Juniper Networks, Inc. engages in the business of designing, developing, and selling products and services for high-performance networks to enable customers to build networks for their businesses while achieving agility and improved operating efficiency through automation. The firm also offers routing, switching, Wi-Fi, network security, artificial intelligence-enabled enterprise networking operations, and software-defined networking technologies. The company was founded by Pradeep S. Sindhu on February 6, 1996 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Firetide, Inc. develops and supplies mesh networks and networking equipment. It offers wireless mesh infrastructure and access solution for video surveillance, internet access, public safety networks, and temporary networks wherever rapid deployment, mobility, and ease of installation are required. The firm's customers include the public safety, transportation and automation industries. The company was founded by Lawrence Rosenthal, Barbara Cardillo, Tareq Hoque, Isaac R. Nassi and Keith Klemba in 2002 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

For more than 60 years, HRL's scientists and engineers have been on the leading edge of technology, conducting pioneering research, providing real-world technology solutions, and advancing the state of the art. They continue to be recognized as one of the world's premier physical science and engineering research laboratories. Their research collaborations with their LLC Member companies, government, commercial and academic institutions are realizing groundbreaking advances in ultra-high-performance circuitry, robust computing and communications, automated data extraction, and innovative architected materials. Their technologies operate in space, on aircraft, in automobiles, and in a variety of consumer products. These technologies make us safer, support their national security and improve their quality of life. Their success is the result of their collaborative team of researchers, many of whom are the leading experts in their fields. Through their insights in support for their customers, they are finding the unique opportunities in technology. As they look to the future, the technologies they are enabling today will be integral to a prosperous, secure, sustainable world.

Pluris, Inc. provides marketing solutions. It services includes analytics and strategy, marketing enablement and offer management. The company was founded by Michael Caccavale in 2001 and is headquartered in Framingham, MA.

Thales is a global technology leader in the Aerospace, Transportation and Defence & Security markets. In 2013, the company generated revenues of EUR14.2 billion with 65,000 employees in 56 countries. With its 25,000 engineers and researchers, Thales has a unique capability to design, develop and deploy equipment, systems and services that meet the most complex security requirements. Thales has an exceptional international footprint, with operations around the world working with customers and local partners.

Hyperchip Inc. offers network routing components and systems including Hyperchip FPGA Cores and Architectures.\nThe Hyperchip H40G Router is a 40 Gb/s router over five times less power consuming, over 10 times smaller and a fraction of the cost of incumbents, using industry standard MicroTCA chassis and open-standard interfaces.\nIn the future Hyperchip will extend its offerings from 40Gb/s to 100Gb/s per MicroTCA chassis and per ATCA slot with in-service scaling from a single line card to full non-blocking multi-chassis systems, across the network industry from high-speed access networks to scalable core routers.

MeshNetworks is a wireless mesh networking company that develops technology and products for rapidly-deployed, self-creating wireless mobile networks. The company creates communications systems with a proprietary technology named QDMA (Quadrature Division Multiple Access), primarily for public safety and municipal networks. It also sells a chip for QDMA as well as software that adds mesh capabilities to standard Wi-Fi products. MeshNetworks is primarily focused on the public safety sector, announcing deployments of its technology in municipalities throughout the country, including Florida, Minnesota, Oregon, and Texas. Founded in 2000, the company is headquartered in Maitland, Florida. It was acquired by Motorola in 2004.

Telecom Italia SpA engages in the provision of telecommunication and Internet services, digital contents, and cloud services. It operates through the following business segments: Domestic, Brazil, and Other Operations. The Domestic segment includes operations in Italy for voice and data services on fixed and mobile networks for retail and wholesale customers, the international wholesale through Telecom Italia Sparkle, and products and services for information technology through the Olivetti group. The Brazil segment includes mobile and fixed telecommunications operations in Brazil. The Other Operations segment includes financial companies and other minor companies not strictly related to the core business. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Rome, Italy.

As of April 4, 2008, Meriton Networks, Inc. was acquired by Xtera Communications, Inc. Meriton Networks, Inc. offers optical networking products. Its products include carrier ethernet transport, an architecture based on wavelength networking; 3300 OSM, an optical services multiplexer; 6400 OTP, an optical transport platform; 5400 OTP, an optical transport platform, which provides a multi-service transport solution for network applications that do not require the high drop capacity of the full-featured 6400 OTP; 7200 OSP, an optical switching platform used for consolidating optical transport capabilities within a single network element; and 9500 NPT, a network planning tool that helps in the design and planning of optical networks. The company also offers network management software, amplifiers, and accessories. It also offers technical assistance, hardware replacement, implementation, network health check, training, and network optimization services. The company's products are used in research and education, as well as by telecom service providers, cable operators, and enterprises. It has operations in Canada, the United States, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and Central/Latin America. Meriton Networks, Inc. was formerly known as Edgeflow, Inc. and changed its name to Meriton Networks, Inc. in November 2001. Meriton Networks, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is based in Ottawa, Canada.

Intel Corp. engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of computer products and technologies. It delivers computer, networking, data storage, and communications platforms. The firm operates through the following segments: Client Computing Group (CCG), Data Center and AI (DCAI), Network and Edge (NEX), Mobileye, Accelerated Computing Systems and Graphics (AXG), Intel Foundry Services (IFS), and All Other. The CCG segment consists of platforms designed for notebooks, 2-in-1 systems, desktops, tablets, phones, wireless and wired connectivity products, and mobile communication components. The DCAI segment delivers solutions to cloud service providers and enterprise customers, along with silicon devices for communications service providers and high-performance computing customers. The NEX segment offers computing system solutions from inflexible fixed-function hardware to general-purpose compute, acceleration, and networking devices running cloud native software on programmable hardware. The Mobileye segment develops driving assistance and self-driving solutions. The AXG segment provides products and technologies designed to help customers solve the toughest computational problems. Its products include CPUs for high-performance computing and GPUs targeted for a range of workloads and platforms, from gaming and content creation on client devices to delivering media and gaming in the cloud, and the most demanding high-performance computing and AI workloads on supercomputers. The IFS segment refers to full stack solutions created from the foundry industry ecosystem. The All Other segment represents results from other non-reportable segments and corporate-related charges. The company was founded by Robert Norton Noyce and Gordon Earle Moore on July 18, 1968, and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

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Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC, a subsidiary of Microsoft Corp., is an American company located in Tumwater, WA, that offers patent, licensing and legal support services for Microsoft products.

The University of California is the nation's best public university system, delivering top-notch research and innovation to California (and the world).

Fiberhome Telecommunication Technologies Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of communication equipment and the provision of network solutions. Its products include communication system equipment, optical fibers, cables and data network products. The company was founded on December 25, 1999 and is headquartered in Wuhan, China.

Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services. Microsoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment licenses the Windows operating system and related software, Microsoft Office for consumers, and the Windows Phone operating system. The company’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C other segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores. Microsoft’s commercial licensing segments licenses server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial other segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services. The company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online.

Chiaro Networks, Inc. provides software routing applications. The company's Enstara line of optical routing equipment is used by telecommunications network operators to direct data transmitted over internet protocol networks. Chiaro Networks was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Richardson, TX.

RPX Corporation (NASDAQ: RPXC) is a leading provider of patent risk solutions, offering defensive buying, acquisition syndication, patent intelligence, insurance services, and advisory services. Since its founding in 2008, RPX has introduced efficiency to the patent market by providing a rational alternative to litigation. The San Francisco-based company’s pioneering approach combines principal capital, deep patent expertise, and client contributions to generate enhanced patent buying power. By acquiring patents, RPX helps to mitigate and manage patent risk for its growing client network. Clients pay annual fees ranging from $60,000 to $6.6 million depending on company size, and automatically receive rights to the entire RPX patent portfolio. As of September 30, 2012, RPX had invested over $500 million to acquire more than 2,950 US and international patent assets and rights, and had a client network of 128 members active in seven key sectors: consumer electronics and PCs, E-commerce and software, financial services, media content and distribution, mobile communications and devices, networking, and semiconductors. RPX promises it will never assert patents or patent rights in its portfolio.