Initiate Systems

Embarcadero Technologies was named to Software Magazine s 2005 Software 500. The company provides a suite of award-winning products that enable organizations to accurately architect, integrate, administer and ensure critical enterprise applications and underlying databases. Its products adapt to fit diverse information technology systems for corporations, financial institutions and government agencies worldwide. Embarcadero Technologies has nearly 12,000 customers, including 97 of the Fortune 100. Its clients include Hewlett-Packard, Bank of America, Sprint, Pepsi, NBC, Steelcase and Morgan Stanley. The company has headquarters in San Francisco, and offices in England and Australia.

Zilliant, headquartered in Austin, Texas, is a provider of pricing solutions of clients. It provides a wide range of products that include strategic pricing applications, Zilliant Pricing Suite and modular architecture. Its Zilliant Pricing Suite helps clients to make better pricing decisions and maximize profitable growth and customer value. Zilliant s services include strategic pricing services, and specializes in best practices in pricing, implementation of methodologies, modeling expertise for price optimization, and price leadership change management. The company partners with various organizations, such as Oracle, Dell, Microsoft, Strategic Pricing Group, Sun Microsystems, and IBM. Zilliant also has a branch office in San Mateo, Calif.