidly emerging customer relationship management (CRM) market. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in San Mateo, California.

Lipstream

Venture Round in 2000
Lipstream Networks, Inc. is the Internet voice service provider for eBusiness. Lipstream enables live voice communication for eCommerce, customer service, education and community applications. Customers include AltaVista, English First, Excite@Home, Kana Communications, Miadora, MyFamily.com, PeopleSupport and Quintus.

Brigade Corporation

Venture Round in 2000
Brigade Corporation, founded in 1998 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, specializes in business process outsourcing (BPO) and knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) services for global corporations. The company offers a range of support services, including voice, email, and web chat assistance, as well as innovative solutions like BrigadeLogic, which provides automated self-help for clients' customers, and Brigade BTS, which focuses on web-enabled business transaction processing. Brigade's global service delivery model utilizes multi-site facilities in Hyderabad, India, allowing clients to leverage global labor markets to enhance their business processes at reduced costs. By adhering to industry best practices and standards, such as ISO 9001 and Six Sigma, Brigade has established itself as a leader in implementing and managing effective outsourcing solutions. The firm also maintains a relationship office in San Francisco, California, further supporting its commitment to delivering high-quality services to its clients.

FaceTime Communications

Series D in 2000
FaceTime Communications specializes in security solutions enabling businesses to secure and control greynet applications such as instant messaging, adware/spyware, webmail, P2P file sharing, web conferencing, and instant voice.

Digex

Post in 2000
Founded in 1991, Digex specializes in managed hosting services for enterprises. It offers server management, application support, networking services, customer care, IT security, database services, high-availability solutions, stress testing, and consulting across various industries such as financial services, healthcare, and technology.

Ancestry

Series B in 1999
Ancestry is a leading online platform facilitating family history research. Founded in 1983, it offers users the ability to create and share family trees, with access to over 7 billion records from the US, Canada, and Europe. Services range from free basic tools to premium subscriptions for advanced genealogy research.

MyFamily

Series B in 1999
MyFamily, founded in 1998, provides an online platform for families to connect and share their experiences. The website allows users to create personalized family sites where they can post photos, share stories, schedule events, and engage in discussions. This service aims to strengthen family bonds by facilitating communication and collaboration among members. Originally part of Ancestry, a print publishing company, MyFamily is now under The Generations Network, which also operates other family-oriented websites. The platform is currently undergoing design updates to enhance user experience.

Good Technology

Series D in 1999
Good Technology Corporation specializes in secure mobility solutions tailored for enterprises and governments globally. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, the company provides a range of collaboration applications designed to enhance mobile productivity. Its offerings include Good Launcher, a mobile desktop solution; Good Work, which facilitates business-class email and collaboration; Good Access, a browser enabling access to corporate intranets and web applications; and Good Share, a tool that allows mobile users to access, download, and share documents securely. Additionally, Good Technology provides mobile messaging services, enabling mobile operators to deliver essential corporate data, including push email and calendar functions, to various devices.

Red Hat

Corporate Round in 1999
Red Hat, Inc. is a leading provider of open source software solutions, specializing in operating systems, virtualization, management, middleware, cloud, mobile, and storage technologies for enterprises around the globe. The company is best known for its flagship product, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, which serves as a robust operating system platform for hybrid cloud environments. In addition to its core operating system, Red Hat offers a suite of solutions, including Red Hat Satellite for system management, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for managing multiple operating systems, and Red Hat JBoss Middleware for application development and integration. The company also provides cloud solutions, mobile application development platforms, and tools for managing large datasets. Red Hat further enhances its offerings through consulting, support, and training services. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, Red Hat is recognized for its commitment to free and open source software, solidifying its position as a major player in the enterprise IT landscape.

Digital Equipment Corporation

Acquisition in 1998
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) is the developer of minicomputers for use in laboratories and research institutions. It is a leading vendor of computer systems, including computers, software, and peripherals, and its PDP and successor VAX products were the most successful of all minicomputers in terms of sales. Founded in 1957, the company employed more than 120,000 people worldwide at its peak in 1990 and earned more than $14 billion in revenue. It was bought by Compaq Computer Corporation in 1998.

Integrated Computing Engine

Funding Round in 1996
Integrated Computing Engine is a multiprocessing computer hardware company. It was founded in 1993 and is based in Waltham, Massachusetts.
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