IMlogic, the global market leader for instant messaging (IM) management software, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn (AO) as one of the Top 100 Private Company award winners. IMlogic was handpicked by the AlwaysOn editorial team based on a set of five criteria – innovation, market potential, customer adoption, media buzz and investor value creation.
The AO 100 was selected from more than 1,000 companies, peer-nominated by leading venture capitalists, investment bankers and industry analysts. The AO 100 consists of private companies at all stages of development, from early to late stage.
IMlogic provides all the tools businesses need to fully realize the benefits of IM while minimizing the risks and challenges associated with this form of communication. With more than 500,000 licensed seats, IMlogic IM Manager™ meets the most rigorous IT requirements of the Fortune 1000 across the finance, energy, healthcare, technology, government and manufacturing sectors, bringing centralized management, security and compliance-level archiving to traditionally unmonitored and uncontrolled enterprise IM usage.
“The AO 100 companies are shaping today’s Web-driven, connected environment,” said Tony Perkins, founder and editor of AlwaysOn. “We were inundated with nominations from leading companies, many of which I hope will appear on our list next year. My congratulations to each AO 100 winner — these are the companies which we predict will have the greatest market traction, strongest innovation and most game-changing approaches this year.”
IMlogic won the prestigious AO 100 award in 2003 and adds this year’s honor to a list of recent accolades including InfoWorld’s 2005 Technology of the Year award for Best IM Management Solution in the team collaboration category.
“We are very pleased to be honored once again by the AlwaysOn Network as one of the Top 100 Private Companies,” said IMlogic President and CEO Francis deSouza. “IMlogic continues to help many of the world’s largest enterprises manage and secure their instant messaging environments. Our IMlogic Threat Center is now seen as the industry barometer for real-time threat protection and alerts and distinctions such as this one help validate our market leadership.”
The AO 100 will be honored at the AO 2005: Innovation Summit at a VIP reception at 5.00 p.m. on July 19, 2005 at the Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center on the Stanford University campus in Palo Alto, California.
About IMlogic, Inc. IMlogic, Inc. is the market leader in enterprise software for instant messaging, the world’s fastest growing communications medium of all time. The largest Fortune 1000 companies across the financial services, energy, healthcare, government, media, telecommunications, technology, and manufacturing industries depend on IMlogic to manage, control and secure corporate IM usage, while satisfying compliance requirements associated with real-time electronic communications. For more information on IMlogic call 877-IMlogic or visit www.imlogic.com.
About AlwaysOn ALWAYSON is transforming the communication business with its online blogging network, establishing it as a leader in the Open Media revolution. Borrowing from the underground traditions of blogging and social networking, ALWAYSON (http://www.alwayson-network.com) was launched in 2003. Today, AO’s annual Summit @ Stanford and OnHollywood events, print “blogozine” and online services encourage direct collaboration between global thought leaders and technology insiders. No other media brand has dared allow such openness amongst its readers and participants. ALWAYSON, LLC, is a privately held and virtually headquartered company born out of the heart of Silicon Valley.
