DivXNetworks listed on AO100 Honoring the Best in Innovation

All innovators in their given technology sectors, each of the AO100 winners demonstrate leadership among their peers in at least two areas: market traction measured by revenue or customer growth, and game-changing approaches and technologies that are likely to disrupt existing markets and entrenched players.

"Led by two of last year’s winners, Google and Salesforce.com, the top private companies of the second generation of the Internet are now coming into focus," notes AlwaysOn Editor, Tony Perkins. “A total of 50 new companies were added to this year’s list including many that are beginning to receive lots of media attention like Skype, Friendster, MySQL and Digital Chocolate.”

The premise of the AO100 list occurred from the demand by consumers and businesses requiring new technologies for greater access to the Web and applications that provide more convenience and productivity. This increased demand is creating new opportunities for innovative new companies that are well positioned to bring about a change in the market.

According to Padraic Kelly, partner in charge of KPMG 1Start, "Many of these private companies said that they were beating their internal revenue projections for 2004. This may indicate that the IPO calendar for the second half of this year should be strong."

Fifty of last year’s AO100 companies have returned to this year’s top company list. Eighteen of last year’s winners have either gone public, are currently in registration for their IPO, or were bought for a profit. For an analysis of what happened to the class of 2003 check out Susan Ayers-Walker's post.

The AO100 companies will be honored at a reception during the upcoming AO2004: The Innovation Summit to be held July 13-15 at Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center on the Stanford University Campus. This event is being produced in partnership with the Stanford Technology Ventures Program.

A limited amount of tickets for AO2004 are stiil available. Those interested in buying tickets can register themselves on the web, or contact Kathy Osweiler at 415-751-0170 or at kathy@alwayson-network.com

A current look at the Innovation Summit can be viewed on Tony's Blog.

The AO100 Top Private AlwaysOn Companies by sector are as follows:

Business software
Above All Software, Inc. www.aboveallsoftware.com
Agitar Software, Inc. www.agitar.com
Application Security, Inc. www.appsecinc.com
Arbortext www.arbortext.com
ArcSight www.arcsight.com
Atomz www.atomz.com
Bitfone Corporation www.bitfone.com
Blazent, Inc. www.blazent.com
Cast Iron Systems www.castironsys.com
Datasweep www.datasweep.com
DataSynapse Inc. www.datasynapse.com
DemandTec www.demandtec.com
Digital Harbor www.digitalharbor.com
DivXNetworks, Inc. www.divxnetworks.com
edocs, Inc. www.edocs.com
Endeca Technologies, Inc. www.endeca.com
Groove Networks www.groove.net
Groxis, Inc. www.groxis.com
IMlogic www.imlogic.com
Inxight Software www.inxight.com
Ketera Technologies, Inc. www.ketera.com
Mark Logic www.marklogic.com
Mediabolic, Inc. www.mediabolic.com
MetaMatrix www.metamatrix.com
Mirra,Inc. www.mirra.com
MontaVista Software www.mvista.com
MySQL AB www.mysql.com
newScale www.newscale.com
Nth Orbit, Inc. www.nthorbit.com
OpenNetwork Technologies www.opennetwork.com
PGP Corp. www.pgp.com
Plaxo, Inc. www.plaxo.com
SimpleDevices, Inc. www.simpledevices.com
Tripwire www.tripwire.com
Ucentric Systems www.ucentric.com
Unicru, Inc. www.unicru.com
Voltage Security Inc. www.voltage.com
WholeSecurity www.wholesecurity.com
Wily Technology www.wilytech.com
ZANTAZ, Inc. www.zantaz.com

Connectivity
2Wire www.2wire.com
Airgo Networks www.airgonetworks.com
Aruba Wireless Networks www.arubanetworks.com
Boingo Wireless www.boingo.com
Cambridge Positioning Systems www.cursor-system.com
Digital Path Networks www.digitalpath.net
Egenera www.egenera.com
Flarion Technologies, Inc. www.flarion.com
Good Technology www.good.com
InphoMatch www.inphomatch.com
IPWireless www.ipwireless.com
NetMotion Wireless www.netmotionwireless.com
NetScaler www.netscaler.com
NextHop www.nexthop.com
Peribit www.peribit.com
Pronto Networks www.prontonetworks.com
Sylantro www.sylantro.com
Topspin Communications www.topspin.com

Devices
AuthenTec www.authentec.com
Cavium Networks www.cavium.com
eSilicon Corporation www.esilicon.com
Everbee Networks www.everbee.com
ForeScout Technologies, Inc www.forescout.com
Huaya Microelectronics, Inc www.huayamicro.com
Ikanos Communications www.ikanos.com
Infinera www.infinera.com
IPCore Technologies, Ltd. www.ipcoreinc.com
IronPort Systems, Inc. www.ironport.com
Isilon www.isilon.com
Konarka Technologies www.konarkatech.com
nCircle Network Security, Inc. www.ncircle.com
Netezza www.netezza.com
Pixim www.pixim.com
Redline Networks, Inc. www.redlinenetwork.com
Reflectivity, Inc. www.reflectivity.com
Sourcefire, Inc. www.sourcefire.com
TelASIC Communications www.telasic.com
TurnTide, Inc. www.turntide.com
Vocera Communications www.vocera.com
ZettaCore www.zettacore.com

Media
AdSpace Networks www.coolsign.com
AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. www.weatherbug.com
Digital Chocolate www.digitalchocolate.com
Gracenote www.gracenote.com
iSuppli www.isuppli.com
Mobileway www.mobileway.com

Services
AuctionDrop, Inc. www.auctiondrop.com
eCredit.com, Inc. www.ecredit.com
Encover, Inc. www.encover.com
Ingenio, Inc. www.ingenio.com
Skype Technologies S.A. www.skype.com

Web services
AmberPoint www.amberpoint.com
Feedster,LLC www.feedster.com
Fios, Inc. www.fios.com
Friendster, Inc. www.friendster.com
Grand Central Communications www.grandcentral.com
Homestead www.homestead.com
RackSpace www.rackspace.com
Reactivity, Inc. www.reactivity.com
Revenue Science, Inc www.revenuescience.com

About AlwaysOn
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Founded in January of 2003, AO is the first and only media brand to combine participatory journalism (blogging), with a powerful social network—the AO Zaibatsu. AO believes that individuals and businesses will increasingly use interactive media applications to “step over the head of the media” and communicate directly to customers, suppliers and employees.

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About KPMG
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