BEIJING--26 Jul--Xinhua-PRNewswire-AsiaNet/InfoQuest
Leading Private Asian Technology Companies will Be Honored at Red Herring Asia "Meet Asia's Innovators" Summit Hong Kong, August 28-30, 2006 Red Herring announced today that it has narrowed the field of contenders for its annual "Red Herring Asia 100" list to 200 companies. Well over 600privately held technology companies were submitted to this year's edition of the prestigious award, proving the reviving innovative and entrepreneurialstrength of the technology ecosystem. The names of the 200 companies short-listed as finalists for the "Red Herring Asia 100" can be found online at http://www.redherring.com/rhasia06 . Following another rigorous review process, the "Red Herring Asia 100" will be unveiled in the coming weeks, and the Red Herring Asia "Meet Asia'sInnovators" Summit,will be hold on August 28-30 in Hong Kong, during which the technology industry's most-innovative CEOs, venture financiers, and corporatestrategists will gather to exchange deep insight into the Asian technology scene. "The level of entrepreneurial activity in Asia is no longer surprising," said Joel Dreyfuss, editor-in-chief of Red Herring. "The biggest shift is the emergence of innovative and disruptive companies that can play on the worldstage." The "Red Herring Asia 100" award, now in its second year and open only to private technology companies headquartered in the Asia Pacific region, is givento the top 100 Asian tech companies on the basis of technology innovation, management strength, market size, investor record, customer acquisition andfinancial health. The CEOs of the Top 100 companies are invited to present their winning strategies at Red Herring Asia 100. Last year,the winners likeSuntech power, Vimicro has successfully access to IPO, and verisilicon, ChinaInterActiveCorp, WangYou have closed their new round of financing. For the past months, hundreds of companies in the telecomm, Web 2.0, software, hardware, biotech and energy related industries from countries likeKazakhstan, Korea, China, India, Japan and the Philippines have sent in their submissions to qualify for the award. At Red Herring Asia 2006, both thefinalists and winners of the Top 100 will showcase their uniqueness and business potential. The nominees were rigidly evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality ofmanagement, execution of strategy, and integration into their ecosystem. This unique assessment of their potential is complemented by a review of the actual track record and standing of a company, allowing Red Herring to see past the"buzz" and make the list an invaluable instrument for discovering and advocating the greatest business opportunities in the industry."Meet Asia's Innovators" Red Herring events such as Red Herring Asia 2006, have long provided keen and prescient insights into the past, present and future of global technology trends and breakthroughs. Industry leaders, venture capitalists, entrepreneursand Red Herring's own business intelligence team are brought together in the spirit of collaboration and growth in an attempt to foster business alliances and bring together entrepreneurs and investors. Participation is always byinvitation only, and all speakers are registered participants. For registration and conference update, please go to http://www.redherring.com/rhasia06 .About Red Herring Red Herring is a sophisticated insider's guide to the business of technology, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologiesdriving the economy, from the Internet to wireless communications and digital entertainment. Red Herring reports on how innovation and entrepreneurship are transforming business and how the business of technology is transforming theworld, providing readers with a deep understanding of venture capital and capital markets. Recognized as an essential resource in today's fast-changing business world, Red Herring gets the right answers before anyone else eventhinks to ask the questions. More information on Red Herring is available on the Internet at http://www.redherring.com .About Xinhua PR Newswire As a strategic partner of Red Herring, Xinhua PR Newswire has helped many of the 200 finalists increase the global awareness of their companies byassisting them with a cost effective means to distribute news and information to over 24,000 media outlets and over a million investors worldwide. Finalists,including SmartPay Jieyin, Jade Technologies, Cgogo, Toodou and Yeepay, have all been using Xinhua PR Newswire's services to keep the global media,investment community and the general public abreast of key developments. Backed by the unchallenged media network of PR Newswire in 135 countries, Xinhua PRNewswire has been the exclusive and trusted news disseminator for hundreds of leading companies in the region. The 200 companies short-listed as finalists for the "Red Herring 100 Asia" are (in alphabetical order):Company Country Industry24/7 Customer India Outsourcing24X7 Learning India Software51.com China Internet and services51show China Internet and services9You China Internet and servicesabKey Singapore ComputingACL Wireless India CommunicationsActela Korea SecurityAdvanced Radio Engineering India CommunicationsAidi Communications Japan SemiconductorsAigo China ComputingAiroha Taiwan SemiconductorAllyes AdNetwrok China Internet and servicesAntig Taiwan EnergyAppLabs India SoftwareASKnLearn Singapore Internet and servicesAurigo Software Technology India Business softwareAvesthagen India BiosciencesAxstone Korea CommunicationsBaihe Online Technology China Internet and servicesbbmao.com China Internet and servicesBluebird Soft Korea ComputingBritesoft Solutions Malaysia SoftwareBuzzCity Singapore Internet and servicesCGen media China Entertainment and mediaCgogo China Internet and servicesChina Broadband Communications China CommunicationsChina Data Group China OutsourcingChineseAll China Internet and servicesChipnuts China SemiconductorCinemaChoice China Internet and servicesClearTrail Technologies India CommunicationsClipcomm Korea CommunicationsColorME China Internet and servicesComat Technologies India SoftwareComsenz China Internet and servicesConverge Labs India CommunicationsCoruscant Tec India Internet and servicesCreative Mobile Korea CommunicationsCSDN China Internet and servicesDaumsoft Korea Internet and servicesdianping.com China Internet and servicesDideoNET Korea CommunicationsDratek China Internet and servicesDrishtee Dot Com India Software and servicesDynaScan China Entertainment and MediaEC Navi Japan Internet and serviceseDuShi China Internet and serviceseInfochips India SemiconductorEncore Software India SoftwareEnovation Australia Business softwareEnsoltek Korea BiosciencesESQUBE India CommunicationsEuglena Japan BiosciencesEvalueserve India OutsourcingeWarna Malaysia Internet and servicesExist Software Engineering Philippines Business softwaregammaStar China BiosciencesGbaopan.com China StorageGeotude Malaysia Internet and servicesGetData Australia SecurityGigaDevice Semi China SemiconductorGmedia China CommunicationsGNI Ltd. Japan BiosciencesGoPets Korea Entertainment and mediaGpans Korea SecurityHansun Tech China Internet and servicesHiChina China Internet and serviceshoodong China Internet and servicesHuanxin China Internet and servicesHurix Systems India Software and servicesHutchison MediPharma China BiosciencesI.T. UNITED China Servicesi1 China Business softwareIamEmo Australia CommunicationsIcon Lab Korea CommunicationsIdeamov China CommunicationsImagis Korea SemiconductorIndiaIdeas.com India Internet and servicesiNFOiSLIVE China Entertainment and mediaInfozech India CommunicationsINKA Korea Entertainment and MediaInnoviti Embedded India CommunicationsInnoxius Singapore CommunicationsInstaColl India Business softwareIntellicus Technologies India Business softwareiSoftStone China Outsourcingi-Sprint Innovations Singapore SecurityiVista India Software and servicesiWOW Singapore CommunicationsJade Technologies China SemiconductorsJataayu Software India CommunicationsKaiTone China CommunicationsLDK Solar Hi-Tech China SolarLinguamatix Malaysia Internet and servicesMadhouse China Internet and servicesMajitek Australia ComputingMakeMyTrip India Internet and servicesMassMedia Studios Australia Internet and servicesMauj Telecom India CommunicationsMcubeWorks Korea CommunicationsMetricStream India Business softwareMiartech China Semiconductormidas India CommunicationsMindTree Consulting India OutsourcingMobile2win India Internet and servicesMobilityOne Malaysia Internet and servicesMofile China Internet and servicesMorpho, Inc Japan SoftwareMostitech Korea ComputingMTEKSOFT Korea ComputingMyZus India CommunicationsNano Carrier Japan BiotechNano Fusion Japan EnergyNaukri.com India Internet and servicesNaviblog Japan Internet and servicesNayio Media Korea Internet and servicesNeoAccel India CommunicationsNetAlter India Internet and servicesNetinfinium Technologies Malaysia CommunicationsNetMagic Solutions India OutsourcingNetpia Korea Internet and servicesnew rock tech China CommunicationsNewgen Software India Softwaren-Logue Communications India Internet and servicesNoah Education China ComputingNovatium Solutions India ComputingOak Pacific Interactive China Internet and servicesOcimum Biosolutions India BiosciencesPayEase China Internet and servicesPeering Portal Korea SoftwarePentamicro Korea SemiconductorPeople Interactive India Internet and servicesPersistent Systems India SoftwarePersonal Computer to Network China SoftwarePhi Microtech Japan SemiconductorsPI R&D Japan ElectronicsPinstorm India Internet and servicesPIVoD Technologies Australia Entertainment and MediaPOSDAQ Korea Internet and servicesPowai Labs India SemiconductorsPulse Australia Internet and servicesRAMSWAY Korea SemiconductorRock Mobile China Communications/wirelessShanghai Hintsoft China Internet and servicesShanghai Nanamimi China Internet and servicesShanghai Sunway China Biosciencesshenzhen horizon China Internet and servicesSiBiono GeneTech China Biosciencessilk road China COmmunicationsSIMmersion Holdings Australia SoftwareSingular ID Singapore NanotechSkyWave Japan CommunicationsSmartPay Jieyin China Internet and servicesSoftJin India SemiconductorsSoftRun Korea ComputingSoGua China Internet and servicessss China Internet and servicesStr8Up China/USA Internet and servicesSun Wah Linux China SoftwareSunTec Business Solutions India SoftwareSymbio China OutsourcingSyscan Digital Systems China Internet and servicesTaiwan Liposome Company Taiwan BiosciencesTechnoDex Malaysia SoftwareTeledata Informatics India SoftwareTELiBrahma India Communications-mobiletenCube Pte. Ltd. Singapore HandsetsTeruten Korea SecurityThin Multimedia Korea Communicationstianji.com China Internet and servicesTmsuk Japan ComputingTomato LSI Korea SemiconductorsToodou China Internet and servicesToonz Animation India Entertainment and MediaTrinity Japan SecurityTrusted Delivery Singapore SecurityUbicod Korea Media and entertainmentUltra Chip Taiwan SemiconductorsVembu India Computing-storageveredus laboratories Singapore BiosciencesVietnamWorks Vietnam Internet and servicesWaaWoo Korea ComputingWAPTX China Internet and servicesWayz Japan Japan Business softwareWealink China Internet and servicesWinitech Korea Business softwareWITS Interactive India Internet and servicesWorksoft Creative Software China ServicesWSO2 Sri Lanka Business softwareXCome Taiwan CommunicationsXPlus China Internet and servicesxueda China Internet and servicesxunlei China Internet and servicesYASU Technologies India Business softwareYeePay China Internet and servicesYiCha Online China Internet and servicesYourAmigo Australia Internet and serviceszhongsou China Internet and servicesZio Interactive Korea Entertainment and mediaFor more information, please contact:AsiaTel: +86-10-8591-1166USATel: +1-650-3215544SOURCE Red Herring