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Enliven Marketing Technologies

DESCRIPTION

Enliven Marketing Technologies provides the Viewpoint Toolbar, a Web search tool that attaches to the Internet Explorer browser. Its Viewpoint Platform enable users to create 3-D images of retail goods and allows online shoppers to interact with them. The company's Viewpoint Media Player broadcasts online content. Enliven also offers professional services including 3-D models and digital effects creation for the entertainment and gaming industries. Clients have included IBM, General Motors, Samsung, Kimberly-Clark, and Toyota. Formerly called Viewpoint, the company changed its name to Enliven Marketing Technologies at the beginning of 2008.
 ** from Hoover's Company Records - In-depth Records, July 29, 2008 Copyright 2008 Hoover's Inc., All Rights Reserved **

Kingston Technology, Inc.

DESCRIPTION

Kingston Technology cuts a regal figure in the realm of memory. The company is a top maker of memory modules -- circuit boards loaded with DRAM or other memory chips that increase the capacity and speed of printers and computers. Kingston also makes flash memory cards used in portable electronic devices, such as digital still cameras, MP3 players, and wireless phones. Kingston has taken on some manufacturing chores for customers through its sister company Payton Technology, which runs a specialized factory that tests and packages memory chips before assembling them into customized memory modules. Founders John Tu (president and CEO) and David Sun (COO) own the company.
 from Hoover's Company Records - In-depth Records, July 29, 2008 Copyright 2008 Hoover's Inc., All Rights Reserved