Reconnex Short-Listed as a Finalist for The “Red Herring North America” Awards
The most-promising technology ventures will be honored at the Red Herring Spring 2006 CEO Summit
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 5, 2006— Red Herring announced that Reconnex, the expert in discovering both known and unknown electronic risks, has been short-listed as one of the top 200 contenders for its annual "Red Herring 100 North America" list. Well over 1,000 privately held technology companies submitted to this year’s edition of the prestigious award, giving evidence to the invigorated innovative and entrepreneurial strength of the technology ecosystem. As one of the finalists, John Peters, CEO of Reconnex, will join the exclusive Red Herring Spring 2006 CEO summit, May 23-25 in Monterey, California, where the technology industry’s most-innovative CEOs, venture financiers, and corporate strategists will gather to meet this next wave of disruptive companies.
High-quality companies"We can see the resurgence of the tech sector reflected in the quantity and variety of excellent companies that we had to chose from in putting our list together,” said Joel Dreyfuss, Editor-in-Chief of Red Herring. “It was difficult to choose the 200 finalists and we are very happy with the stellar quality of the companies on this short-list."
“Reconnex is setting the standard for risk discovery by offering the only solution with complete visibility into both known and unknown threats to network and information security,” said John Peters, CEO of Reconnex. “Fortune 1000 companies that are concerned about protecting their brand, shareholder value, and critical operations from the insider threat look to Reconnex to help them discover and remediate security risks. Being short listed for the Red Herring North America awards for the second consecutive year is further validation of Reconnex's technology and the electronic risk discovery market.”
Reconnex’s solutions provide the intelligent capture, classification, and storage of all outbound and inbound content for risk discovery, correlation, and analysis in real-time without any interruption to the business-critical workflow. Reconnex solutions openly integrate with existing enterprise security solutions to more fully protect corporate networks.
More than just buzzThe “Red Herring 100 North America” award is an important part of Red Herring’s tradition of recognizing new and innovative technology firms and their entrepreneurial founders. Reconnex and the other nominees were rigidly evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their ecosystem. This unique assessment of potential complemented by a review of the actual track record and standing of a company allows Red Herring to see past the “buzz” and make the list an invaluable instrument for discovering and advocating the greatest business opportunities in the industry.
Bringing together the bestAs part of this tradition to honor innovation and entrepreneurship in the business of technology, Red Herring will again host “Red Herring Spring,” a two day invitation-only summit for the CEOs and founders of the Red Herring 100 winners and finalists in Monterey, California. The summit's C-level attendees will convene under the theme “The Pursuit of Disruption” to discuss major trends and opportunities and to explore partnerships, alliances, investments, and M&A activities. Further information regarding the event and how to register is available at http://www.herringevents.com/rhspring06.
About Reconnex
Reconnex is the standard for electronic risk discovery for Fortune 1000 companies, government organizations, financial institutions, and healthcare providers who want to protect their brands, shareholder value, and mission-critical operations from the insider threat. Reconnex offers complete visibility into both known and unknown threats to network and information security; provides intelligent capture, classification, and storage of all outbound and inbound content for risk discovery, correlation, and analysis; and enables open integration with existing enterprise security solutions. Reconnex enables enterprises to know with certainty what content enters and leaves their networks and to quickly capture, identify, and remediate both known and unknown threats to compliance, competitive advantage, corporate governance, and critical infrastructure.
For more information, call Reconnex today at 1-866-940-4590 or visit us on the web at www.reconnex.net.
About Red HerringRed Herring is a sophisticated insider’s guide to the business of technology, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy, from the Internet to wireless communications and digital entertainment. Red Herring reports on how innovation and entrepreneurship are transforming business and how the business of technology is transforming the world, providing readers with a deep understanding of venture capital and capital markets. Recognized as an essential resource in today’s fast-changing business world, Red Herring gets the right answers before anyone else even thinks to ask the questions. More information on Red Herring is available on the Internet at www.redherring.com.
