PLEASANTON, California, July 17 /PRNewswire/ --
- Recognized for game-changing technology and Enterprise Innovation
Spigit, a leader in enterprise social software, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the AO Global 250 Winners. Inclusion in the AO Global 250 signifies major developments in the creation of new business opportunities in the global technology industries. Spigit was selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team with assistance from KPMG's emerging business practice, KPMG VC Practice, who together surveyed more than 500 venture investors, investment bankers, and technology insiders.
Spigit and the AlwaysOn Global 250 Top Private Companies will be honored at the AlwaysOn & STVP Summit at Stanford scheduled to occur on July 22-24, 2008 at Stanford University. Spigit, along with fifty of the top CEOs from the AO Global 250 will present their market strategies to a panel of industry experts in a "CEO Showcase."
"The AO Global 250 winners have excelled in key strategic areas in the global technology markets," said Tony Perkins, founder and CEO of AlwaysOn. "We congratulate them for their success in introducing new tools, services, and platforms that are driving the next phase of innovation and creating real value at an economically uncertain time."
The AO Global 250 was selected from over hundreds of companies, nominated by a panel of industry experts in the online technology, media, entertainment, enterprise and greentech sectors from around the world.
Spigit provides enterprises with a platform for innovation and idea management that enables them to connect with their various communities of employees, customers and business partners in order to discover new ideas, key influencers and increase revenue. Companies can use Spigit's award winning idea management technology to connect with either their internal (InnovationSpigit) or external (IdeaSpigit) communities. Spigit also offers a complete set of APIs, enabling companies to effectively leverage existing enterprise collaboration tools and online networks to effectively filter the noise, and identify quality contributions, good ideas, and key contributors.
A full list of all the AO Global 250 winners can be found on the AlwaysOn Web site at http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/27959
"2008 has been a tremendous year for Spigit," said Paul Pluschkell, CEO and co-founder of Spigit. "Customer growth, a multitude of awards and tremendous analyst coverage have all contributed to the incredible growth our company has experienced this year. We are extremely pleased to be an AO Global 250 winner -- it's an honor to have been selected and is further validation of Spigit being recognized as a market leader in the enterprise 2.0 workplace."
About Spigit (http://www.spigit.com)
Spigit develops enterprise community software to drive innovation and empower decision makers. Spigit's core products, InnovationSpigit and IdeaSpigit, are used by Fortune 500 companies to power both internal and external innovation and idea management initiatives.
Spigit has received recognition and numerous awards including Best of Interop 2008 and the 2008 Gartner Cool Vendor in the High Performance Workplace.
About AlwaysOn
ALWAYSON IGNITED THE OPEN-MEDIA REVOLUTION IN EARLY 2003 BY BEING THE FIRST MEDIA BRAND TO LAUNCH A COMMUNITY BLOG NETWORK. IN 2004, ALWAYSON CONTINUED TO LEAD THE INDUSTRY IN INNOVATION BY ENGAGING ITS BLOGGERS IN A SOCIAL NETWORK. ALWAYSON IS ALSO REVOLUTIONIZING THE MEDIA BUSINESS BY APPLYING ITS OPEN-MEDIA PRINCIPLES TO ITS EXECUTIVE EVENT SERIES (STANFORD SUMMIT, ONHOLLYWOOD, ONMEDIA, GOINGGREEN, NORDICGREEN, AND VENTURE SUMMIT EAST AND WEST) AND QUARTERLY PRINT "BLOGOZINE". NO OTHER MEDIA BRAND HAS DARED TO CREATE SUCH OPEN INTERACTION WITH ITS READERS AND EVENT PARTICIPANTS.
Web site: http://www.spigit.com http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/27959
Mike Weiss of Antenna Group, +1-415-977-1926, mike@antennagroup.com
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