Securent, one of the first companies in Microsoft’s Startup Accelerator Program, was recently acquired by Cisco for $100M. Securent provides a cross-platform, cross-application software solution that gives companies fine-grained control over who gets access to their information. For example, administrators can determine who can join a web ...

  Acorn Systems HOUSTON, TEXAS www.acornsys.com   Making companies more profitable is Acorn Systems’ passion and business model. Founded in 1996 by Steven Anderson, Harvard Business School graduate and former McKinsey & Co. consultant, it began as a “turnaround” consulting firm, leveraging performance measurement ...