For the first time, Epicentric is capable of delivering a complete e-business platform. Autodesk itself is a customer of Epicentric s services as its own portal, PointA is built with Epicentric s products. Epicentric was founded in January 1998 and has grown to 270-plus employees. It has 110 customers. Epicentric has developed a solid reputation, as evidenced by its Editor s Choice award from CRN magazine, a newsweekly that covers the technology solutions industry.
Pulse is a rapidly growing firm that developed a platform for interactive media on the Internet.
The company s tools can be used for 3D content. It caters to the education, CRM, e-commerce, marketing and entertainment industries. Pulse first gained notice for creating the 3D rendering in the CD-ROM game Iron Helix shortly after the company opened shop in 1994. Pulse is currently propelled by the success of Pulse Creator, which allows the design of interactive 3D characters and object, and Pulse Player. Subsidiary Discreet has a joint marketing and distribution agreement with Pulse.