CED Finalizes Demo Line-up for InfoTech 2005; 26 NC-based Technologies on Display at 15th Annual Conference.RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , N.C. -- The Council for Entrepreneurial en·tre·pre·neur n. A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture. [French, from Old French, from entreprendre, to undertake; see enterprise. Development (CED (Capacitance Electronic Disc) An earlier videodisc technology from RCA that was released in 1981 and abandoned five years later. Like phonograph records, the analog disc contained grooves that a stylus rode over. ) has selected an additional 21 North Carolina-based demo demo - /de'moh/ 1. A demonstration of a product, often of an early version or prototype. A demo is a far more effective way of inducing bugs to manifest themselves than any number of test runs, especially when important people are watching. 2. demo version. 3. participants for InfoTech 2005 - bringing the total number of featured technologies to 26. Scheduled for Oct. 12 at the RTP (1) (Rapid Transport Protocol) The protocol used in IBM's High Performance Routing (HPR) system. (2) (Realtime Transport Protocol) An IP protocol that supports real time transmission of voice and video. Sheraton Imperial Hotel, CED's 15th annual InfoTech conference will offer selected demo participants an opportunity to showcase their technologies to hundreds of investors, potential strategic partners and customers, corporate executives and IT entrepreneurs. The recently selected InfoTech 2005 demo participants include the following: --Bright View Technologies, Inc. (Durham Durham, town and district, England Durham, town (1991 pop. 38,105) and district, county seat of Durham, NE England, on the sides of a hill nearly encircled by the Wear River. The town's small factories produce organs and carpets. , NC, www.brightviewtechnologies.com) --CENTICE Corporation (Raleigh, NC, www.centice.com) --Clinication, Inc. (Raleigh, NC, www.clinication.com) --Emu Software (Durham, NC, www.emusoftware.com) --Field2Base, Inc. (Morrisville, NC, www.Field2Base.com) --IBM Extreme Blue (RTP, NC, www.ibm.com/extremeblue) --InfoStrength, Inc. (Raleigh, NC, www.infostrength.com) --Lab Escape, Inc. (Asheville, NC, www.labescape.com) --Live Cargo, Inc. (Greensboro, NC, www.livecargo.com) --MyBode, Inc (Durham, NC, www.mybode.com) --NDL (Chapel Hill, NC, www.ndl.com) --PROOF-it-ONLINE (Cary, NC, www.proofitonline.com) --SciQuest, Inc. (Morrisville, NC, www.sciquest.com) --Sensory Analytics, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control (Greensboro, NC, www.sensoryanalytics.com) --Stonewall Networks (Cary, NC, www.stonewallnetworks.com) --Tandem Technology (Raleigh, NC, www.tandemtechnology.net) --TransLoc Inc. (Raleigh, NC, www.transloc-inc.com) --Tri-Tech Solutions, Inc. (Raleigh, NC, www.etemplatesystem.com) --VirtuosoWorks, Inc. (Greensboro, NC, www.notionmusic.com) --ZellComp, Inc. (Durham, NC) --Zumatek, Inc. (Durham, NC) This group joins five previously selected InfoTech 2005 demo participants: --Advanced Diagnosis, Automation, and Control Lab (Raleigh, NC, www.adac.ncsu.edu/iSpace1/home.html) --Bioptigen (Durham, NC, www.bioptigen.com) --MercuryMD, Inc. (Durham, NC, www.mercurymd.com) --Saffron Technology (Morrisville, NC, www.saffrontech.com) --TxFS, Inc. (Raleigh, NC, www.txfs.com) More details on all of the InfoTech 2005 demo participants are available online at http://www.cednc.org/conferences/infotech/2005/demo_participants/. Brooks Malone, chair of the InfoTech 2005 demo selection committee and a partner with Raleigh-based Hughes Pittman & Gupton LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , said the demo participants will provide a fresh look at the expanding pipeline of innovation in North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. . "With such a high-quality group of applicants this year, we were able to select a diverse line-up of demo participants that represent our state's enormous potential in technology," said Malone. "In particular, I am pleased with the variety of new and emerging technologies on display, including university breakthroughs and entrepreneurial start-ups." The InfoTech 2005 demo selection committee chose demo participants based on their level of innovation, current/potential market application and "demo-ability." CED sought applications from North Carolina-based entrepreneurial companies, university spin-outs, garage entrepreneurs, students, IT corporations and local research institutions. This year's InfoTech demo participants will be eligible for the 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards The People's Choice Awards is an awards show recognizing the people and the work of popular culture. The show has been held annually since 1975 and is one of the few to be based on the opinions of the general public. , which will be voted on by conference attendees at the Oct. 12 event. Maverick Maverick family name of two brothers, Bret and Bait; self-centered and untrustworthy gentlemen gamblers. [TV: Terrace, II, 80] See : Gambling Marketing will provide $7,500 in marketing communication services to the first place winner and $2,500 to the second place winner. Beyond the demo exhibits, InfoTech 2005 will also include discussions on IT trends and issues through panel sessions and featured speakers. For more information on the conference, visit www.cednc.org/infotech. About CED: The Council for Entrepreneurial Development, located in Research Triangle Park, NC, is a private, non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. formed in 1984 to stimulate the creation and growth of high-impact companies in the greater Research Triangle region. CED provides education, mentoring and capital formation resources to new and existing high-growth entrepreneurs through annual conferences, seminars, workshops and monthly programs on entrepreneurial management and finance. CED is one of the largest entrepreneurial support organizations in the nation with more than 4,000 members representing over 1,100 entrepreneurial companies, financiers and professional firms. www.cednc.org. |
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