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Changing Times Award Winner

SWsoft is a global leader in virtualization and automation software that helps consumers, businesses, and service providers optimize their use of technology. The company's software powers more than 130,000 servers and 600,000 desktops worldwide. The SWsoft product line includes Virtuozzo - the leading operating system virtualization solution, Parallels - the leading desktop virtualization product, and Plesk - the leading server automation software. Founded in 1999, the company has offices throughout Europe, North America and Asia.

Serguei Beloussov is a successful self-made entrepreneur and business executive with an outstanding 15-year track record in building, growing and leading high-performing, multi-national high tech companies in North America, Europe and Asia. He is the chief executive officer of SWsoft, a leader in the growing markets of server automation and virtualization software for consumers, businesses and service providers. Under his leadership, SWsoft has quickly increased its profitability and maintains strong growth. Mr. Beloussov is also a founder and major investor in Acronis, a global leader in storage management and disaster recovery software for consumers, SMBs and large enterprises.

Mr. Beloussov holds a B.S. in Physics, a M.S. in Physics and Electrical Engineering, and Ph.D. in Computer Science (2007 candidate) from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT).

Changing Times Award Special Jury Prize

Founded in 2001, vente-privee runs Internet-based members-only events during which consumers can purchase high-end consumer products. Each event lasts 24 to 48 hours, and enables vente-privee’s members to purchase top-quality consumer brands at substantial discounts to retail prices. The company is the market leader in Europe on track for €350M in 2007 , with operations in France, Spain, and Germany. vente-privee employs more than 750 people among which 200 have been hired in 2007. It is headquartered in Saint-Denis outside Paris.

Changing Times Next Gem Award

In present System on Chip (SoC) applications, memory already dominates the silicon area, and the ratio is steadily increasing with each generation. The most common types of embedded memory in current use are 1T/1C DRAM and 6T SRAM. As CMOS technology achieves sub 100 nm geometries, new memory devices are being considered for DRAM/SRAM replacement. However most of these new memories rely on the integration of exotic materials into a baseline CMOS process and require relatively large cells. Innovative Silicon has developed a true capacitor-less, single transistor DRAM - named Z-RAM for Zero Capacitor DRAM – by harnessing the floating body effect of Silicon on Insulator (SOI) devices. This technology is capable of achieving twice the memory density of existing embedded DRAM technology and five times that of SRAM yet requires no special materials or extra mask/process steps.

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