AO 100 List Showcases Most Innovative Companies of 2005
SAN FRANCISCO, June 28, 2005–(PRNewswire)– AlwaysOn today announced the AO 100 Top Private Companies for 2005. The AlwaysOn editorial panel selected the hundred most innovative and successful private firms from more than 1,000 companies nominated by venture investors, investment bankers, leading entrepreneurs and industry insiders.
Each of the AO 100 winners has demonstrated excellence in five criteria: innovation, market potential, customer adoption, media buzz and investor value creation. The list consists solely of private companies at all phases of development from start-up to late-stage.
“The AO 100 Top Private Companies represent the tech sector’s most innovative, disruptive and exciting firms,” said AlwaysOn editor, Tony Perkins. “They all share strong performance track record, robust business models, leading technology, rapid customer adoption and most importantly, significant market potential. These are the companies to watch.”
Fifty of last year’s AO 100 companies have returned to this year’s top company list. Twenty-six are winners for a third year, ten of last year’s winners have either gone public, or are currently in registration for their IPO, or were acquired during 2004. This year’s AO 100 class comes from the following technology sectors: Business software (31), Connectivity (26), Devices (13), Media (14), Web services (10), Hardware (6). Geographically, the AO 100 represents the following regions: Western US, Eastern US, Europe, Asia.
The AlwaysOn AO 100 Top Private Companies for 2005: 2Wire, 360 Commerce, Agitar Software, Airgo Networks, AmberPoint, Anagran, Application Security, Approva, Arbortext, ArcSight, Aruba Networks, AuctionDrop, AuthenTec, Axentis, Bitfone, Blazent, BlueArc, BlueLithium, Bytemobile, CafePress.com, Cambridge Positioning Systems, Cavium Networks, CipherTrust, Colubrus Networks, Crossbow Technology, Danger, DataSynapse, DBS Communications, DemandTec, Digital Chocolate, DivX, Dust Networks, eASIC, eCredit.com, Egenera, Elemental, Encover, Endeca Technologies, eSilicon, Everbee Networks, Fios, Force10 Networks, Fortinet, FrontBridge Technologies, GeoTrust, Good Technology, Gracenote, HelloSoft, Ikanos Communications, IMLogic, Impinj, Infinera, Infoblox, Ingenio, Inxight Software, IronPort Systems, Isilon Systems, Linden Lab, LinkedIn, Massive Incorporated, Matrix Semiconductor, Mediabolic, Mellanox Technologies, Melodeo, MFORMA, Mobile 365, MontaVista Software, MySQL, Narus, NeoScale Systems, Netezza, NetMotion Wireless, NexTag, Orb Networks, Phonebites, Posit Science, Pronto Networks, Quova, Rackspace, Reactivity, Reactrix Systems, Securify, SEVEN, Skype, SourceFire, SS8 Networks, Technorati, Tellme, Unicru, UPEK, Veraz Networks, Virsa Systems, Visto, Vocera Communications, Voltage Security, Vonage, WholeSecurity, Xfire, ZANTAZ, ZettaCore.
The AO 100 companies will be honored at a VIP reception during the upcoming AO 2005: Innovation Summit at 5.00 p.m. on July 19, 2005 at the Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center on the Stanford University Campus.
The chief executives of many AO 100 companies will also present their business plans at the CEO Pitch sessions during the event.
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