Manta.com Wins Product of the Year Award

Manta.com, with 45 million company profiles and free contact relationship management (CRM) tools, wins award for outstanding innovation.

Columbus OH (PRWEB) January 24, 2008 -- Manta.com has won the 2007 TopCAT award as Outstanding Product From a Company With Less Than 50 People.

This is the second straight year Manta.com and its parent, ECNext Inc., have won a TopCAT Award. Presented by Tech Columbus, the awards celebrate the outstanding achievements of Central Ohio technology companies. TopCAT candidates must be nominated by an outside party and undergo a rigorous evaluation process. Tech Columbus calls the TopCat award the most prestigious tech honor in Ohio.

Pamela Springer, CEO of ECNext, the company that operates Manta.com, said: "ECNext is honored by this recognition. The Columbus technology community is strong, vibrant and growing. It's exciting to be in such great company"

Springer explained that Manta.com has been an innovator since its inception just over two years ago.

"In a short time, Manta.com has changed the way businesses operate," she said. "This single website has company information (http://www.manta.com) on more than 45 million companies. Our members can find company and contact information, add it to a list, make notes, set alerts on companies and share lists, all from one website. And it's free!"

Manta.com attracts more than 4 million visitors each month. Those users include sales professionals, executives, analysts, and recruiters. "Anyone who needs to know information about companies (http://www.manta.com/mymanta), large and small, domestic and international, private and public, can find the information they are looking for at Manta.com."

In addition to the back-to-back TopCAT awards, ECNext was named as one of Central Ohio's fastest growing privately held companies in both 2006 and 2007 by Business First's Fast Fifty program.

About Manta.com

Manta.com is all about companies. It's simple, powerful and open to all.

The site offers free company research (http://www.manta.com/mb), related pay-as-you-go company information, user generated content and contact relationship management tools, empowering all business professionals to compete on an equal platform through the open Web.

ECNext, the Columbus, Ohio-based, emerging online media company operates Manta.com and 40 additional premium business information sites for some of the world's leading publishers.

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