StrikeIron Jump-Starts 2008 with Multiple Industry HonorsStrikeIron establishes itself as a company to watch in 2008Research Triangle Park, NC – January 15, 2008 – StrikeIron Inc., the leading provider of Data as a Service (DaaS), kicks off 2008 with multiple industry awards including:
StrikeIron was one of 33 finalists selected from over 350 emerging companies that took part in the submission process for American Venture Magazine. Honorees were chosen for the organization’s teamwork, vision, market leadership and technological achievements. All winners were venture-funded and had the ability to make crucial developments with energy and passion, under a focused leadership and toward a common goal. American Venture Magazine is the nation’s largest publication dedicated to the early-stage technology market. For additional information visit: www.americanventuremagazine.com/articles/850 CMP’s Intelligent Enterprise Web site announced its 2008 Editors’ Choice Award winners with StrikeIron included among its 36 “Companies to Watch” in the enterprise application category. Other companies honored include eBay, Google, IBM. NetSuite, Salesforce.com, SAS,and TIBCO. CMP’s Intelligent Enterprise winners demonstrated exceptional vision, technology innovation and customer leadership in attaining strategic objectives. To learn more about this award, please visit: http://www.intelligententerprise.com StrikeIron was also included in Robin Bloor’s list of “10 IT Companies to Watch in 2008.” Bloor is a partner with Hurwitz & Associates, a business consulting firm that researches market drivers, customer benefits and business value in order to provide actionable strategic advice on product planning, marketing and positioning. Bloor is also founder of Bloor Research and co-author of “Service Oriented Architecture for Dummies.” To find out more about the list, visit: http://havemacwillblog.com/2008/01/06/10-it-companies-to-watch-in-2008/ In addition to StrikeIron’s corporate honors, CEO and co-founder, Bob Brauer, was named one of Business Leader Magazine’s 24 Impact Entrepreneurs in the upcoming January 2008 issue. This year, the publication received over 150 nominations. Winners were entrepreneurs who helped shape innovation in the Triangle, region of North Carolina. For more, visit www.businessleader.com These awards and honors serve as further proof that our teams hard work and dedication to make StrikeIron a leader in the Enterprise 2.0 space is paying off,” stated Bob Brauer, CEO and co-founder of StrikeIron. “It has and always will be our goal to bring cutting-edge technology to the enterprise so we couldn’t be more pleased to receive this kind of recognition.” About StrikeIronStrikeIron is the leader in Data as a Service (DaaS), facilitating the consumption and distribution of live, integratable data and business functionality over the Web. The company’s innovative Web Services Marketplace provides a technology platform, micro-transaction management and a consistent interface across many XML-based Web services from multiple, diverse sources. This allows business users, application developers and enterprise IT professionals to customize and integrate external data sources and additional external functionality into enterprise, Web, and composite applications. Currently, StrikeIron provides over 100 live data sources and business functions from organizations such as D&B, MapQuest, Midnight Trader, Tax Data Systems, and Zacks. StrikeIron also offers a set of products and tools to simplify and accelerate the consumption of data such as its SOA Express for Excel, enabling business users to access live data via front office applications. StrikeIron delivers value to over 1,000 customers and partners such as BEA, Delivery.com, IBM, Honda Europe, D&B, Time Warner, Siemens, Nike, Kenwood, and Exclusive Resorts. For more information, visit www.strikeiron.com |