Please join us in welcoming Urban Planet Mobile to ATDC Savannah. Urban Planet Mobile provides education and information products created specifically for delivery via mobile phones. The initial product is “Urban English” with over 600 text and audio English language learning lessons in ten different languages, as well as daily vocabulary word builder programs for TOEFL, SAT, GRE, and specialized terminology such as nursing, medical, and pharmaceutical.
Urban Planet Mobile is primarily targeting Asia-Pacific, Middle East and South America markets which could generate well over 500 million users. Distribution contracts are currently in the works with carriers and content providers in these markets.
We are pleased to have Urban Planet Mobile to be part of ATDC and look forward to working with them.
BeyeNETWORK,
which focuses on providing their viewers with access to the thought leaders in business
intelligence, recently spotlighted ATDC member company Izenda. In the spotlight Izenda CEO Sanjay Bhatia explains how Izenda Reports integrates
with existing applications to empower users to create and customize
their own reports over a browser without technical help or training.
You can download the Izenda_podcast or go directly to the spotlight to hear Sanjay's thoughts on why Izenda is gaining significant market traction and the future of BI reporting.
As an active leader of the Georgia software ecosystem ATDC is pleased to announce that it has become a Microsoft Bizspark Network Partner. Bizspark is a new program that is
uniquely designed to accelerate a software startup's success by providing fast,
affordable access to current, full-featured Microsoft tools and
technologies, plus production licensing for hosted solutions. More specifically Microsoft BizSpark offers startups the opportunity to:
- Get Software: Receive fast and easy access to Microsoft's current full-featured development tools, platform technologies, and production/hosting licenses for immediate. There is no upfront cost to enroll in Microsoft BizSpark. There is a $100 fee when you exit the program.
- Get Support: Get professional support from Microsoft
- Get Visibility: Startups have the opportunity to achieve global visibility to an audience of potential investors, clients, and partners by profiling their company in the online Startup directory, BizSparkDB, on the Microsoft Startup Zone Website
An eligible startup must have the following characteristics at the time of joining
- Actively engaged in development of a software-based product or service that will form a core piece of its current or intended business.
- Privately held, In business for less than 3 years.
- Less than US $1 million in annual revenue.
A startup must be associated with a Network Partner before joining. To become a BizSpark participant through an association with ATDC go to Find a Network Partner and select "United States" then "Advanced Technology Development Center."
If you are using Microsoft software as your development program it makes lots of sense to join the BizSpark program and as a strong supporter of startups in Georgia ATDC is here to help make that happen.
ATDC member Izenda, a leading provider of self-service reporting platforms for business users, grew dramatically in 2008 with it’s new focus on self-service OEM reporting. Izenda operates at the intersection of Software as a Service and Business Intelligence, two of the hottest areas of the technology sector. The company’s software adds self-service reporting to online business applications so the users can customize reports without involving IT or engineering departments. Sales of it’s flagship product, Izenda Reports, were strong resulting in 125% overall revenue growth.
The company’s software can be implemented in about a week costs up to 90% less than traditional Business Intelligence(BI) offerings. While traditional BI applications offer tremendous functionality, it can take 6-18 months before reports get delivered to users. This is too long for many organizations that must adapt to a rapidly changing business environment. Additionally, such offerings often require formal classroom training.
Izenda is planning on a repeat performance in 2009
SparkIP, an intellectual property research and marketplace platform recently released a new version of its product with a host of advanced features as well as subscription packages aimed at both individual and enterprise users. With this release the service is widely available to the scientific and business communities.
New features in today’s release include international patent coverage, bookmarks, exports, alerts, custom portfolios and advanced views. Targeted to corporations, law firms, universities, government labs,
research institutions and individual innovators, SparkIP uses multiple techniques to associate the world’s innovation into a visual landscape consisting of more than 40,000 SparkClusters.
Here is the online demo. Cool stuff.
Red Herring added recent ATDC graduate Oversight Systems to their annual Top 100. As many of us know, this list comprises technology industry executives, investors, and observers regarded as an invaluable instrument to discover promising companies. Past award winners include Google, Yahoo!, Skype, Netscape, Salesforce.com, and YouTube.
Oversight has nine patents pending on its technology and is really starting to gain traction in the marketplace. From the early founding of Oversight, Patrick has had very big
aspirations for Oversight. I remember Patrick telling a group of
fellow entrepreneurs, “I’d rather have a small piece of something very
large than a large piece of a small company” when asked about why he
was choosing to partner with venture capitalists in building his
company. Patrick is the type of think big entrepreneur that is
helping Georgia continue its growth as a leading technology center
worldwide.
And a big BTW, a belated congratulations to Patrick for being ranked in Top 10 Nominees for Inc. Magazine’s Entrepreneur of the Year.
Emcien has been recognized as one of Gartner’s Cool Vendors in SCM and ERP for 2008. According to Gartner Emcien is cool because "Optimization is no longer just being used for transportation, inventory and production planning; it can also be used in innovative ways, such as determining the best mix of options an enterprise should offer for a configured product."
Emcien’s innovation originated when Dr. Roy Marsten, leading computational optimization expert, solved a tough problem for a leading auto manufacturer when a professor at Georgia Tech in the 1990s. Emcien was founded a decade later in 2002. Today Emcien is dedicated to solving complexity problems in the discrete
manufacturing industry. Towards this end they offer a unique software solution to help leading manufacturing companies deal with unrelenting pressure to reduce costs in their manufacturing and supply chain operations, that yields significant bottom line savings to clients while giving them a competitive advantage with customers.
Radhika Subramanian and Dr. Marsten will also be honored when Emcien graduates from ATDC this Thursday during our Entrepreneurs Showcase. Please join us if you can.
Universities and corporations have always had trouble marketing their intellectual property (IP) and buyers have always had trouble finding the sources of specific IP. This inefficiency has led to the creation of ATDC’s newest member company, SparkIP. SparkIP is building a solution to tackle the inefficiencies and fragmentation of this market. Their solution will include an online community of science as well as an exchange for IP. The team is led by Ed Trimble, founder of ezGov and they will be launching their service in the Fall.
We look forward to working with them!
ATDC has accepted its newest member company, IVOX. You may have heard of IVOX before – they recently won the TAG/GRA Business Launch competition. You know how you have a credit score that banks use to determine how risky you are? IVOX is developing a DriverScore™ that will let insurance professionals know how risky a commercial truck driver is.
Their patent pending algorithms use actuarial science to analyze the data from a box on the truck that collects sub-second data on the driver behavior. Knowing the risk of the driver can lower insurance premiums as well as encourage safer driving. For those of us that drive on I-285, we know there is plenty of room for improvement.
We look for good things to come from Greg and his team. Welcome IVOX!