DiVitas Networks Named to Red Herring 100 List of Best Startups in North America 2008
Award Recognizes the 100 “Most Promising” Companies Driving the Future of Technology
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF., May 19, 2008 – DiVitas Networks™, a leader in Mobile Unified Communications (Mobile UC), today announced it has made the list of the Red Herring 100 best startups in North America, an award given to the top 100 most innovative private technology companies based in North America.
Red Herring’s annual lists of top private companies are an important part of the company’s tradition of identifying new and innovative technology companies and entrepreneurs. Companies like Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) and Skype were spotted in their early days by Red Herring editors, and touted as leaders that would change the way we live and work.
The Red Herring 100 winners were selected from over 800 applications submitted by companies headquartered in the U.S. and Canada. Winners were chosen on the basis of technology innovation, quality of management, breadth of partners and customers, and depth of financial backing.
“We can see the exciting evolution of the technology sector reflected in the quality and variety of exceptional companies that we had to choose from in putting our list together,” said Joel Dreyfuss, editor-in-chief of Red Herring. “It was tough to choose just 100 finalists from such a large list of excellent contenders, and we are very happy with the quality of the companies we selected.”
The 100 winning companies were announced at the Red Herring North America event last week. This year’s Red Herring 100 North America event marks the 11th anniversary of the Red Herring 100 Awards.
“The Red Herring has long been considered a publication with great foresight in selecting winning companies within the high technology community,” said Vivek Khuller, president and CEO of DiVitas Networks. “We are truly honored to have been chosen as a Red Herring 100 award winner this year—and to join the list of past winners of this prestigious award who have gone on to become leaders in their respective markets. I am also very proud to add that this is our second time to be recognized by the Red Herring in the past three years.”
About Red Herring
Red Herring is a global media company which unites 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 newsletters 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. More information about Red Herring is available on the Internet at www.redherring.com.
About DiVitas Networks
Founded in 2005, DiVitas Networks has rapidly become the leader in Mobile Unified Communications. DiVitas offers the first solution to mobilize corporate voice and messaging (deskphone, IM, contacts and presence) for businesses by unifying them onto a smartphone. DiVitas’ “seamless roaming” enables its solution to operate transparently over cellular or WiFi or both. DiVitas provides organizations complete management and control over its mobile solution by providing IT the ability to track usage, customize features and implement policies. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, DiVitas Networks is backed by Clearstone Venture Partners and Menlo Ventures. More information is available at www.divitas.com.
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