72 New Technologies to Launch at DEMOfall 08
Leading Technology Conference Continues to Highlight the Best in Entrepreneurship from Around the World
FRAMINGHAM, Mass., Sept. 5 -- The DEMO conferences, known for launching some the world's biggest technology products, will kickoff this Sunday with 72 new products poised to launch onstage in just 72 hours. Beginning its 19th year of supporting innovation, DEMOfall 08 will highlight products from more than 11 countries and 19 states. Known as the conference that launched products from Google, Apple, Palm, Intel, Yahoo!, and TiVo, the fall conference will host one of its largest attendances of journalists, investors, and business professionals in its history. DEMOfall 08 is being held from September 7 - 9 at the Sheraton San Diego. To learn more about the event and register to attend visit http://www.demo.com/.
"Every DEMO we strive to identify the companies that will defy all the odds and have significant impact in the technology markets. Ours is a year-long process that culminates in 72 hours of products that are more than disruptive; they change the rules of the game as we know it," said Chris Shipley, product analyst and executive producer of the DEMO conferences. "I am very excited to unveil the class of DEMOfall 08. They are innovative, they are important, they are fun, and they represent the future products and solutions we all will be using soon."
The DEMO conferences are held twice a year requiring the DEMO team to hold in-depth interviews with more than 1,000 companies ready to launch new products at the event. This rigorous process ensures that DEMOfall 08 attendees will, for the first time, see new products from around the globe including Australia, Belgium, Canada, England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and Taiwan. Some of the products launching at DEMOfall 08 include:
-- products that help you manage, deliver, and socialize your mobile phone
and content.
-- tools that enable you to personalize, navigate and deliver multi-media,
rich-media presentations and television content over the Web.
-- a solution that brings RFID right to the consumer.
-- an application that promises to keep spam out of you inbox for good.
-- a tool that takes the mystery out of eating healthy wherever you are.
-- services that take personal finance management to a new level.
-- a solution that makes everyone a game developer.
-- tools to make you fall in love with your photos again.
-- products focused on reducing our impact on the planet from energy
consumption to traffic congestion.
Videos of each live onstage demonstration will be available on http://www.demo.com/ beginning Monday afternoon September 8.
DEMOfall 08 Demonstrators
Accordia Group, LLC; New Rochelle, NY; http://www.accordia-group.com/
Adapx, Inc.; Seattle, WA; http://www.adapx.com/
Alerts.com, Inc.; Bellvue, WA; http://www.alerts.com/
Arsenal Interactive, Inc.; Mountain View, CA; http://www.heycosmo.com/
Asyncast Corp; Campbell, CA; http://www.rocketron.com/
Awind Inc.; Junghe, Taiwan; http://www.awindinc.com/
beeTV; Milano, Italy; http://www.bee.tv/
Best Buy; Minneapolis, MN; http://www.giftag.com/
BizEquity Corp.; Spring House, PA; http://www.bizequity.com/
Blue Lava Technologies, Inc.; Honolulu, HI; http://www.bluelavatech.com/
Cerego; Tokyo, Japan; http://www.usa.iknow.co.jp/
Cinergix, Pty Ltd.; Melbourne, Australia; http://www.creately.com/
Clintworld; Boenningstedt, Germany; http://www.clintworld.de/
CoreTrace Corp.; Austin, TX; http://www.coretrace.com/
crowdSPRING, LLC; Chicago, IL; http://www.crowdspring.com/
DesignIn, Inc.; Marblehead, MA; http://www.mydesignin.com/
Dial Directions, Inc.; Alameda, CA; http://www.dialdirections.com/
DOCCENTER; Omaha, NE; http://www.doccenterinc.com/
Enterprise Informatics, Inc.; San Diego, CA;
http://www.enterpriseinfomatics.com/
Familybuilder; New York, NY; http://www.familybuilder.com/
ffwd.com, Inc.; San Francisco, CA; http://www.ffwd.com/
Fortressware, Inc.; Mountain View, CA; http://www.fortressw.com/
Fusion-io; Salt Lake City, UT; http://www.fusionio.com/
G.ho.st; Ramallah & Modin, Palestine and Israel; http://g.ho.st/
Green Sherpa; Santa Barbara, CA; http://www.greensherpa.com/
Infovell, Inc.; Menlo Park, CA; http://www.infovell.com/
Intelius, Inc.; Bellevue, WA; http://www.zumende.com/
Invision TV, LLC; Bethesda, MD; http://www.invision.tv/
iWidgets, Inc.; San Francisco, CA; http://www.iwidgets.com/
Kadoo Inc.; Washington, DC; http://www.kadoo.com/
Koollage, Inc.; San Jose, CA; http://www.koollage.com/
Mapflow, Ltd.; Cork, Ireland; http://www.eirlift.com/
Maverick Mobile Solutions, Pvt. Ltd.; Maharashtra, India;
http://www.maverickmobile.in/
MeDeploy; Hamden, CT; http://www.medeploy.com/
Message Sling; Worcester, MA; http://www.messagesling.com/
MeWorks, Inc.; Taipei, Taiwan; http://www.meworks.net/
Microstaq, Inc.; Austin, TX; http://www.microstaq.com/
MixMatchMusic, Ltd.; Burlingame, CA; http://www.mixmatchmusic.com/
Momindum; Paris, France; http://www.momindum.com/
OpenACircle.com; Dallas, TX; http://www.openacircle.com/
Paidinterviews, LLC; McLean, VA; http://www.paidinterviews.com/
Paragent, LLC; Muncie, IN; http://www.paragent.com/
Photrade, LLC; Cincinnati, OH; http://www.photrade.com/
PlanDone, Inc.; Petaluma, CA; http://www.plandone.com/
Plastic Logic, Ltd.; Mountain View, CA; http://www.plasticlogic.com/
Qtask, Inc.; Burbank, CA; http://www.qtask.com/
Quantivo Corp.; San Mateo, CA; http://www.quantivo.com/
Radiant Logic, Inc.; Novato, CA; http://www.radiantlogic.com/
RealNetworks, Inc.; Seattle, WA; http://www.real.com/
Rebus Technology, Inc.; Cupertino, CA; http://www.rebustechnology.net/
RemoTV, Inc.; New Haven, CT; http://www.remotv.com/
Rudder, Inc.; Houston, TX; http://www.rudder.com/
Semanti Corp.; Alberta, Canada; http://www.semantifind.com/
Sim Ops Studios, Inc.; San Francisco, CA; http://www.wildpockets.com/
SitScape, Inc.; Vienna, VA; http://www.sitscape.com/
SkyData Systems, Inc.; San Mateo, CA; http://www.skydata.com/
SpinSpotter; Seattle, WA; http://www.spinspotter.com/
Telnic, Ltd.; London, England; http://www.telnic.org/
TetraBase, LLC; Boothwyn, PA; http://www.tetrabase.com/
The Echo Nest Corp.; Somerville, MA; http://echonest.com/
tikitag, an Alcatel-Lucent Venture; Antwerp, Belgium;
http://www.tikitag.com/
Toolgether; San Mateo, CA; http://www.toolgether.com/
TravelMuse, Inc.; Los Altos, CA; http://www.travelmuse.com/
Trinity Convergence, Inc.; Durham, NC; http://www.trinityconvergence.com/
TurnTo Networks, Inc.; New York, NY; http://www.turnto.com/
UbiEst S.p.A.; Treviso, Italy; http://www.ubiest.com/
UGA Digital, Inc.; Taipei, Taiwan; http://www.ugadigital.com/
Unity Solutions, LLC; Clearwater, FL; http://www.unitysolutions.com/
Usable Security Systems, Inc.; San Francisco, CA; http://www.usable.com/
WebDiet, Inc.; Henderson, NV; http://www.webdiet.com/
Xumii, Inc.; San Mateo, CA; http://www.xumii.com/
Zazengo, Inc.; Santa Cruz, CA; http://www.zazengo.com/
DEMOfall 08 Sponsors
Angelsoft, LLC, Arx, Atlanta Venture Forum, Band of Angels, BoogarLists, Comerica Bank, Conference Guru, Connect Public Relations, Cooley Godward Kronish, LLP, Cornerstone Angels, Data Essence, Digsu.com, Ethos Networks Ltd., Eye-to-Eye Communications, Financing Partners, Funding Universe, funP, GigaOm, Golden Capital, GoldMail, Granite Financial Group, LLC, Guidewire Group, HomeIt.com, IDC Israel, IDC, IDG Ventures SF, Institute for Information Industry, Institute for Information Industry, Israel Venture Association, jMap, Keiretsu Forum, Mashable, memode, Merrill Corporation, MicroArts, Microsoft Corporation, Missouri Venture, mPortico, Ltd., myownrealestate.com, National Science Foundation, NEC Corporation of America, Nokia, Inc., NVCA, OCVG, OpSource, Plug and Play Tech Center, Inc., Porter Novelli, ppolis, PR Newswire, QUALCOMM, Inc., ReadWriteWeb, Rocky Mountain Venture Capital, Sentrigo, Inc., SFNewTech, Silicon Valley Bank, Start, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Tech Confidential, The Deal, Tufin Technologies, Ubergizmo, UBS, VCNetwork, Venture Capital Journal, VentureBeat, VentureDeal, Wacanai.com, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati,
Note to editors: This is one in a series of news alerts informing media of the ongoing successes of DEMO companies. News alerts will be issued every week until DEMOfall 08.
About the DEMO
DEMO, a unit of IDG, is the launchpad for emerging technologies both as conferences in the U.S., Europe, and China and as a news and information Web site http://www.demo.com/. Emerging technologies and new products introduced at DEMO conferences are hand-selected from the spectrum of the global technology marketplace. DEMO conferences have earned a reputation for consistently identifying technologies that will disrupt current markets and change how people use digital technologies. New technologies are introduced at DEMO conferences by start-ups and established companies such as Google, VMWare, salesforce.com, Palm, Yahoo!, Leapfrog, Apple, IronPort, HP and thousands of others. More than 2,065 breakthrough products -- from consumer favorites like Skype, Slingbox, and TiVo to top development platforms such as Sun's Java, Qualcomm's Brew, and IBM's Pervasive -- have debuted at DEMO during the past 18 years. DEMO conferences and news coverage are where digital entrepreneurs and investors change the game and stay ahead of the curve.
About Network World
Network World, Inc., the Leader in Network Knowledge, empowers network IT executives through education, information and community. Network World, an IDG company, is the leading provider of news, analysis, reviews, events and education on information technology. Network World publishes the leading newsweekly, Network World, hosts the most active online communities (http://www.networkworld.com/, http://www.javaworld.com/, http://www.linuxworld.com/, and http://www.demo.com/), and produces educational seminars and events worldwide. Network World's portfolio of strategic marketing programs provides marketing and agency professionals with the tools to generate high-quality leads, optimize marketing campaigns, and create new revenue opportunities. Additionally, Network World is the event organizer of DEMO and DEMOfall, the leading events for new technology innovation.
About International Data Group (IDG)
International Data Group (IDG) is the world's leading technology media, events, and research company. IDG's online network includes more than 450 Web sites spanning business technology, consumer technology, digital entertainment and video games worldwide. IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers in 85 countries including CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro, InfoWorld, Macworld, Network World, and PC World. IDG's lead-generation service, IDG Connect, matches technology companies with an audience of engaged, high-quality IT professionals, influencers, and decision makers.
IDG is a leading producer of more than 750 technology-related events including Macworld Conference & Expo, LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, Entertainment for All Expo (E for All), DEMO, and IDC Directions. IDC, a subsidiary of IDG, is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events. Over 900 IDC analysts in more than 90 countries provide global, regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends.
Additional information about IDG, a privately held company, is available at http://www.idg.com/.
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