The 100 Most-Promising Private Technology Ventures Celebrated at Event in Hong Kong, China San Francisco, CA, August 29, 2007 - Red Herring Magazine announced today that RedOxygen has been officially selected as a winner of the prestigious Red Herring 100 Asia 2007 awards. The news was announced at a gala dinner during the Red Herring 100 Asia event in Hong Kong, China, happening from August 29 to 31. Winners were selected from a pool of more than 500 applicants based in 16 countries/regions including China, India, Japan, Singapore, Korea, Australia and Vietnam. The names of the 200 companies short-listed as finalists for the Red Herring 100 Asia 2007 along with the 100 announced winners can be found online at http://www.herringevents.com/asia07/index.html. The Red Herring editorial team carefully selected the winning companies based on both quantitative and qualitative criteria such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their ecosystem. The 100 winners are based in 16 countries/regions including China, India, Japan, Singapore, Korea, Australia and Vietnam. "After a rigorous evaluation process, we're very happy with winners we selected, said Joel Dreyfuss, Editor-in-Chief of Red Herring. There was a large pool to choose from and we're impressed by the caliber an innovative talent bursting from Asia's business and technology sector. We are excited and flattered to be included in this list. Tom Sheahan, CEO RedOxygen. The finalists and winning companies will be celebrated at the Red Herring 100 Asia event in Hong Kong, on August 29-31. 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 three days of keynote discussions, roundtable panels and 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 Red Herring 100 Asia include Richard Li, Chairman of PCCW; SeHyun Oh, Chairman of SK Telcom, John Chen, Chairman of Sybase, 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. For a full list of Red Herring 100 Asia speakers, visit http://www.herringevents.com/Asia07/speakers.html. Register for RH 100 Asia at http://www.herringevents.com/Asia07/index.html. 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 RedOxygen Established in Australia in 2001, RedOxygen is one of the world's leading developers and distributors of Enterprise SMS / Text messaging software applications and services. RedOxygen combines the power of today's email applications, instant messaging clients or CRM applications with the ease, convenience and mobility of SMS / text messaging. Their seamlessly integrated products allow users to utilise the full capabilities of their existing contacts address book to send SMS / Text messages to specific individuals or entire lists, all as easily as sending an email. Users can also have their calendar reminders automatically sent to their mobiles, send broadcast SMS / Text messages to large lists and even receive replies straight into their inboxes from message recipients. RedOxygen software is available for Microsoft Outlook, Window, IBM's Sametime, Outlook Express and IBM's Lotus Notes. RedOxygen has clients across a broad array of industries and geographies. Their current customer list includes clients such as Pfizer, BMW, Qantas, Microsoft, Siemens, Panasonic, Deloitte, IBM, Accenture, Frito Lay, Billabong, 3M and others. These customers span Australia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and North America. RedOxygen's products are also distributed by HP, Swisscom Mobile, the largest mobile operator in Switzerland, and Vodafone Portugal, part of the world's largest wireless cross-country operator and Vimpelcom /Beeline Russia, one of the world's largest mobile operators with over 56 million subscribers. Contact at RedOxygen: Kassandra Macdade RedOxygen Level 9 445 Upper Edward Street Brisbane, QLD 4000 +61-7-3100-8836 Kassandra.Macdade@redoxygen.com Contact at Red Herring: Maggie Xiao Director, Red Herring APAC 650.585.3419 mxiao@redherring.com | Media Contact Information and Accreditation: Jenny Chong Terpin Communication Inc. for Red Herring Tel: + 1 310 821 6100 Ext. 103 Email: jenny@terpin.com
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