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CED Selects 20 Demo Participants for InfoTech 2004
Area Technologies on Display at 14th Annual Conference Oct. 8 in RTP
July 19, 2004, Research Triangle Park, NC – The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) has selected 20 North Carolina-based demo participants to display their innovative technologies at InfoTech 2004. Scheduled for Oct. 8 at the RTP Sheraton Imperial Hotel, the 14 th annual InfoTech conference will offer selected demo participants an opportunity to showcase their technology to hundreds of investors, potential strategic partners and other IT professionals.
The recently selected InfoTech 2004 demo participants include the following:
- Animated Communications (Chapel Hill, NC -- www.3dchor.com)
- CipherOptics Inc. (Raleigh, NC -- www.cipheroptics.com)
- clearTXT, Inc. (Apex, NC -- www.cleartxt.com)
- Covelight Systems (Cary, NC -- www.covelight.com)
- Devici, Inc. (Durham, NC -- www.devici.com)
- EMC Corporation (RTP, NC -- www.emc.com)
- FormRouter, Inc. (Cary, NC -- www.formrouter.com)
- InnerOptic Technology Inc. (Chapel Hill, NC -- www.inneroptic.com)
- Integrian, Inc. (RTP, NC -- www.integrian.com)
- Level 8 Systems (Cary, NC -- www.level8.com)
- MCNC (RTP, NC -- www.mcnc.org)
- Memscap, Inc. (Durham, NC -- www.memscap.com)
- NavoWave, Inc. (Raleigh, NC -- www.navowave.com)
- NORLINX (Raleigh, NC -- www.norlinx.com)
- NuLambda, Inc. (Chapel Hill, NC)
- QlikTech, Inc. (Raleigh, NC -- www.qliktechinc.com)
- Refense Technologies, Inc. (Raleigh, NC -- www.refense.com)
- RTI International (RTP, NC -- www.rti.org)
- StrikeIron, Inc. (Durham, NC -- www.strikeiron.com)
- TapRoot Systems Inc. (Morrisville, NC -- www.taprootsystems.com)
More details on the InfoTech 2004 demo participants are available online at http://www.cednc.org/conferences/infotech/2004/demos/.
The InfoTech 2004 demo selection committee chose demo participants based on their level of innovation, current/potential market application and "demo-ability." CED sought applications from NC-based universities, research institutions, major IT corporations, individual entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial companies at various stages and sizes.
"The fact that we had so many qualified applicants made the selection process very difficult for the committee,” said Jeff Messinger, chair of the demo selection committee and Director of Marketing for Raleigh-based software company Noverant, Inc. "The committee selected the applicants that we feel have the most innovative and interesting technology. The demo room at the conference
will allow the attendees of InfoTech to view some of the best technology from North Carolina.”
This year’s InfoTech demo participants will be eligible for the 2 nd Annual People’s Choice Awards, which will be voted on by conference attendees at the Oct. 8 event. First and second place winners will receive product launch/strategic marketing services from RTP-based Maverick Marketing at a combined value of $7,500.
Beyond the demo exhibits, the conference will also feature speakers and panel discussions on key IT trends and other issues facing the industry. CED is presenting the conference with support from UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, MCNC, RTI International and TiE-Carolinas. Sponsorship opportunities and registration details are available online at www.cednc.org/infotech.
About CED : The Council for Entrepreneurial Development, located in Research Triangle Park, NC, is a private, non-profit organization 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, which celebrates its 20 th anniversary in 2004, is the largest entrepreneurial support organization in the nation with more than 3,500 members representing 1,000 entrepreneurial companies, financiers and professional firms. www.cednc.org
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