Tech Companies to Watch

Validus DC Systems, LLC

Validus DC Systems is a leading provider of fully integrated Direct Current (DC) power infrastructure for datacenters and telecommunications facilities. The company’s “Hybrid Power” technology combines the best attributes of Alternating Current (AC) system design and DC energy efficiency, offering scalability, reliability and modularity, all while improving energy efficiency by up to 40%. By deploying Validus’ solutions, based on the global standard for DC power, customers are able to increase processing power and server densities in new and existing facilities at a lower total cost of ownership due to reduced complexity, greater uptime and reduced power and cooling costs.

Validus DC Systems, LLC
Brookfield
Rudy Kraus
www.validusdc.com

ComFit Learning

The ComFit Online Learning Center is an award-winning assessment, teaching, and skill-building resource whose "fitness-center" learning model automatically adjusts to the needs of individual learners. The content areas it focuses on include language arts, writing, reading, math, and critical thinking.

ComFit Learning
Westport
Barry Tarshis
www.comfit.com

GraphLogic, Inc.

GraphLogic provides the operating system for cloud computing.  Using scalable systems to seamlessly deploy across clustered servers, GraphLogic's PointDragon software provides a programmable shell for accessing, integrating, and controlling resources distributed across the internet.  Based on the patented Object Process Graph, PointDragon provides a graphical, point-and-click programming language for building an integrated web desktop.

GraphLogic, Inc.
Branford
June Gold
www.graphlogic.com

Netkey Inc.

Software Netkey offers total solution for Kiosks and Digital Signage including applications, management software, hardware and Services. We measurably lower the cost and increase the value of interfacing with customers and employees through self-service and digital merchandising by providing industry-standard applications and a management software platform for authoring, delivering, securing and monitoring all types of content and devices across a network. Unlike custom-built systems using generic software tools, the Netkey solution is specifically designed for the deployment and management of self-service networks.

Netkey Inc.
East Haven
V. Miller Newton
www.netkey.com

Structured Solutions Inc.

The new Folding Frame Sno Wovel™ and Sno Wolf™ are the only snow removal devices, performing equal to or better than a snow blower, that are recognized by Co-op America and National Green Pages™ for its positive, pollution-free environmental standards and zero carbon footprint in usage. Univ. of Mass. indpendent study confirms the Wovel®  snow shovel clears snow with a fraction of the effort and safer on the back: "comparable to simply walking."

Structured Solutions II
New Canaan
Mark Noonan
www.wovel.com

REvolution Computing, Inc.

REvolution Computing is the leading commercial provider of software and support for the statistical computing language known as "R." Its products enable statisticians, scientists and others to derive meaning from large sets of mission-critical data in record time, and to create predictive models that help to answer their most difficult questions. Predictive models built with REvolution's RPro and ParallelR products help to answer the most pressing research questions. For customers such as Pfizer, Novartis, Yale Cancer Center, Lehman Brothers, Motorola, Hess and others, "R" and REvolution Computing stand for faster drug development, reduced time of data analysis, and more powerful models suitable for deployment in a production environment.

REvolution Computing, Inc.
New Haven
Richard Schultz
www.revolution-computing.com

SpeedReading People LLC

SpeedReading People® is a revolutionary new system for communicating using proven techniques for instantly grasping what drives another person, so you can tailor your approach for maximum impact. Based on the Jungian model of Personality Type, the SpeedReading People® System is the only easy-to-use, practically applied program of its kind.  It is designed to provide the cutting edge tools everyone needs in order to expertly: SpeedREAD: quickly identify key personality type characteristics of others based on readily observable clues such as demeanor, body language, appearance, energy level, vocabulary, and speech patterns and SpeedREACH: instantly develop rapport and get on another person’s wavelength.

SpeedReading People LLC
West Hartford
Paul Tieger
www.speedreadingpeople.com

Vgo Software, Inc.

Vgo Software is a software development and services company that develops and provides automated legacy modernization tools, services, and training to accelerate the conversion of applications to Java platforms. Vgo's flagship product is it's Oracle Forms to Java/ADF modernization tool, Evo. Vgo was chosen as one of only two partners certified by Oracle Corporation Product Development to perform Oracle Forms Migrations to Java using Evo. Vgo's most promising new technology product is it's Oracle Forms Analysis and Reporting Tool, ART.  ART is the first Oracle Forms analysis tool to provides in-depth insight into Oracle Forms applications. It provides Oracle Forms users with information such as the size, scope, and complexity of the Oracle Forms applications, and an estimate of the length of time and cost to complete a modernization project.

Vgo Software, Inc.
Manchester
Ernst Renner
www.vgosoftware.com

Vivax Medical Corporation

Vivax Medical Corporation designs, manufactures and markets non-invasive medical devices, durable medical equipment and assistive technology products for use in health care settings such as medical centers, hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, nursing homes, long term care accommodations, assisted living and for use in home health care and by the handicapped and disabled.

Vivax Medical Corporation
Torrington
Tom Ellen
www.vivaxmedical.com

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