Conduit Selected by AlwaysOn as an OnMedia Top 100 WinnerJanuary 21, 2010
January 21, 2010 — San Mateo, Calif. — Conduit, the company enabling web publishers to distribute their offerings directly and through its global network of publishers, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the OnMedia Top 100 winners. Inclusion in the OnMedia 100 signifies leadership amongst its peers and game-changing approaches and technologies that are likely to disrupt existing markets and entrenched players. Conduit was specially selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and industry experts spanning the globe based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz.
Conduit and the OnMedia Top 100 Companies will be honored at AlwaysOn’s OnMedia NYC event on February 1st, 2010, at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York City.
This two-and-a-half-day executive event features CEO presentations and high-level debates on which forces are disrupting user behavior and creating new opportunities in the marketing, branding, advertising, and public relations industries.
“Our view is that we are still moving up a very steep Internet innovation curve, which means the media world will continue to be radicalized,” said Tony Perkins, founder and CEO of AlwaysOn. “We congratulate the OnMedia 100 winners for their success in introducing the tools, services, and platforms that continue to disrupt the old ways of Madison Avenue for the benefit of marketers and content consumers alike.”
The OnMedia 100 winners were selected from among hundreds of other technology companies nominated by investors, bankers, journalists and industry insiders. The AlwaysOn editorial team conducted a rigorous three-month selection process to finalize the 2009 list.
“AlwaysOn is an important organization in the technology industry and we are extremely pleased to be recognized by them for our leadership and disruptive technology,” said Adam Boyden, president of Conduit. “This award validates what our customers love about the Conduit Platform -- they say it is one of the most valuable engagement tools available because it allows them to increase their brand presence through persistent placement in front of their audience, resulting in deeper relationships with their customers.”
A full list of all the OnMedia Top 100 winners can be found on the AlwaysOn website at:
http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/34216.
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About Conduit®
Conduit enables web publishers to distribute their offerings directly and through its global network of more than 200,000 publishers and their 60 million users. Conduit is the inventor of the SaaS platform that allows web publishers to create and distribute their content and products on a custom community toolbar using all the leading operating systems and Internet browsers including Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari. The free, powerful Conduit platform has earned the prestigious TRUSTe Trusted Download certification. With the Conduit Open™ initiative, launched in 2009, Conduit is creating new distribution opportunities by simplifying the sharing of content and applications via community toolbars across the World Wide Web. The platform has been adopted by major brands such as Fox News, Habbo, iWin, Major League Baseball, NHL teams, Softonic, TechCrunch, and Travelocity, as well as thousands of small and medium organizations in 120 countries around the globe. If you want to Conduit Your Site, visit: www.conduit.com.
About AlwaysOn
AlwaysOn is the leading business media brand networking the Global Silicon Valley. AlwaysOn helped ignite the social media revolution in early 2003 when it launched the AlwaysOn network (alwayson.goingon.com). In 2004, it became the first media brand to socially network its online readers and event attendees. AlwaysOn’s preeminent executive event series includes the Summit at Stanford, OnMedia, OnHollywood, OnDC, OnDemand, Venture Summit Silicon Valley, Venture Summit East, GoingGreen, GoingGreen East, and GoingGreen Europe. The AlwaysOn network and live event series empower readers, event participants, sponsors, and advertisers to spearhead the global innovation economy.
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