That''s especially true at investment shows, where the audience includes jaded fund managers and investors. Add your comments to the bottom of this page. With the weekend approaching, this is as good a time as any to go through a few private outfits that stood out. All the companies listed below probably will go public sometime this year, barring an acquisition, so think of this as a short preview of what might come down the IPO pike. Make your own judgements.
Some entries have more information than others.
A UK-based company specializing in Web security, based on hardware. Web servers spend an awful lot of time and processing power on certificates. Dedicated plug-in cards. Sounds like a 3dfx-type of hardware acceleration, but for digital certificates rather than 3D graphics. Can''t say I much care for peripheral businesses in general, but at least nCipher has a relatively unique approach, as opposed to being another dot-com or Web services company.