Veodia Wins Launch Pad Competition at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference

SAN FRANCISCO, June 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, TechWeb (formerly CMP) announced Veodia as the winner of the Enterprise 2.0 Conference Launch Pad competition. Launch Pad is a live public forum created for unveiling new social tools within the enterprise and the final vote took place yesterday at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel. More information can be found at http://www.enterprise2conf.com/.

With a new twist this year, Launch Pad participants posted videos to the Enterprise 2.0 Conference Launch Pad site to showcase their new product or service. Attendees voted online and selected five finalists. Yesterday, the finalists, Aegeon, GroupSwim, NewsGator, Project SocialSite and Veodia, debuted their new 2.0 tools and services to the Enterprise 2.0 Conference audience, who then participated via live vote to select Veodia as the winner. The Launch Pad program was sponsored by Open Text and hosted by Stowe Boyd, an internationally recognized authority on social applications and their impact on business and society.

"Attendance this year has exceeded our expectations thanks to such things as Launch Pad and the innovative companies that made it a success," said Steve Wylie, General Manager and Conference Director of the Enterprise 2.0 Conference. "We congratulate Veodia on their big win. Everyone played an important role this week in successfully moving the needle on the shift to and awareness of Enterprise 2.0."

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  About The Enterprise 2.0 Conference

The Enterprise 2.0 Conference explores the integration of Web 2.0 technologies in the enterprise, from both strategic and tactical perspectives. This annual conference and demo pavilion focuses on the tools and techniques that best leverage the technical, productive and social aspects of IT and workgroup environments to build a cohesive collaboration strategy and empower a connected workforce. For more information visit: http://www.enterprise2conf.com/.

About TechWeb (formerly CMP)

TechWeb, the global leader in business technology media, is an innovative business focused on serving the needs of technology decision-makers and marketers worldwide. TechWeb produces the most respected and consumed media brands in the business technology market. Today, more than 13.3* million business technology professionals actively engage in our communities created around our global face-to-face events Interop, Web 2.0, Black Hat and VoiceCon; online resources such as the TechWeb Network, Light Reading, Intelligent Enterprise, InformationWeek.com, bMighty.com, and The Financial Technology Network; and the market leading, award-winning InformationWeek, TechNet Magazine, MSDN Magazine, Wall Street & Technology magazines. TechWeb also provides end-to-end services ranging from next-generation performance marketing, integrated media, research, and analyst services. TechWeb is a division of United Business Media, a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion.

*13.3 million business decision-makers: based on # of monthly connections

SOURCE: TechWeb

CONTACT: Natalia Wodecki, PR Manager of TechWeb, +1-415-947-6762,
nwodecki@techweb.com

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