DEMO - People, not tech, now at center of emerging tech

31.01.2007
, the annual gathering of the haves and the have-nots -- venture capitalists with millions of dollars to invest and startups hungering for first-, second-, and third-round infusions of cash -- got off to a big start with 16 companies presenting in the first morning session.

Chris Shipley, executive producer of DEMO, opened the show with a talk about the power shift now taking place in business and personal computing. Although she didn't use the term "power to the people," that is what Shipley implied the shift is all about.

"We are breaking away from putting technology at the center and we are putting people at the center who have the authority to influence technology," Shipley said.

Nevertheless, it will be technology that powers that shift. And at this year's conference, new products and technology were proof of that.

Created to reign in the challenge of distributed networks and distributed projects, 6th Sense Analytics unveiled a technology that will help project managers maintain visibility into the progress of any project.

Targeted at companies that make extensive use of outsourcing and offshoring on projects, the 6th Sense toolset captures all development activities and delivers them back to a hosted server.