DEMOfall09 - and the startups haven’t been extinct!

Somehow, in this fuss and problems, it was forgotten that the traditional DEMO startup conference, despite the crisis (and just fears, not so much the crisis, how much turbidity in the minds), went according to the schedule at the beginning of this year, and, moreover, it cannot be said that to no avail. Of course, there were fewer projects, but this is entirely due to various factors. But even less, but better - I think you will agree. Next, I will briefly describe which projects were presented and what their main essence is. You can look in more detail on the official website, since all the speeches are available for viewing online. By the way, life goes on, and preparations are already underway for the spring conference, which will be held on September 21-23 in San Diego (USA), maybe your startup deserves to go there?

And now more about projects.

7billion people is a complex project that is engaged in as a toolkit for very advanced attendance analysis (in real time), in particular, for e-commerce (MarketMaestro) as well as generation based on user behavioral reactions and preferences of dynamic personalized pages and product offers (WebLegend). The name hints that the company helps to reach that layer of people who are not yet active users and buyers of electronic stores.

Always innovating- a startup is already from the field of material production. Their product - Touch Book is a cross between a regular netbook and a TabletPC with a touchscreen. Having in addition to the sensitive screen also a keyboard, the device allows when necessary - to work with text documents, mail, etc., and in other cases use a simpler and more convenient touch screen. Pre-orders are already being accepted, the price of the device is at $ 299, which is very attractive, in my opinion. From the unusual - the project is based on a number of open solutions, including the iron filling itself ( more details here ).

Appzero- A startup in the field of Cloud Computing, the solutions of which allow you to prepare the application in such a way that you deploy or transfer it from one Cloud system to another. That is, we are dealing with application-level virtualization ( VAA , Virtual Application Appliances). In my opinion, the most promising and useful project right now is, by the way, not just at the level of ideas, but quite working .

Asurion Mobile Applications , a company already operating in the market of mobile applications, in particular in the field of data protection and backup storage systems, presented at DEMO its new product, an expanded address book, which, not limited to the information entered, connects your contacts with social networks, etc. .P. You can try it now .

Avaak - introduced the Vue Personal Video Network solution, a set of wireless video cameras that integrate into a network and can stream video to any receiver that supports Flash or through a special web page.

BitGravity - the company's main product - BG Live HD, allegedly the first fully HD solution for distributing HD video over the Internet using its own content delivery network (according to the statements, at the beginning there is only a 4-second delay before playback, video up to 1080p is supported at 30 frames / sec.) to any Flash player. It is also used for live streaming of HD video (for example, teleconferencing or broadcasting any events in real time).

Cc: Betty - an original project assistant e-mail in the forman online service , for the use of which you simply insert the address on the service’s website (in the blind copy field) into letters and then your letters are automatically processed there, helping to “organize” them smartly, parse attachments and turn them into photo albums (or other actions, depending by type of application). For example, if there are addresses in letters, they will be automatically associated with maps and displayed, events added to the calendar, documents and attachment files conveniently organized for download, etc.

Citrix Online is already a well-known company on the market, as a startup showed off its new online project, GoView, designed to create, process and publish various screencasts and other materials based on the recording of screen actions. For recording, a small client is installed, capturing both the image and the sound, then in a simple editor you can further process the received material and publish it on the site.

Coveroo - I would very much say a “cool” service that allows you to uniquely personalize your household electronic devices, many of which are perceived as a digital extension of the personality (mobile phones, communicators, netbooks, game consoles). To do this, the image you specified is applied to the back surface of the device - either from a catalog, such as heroes from series or game characters, or any image you invented. Judging by the presentations, the company makes a new version of the device cover, which you replace the original one (you can always bring the device to its original form), applying the desired image from above using laser engraving.

Document Depository Corporation (DDC) - a service for companies that work closely with documents, while ensuring their safety, traceability and security. In fact, it’s some online depository and archive for digital documents, there are also special solutions for legal information and government documents.

Ensembli- frankly, neither the description, nor the presentation, nor the site particularly understand little about the service. Just that it is a kind of clever personal aggregator through which you can collect data collections according to your interests and track them in real time. You simply enter your interest, and the search and aggregation engine of the service selects a list of news and articles on this topic, allowing you to share them with other users.

Evri - it was hard to understand what the project was doing. By impression - it is intended for a kind of expanding the dimensions of your content, linking it with other relevant materials (in terms of the project - connectors).

Gazaro- such a personal assistant for yourself in the purchase of various things (so far only electronics). You indicate what you want to buy, and the service using various algorithms calculates the best offer available in your area.

HAM-IT is another application and service for e-commerce aimed at delivering information to mobile platforms.

Home-Account - just the topic service for managing mortgage costs.

Howsimple- a new word (promise) in browsing and content creation. From the description on the site - like a special content viewer, built-in or to replace the browser, without tabs and other modern chips, from another description - the system of organizing content and micro-portals, document integration, etc. While the beta is still closed, it’s interesting that the installation requirements are at least 1 GB of memory, and preferably 2.

Jadoos is a web-based system for organizing and managing your data, communicating and exchanging documents between friends and employees from any device and at any time.

Kutano- A browser plugin for commenting and discussing any pages (well, and viewing the comments of other users). Unlike other similar systems, comments are not attached to a specific URL, but to the page title. This allows you to save comments not only when moving the site, but also displays comments on other pages with similar names.

Loyal2Me - management of consumer loyalty and tools for doing business in an environment where consumers dictate the main provisions to manufacturers and distributors.

Pixetell- An interesting project that extends the usual exchange of electronic messages, adding to it various software features. You can compose a letter with tables, drawing options, screencasts, etc., distribute it through existing systems, including regular email, blogs or wikis. These are interactive messages / applications.

Primal Fusion - it's hard to figure out what they offer, something like social networks, but for ideas and thoughts ( thought networking ).

Uff, we will consider other projects in another part of the article.

PS Answering the rhinestone to the question, what kind of projects did I personally like: Touch Book, AppZero and GoView.