Red Herring Releases List of 200 Finalists for the 'Red Herring 100 Asia' Awards 2008
The Most-Promising Private Technology Ventures to be Celebrated at Event in Hong Kong, China
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) November 13, 2008 -- Red Herring Magazine announced today that Plynt (Security Testing division of Paladion) has been short listed forerunners of the Red Herring 100 Asia 2008 awards. The 100 winners will be announced at the Red Herring 100 Asia event in Hong Kong, on December 2-3, 2008.
The 200 finalists are based in 16 countries/regions including China, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Australia and Vietnam. The names of the 200 companies short-listed as finalists for the "Red Herring 100 Asia 2008" will be found online at http://herringresearch.com/eventspace/blgtrx_event_home/asia08/index.html
"The 200 finalists we selected from across 16 countries and regions are all excellent contenders," said Joel Dreyfuss, Editor-in-Chief of Red Herring. "They are exceptional companies who thrive on innovation and strongly define the important role of technology in Asia's economy and throughout the world."
"Plynt's unique application security testing, training and certification combine is serving over 300 clients in the North America, Europe and Asia. Being selected as a Red Herring finalist is an honor and our global team will push ever harder to bring out more market beating and market leading solutions in the enterprise security testing space," said Rajat Mohanty, CEO of Plynt. "Many of our clients are public companies or large private companies and have leveraged our technology to do comprehensive penetration testing & code reviews of applications to comply with SOX requirements and now we see a similar urgency and demand toward PCI compliance," added Rajat.
The finalists and winning companies will be celebrated at the Red Herring 100 Asia event in Hong Kong, on December 2-3, 2008. Red Herring 100 Asia is an exclusive event honoring 100 cutting-edge private technology companies from across the Asia-Pacific region. The event brings together an elite roster of entrepreneurial and global venture investment firms to showcase excellence in innovation. It features two days of keynote discussions, roundtable panels and intimate networking events designed for participants to make connections and learn what it takes to achieve the best in business and technology in Asia.
Distinguished speakers on past Red Herring 100 Asia include SeHyun Oh , Chairman of SK Telcom, John Chen, Chairman of Sybase, Richard Li, Chairman of PCCW; Victor Koo, CEO of Youku.com (former President of Sohu.com); James Ding, Chairman of AsiaInfo, John Hummelstad, Apac Director of Microsoft Venture and many others.
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 research, 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 Plynt
Plynt is the security testing division of Paladion, the full service information security provider. Plynt provides comprehensive network & application security testing solutions to both mid-size and large global enterprises in North America, Europe and Asia. Paladion manages technology and operational risks in a continuous and holistic manner. Paladion is promoted by N.S. Raghavan, co-founder of Infosys Technologies Limited (INFY). With a global footprint across 16 countries and actively managing security for over 300 customers, Paladion today is the fastest growing security services firm in Asia. It has been ranked amongst the Top 500 Fastest Growing Technology Firm in Asia, three years in succession, by Deloitte. Paladion provides unique technology platform and integrated services framework to actively monitor, reduce and prevent risks on 24x7 basis. Our managed security technology has won several awards and accolades globally, including being ranked as Red Herring Top 100 Asia Finalist. For more information visit www.paladion.net, www.plynt.com.
Contact at Red Herring:
Maggie Xiao
Director, Red Herring APAC
mxiao@redherring.com |
Media Contact Information and Accreditation:
Xenia Wedel
Terpin Communication Inc. for Red Herring
Tel: + 1 310 821 6100 Ext. 103
Email: xenia@terpin.com
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