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Advanced Computing

As computers have greatly improved price/performance characteristics, reliability and scalability have become the key development challenges. Novel approaches to system design enable advancements including utility computing and automated remediation.

Current areas of interest:
Autonomic Computing GRIDs & Clusters
Multicore Systems Adaptive & Performance Software
Current Investments:
image BEZ Systems Boston, MA www.bez.com

BEZ is a software company that offers innovative Proactive Performance Management (PPM) solutions that provide a line-of-business view of application resource utilization that allows the enterprise to accurately profile application performance, compare change and growth alternatives, forecast results to set expectations and verify actual performance results versus predictions so that performance objectives can be met to ensure business continuity

Interactive Supercomputing Waltham, MA www.interactivesupercomputing.com

Interactive Supercomputing (ISC) develops and sells Star-P, an interactive parallel computing platform. With automatic parallelization and interactive execution of existing desktop simulation applications, Star-P merges two previously distinct environments - desktop computers and high performance servers - into one. The company markets Star-P for a range of security, intelligence, manufacturing, energy, biomedical, financial, and scientific research applications.

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Terascala Avon, MA www.terascala.com

Terascala designs and builds an all-in-one Linux-based cluster solution that has interchangeable storage and compute blades. The system is managed and monitored through command line or web-based interfaces and offers government, university and enterprise customers a very high performance compute and storage cluster for a price that is well below existing market levels

Past Investments:
image Network Engines (NASDAQ: NENG) Canton, MA www.networkengines.com

Network Engines, Inc. provides server appliance solutions for enterprise software application vendors. By offering a combination of application integration services, value-added utilities, a suite of hardware reference platforms, and worldwide fulfillment services, Network Engines enables its partners to achieve rapid time-to-market while minimizing their customer support costs.

image Electronic Designs (acquired by Crystallume) Westboro, MA

Electronic Designs manufactured high performance, high density semiconductor memory devices for commercial, industrial, and military computer system applications.

image Microtouch Systems (NASDAQ: MTSI, acquired by 3M) Wilmington, MA

Microtouch was a leading developer of touch screen technology for use in ATM's, retail environments, and other commercial applications.

image Ardence (aka VenturCom) (acquired by Citrix) Waltham, MA www.ardence.com

Ardence is the leading provider of products and services for Windows-based embedded, real-time and control applications. As a provider of complete solutions for embedded and real-time design, Ardence offers customers the expert guidance and support they need to select the right Windows platform for their project. Ardence products have been licensed for distribution by some of the largest hardware and software companies in the world, including Microsoft and Intel.