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In 1999, when Myles Glashier and his co-founders noticed that wholesale distributors, manufacturers, and retailers were drowning in complex ERP data that was nearly impossible to navigate, they saw an opportunity to transform how businesses interact with their information. They realized that business intelligence didn't have to be complicated or exclusive - it could be intuitive, accessible, and yes, even enjoyable. This insight sparked the creation of Phocas, a platform designed to make people feel good about data. What started as a bootstrapped venture - with young Myles traversing Britain's motorways spruiking the new software - has evolved into a global powerhouse serving over 2,900 companies and 48,000 users across the US, UK, Australia, and New Zealand. Phocas partners with leading ERPs like Epicor, Infor, Sage, SAP, and Oracle NetSuite to unlock data potential for everyone. Under Myles' leadership, the company nurtures a culture based on 'Fun, Fulfilling, Forever' - a people-first philosophy that drives 94% customer retention and earned B Corp certification in 2022. Today, with a team of over 300 spanning four countries and strategic backing from Accel-KKR, Phocas continues to prove that data analytics can be both powerful and genuinely human-centered.

AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software, sparking ingenuity to drive responsible use of the world's resources. The company's secure industrial cloud platform and applications enable businesses to harness the power of their information and improve collaboration with customers, suppliers and partners. Over 20,000 enterprises in over 100 countries rely on AVEVA to help them deliver life's essentials: safe and reliable energy, food, medicines, infrastructure and more. By connecting people with trusted information and AI-enriched insights, AVEVA enables teams to engineer efficiently and optimize operations, driving growth and sustainability. Named as one of the world's most innovative companies, AVEVA supports customers with open solutions and the expertise of more than 6,400 employees, 5,000 partners and 5,700 certified developers.

Coupa is the leading AI-native total spend management platform that empowers organizations to optimize how they spend money across procurement, expenses, payments, and supply chain operations. Built on a community-generated AI dataset of $8 trillion in spend across more than 10 million buyers and suppliers globally, Coupa delivers actionable intelligence that turns every dollar spent into a source of value and resilience. The platform provides complete visibility and control over both direct and indirect spend, enabling businesses to make smarter financial decisions, reduce waste, and drive measurable impact. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Foster City, California, Coupa has grown to become a global technology company with operations spanning North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia Pacific. The company's unified suite encompasses source-to-contract, procure-to-pay, supply chain design and collaboration, AP automation, treasury management, and expense management. In 2023, Coupa was acquired by Thoma Bravo and taken private, with Leagh Turner assuming the role of CEO. The company's mission centers on helping businesses manage resources more responsibly while creating positive ripple effects across people, partners, and the planet through the power of its platform.

SAP LeanIX builds enterprise architecture management software - the kind of tooling that maps exactly what's running across an organization's technology stack and keeps that picture current as things change. Founded in Bonn in 2012 and acquired by SAP in November 2023, the company operates a SaaS platform used by 700+ customers worldwide, with offices in Boston, London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Ljubljana. The core product gives IT and finance teams a single source of truth across their application landscape, replacing the spreadsheet-driven processes that make cloud migrations, ERP upgrades, and application modernization efforts difficult to govern and easy to get wrong. From a security and governance standpoint, the platform sits squarely in the visibility layer - the part of the stack where you answer questions like: what applications exist, what data flows where, who owns what, and what's actually in scope when something breaks or needs to change. That inventory function is the prerequisite for meaningful risk assessment, compliance mapping, and access governance at scale. LeanIX has also introduced an AI agent hub aimed at helping organizations track and govern AI systems across their technology landscape - a problem that's become materially harder as teams deploy models and AI-enabled tools without centralized oversight. The platform targets IT transformation scenarios specifically: cloud migration, application rationalization, and ERP upgrades. The company claims its tooling can accelerate transformation timelines by up to 85%, though independent validation of that figure isn't available. What's architecturally notable for security practitioners is the emphasis on data-driven decision-making across both IT and finance teams - meaning the platform is designed to be readable by stakeholders who aren't deeply technical, which affects how security data and risk posture get communicated up the chain.

In 2015, our founders recognized a critical gap in the technology services landscape: enterprises needed more than just IT support - they needed strategic partners who could navigate the complexities of digital transformation across global markets. Drawing on deep expertise in system integration and cloud infrastructure, they built InfyStrat as a solution to this challenge, creating a company that could seamlessly connect enterprise systems while delivering innovative digital solutions. Today, InfyStrat stands as a global leader in IT services and digital transformation, with 12+ Global Capability Centers serving clients across 20+ countries. Our team of 1400+ IT professionals combines cutting-edge technologies in AI, IoT, and cybersecurity with industry-specific expertise to help organizations in banking, healthcare, telecom, and public sectors strategically transform their operations. From our origins in Johannesburg to our expanding presence in Bangalore and beyond, we remain committed to our core values of people-first innovation and delivering exceptional value through strategic technology partnerships.

We're Veeam, the #1 global leader in data resilience. Our team builds software that helps over 550,000 customers worldwide - including 67% of the Global 2000 - protect, manage, and understand their data. We're obsessed with what we call 'radical resilience': the idea that every business should be able to bounce forward from any disruption with full control of their data, whenever and wherever they need it. Most of us have been in the industry long enough to remember when data protection was an afterthought, and we're determined to make sure those days are gone for good. Headquartered in Seattle with offices across 30+ countries, our team builds data backup, recovery, and security solutions that work across cloud, virtual, physical, SaaS, and Kubernetes environments. We're not just about storing data - we're about giving businesses the freedom to use their data confidently and securely. Whether it's recovering from a ransomware attack or enabling safe AI at scale, our products are designed to keep businesses running no matter what comes their way. We move fast, we obsess over our customers' success, and we believe that data resilience isn't just a feature - it's the foundation of modern business.