Baydin Wins Launch Pad Competition at Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Boston

Four Companies Take the Stage, Enterprise 2.0 Audience Awards Excellence in Social Tools and Services

Jun 16, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO, June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Today UBM TechWeb announced Baydin as the Enterprise 2.0 Conference 2010 Launch Pad People's Choice winner. The attending audience selected Baydin as the winner of the competition, following presentations from the four finalists. Launch Pad, part of the Enterprise 2.0 Conference program, is a live public forum created for unveiling new social tools within the enterprise.  Enterprise 2.0 Conference is taking place through June 17th at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel. More information can be found at http://launchpad.e2conf.com/.

"It's a real honor to see so many revolutionary technologies at Enterprise 2.0 and be named the Launch Pad winner today," said Alex Moore, CEO Baydin.  "We at Baydin think there is a lot of innovation left to happen in email and are eager to begin leading that charge."

Launch Pad participants posted videos to the Enterprise 2.0 Conference Launch Pad site, utilizing Web 2.0 technologies to showcase their new product or service.  Today, four finalists, Baydin, Doodle, InnovationCast and MindQuilt debuted their new 2.0 tools and services to the Enterprise 2.0 Conference audience in a five minute presentation on the keynote stage.  The audience, comprised of creators, evangelists and adopters of cutting edge technologies, then participated via live vote to nominate Baydin as the People's Choice winner.

"I want to congratulate Baydin in addition to all of this year's participating Enterprise 2.0 Conference Launch Pad companies, for their innovation in the industry," said Steve Wylie, General Manager and Conference Director of Enterprise 2.0 Conference.  "We applaud Baydin for demonstrating their leading social tools and being selected as the winners of today's Launch Pad."

About Baydin

Baydin helps customers discover corporate information they need to know about, automatically, by taking advantage of information in their inboxes. For more information go to www.Baydin.com/unsearch.  

About Enterprise 2.0 Conference

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 sponsor 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: www.e2conf.com.

About UBM TechWeb

UBM TechWeb, the global leader in technology media and professional information, enables people and organizations to harness the transformative power of technology.  Through its three core businesses – media solutions, marketing services and paid content – UBM TechWeb produces the most respected and consumed brands and media applications in the technology market. More than 14 million business and technology professionals (CIOs and IT managers, Web & Digital professionals, Software Developers, Government decision makers, and Telecom providers) actively engage in UBM TechWeb's communities and information resources monthly. UBM TechWeb brands include: global face-to-face events such as Interop, Web 2.0, Black Hat and Enterprise Connect; award-winning online resources such as InformationWeek, Light Reading, and Network Computing; and market-leading InformationWeek, Wall Street & Technology, and Advanced Trading magazines.  UBM TechWeb is a UBM company, a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion.

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