George Purnell

Verari Systems, Inc. develops and provides computing solutions. Its customers include the enterprises such as Akamai, ConocoPhillips, Lockheed Martin, Lucasfilm Ltd., Northrup Grumman, Qualcomm, Sony Imageworks, Veritas DGC & Walt Disney Feature Animation, as well as top universities, and research institutions worldwide. The company was founded in 1996 by David Driggers, John Smith, Gene Kim, and Victor Hester. Verari Systems is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Legato Systems, Inc. is a global provider of enterprise-class software solutions and services for Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) – helping organizations achieve business continuity, operational efficiency and regulatory compliance. Legato’s information protection, automated availability, and messaging and content management solutions are delivered through a worldwide network of strategic partnerships and alliances, as well as a direct sales force.

Aspect Communications Corp. provides enterprise communication solutions and services. It develops, markets, licenses, and supports an end-to-end, integrated suite of contact center software applications that supports and manages customer communications, customer and contact center information and workforce productivity. The company is located San Jose, CA

Part of Fujitsu Ltd., Amdahl Corp. is a company that operates an electronic computer manufacturing company. The company is based in Sunnyvale, CA. The company was founded by Raymond A. Williams. Amdahl was acquired by Fujitsu Ltd. on September 19, 1997 for $834.03 million.

Tandem Computers Incorporated designs and manufactures fault-tolerant computer systems and networks for the on-line transaction processing market place. The company's systems are used in the banking, communications, manufacturing, business services, brokerage and securities, retail and wholesale distribution, healthcare and other industries. Its wholly-owned subsidiary, UB Networks, Inc., is a leasing supplier of network hardware and software products. Computer systems and networks products accounted for 79% of fiscal 1996 revenues and service and other, 21%. It was acquired by IBM in 1997 for 3 billion.