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TOPO is an analyst firm that helps sales and marketing organizations grow revenues in a scalable, repeatable manner. We do this by helping demand generation, sales development, and sales organizations adopt the patterns, plays, and behaviors that drive exceptional revenue growth. The foundation of our business is our "high growth dataset" - insights and data collected from the world's best sales and marketing organizations. This data powers everything we do for our clients, including: 1. Strategic advisory support and research 2. Customized playbooks and training 3. High impact councils and conferences Over 200 high growth companies, ranging from Google and LinkedIn to venture-backed startups, now depend on TOPO Analysts to power their demand generation, sales development, and sales efforts.

L2 was founded in 2010 on the belief that a brand's digital competency is inextricably linked to shareholder value. L2 uses proprietary research and tools, combined with academic rigor and progressive design, to provide managers with visibility into a brand's digital performance. L2 is tracking over 5,000 global brands and works with the prestige and consumer sectors' largest and most iconic enterprises and brands.

Corporate Executive Board is a member-based advisory company. The Company equips senior executives and their teams with insight and actionable solutions to drive corporate performance. It also provides data analysis, research, and advisory services. Corporate Executive Board was founded in 1983 and is based in Arlington, Virginia.

Headquartered in the UK, Machina Research is the world's leading provider of strategic advice on the newly emerging M2M, IoT and Big Data markets. Machina Research is staffed by industry veterans with the knowledge and understanding of the new market opportunities to help your company, whatever its requirements.

To accelerate the collective learning and performance of the SCM World community by harnessing the knowledge of the most forward-thinking supply chain practitioners, shared through industry-leading research, best-practice exchanges, peer networking and events.

Nubera eBusiness makes companies more successful with cloud based business apps. Nubera is a cloud apps management service pioneer. Established in 2009, they develop cloud apps management services, with a strong focus on small businesses.

GetApp is the recommendation engine small businesses need to make the right software choice. GetApp enables SMBs to achieve their mission by delivering the tailored, data-driven recommendations and insights needed to make informed software purchasing decisions. For more information, visit www.getapp.com.

Senexx is an internal Question and Answers platform that helps corporate identify and manage expertise within their organization, using a patent pending technology. Senexx enhances cross-team collaboration by identifying experts – or individuals with a certain skill set - in an enterprise to employees needing that expertise. Using Senexx's advanced parsing and knowledge-routing algorithms, organizations can realize the full benefit of their current collaboration systems (email, instant messaging and internal social networks). Senexx is a private cloud-based service conceived to improve productivity by integrating seamlessly into an organization's existing enterprise networking platform. Senexx enables an organization to identify individuals with specific knowledge or experience in a particular subject - or in cataloging past solutions to certain events or situations - to channel in- house expertise in dealing with a problem or opportunity. Senexx is a TechStars Boston 2011 graduate.

Sircleit, Inc. provides web based social application services. It provides its services to anyone who faces daily problems and questions related with personal, social or professional life and direct them to the right responder.

Marketvisio is a Gartner Company. Marketvisio experienced consultants, analysts and market researchers offer our clients global knowledge as well as local business expertise.

Software AdviceTM is the leading online service for businesses navigating the software selection process. Advisors provide free, personalized software recommendations, helping companies of all sizes find products that meet their business needs. Software Advice also features objective research by industry experts and reviews from validated users, saving buyers time and resources. Software Advice is a Gartner company. For more information, visit softwareadvice.com.

Ideas International Limited (IDEAS) is the global leader in the provision of compelling competitive information that compares the pricing, performance and product/service features of high-technology offerings. Our information services are widely used by vendors, consultants and purchasers of IT solutions.

Burton Group provides in-depth, IT research and advisory services to executives and technologists at Global 2000 organizations. Focused on strategic business technologies and the unique needs of enterprise organizations, Burton Group provides clients company-wide access to its world-renowned analysts and a suite of powerful, intuitive research and decision support tools unmatched in the industrytechnologists at Global 2000 organizations. Focused on strategic business technologies and the unique needs of enterprise organizations, Burton Group provides clients company-wide access to its world-renowned analysts and a suite of powerful, intuitive research and decision support tools unmatched in the industry.

AMR Research, Inc. is a research and advisory firm focused on the global supply chain and its supporting technologies. The firm focuses its research in automotive, aerospace and defense, industrial, consumer products, life sciences, retail, high-tech, and chemical and process sectors. It conducts research on most pressing business process and technology issues faced by supply chain executives. The firm provides enterprise application strategies, industry value chain strategies, retail strategies, and sustainability strategies. It offers primary research-based solutions, recommendations, published reports and case studies, one on one discussion with analyst team, and expert led peer networking conversations. It also provides market intelligence, custom research and consulting services. The firm caters to supply chain, retail, and IT executives. AMR Research, Inc. was founded in 1986 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

META Group is a venture capital firm based in Terni, Italy, founded in 1993, that specializes in investing in early-stage, high-growth companies primarily within the information technology sector. Through its investment platform, META Investment, the firm has invested in over 200 startups across Europe via multiple venture capital funds. With over 20 years of experience in fund management, META Group focuses on building tailored solutions for early-stage funds and fostering public-private partnerships involving business incubators, corporate ventures, and various governmental entities. Additionally, META Group operates as an IT research and consulting firm, employing more than 225 analysts and consultants who specialize in a range of technology and business disciplines, including customer relationship management, information security, and supply chain management, serving various industries such as healthcare, retail, and energy.

Solista Global provides strategic consulting services with focus on Internet, broadband, and wireless technologies.

Rendall provides strategic planning advice, feasibility and competitive analysis and research on the telecommunications market, technologies, regulation and public policies.

CFC provides senior executives in IT and purchasing with assistance intended to enhance the procurement of IT related products and services

Warner is a management consulting firm specializing in information technology, communications technology and performance improvement for government agency clients.

G2R provides its clients with market research and management consulting through custom consulting engagements, multiclient market research studies, and syndicated continuing market research. G2R develops globally consistent IT, professional, and solutions forecasts across 49 countries and 57 industries.

Griggs-Anderson, Inc. provides custom market research to vendors in the technology marketplace, research and surveys for the evaluation of Web sites for effectiveness of content, technical performance, ease of navigation, impact of graphics, and demographic profiles of users.

Wentworth provides research and advisory services to chief information officers and the senior information technology management community in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong.

Vision Events International, Inc. produces premiere channel events that serve to bring information technology vendors, value-added resellers, and system integrators together with vendors and distributors selling through these channels. The acquisition was accounted for by the purchase method, and the purchase price has been allocated to the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed, based upon estimated fair values at the date of acquisition.

Mentis is a vertical research concern specializing in evaluating IT within the financial services industry.

The Research Board compiles and provides information technology ("IT") research on suppliers and new technologies, validated management practices and IT best practices to its membership, which consist principally of senior IT executives.

Interprose, Inc. is a provider of total cost of ownership (TCO) measurement and analysis tools and training.

Datapro is an IT information services company headquartered in Delran, New Jersey with regional headquarters in the United Kingdom and Singapore. The company is best known for its continuous services that focus on evaluations of hardware, software and communications products. Northern Business Information (NBI), a subsidiary of Datapro, was also acquired. NBI specializes in market research on the telecommunications industry.

J3 Learning offers more than 300 training courses in CD-ROM, computer- and video-based formats. Many courses are authorized by leading software manufacturers such as Microsoft, Novell, Oracle and Sybase and assist IT professionals in preparing for certification testing.

Dataquest Inc., a unit of the Dun & Bradstreet Corporation which provide research and analysis of computers, software and other information technology.

Relational Courseware, Inc. (RCI) is a database training company, specializing in the SQL and relational database training market (Oracle, DBZ, Intermix, Sybase); UNIX, Object-Oriented Technology, data telecommunications and open systems. They also serve the client/server market. The business was established and incorporated in Massachusetts in 1986. They employ approximately 30 people. Mr. Joseph Gustafson is the President of the business. Mr. David Boggs is the Vice-President of Sales. Mr. Brian Harrold is the Director of Product Development. Any questions or problems should be directed to the attention of either Mr. Gustafson or Mr. Scott Gillman, Controller.

RDC provides benchmarking services to information technology components within large corporations to assist the organizations in analyzing the effectiveness of their use of information technology systems compared to other organizations.