Dean Cruse

Zenoss, Inc. provides information technology monitoring and management solutions. It offers cloud, server, virtualization, application, storage, converged infrastructure, unified communications and network monitoring. The firm serves federal, financial, technology, and services provider industries. The company was founded by William G. Karpovich and Erik Dahl in 2005 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Troux Technologies, Inc. engages in the provision of business technology management and enterprise architecture software services. It offers strategic information technology planning and control software for enterprises and government agencies. The firm's software combines tools for enterprise architecture design and creation with a new generation of information aggregation and management solutions, offering the visibility foundational to IT and business transformation. The company was founded in April 2001 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Acuity Corp develops web-based customer interaction software. The company is based in Austin, TX. Acuity was acquired by Quintus Corp on November 11, 1999.

FiveRuns Corp. developed software for rails and related open-source systems. It offered analyzing, reporting and predicting systems management software. The company was founded by Steven Smith in February 2005 and was headquartered in Austin, TX.

PerformanceRetail, Inc. provides retail business intelligence software for the retail industry in the United States. The company's product suite includes InSite retail intelligence suite, which delivers performance management solutions for retailers; InSite loss prevention that tracks in-store performance of stores and cashiers. The company was established in February 2000 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.