Press Release
SEVEN Networks Selected by AlwaysOn as an AlwaysOn Global 250 Winner
Company Recognized for Creating Technology Innovations for the Global Silicon Valley
REDWOOD CITY, California July 25th, 2011 – SEVEN® Networks, a provider of innovative mobile solutions that deliver a Real Life, Real Time™ experience, announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the AlwaysOn Global 250 winners.
Inclusion in the AlwaysOn Global 250 signifies leadership and game-changing approaches and technologies that are likely to disrupt existing markets and entrenched players in the Global Silicon Valley. SEVEN 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.
SEVEN and the AlwaysOn Global 250 companies will be honored at AlwaysOn’s ninth annual Innovation Summit at Santa Clara University on July 28th, 2011, at the Louis B. Mayer Theatre at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, CA.
This two-day executive gathering highlights the significant economic, political and commercial trends affecting the global technology industries. Innovation Summit’s goal is to identify the most promising entrepreneurial opportunities and investments in the global tech industry.
“This year’s AlwaysOn Global 250 are companies driven by the biggest mega-trends, including the accelerating growth of mobile users, cloud computing, and SaaS offerings, globalization, and the socialization of commerce and basically everything online,” says Tony Perkins, founder and editor of AlwaysOn. “This year’s winners clearly represent some of the highest-growth opportunities we’ve seen in the private company marketplace in the history of the global Silicon Valley.”
“We were thrilled just to be included in the OnMobile Top 100, but to be named to the AlwaysOn Global 250 with our worldwide peers is incredible,” said Ross Bott, president and CEO of SEVEN. “We are very pleased with the early reception of Open Channel and look forward to sharing all of its features yet to be unveiled in the coming year.”
The AlwaysOn Global 250 winners were selected from among thousands of domestic and international technology companies nominated by investors, bankers, journalists, and industry insiders. The AlwaysOn editorial team conducted a rigorous three-month selection process to finalize the 2011 list.
SEVEN develops innovative mobile solutions that enable operators and device manufacturers to optimize network traffic, reduce operational costs and improve device battery life for end users. SEVEN Open Channel™ is a wireless traffic optimization platform that provides immediate capacity and financial relief to carriers faced with the exponential growth of mobile data usage by reducing mobile app data traffic by 70 percent and signaling by 40 percent.
A full list of all the AlwaysOn Global 250 winners can be found on the AlwaysOn website at: http://www.aonetwork.com/AOStory/Announcing-2011-AlwaysOn-Global-250
In June, SEVEN was also named to the AlwaysOn OnMobile Top 100.
About SEVEN Networks
SEVEN® Networks develops innovative mobile software solutions that help carriers and device manufacturers reduce the amount of traffic generated by mobile apps on wireless networks. The company’s push-based platform and its mobile apps deliver data from the cloud to smartphones in a way that is network and battery efficient and ensures a Real Life, Real Time™ experience for any application on any mobile device. SEVEN Open Channel™, the latest award-winning addition to the SEVEN product portfolio, is a breakthrough mobile traffic optimization solution that cuts mobile app bandwidth consumption by 70 percent and signaling usage by 40 percent. It provides immediate capacity and financial relief to carriers faced with the exponential growth of mobile data usage. SEVEN solutions are deployed in 14 languages across five continents. The company is based in Redwood City, California, with local offices around the globe. More information is available online at http://www.seven.com, www.twitter.com/SEVEN_Networks or www.facebook.com/SEVENNetworks.
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. 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 Innovation Summit, OnMedia, OnHollywood, Venture Summit Mid-Atlantic / IMPACT 2011, OnDemand, Venture Summit Silicon Valley, Venture Summit East, GoingGreen Silicon Valley, and GoingGreen East. The AlwaysOn network and live event series continue to lead the industry by empowering its readers, event participants, sponsors, and advertisers like no other media brand.