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TAG Announces "Sweet 16" Semi-finalists for Top 40 Innovative Georgia Technology Companies
Feb 20, 2007
TAG ANNOUNCES "SWEET 16" SEMIFINALISTS
FOR TOP 10 INNOVATIVE GEORGIA TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES
Duluth, GA (Feb. 20, 2007) - A grid computing company, a mobile banking firm and a company that provides noise cancellation equipment are among the "Sweet 16" semifinalists for The Technology Association of Georgia's (TAG) annual Top 10 Innovative Technology Companies In Georgia to be announced Feb. 28, 2007, during the Georgia Technology Summit: Innovation 2.0 Managing Innovation For Growth at the Cobb Galleria Centre.
The list of companies, which includes a tie for one spot, are: Asankya, Clearwave Corporation, Commerce Science Corporation, Compliance 360 , Firethorn, IDology Inc., Izenda LLC, Nexidia, Quellan Inc., Recordant, Scentric Inc., Super Computer International Inc., The Intellection Group, VoiceQuilt, Vystar and Wireless Vision.
The companies are part of TAG's annual search for the Top 40 most innovative companies in the state. Companies selected to be in the Top 40 will participate in a showcase at the Summit and the Top 10 companies will make presentations during the event, which is expected to attract some 800 of the state's technology leaders.
"This has been our most successful Top 40 competition ever with nearly 100 companies applying," said Tino Mantella, president of TAG. "Our congratulations to all of the Top 40 and good luck to the ‘Sweet 16' as they compete for the Top 10."
The Top 40 Innovators are chosen based on a number of criteria, including: degree of innovation; scope and financial impact of innovation; likelihood of success; and promotion of Georgia's innovative efforts nationally and internationally.
"This has been an extremely competitive group with such outstanding technologies to choose from," said Dennis Zakas, a partner with Hunton & Williams and chairperson of the Top 40 Selection Committee. "The committee has been working overtime to select the Top 10 from some incredible candidates."
In addition to Zakas, the 2007 committee members include: Co-chair Ron Dolinsky (MARKETQUEST), Kathy Harris (Noro-Moseley Partners), Sig Mosley (Imlay Investments), Stephen Fleming (Georgia Tech), Buddy Ray (Innovation Publishing), Don House (investor and member of Georgia Technology Hall of Fame), Jeff Muir (Chatham Capital), Knox Massey (Atlanta Technology Angels) and Chris Mangum (Venture X).
This year's "Sweet 16" will be introduced today during the February meeting of The Gwinnett Technology Forum held at the George Busbee Center, Gwinnett Technical College.
"We are extremely pleased to have the opportunity to host the announcement of the ‘Sweet 16' semifinalists at our February meeting," said Steven Chambers, chairman of the Gwinnett Technology Forum and director of operations, Andrew Corporation. "We applaud the entire 2007 Top 40 and, of course, we are especially proud of the seven companies from Gwinnett on the list."
Wired's Chris Anderson To Keynote Technology Summit
Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired magazine and best-selling author of ‘The Long Tail,' will be the keynote speaker at the Technology Summit. Anderson's book has had a significant impact on the business community as a whole, particularly around the areas of innovation and business economics.
TAG will give its annual Lifetime Achievement Award to Jim Blanchard, retired CEO of Synovus Financial Corp. The Summit attendees will also hear from Rich DeMillo, dean of the College of Computing and Georgia Tech and former chief technology officer for Hewlett-Packard.
About TAG
The Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to support its members by generating opportunities for personal, professional and business growth. By forging strategic alliances, TAG serves as a primary catalyst to foster a rich environment for economic development in Georgia's technology community.
Founded in 1999 through the merger of the Business & Technology Alliance (B&TA), the Southeastern Software Association (SSA) and Women in Technology (WIT), TAG is one of the largest state technology associations in the nation. TAG is made up of 2,400 members representing technology leaders from over 1500 Georgia-based companies, affiliated technology and business organizations. For more information on the Summit or to purchase tickets, visit http://www.tagonline.org/, email info@tagonline.org or call (404) 817-333
About the Gwinnett Technology Forum
With more than 700 technology-focused members, the Gwinnett Technology Forum provides a place for Gwinnett and north metro technology companies to network and learn about technology issues while also growing the area's technology-based companies by continuing to build a strong technology cluster in Gwinnett.
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(Note To Reporters: The complete Top 40 List is on the next page.)
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Company |
City |
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Agentek, Inc. |
Alpharetta |
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Applied Global Technologies |
Kennesaw |
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Asankya |
Atlanta |
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ChoicePoint |
Alpharetta |
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Clearwave Corporation |
Marietta |
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Cnetics Technologies, LLC |
Norcross |
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Commerce Science Corporation |
Atlanta |
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Compliance 360, Inc |
Alpharetta |
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ContactAtOnce! LLC |
Roswell |
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Count5, LLC |
Atlanta |
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Digital Resolve, a business unit of Digital Envoy |
Norcross |
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Electrochemical Research Corporation |
Norcross |
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EMS Technologies Inc. |
Norcross |
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Firethorn |
Atlanta |
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Firstwave Technologies, Inc. |
Atlanta |
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Horizon Software International, LLC. |
Loganville |
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IDology Inc |
Atlanta |
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InfoWeapons, Inc. |
Duluth |
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Intelligium, LLC |
Roswell |
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Izenda, LLC |
Atlanta |
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Jacada |
Atlanta |
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Neurotic Media LLC |
Atlanta |
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Nexidia |
Atlanta |
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NuBridges,LLC |
Atlanta |
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Premiere Global Services, Inc. |
Atlanta |
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Quellan Inc. |
Santa Clara |
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Recordant, Inc. |
Alpharetta |
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Scentric, Inc. |
Alpharetta |
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Seagull Software |
Atlanta |
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SecureWorks, Inc. |
Atlanta |
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Silverpop |
Atlanta |
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Super Computer International, Inc. |
Atlanta |
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The Intellection Group, Inc. |
Duluth |
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The Port Network, Inc. |
Atlanta |
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Trusted Network Technologies |
Alpharetta |
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Unicoi Systems, Inc. |
Cumming |
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Vendormate, Inc. |
Atlanta |
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VoiceQuilt |
Marietta |
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Vystar |
Duluth |
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Wireless Vision, Inc |
Marietta |
