The Palo Alto Consulting Group

Our Valued Clients

By working with Silicon Valley companies that are in the vanguard of technology change, we have amassed a wealth of experience, knowledge, and insight. 

Current and Recent Clients

Market research and business planning for a new business at Liquid Robotics, which manufacturers the Wave Glider, a self-propelled, navigable maritime vehicle that captures meteorological, oceanographic, and environmental data from the world's oceans.

Investment banking advisory services for Paymate, a global electronic payments processing services provider.

On behalf of Xerox Research Centre (XRCE) in Grenoble, France, contact potential strategic partners and consummate technology licensing agreements for XRCE's image categorization and recognition software. Applications include location-based mobile services, digital asset management, visual search, and social networking.

Market research and competitive intelligence at International Game Technology, the world's largest manufacturer of gaming equipment and systems.

Business development and strategic partner analysis for GoBackTV, a manufacturer of systems to enable next generation digital TV services: video on demand, timeshifting, IPTV, and nPVR.

VP of Marketing (interim) for uCirrus, a developer of an ultra-high performance, SQL-compliant relational database that is 10-100x faster than RDBMSs from Oracle, Microsoft, and IBM. 

Marketing strategy consulting work to ExactBid, a leading provider of SaaS appraisal management software for the real estate industry.

VP of Marketing (interim) for RivalWatch, the leading provider of online competitive pricing and assortment information used by top-performing retailers to improve business performance. 

Business development work at Rising Solutions, a developer of location-based service applications for smartphones using the Symbian, Android, iPhone, J2ME, and Windows Mobile operating systems.

VP of Marketing (interim) for dotFX, a developer of software to secure online business transactions for the financial services industry.

Past Clients

We are also proud to have the following companies as valued clients:

Application Software and Internet Services

· A3 Solutions
· Alldata
· Answer Computer
· Bullsai
· Canto Software
· CASPR
· CATS Software 
· Compensation Technologies
· Computer Aided Service (CAS)
· Concero
· Control Instrumentation Pty
· Cupertino Electric
· Decisive Technology
· Digicash
· DigiGroups
· Digital Medical Systems
· Digital Tools
· Docfone
· Document Technologies
· Ebrary
· ECOMM Systems
· Edge Diagnostics
· Fujitsu Software
· Great Plains Software
· Greengage Software
· Group Technology
· Headpedal
· Hipbone
· HTR
· ICON Medical Systems
· Insightful Corporation
· Instrumatic AG
· Intacct
· Intiva
· Intuit
· Invisible Worlds 
· Kubota 
· Marimba
· Minx Software
· Microsoft
· Motiva Software
· MyService
· Newstin
· Odesta/Open Text
· Paymate
· PSW Technologies
· Proponent
· ReportSmith/Borland
· Rising Solutions
· RivalWatch
· Quadratron Systems
· Qualix Group
· SQL Software
· Sage Software/Best Software
· Singapore Computer Systems
· SIGDA/ACM
· Sitka
· State of the Art
· StructuredRisk
· Sunflower Systems
· Toolwire
· Ventura Software
· Vertex Design Systems
· XSoft

Infrastructure Software

· Apple Computer
· Arachnid Software
· Be
· Biometric Identification/Bioscrypt
· Bridgestream
· Citizen1 Software
· Configurex
· Cybelius Software
· Data Management Technologies
· dotFX
· Enterprise Computer Services
· IBM
· i-Card Systems
· Informix Software
· Key Research/Pathscale
· MITEM
· Neopost
· NetTopBox
· Neuron Data
· NuVu
· Omen
· PACE Anti-Piracy Software
· PaceWorks
· Palm
· SecuGen
· Skytide
· SmartMail Systems
· Symantec
· Talarian
· ToolSource
· United Data Corporation
· Verity
· Vicinity
· vJungle

Computer Hardware & Storage

· Amdahl
· Ampex
· Auspex Systems
· Castle Rock
· Data I/O
· Emulex
· Hewlett-Packard
· Linotype-Hell
· Liquid Robotics
· Momenta
· Network Computing Devices
· Quantum
· Raster Graphics
· Replicus
· Sun Microsystems
· 3D Systems

Semiconductor Design & Manufacturing

· AG Associates
· Berkeley Design Automation
· Congo Technology 
· Elm Technology
· Kinetisis
· MobileWise
· Nextwave
· PowerSpectra
· Realchip
· SDL
· Universal Power Corporation
· Weitek

Communications

· Astute Networks
· Centrisoft
· COM21
· Consensus
· Cupertino Electric 
· FutureSmart Networks
· GoBackTV
· InterFax
· LiveWorks
· Metricom
· MediaTel
· MorphICs
· Nokia
· Proxinet
· Rising Solutions
· Rosum
· Sawcom
· Sorrento Networks
· SynOptics Communications
· TCS Management Group
· TGV/Cisco Systems
· Tut Systems
  
Drug Discovery

· Insightful
· Symyx
· Velocity11
· Xerox PARC

Research Institutes

· EPRI
· Los Alamos National Labs
· SRI International
· Xerox Research Centre Europe
· Xerox Palo Alto Research Center

Venture Capital and Investment Banks

· ASCII of America
· Aspen Ventures
· Bank of America Securities
· Grace Ventures
· Matrix Partners
· Newtek Ventures
· Rand Edgar Capital
· Trinity Ventures
· Ventures West
· Xerox Venture Capital


Industry Experience

Internet Services

· SaaS accounting, ecommerce, distribution, and manufacturing
· Web 2.0 and social networking services
· Online price acquisition and comparison
· Business and competitive intelligence
· Information and news services
· Ad serving network services
· Mobile location-based services
· Distributed online storage services

Application Software

· Web 2.0 and social networking services
· Asset management
· Web-based reporting and analytics
· CRM, SFA, ERP, and HR software
· Corporate portals
· Facilities management
· Financial risk management
· Logistics and reverse logistics
· Scheduling
· Task management
· Electronic Design Automation
· Competitive Intelligence
· Architectural Design Software
· Knowledge management
· Document publishing
· Interactive TV
· Process Control
· Document management
· Text search and retrieval
· Medical imaging

Infrastructure Software

· Java and 3GL/4GL tools
· Web services
· B2B and B2C software
· Enterprise Application Integration
· Content management
· Source and version control
· Database management
· Data warehouse
· Speech Recognition
· Real-time Messaging
· Email Management
· Internet content delivery
· Video streaming
· Object programming
· Middleware
· Web application servers
· Security
· Spam and content filtering

Computer Systems and Semiconductors

· Optoelectronics
· Storage, backup, disaster recovery
· Servers and LANs
· Personal computers
· EDA design tools
· Servers and LANs
· Parallel processing architectures
· Blades
· PDAs
· Semiconductor manufacturing equipment
· Network processors

Communications

· Mobile application software and services
· Wireless networks
· 3G wireless basestations, handsets
· 3D MEMS
· IP telephony services
· Optical networking equipment
· Voice processing
· Enhanced fax products
· Network controllers
· Call center management