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Embarcadero Technologies was named to Software Magazine s 2005 Software 500. The company provides a suite of award-winning products that enable organizations to accurately architect, integrate, administer and ensure critical enterprise applications and underlying databases. Its products adapt to fit diverse information technology systems for corporations, financial institutions and government agencies worldwide. Embarcadero Technologies has nearly 12,000 customers, including 97 of the Fortune 100. Its clients include Hewlett-Packard, Bank of America, Sprint, Pepsi, NBC, Steelcase and Morgan Stanley. The company has headquarters in San Francisco, and offices in England and Australia.

National Instruments, headquartered in Austin, Texas, has been one of the technology pioneers and leaders in virtual instrumentation. This is a revolutionary concept that has changed the way engineers and scientists in industry, government and academia approach measurement and automation. Leveraging the PC and its related technologies, virtual instrumentation increases productivity and lowers costs for customers worldwide through easy-to-integrate software, such as the NI LabVIEW graphical development environment, and modular hardware, such as PXI modules for data acquisition, instrument control and machine vision. Established in 1976, it has more than 3,900 employees with direct operations in over 40 countries. National Instruments markets its products to more than 25,000 companies in over 90 countries.

For over 60 years, Hastings Communication Services has been providing telemessaging solutions throughout the United States. Based in Austin, Texas, it offers communication solutions for purposes like customer acquisition, customer care and business support. The company provides live telephone answering services to health care and personal care businesses, connecting customers via e-mail, text message, cell phone, pager, fax or phone call. Hastings Communication Services was awarded the 2010 Diamond Award of Excellence, a national award for outstanding service, presented by the Association of TeleServices International (ATSI).