[February 10, 2009] VISTO Awarded Red Herring Top 100 Global Company Tweet REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- VISTO(R), the world's leading mobile push synchronization platform and service provider, today announced it has been named as one of the Red Herring Top 100 Global Companies. Red Herring Top 100 Global Companies are chosen from winners and finalists of the previous North America, Europe and Asia Red Herring Top 100 Companies. Winning and finalist companies from the previous three years were eligible for this outstanding award. Out of 1,800 successful and highly eligible companies, the Red Herring editorial team deployed a detailed process to drill-down the best companies first to 200 finalists, then to the top 100 winners of this global award. Evaluations were made on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, innovation, management, global strategy, and ecosystem integration. The announcement of the winners was made at the Red Herring 100 Global which took place in San Diego on January 14 - 16, 2009. Present among the finalists were elite executives and venture capital leaders from around the world. "We were so pleased to announce VISTO as a Red Herring Top 100 Global Company," commented Red Herring publisher Alex Vieux. "VISTO has proven to be a company excelling in their industry and its ripples have turned into waves. It was difficult for us to narrow down, but we are pleased to have included VISTO in our list of promising companies. We look forward to the changes it makes to its industry in the future." "VISTO is honored to be named to the Red Herring Top 100 Global Companies," said Brian Bogosian, CEO of VISTO. "We reached several significant milestones in 2008, including operating profitability and growth of 50% over 2007. We expect similar results in 2009 as we continue to lead the industry in mobile innovations in mobile communications including email, photo sharing and mobile social networking to global operators." VISTO recently launched the Company's next generation VISTO Mobile(TM) offering, VISTO Mobile 6. VISTO Mobile 6 is a suite of offerings for mobile phones designed to enable end users to connect with friends, family and colleagues in real time in any number of ways including email, social networking and photo sharing. With VISTO Mobile 6, VISTO is extending beyond mobile email to leverage its technology by bringing greater convenience and functionality to users of mobile media and social networks. About Red Herring Red Herring is a global media company, which unites 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 newsletters 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. More information about Red Herring is available on the Internet at http://www.redherring.com/. About VISTO VISTO is the world's leading mobile push synchronization platform and service provider, enabling mobile operators to provide easy-to-use communications services from email to social networking to photo sharing across the broadest set of devices. The Company's patented VISTO Mobile(TM) platform with ConstantSync(TM) technology works in real time with popular email and social networking services for personal and business use, providing maximum control and flexibility for the operator and choice for the customer. VISTO's customized, brandable solutions are available through mobile operators worldwide including AT&T, Elisa, Rogers Wireless, Qtel, SmarTone, SFR, Softbank Mobile, Sprint, TELUS, T-Mobile, Turkcell and the Vodafone Group. Established in 1996 and headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, VISTO has offices in Seattle, Toronto, London, Milan, Paris, Madrid, Dusseldorf, and Tianjin, China. The Company is backed by Oak Investment Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Altitude Capital Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, DFJ ePlanet Ventures, DFJ Growth Fund, Rustic Canyon Ventures, GKM Newport, Stanford Accelerator and Blueprint Ventures. For more information, visit http://www.visto.com/ or email [email protected] VISTO CONTACT: Maureen O'Connell of VISTO, +1-650-486-7502, mobile, +1-408-679-0648, [email protected] Web Site: http://www.visto.com/ [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]