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Ring2 Selected as Finalist for the "Red Herring Global 100" Award
Posted: Monday, November 26, 2007
San Francisco, CA, November 26, 2007 - Red Herring magazine announced today that Ring2 Conferencing has been selected as a finalist for the Red Herring 100 Global 2007 Awards.
Red Herring 100 winners and finalists from North America, Europe and Asia of the last three years were eligible for the 2008 award. The Red Herring editorial team used a very competitive process to whittle down this pool of 1800 eligible promising companies to the 200 finalists of this first-time award. Evaluations were made on both quantitative and qualitative criteria such as financial performance, innovation, management, global strategy, and ecosystem integration.
The names of the 200 companies short-listed as finalists for the "Red Herring 100 Global 2007" can be found online at http://www.herringevents.com/global07/index.html.
"The 200 finalists we selected from around the world are all excellent contenders," said Joel Dreyfuss, Editor-in-Chief of Red Herring. "They are exceptional companies with smart and innovative platforms that attest to the importance of technology in today's global economy."
Ring2 Conferencing has made the final group because of its outstanding achievements, and Red Herring Magazine is honored to announce it is one of the most promising technology firms in the world.
"We are honored to have been selected by Red Herring as a Global 100 finalist," said Michael Hughes, Ring2's co-CEO and co-founder. "Ring2 is committed to solving everyday problems and frustrations that have grown up alongside the audio-conferencing industry. Our unique mobile remote control tool for BlackBerry® smartphones and Windows Mobile PDAs is being used by our customers on over 60% of conference calls, which speaks to its ease-of-use and value in bringing visibility, security and control to their everyday calls."
The finalists will be celebrated at the Red Herring Global event in Seattle, WA, on December 3-5, 2008. The 100 winners will be announced at the award ceremony on December 4. Red Herring Global is an exclusive event honoring cutting-edge private technology companies from across the world. The event brings together an elite roster of entrepreneurial and global venture investment firms to showcase excellence in innovation. It features keynote discussions, roundtable panels and networking events designed for participants to make connections and learn what it takes to achieve the best worldwide in business and technology.
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Red Herring is a global media company uniting the world's best high technology innovators, venture investors and business decision makers in a variety of forums: a leading innovation magazine; an online daily technology news service; technology research, and major events for technology leaders around the globe. Red Herring provides an insider's access to the global innovation economy, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy. For more information, visit www.redherring.com.