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Mobile Social Networking Company Mozat Selected as Finalist in Red Herring’s Global 100 Award

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January 10th, 2010 – SINGAPORE – Mozat announced today it has been chosen as a finalist for the Red Herring’s Global 100 award, a prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from around the world.
The Red Herring editorial team has selected the most innovative companies from a pool of over 1,200. The nominees are evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their respective industries.
This unique assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the actual track record and standing of a company, which allows Red Herring to see past the “buzz” and make the list an invaluable instrument for discovering and advocating the greatest business opportunities in the industry.
“We are delighted for our nomination as a finalist of the Red Herring Global Awards. The advancement of technology in every company makes the competition more competitive each year. To standout from the rest represents the recognition of the innovative technology and value of Mozat. We are very grateful to the committee for the selection of Mozat and our prospective insight on the future of mobile social networks with our technologies.” said Michael Yin, CEO of Mozat.
This year was especially difficult said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. Despite the global economic situation, there were many great companies producing really innovative and amazing products that we had a difficult time narrowing the pool and selecting the finalists. Now we’re faced with the arduous task of selecting the final 100 winners of the award. We know that this year’s crop will grow into some amazing companies that are sure to go far
Mozat is a social networking platform tailored for the most popular mobile phones in the market. For consumers, Mozat serves as a mobile social community that allows users to connect and interact with each other as well as providing access to their favorite email, instant messaging, photo sharing and social gaming. For operators, Mozat provides an extensible, market-ready Mobile SNS platform that drives data usage and builds customer loyalty. It is available for free at www.mozat.com or in a premium version through selected mobile operators in Asia, Middle East and Latin America including Saudi Telecom Company (STC) and Orange.

The Mozat community currently has more than 10 million registered users, pre-dominantly in the emerging markets of Asia and the Middle East
Finalists for the 2009 edition of the Red Herring Global 100 award are selected from the regional recipients or finalists of the Red Herring 100 awards in 2007, 2008, or 2009 ranging from Asia, Europe, and North America. For the past three years, the award has been given to the top 100 global technology companies based upon their technological innovation, management strength, market size, investor record, customer acquisition, and financial health. During the several months leading up to the announcement, hundreds of companies in the telecommunications, security, Web 2.0, software, hardware, biotech, and clean tech industries sent in their submissions to qualify for the award.
The CEOs of the 200 finalists are invited to present their winning strategies at the Red Herring Global Conference in Laguna Niguel, California, January 12-14, 2010. The Top 100 winners will be announced at a special awards ceremony at the event.
About Mozat Pte Ltd – www.mozat.com
Founded in 2003, Mozat provides a mobile software suite offering communication and social media applications on mobiles supporting the Java™, Symbian™, Android™ and Windows Mobile™ operating systems. Mobile operators use Mozat™ to deliver localized applications for their subscriber bases. The company has won numerous industry awards, including the Red Herring Asia Top 100 and the Golden Oliver Award from Sony-Ericsson. It was nominated for “Top Innovator” at the 2008 GSMA mobile exhibition in Barcelona. Mozat is a Network Partner of the FutureMobile project under the Interactive Digital Media Programme Office of the Media Development Agency of Singapore. Mozat is backed by JAFCO Asia and seed-funded by Singapore investment funds BAF Spectrum Pte Ltd, Symphony Investments Pte Ltd, SPRING SEEDS Capital Pte Ltd and NUS Enterprise Pte Ltd.

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Consim Info Pvt Ltd is a Finalist for the Red Herring 100 Global Award

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Red Herring, the San Mateo, California based media company, has announced the list of companies who have been selected as finalists for the ‘Red Herring 100 Global Award’. Consim Info Pvt Ltd, the leader in the Indian Internet space is among their final list of nominees. This prestigious award honors the year’s most promising private technology ventures from around the world.

Consim recently bagged the ‘Red Herring 100 Asia 2009’ award and now has made an entry to the Red Herring 100 Global Award. The nomination has been bestowed upon Consim for being one of the most innovative companies from a pool of 1200. Companies were evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their respective industries. Red Herrings unique assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the actual track record and standing of a company, which allows them to see past the “buzz” and make the list an invaluable instrument for discovering and advocating the greatest business opportunities in the industry.

“This year was especially difficult,” said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. “Despite the global economic situation, there were many great companies producing really innovative and amazing products that we had a difficult time narrowing the pool and selecting the finalists. Now we’re faced with the arduous task of selecting the final 100 winners of the award. We know that this year’s crop will grow into some amazing companies that are sure to go far.”

Murugavel Janakiraman, Founder & CEO Consim Info said, “We are glad to be here as a finalist for this prestigious award. This nomination proves that we are at par with the most innovative companies across the globe and we are looking forward to the event”.

Voicetap Technologies is a Finalist for the Red Herring 100 Global Award

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Voicetap Technologies announced today it has been selected as a finalist for Red Herring’s Global 100 award, a prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from around the world.

January 6, 2010 /India PRwire/ — Voicetap Technologies announced today it has been selected as a finalist for Red Herring’s Global 100 award, a prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from around the world.

The Red Herring editorial team selected the most innovative companies from a pool of 1,200. The nominees are evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their respective industries.

This unique assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the actual track record and standing of a company, which allows Red Herring to see past the “buzz” and make the list an invaluable instrument for discovering and advocating the greatest business opportunities in the industry.

“This year was especially difficult,” said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. “Despite the global economic situation, there were many great companies producing really innovative and amazing products that we had a difficult time narrowing the pool and selecting the finalists. Now we’re faced with the arduous task of selecting the final 100 winners of the award. We know that this year’s crop will grow into some amazing companies that are sure to go far.”

Finalists for the 2009 edition of the Red Herring Global 100 award are selected from the regional recipients or finalists of the Red Herring 100 awards in 2007, 2008, or 2009 ranging from Asia, Europe, and North America. For the past three years, the award has been given to the top 100 global technology companies based upon their technological innovation, management strength, market size, investor record, customer acquisition, and financial health. During the several months leading up to the announcement, hundreds of companies in the telecommunications, security, Web 2.0, software, hardware, biotech, and clean tech industries sent in their submissions to qualify for the award.

The CEOs of the 200 finalists are invited to present their winning strategies at the Red Herring Global Conference in Laguna Niguel, California, January 12-14, 2010. The Top 100 winners will be announced at a special awards ceremony at the event.

About Red Herring

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 newsletters, and major events for technology leaders around the globe. Red Herring provides an insider’s view of the global innovation ecosystem, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy.

For more information contact Anam Alpenia at: [email protected]

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About Voicetap Technologies -

Voicetap Technologies is a startup headquartered out of Noida, NCR region and provides innovative solutions across platforms that help enhance the lives of people. Be it connecting to expert knowledge to get the right advise, finding jobs over the phone or other things that matter to the end consumer, Voicetap is developing them. It’s flagship product is the knowledge engine, developed using proprietary algorithms and logic – it connects knowledge seekers and experts together over various medium, including textual chat or voice. Voicetap has received seed funding from a Singapore based consortium.

For more information, please contact:
Mrigank Tripathi (CEO and Founder) (L) +919971177231

Upside Learning a Finalist for the 2009 Red Herring Global 100 Award

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After winning a Red Herring 100 Asia Award in 2008, Upside Learning has been selected as a finalist for the 2009 Red Herring Global 100 Award.

January 4, 2010 /India PRwire/ — Upside Learning has been short listed as a finalist for Red Herring’s Global 100 2009 Award, which recognizes the year’s most promising private technology ventures from around the world based on their technological innovation, management strength, market size, investor record, customer acquisition, and financial health.

The 200 finalists for the 2009 edition of the Red Herring Global 100 Award have been selected from a pool of 1200 regional recipients or finalists of the Red Herring 100 Awards in 2007, 2008, or 2009, ranging from Asia, Europe, and North America. The nominees were evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their respective industries.

“This year was especially difficult,” said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. “Despite the global economic situation, there were many great companies producing really innovative and amazing products that we had a difficult time narrowing the pool and selecting the finalists. Now we’re faced with the arduous task of selecting the final 100 winners of the award. We know that this year’s crop will grow into some amazing companies that are sure to go far.”

This global recognition after having recently won the Red Herring 100 Asia 2008 Award is testimony to the specialist position that Upside Learning has been able to build in the areas of eLearning development and Learning Technology solutions.

Amit Garg, Director of Content Solutions at Upside Learning, says, “We are very happy to be included in the final list of 200 global companies. I would like to congratulate each and every member of Upside Learning who made this possible for us in an otherwise difficult year.”

Technology Solutions Director Amit Gautam adds, “It’s a great recognition to be one of the 200 global finalists. Everyone at Upside shares the excitement and the feeling of achievement as the year that just passed was definitely a challenging one.”

This is the third recognition for Upside Learning in 2009, following its selection as a winner in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2009 Program and the receipt of two Apex 2009 Awards of Excellence.

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About Upside Learning

A global provider of learning solutions and services, Upside Learning offers a comprehensive range of Content and Technology Solutions spread across a variety of domains. Upside Learning has completed more than 300 corporate and academic projects for over 150 partners and clients worldwide, some of which have won international awards for designing and quality. The company’s Learning Suite includes UpsideLMS, a robust enterprise Learning Management System; UpsideAssess, a comprehensive assessment authoring and administration system; and UpsideTMS, a web-based system for managing instructor-led training processes. For more information, visit www.upsidelearning.com.

About Red Herring

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 newsletters, and major events for technology leaders around the globe. Red Herring provides an insider’s view of the global innovation ecosystem, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy. More information about Red Herring is available at www.redherring.com.

For more information, please contact:
Girish Dhat (Manager) (L) +91 20 25236050

BPTP Limited Plans Initial Public Offering

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BPTP Limited, one of the fastest growing players in real estate industry has planned to hit the capital market to raise funds through an Initial Public Offering (IPO) and has filed its Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) with SEBI.

The Public Issue (*) of equity shares of face value of Rs 10 each for a cash at a price of Rs(*) per equity share including share premium of Rs (*) aggregating Rs 15000 million.

The Book Running lead managers to the issue are IDFC – SSKI Ltd and JP Morgan Pvt Ltd.

Intellicus is a Finalist for the Red Herring 100 Global Award

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Intellicus has been selected as a finalist for Red Herring’s Global 100 award, a prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from around the world.

December 28, 2009 /India PRwire/ — Intellicus announced today it has been selected as a finalist for Red Herring’s Global 100 award, a prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from around the world.

The Red Herring editorial team selected the most innovative companies from a pool of 1,200. The nominees are evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their respective industries.

This unique assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the actual track record and standing of a company, which allows Red Herring to see past the “buzz” and make the list an invaluable instrument for discovering and advocating the greatest business opportunities in the industry.

Speaking on the achievement, Mr. Pankaj Mittal, CTO, Intellicus Technologies said, “This is an exciting phase for Intellicus, and we feel privileged to be recognized at this level. We have been doing some interesting and innovative things in the Business Insights domain, and our clients have been appreciative of the value we bring to them. Such global recognition enthuses us even more and we are sure that this will give us even greater impetus to make a positive technology difference to our current and future customers.”

“This year was especially difficult,” said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. “Despite the global economic situation, there were many great companies producing really innovative and amazing products that we had a difficult time narrowing the pool and selecting the finalists. Now we’re faced with the arduous task of selecting the final 100 winners of the award. We know that this year’s crop will grow into some amazing companies that are sure to go far.”

Finalists for the 2009 edition of the Red Herring Global 100 award are selected from the regional recipients or finalists of the Red Herring 100 awards in 2007, 2008, or 2009 ranging from Asia, Europe, and North America. For the past three years, the award has been given to the top 100 global technology companies based upon their technological innovation, management strength, market size, investor record, customer acquisition, and financial health. During the several months leading up to the announcement, hundreds of companies in the telecommunications, security, Web 2.0, software, hardware, biotech, and clean tech industries sent in their submissions to qualify for the award.

The CEOs of the 200 finalists are invited to present their winning strategies at the Red Herring Global Conference in Laguna Niguel, California, January 12-14, 2010. The Top 100 winners will be announced at a special awards ceremony at the event.

Source: Press release distribution via India PRwire

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About Red Herring

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 newsletters, and major events for technology leaders around the globe. Red Herring provides an insider’s view of the global innovation ecosystem, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy.

For more information contact Anam Alpenia at: [email protected].

About Intellicus

Intellicus is one of the leading providers of the next generation reporting and business intelligence solutions. Incorporated in 2003, Intellicus has grown globally with more than 5000 implementations across America, Europe, and Asia.

The company has major presence in leading verticals including healthcare, supply chain, compliance, financial services, and digital media. Fortune 500 corporations have chosen Intellicus over other large vendors for enterprise deployments due to its lean implementation cycles and near-zero maintenance costs.

Intellicus’ flexible architecture and a solid integration framework have also won major OEM relationships with leading ISVs. The product is continuously enhanced to add new features for its growing base of customers.

Intellicus has been chosen a Red Herring 100 Asia Finalist and was among the NASSCOM Top 100 IT Innovators.

For more information, visit http://www.intellicus.com or write to [email protected] .

For more information, please contact:
Madhumita Phukan (Marketing Communications) (L) 9818056288, 0120-4363300

Planet41 Mobi-Venture Ltd. is a Finalist for the prestigious Red Herring 100 Global Award

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Planet41 Mobi-Venture Ltd. announced today it has been selected as a finalist for Red Herring’s Global 100 award, a prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from around the world.

December 27, 2009 /India PRwire/ — Planet41 Mobi-Venture Ltd. announced today it has been selected as a finalist for Red Herring’s Global 100 award, a prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from around the world.

The Red Herring editorial team selected the most innovative companies from a pool of 1,200. The nominees are evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their respective industries.

This unique assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the actual track record and standing of a company, which allows Red Herring to see past the “buzz” and make the list an invaluable instrument for discovering and advocating the greatest business opportunities in the industry.

“This year was especially difficult,” said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. “Despite the global economic situation, there were many great companies producing really innovative and amazing products that we had a difficult time narrowing the pool and selecting the finalists. Now we’re faced with the arduous task of selecting the final 100 winners of the award. We know that this year’s crop will grow into some amazing companies that are sure to go far.”

Finalists for the 2009 edition of the Red Herring Global 100 award are selected from the regional recipients or finalists of the Red Herring 100 awards in 2007, 2008, or 2009 ranging from Asia, Europe, and North America. For the past three years, the award has been given to the top 100 global technology companies based upon their technological innovation, management strength, market size, investor record, customer acquisition, and financial health. During the several months leading up to the announcement, hundreds of companies in the telecommunications, security, Web 2.0, software, hardware, biotech, and clean tech industries sent in their submissions to qualify for the award.

The CEOs of the 200 finalists are invited to present their winning strategies at the Red Herring Global Conference in Laguna Niguel, California, January 12-14, 2010. The Top 100 winners will be announced at a special awards ceremony at the event.

Source: Press release distribution via India PRwire

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About: Red Herring

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 newsletters, and major events for technology leaders around the globe. Red Herring provides an insider’s view of the global innovation ecosystem, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy.

For more information contact Anam Alpenia at: [email protected]

About : Planet41 Mobi-Venture Ltd.

Planet41 Mobi-Venture Ltd. is a wireless solution company with focus on providing revenue driven mobile content and other value added services to the consumer and the service providers. Founded in 2006, the company is providing solutions to most leading telecom operators in India and has developed partnerships with various content aggregators and service providers worldwide. The company is being promoted by young technocrats to cater to the incredibly growing mobile industry across the planet. The company specializes in developing its own unique content and applications. The company is also a premier supplier of a broad array of custom and packaged telecommunications solutions for mass consumer, enterprises and telecom operators.

For more information contact Mayank Bhargava at: [email protected] (Mobile: 9833490650)

For more information, please contact:
Mayank Bhargava (Manager, Public Relation) (L) 40964141, (M) 9833490650,9821580450, (F) 40964100

For four successive years, Paladion features in Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific!

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Deloitte Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2009, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in the region for the year 2009, places Paladion in the 156th rank. This is the fourth consecutive year that Paladion has been featured in this prestigious list.

December 22, 2009 /India PRwire/ — Deloitte Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2009, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in the region for the year 2009, places Paladion in the 156th rank. This is the fourth consecutive year that Paladion has been featured in this prestigious list. The rankings are based on the percentage of revenue growth over the past three years. Paladion grew a phenomenal 261% during this period.

Deloitte announced the winners at an award ceremony held on the 10th of December, 2009 at Hong Kong. Paladion has previously featured in the top 500 list for the years 2006, 2007 and 2008.

While speaking about this success, Mr.Rajat Mohanty, CEO, Paladion Networks, said “It makes Paladion proud and happy as this indicates our dedication towards providing the best of services to our customers. By achieving the award for the fourth consecutive year, we have successfully carved a niche for ourselves among the successful organizations in the region.”

“Making the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 is commendable in today’s highly competitive technology industry,” said Yoshitaka Asaeda, partner in charge of Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific program. “We congratulate Paladion on being one of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in the region.”

About Paladion- Paladion is a full service managed security provider with presence in Asia, US and Europe. It provides security assurance, compliance, governance, monitoring and management services to large and medium sized organizations. With a decade of experience in the information security domain, Paladion has served over 400 clients. Paladion’s offerings have been recognized and awarded by Gartner, Asian Banker, and Red Herring amongst others. Please visit www.paladion.net for more information.

About Deloitte: Deloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, a Swiss Verein, and its network of member firms, each of which is a legally separate and independent entity. Deloitte provides audit, tax, consulting, and financial advisory services to public and private clients spanning multiple industries. Please see www.deloitte.com/about for more details.

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For more information, please contact:
Deepthi Venkatesh (Marketing and Communications Associate) (L) +91-80-42543444

EnableM wins Red Herring 100 Asia ‘09

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EnableM recognized as one of the 100 “most promising” companies driving the future of technology.

Mumbai-based Enable Mobile Technologies, the pioneers in wireless solutions focusing on mobile learning and multi-user, multi-platform interactions, has received the Red Herring 100 Asia award. The honour is given to an elite group of top 100 private technology companies and entrepreneurs in Asia, resolutely committed to driving the future of technology.

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 such as Facebook, Google, eBay, Skype and YouTube were spotted in their early days by Red Herring editors, and touted as leaders that would change the way we live and work.

Selected from a pool of over 1,200 entries, the top 100 companies were chosen based on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, including financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy and integration into their respective industries. Over a six month period, the Red Herring editorial judges sifted through thousands of applicants to discover and advocate the most promising private technology companies that will lead the next wave of disruption and innovation.

“It has been a challenging and revealing year for most companies across the globe, yet Red Herring received a very impressive list of nominations from Asia Pacific,” said Alex Vieux, CEO of Red Herring. “Companies that believe in constant innovation and consistent strategy, investing in people and technology, managed to overcome these difficult times and Enable Mobile Technologies is one of them. They will certainly thrive in the marketplace and become a formidable force in the future.”

Accepting the honour, Mr. Amit Zaveri, CEO of EnableM, said, “The award comes as a strong recognition for EnableM, more so for mobile learning or M-learning as it is popularly known, and gives us further impetus to help grow the M-learning space. We are committed to providing innovative and cost-effective learning solutions across the mobile platform, which is, without doubt, the technology that’ll drive the future of learning and technology across the globe.

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 newsletters, and major events for technology leaders around the globe. Red Herring provides an insider’s access to the global innovation ecosystem, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy.
For more information, visit www.redherring.com

EnableM is a leading VAS company focused on providing innovation in development and delivery of education products and services through mobile devices. It is working closely with publishers, mobile operators, aggregators, device manufacturers, media companies and government bodies to define a strong ecosystem for M-learning formats and standards. The company has developed an impressive portfolio of products and services across categories like Language Learning, Testing and Assessments and Career Information and Guidance across multiple mobile formats in isolation and in converged environments with other media channels.
For more information, visit www.enablem.com

MAIA Intelligence Wins Laurels at Red Herring Asia 2009 Top 100 Awards

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Red Herring recognizes MAIA Intelligence, a BI Software Provider as the “Most Promising” Company Driving the Future of Innovative Technology with Red Herring 100 Asia 2009 Award

Mumbai, India, November 30, 2009 — MAIA Intelligence, a software product company in Business Intelligence (BI) reporting analysis space with more than 10000 users of 1KEY BI, announced that it has been awarded the coveted Red Herring Top 100 Asia, an award given to the top 100 private technology companies based in the Asia region each year. The award recognizes MAIA Intelligence amongst the 100 most innovative private technology companies in the Asia Pacific region that play a leading role in innovation and technology. Former winners such as Facebook, Google, eBay, Skype and YouTube were discovered in their early days by Red Herring editors, who identified these companies as leaders in changing the way we live and work.

MAIA Intelligence 1KEY BI products and solutions enables organizations to convert data to decisions for the strategic, tactical as well as operational MIS reporting analysis needs at a fraction of the cost and overhead of a conventional BI. 1KEY Agile BI Suite stands out as a solution that is in the right place at the right time as all businesses focus on cost containment in the current climate while trying to grow and increase profitability.

Red Herring’s annual list of top private companies is an important part of the company’s tradition of identifying new and innovative technology companies and entrepreneurs.

Over hundreds of privately held technology companies throughout China, India, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, Australia and Vietnam had submitted their applications for the prestigious award this year. Through a stringent application review process, Red Herring’s editorial team announced the selection of the MAIA Intelligence as the winner.

“It has been a challenging and revealing year for most companies across the globe, yet Red Herring received a very impressive list of nominations from Asia Pacific,” said Alex Vieux, CEO of Red Herring. “Companies that believe in constant innovation and consistent strategy, investing in people and technology, managed to overcome these difficult times and MAIA INTELLIGENCE PVT. LTD. is one of them. They will certainly thrive in the marketplace and become a formidable force in the future.“

Commenting on this occasion Mr. Sanjay Mehta, CEO, MAIA Intelligence said, “We are elated and greatly honored by winning the award at the Red Herring Asia 2009. With the rise of Asian players in the global economy, Red Herring believes that Asian companies will take the spotlight of world business in the next decade. It is an honor for me that MAIA Intelligence has reached this milestone and we are proud to be associated with the best in Asia.”

Sanjay further added, “We would like to thank all our customers, partners and MAIA team members for making this possible. MAIA Intelligence would continuously strive to help organizations take informed decisions at all levels by working on cutting-edge research in the field of BI,” said Sanjay.

Feeling proud of MAIA’s success, Sanjay said, “This prestigious award is a testimony to the hard work and dedication of the team that has created wonderful technology. Most of the work is ahead of us, but we can pause for a minute and enjoy the validation to our vision that this award represents. It strengthens our dream and gives us a boost to be more innovative,” he commented.

To honor the CEOs of Red Herring 100 Asia companies, Red Herring invited each one to present at its Asia 2009 event, November 10-11 in Shanghai, China.

Red Herring’s editorial board diligently evaluated more than 800 private companies through a careful analysis of financial data and subjective criteria, including technology innovation, financial performance, quality of management, execution of strategy, and dedication to research and development. MAIA Intelligence was the one amongst the ones who are leading the next wave of innovation.

About Red Herring:

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 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. For more information, visit www.redherring.com.

About MAIA Intelligence:

Founded in 2006, MAIA Intelligence is a young, innovative company in powerful business intelligence reporting and analysis software product space. The company with its mission to democratize BI and take it from few expert users to the operational managers, frontline executives to back office team is on its way to become the company with the largest BI user base within India. MAIA is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and has been selected as one of the NASSCOM Top 100 IT INNOVATORS in 2007. MAIA’s 1KEY BI software has been tested and approved by Microsoft for ISV/software solutions. MAIA Intelligence is one of the first Indian ISVs to earn the “Compatible with Windows 7” logo. Microsoft published a case study on MAIA Intelligence and 1KEY products on its website.

MAIA recognized among Red Herring Finalist 100 for Asia in 2008 and was also named as India’s Most Trusted IT Vendor by a CIO survey by The CTO Forum. MAIA has been one of the first companies to be listed in the Microsoft start-up Accelerator program. MAIA’s 1KEY Agile BI Suite has been featured in Microsoft Solution Directory 2008. Readers of IT magazine voted MAIA as the 3rd Most Successful Startup Company in 2008 that will rock 2009. The product was also one of the only Indian BI to be recognized by NICSI (National Informatics Centre) and empanelled in BI Tender alongside MNC products. MAIA has been written in Gartner’s Hype Cycle for ICT in India, 2008 & BI Market Trends for 2008-09 APAC Reports.

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Visit http://www.maia-intelligence.com for more information.

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Clickindia honoured with the Red Herring 100 Asia 2009 Winners Award

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Red Herring Inc. names Clickindia among the top 100 private technology companies in Asia in its annual list of Asia 2009 winners.

November 25, 2009 /India PRwire/ — Clickindia Infomedia Pvt Ltd, which owns and manages http://www.clickindia.com – India’s leading free classifieds website, has been announced a Red Herring 100 Asia 2009 Winner. The award recognizes the 100 “Most Promising” companies in Asia driving the future of technology.

Red Herring Inc on November 19, 2009 announced the list of 100 private companies from Asia which have been honoured with this recognition. The editorial staff of California headquartered media company evaluated more than 800 private companies based on parameters like company financial, strategy execution, management quality, and dedication to research and development before revealing the final list of winners.

“It has been a challenging and revealing year for most companies across the globe, yet Red Herring received a very impressive list of nominations from Asia Pacific,” said Alex Vieux, CEO of Red Herring. “Companies that believe in constant innovation and consistent strategy, investing in people and technology, managed to overcome these difficult times and Clickindia Infomedia Pvt Ltd is one of them. They will certainly thrive in the marketplace and become a formidable force in the future.”

On receiving the award, Pankaj Agarwal, CEO of Clickindia Infomedia Pvt. Ltd. said, “Clickindia is honoured to receive the Red Herring 100 Asia 2009 Winners Award. We are thankful to Red Herring and the users of Clickindia.com. The recognition would encourage us to work even harder.”

About Clickindia: It is one of the largest classifieds players in India & growing consistently. It was started in 2007 and has gained strong user loyalty who are benefiting from posting their advertisements for free. It is also present in mobile space with its site http://wap.clickindia.com/ which is also getting popular among mobile Internet users in India.

The list of Red Herring 100 Asia 2009 Winners is available on http://www.redherring.com/Home/26233

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