Jeffrey J. Read

SAS Institute, Inc. provides business analytics software and services. It offers solutions in the areas of business intelligence, customer intelligence, financial intelligence, foundation tools, fraud and security intelligence, high-performance analytics, human capital intelligence, information management and information technology. The firm offers services to automotive, banking, defense, security, communications and health care industries. The company was founded by James Goodnight and John P. Sall in 1976 and is headquartered in Cary, NC.

Nuance Enterprise Solutions & Services Corp. develops and provides cloud-based outbound customer engagement solutions. The firm's platform is used by companies to manage outbound customer service communications via automated phone, email, and text messages. It offers Varolii ID which automatically analyzes each recipient's past responses to personalize future communications. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

PeopleSoft, Inc. provides enterprise software that ties together back-office applications and databases. Its software addresses such tasks as accounting, human resources management and supply chain management. PeopleSoft has expanded its product lines to include vertical applications for manufacturing firms and government agencies. In late 2003 Oracle launched a hostile attempt to purchase PeopleSoft, which ultimately agreed to be purchased for $10.3 billion in December 2004. Oracle completed the acquisition of the company in January 2005. PeopleSoft is located in Redwood Shores, CA.

Cape Clear Software provides services-oriented architecture (SOA) and enterprise service bus (ESB) technology. Its products include Server, a runtime engine that supports service hosting, of BPEL, Java, assembly, and database services; and multiple transports out-of-the-box; Studio, an Eclipse-based tools environment for the development of SOA-based and on-demand applications.