September 29th, 2006
DEMOFall 2006 coverage
Dan Farber has put together extensive, company-by company coverage of DEMOfall 2006 on his blog. We've collected all of the ZDNet blog coverage of the event here. Day 2 included a number of excellent ideas to address information security issues like a better way to digitally sign documents from DSI, providing an alternative to and reliable recovery and backup for Exchange server from PostPath and Teneros (respectively), a number of social networking entrants including the long-awaited Wallop and the family-friendly Cozi. The day flew by and extended right into the closing dinner during which this year's DEMOgod awards were announced.
The news release describes these awards like this:
Chris Shipley took the stage one final time to announce the recipients of the DEMOfall DEMOgod awards. Bestowed on the speakers that most effectively and charmingly communicate the salient attributes of their products despite the intensity of the DEMO stage, DEMOgod awards honor grace under pressure.
The DEMOfall award winners are:
- Data Security Systems Solutions, Inc.
- Eluma
- Fonpods, Inc.
- i-Lighter, Inc.
- Mercora, Inc.
- Moixa Energy Holdings, Ltd.
- RingCube, Inc.
- uControl, Inc.
Every presentation can be found on the DEMO site. Select DEMOfall 2006 from the sidebar and click on a company name to watch their 6 minutes on the stage.
Marc Orchant has been building, testing, and sometimes breaking hardware and software for 25 years. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.
