SMS PASSCODE(R) Selected by AlwaysOn as one of the AlwaysOn Global 250 Companies to Watch
/EINPresswire.com/ Copenhagen, August 6 2012 - SMS PASSCODE(R), the recognized technology leader in multi-factor authentication, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the AlwaysOn Global 250 Companies to Watch. Inclusion in the AlwaysOn Global 250 Companies to Watch signifies leadership amongst its peers and game-changing approaches and technologies that are likely to disrupt existing markets and entrenched players. SMS PASSCODE was specially selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and industry experts spanning the globe based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz.
SMS PASSCODE and the AlwaysOn Global 250 Companies to Watch was honored at AlwaysOn's tenth annual Innovation Summit at the Computer History Museum on July 23rd, 2012.
This two-day executive gathering that highlights the significant economic, political, and commercial trends affecting the global technology industries. Innovation Summit's goal is to identify the most promising entrepreneurial opportunities and investments in the global tech industry.
"With a quickly maturing mobile and on-demand market, opportunities for technology innovation are opening up almost faster than entrepreneurs can respond. Application developers are now bringing their disruptive skills to the corporate and enterprise world, giving scope and purpose to users in the business world. Coupled with a massive smartphone and tablet adoption, the opportunities for this year's up-and-comers are unlimited," says Tony Perkins, founder and editor of AlwaysOn. "This explosive market is being driven in large part by the companies that made this year's AlwaysOn Global 250 Companies to Watch list. We congratulate the AlwaysOn Global 250 Companies to Watch, companies that our editors believe represent some of the highest-growth opportunities in today's private company marketplace."
The AlwaysOn Global 250 winners were selected from among hundreds of other technology companies nominated by investors, bankers, journalists, and industry insiders. The AlwaysOn editorial team conducted a rigorous three-month selection process to finalize the 2012 list.
The SMS PASSCODE solution set offers a new generation of real-time multi-factor authentication and password reset that leverages the mobile phone SMS, voice call or secure e-mail to protect against identity theft. It uses this real-time network to deliver a more secure log-in process protecting against identity theft packaged in a much easier to deploy solution. Once a user access a corporate network or application, the user first validates user credentials after which SMS PASSCODE generates a one-time-password only valid for that login attempt including geo location information and sends it to the mobile device via Text SMS message, voice call or secure e-mail. Once this code is validated, the user is granted access. This represents a new generation award-winning more secure log-in solution.
"We are extremely excited to be selected to the list of AlwaysOn Global 250 Companies to watch. " says Lars Barthold Nielsen, Vice President Commercial Operations, SMS PASSCODE. "Following a series of awards recognizing our technology leadership, It's an honor to be recognized by this AlwaysOn panel of industry leaders as one of the leading organizations in the heart of the global Silicon Valley." he continues.
A full list of all the AlwaysOn Global 250 winners can be found on the AlwaysOn website at:
http://www.aonetwork.com/AOStory/Announcing-2012-AlwaysOn-Global-250-Top-Private-Companies
About SMS PASSCODE(R)
SMS PASSCODE(R) is the leading technology in two-factor and multi-factor authentication using your mobile device. To protect against the rise in internet based identity theft hitting both consumers and corporate employees, SMS PASSCODE(R) offers a stronger authentication via the mobile phone SMS service compared to traditional alternatives. SMS PASSCODE(R) installs in minutes and is much easier to implement and administer with the added benefit that users find it an intuitively smart way to gain better protection. The solution offers out-of-the-box protection of standard login systems such as Citrix, Cisco, Microsoft, Juniper and other IPsec and SSL VPN systems as well as web sites. Installed at thousands of sites, this is a proven patent pending technology. In the last year, SMS PASSCODE has been named to the Gartner Group Magic Quadrant on User Authentication, awarded twice to the prestigious Red Herring 100 most interesting tech companies list, a Secure Computing Magazine Top 5 Security Innovator, InfoSecurity Guide Best two-factor authentication, a Citrix Solution of the Year Finalist, White Bull top 30 EMEA companies, a Gazelle 2010 and 2011 Fast Growth firm and a ComOn most promising IT company Award. For more information visit: http://www.smspasscode.com or our blog at blog.smspasscode.com.
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For more information, contact: Lars Barthold Nielsen, SMS PASSCODE, Phone +45 21 26 81 98,
e-mail: lbn@smspasscode.com
About AlwaysOn
AlwaysOn is the leading business media brand networking the Global Silicon Valley. AlwaysOn helped ignite the social media revolution in early 2003 when it launched the AlwaysOn network. In 2004, it became the first media brand to socially network its online readers and event attendees. AlwaysOn's preeminent executive event series includes the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit, OnMedia, OnHollywood, IMPACT Venture Summit Mid-Atlantic, Venture Summit East, OnDemand, Venture Summit Silicon Valley, OnMobile, and GoingGreen Silicon Valley. The AlwaysOn network and live event series continue to lead the industry by empowering its readers, event participants, sponsors, and advertisers like no other media brand.
SMS PASSCODE and the AlwaysOn Global 250 Companies to Watch was honored at AlwaysOn's tenth annual Innovation Summit at the Computer History Museum on July 23rd, 2012.
This two-day executive gathering that highlights the significant economic, political, and commercial trends affecting the global technology industries. Innovation Summit's goal is to identify the most promising entrepreneurial opportunities and investments in the global tech industry.
"With a quickly maturing mobile and on-demand market, opportunities for technology innovation are opening up almost faster than entrepreneurs can respond. Application developers are now bringing their disruptive skills to the corporate and enterprise world, giving scope and purpose to users in the business world. Coupled with a massive smartphone and tablet adoption, the opportunities for this year's up-and-comers are unlimited," says Tony Perkins, founder and editor of AlwaysOn. "This explosive market is being driven in large part by the companies that made this year's AlwaysOn Global 250 Companies to Watch list. We congratulate the AlwaysOn Global 250 Companies to Watch, companies that our editors believe represent some of the highest-growth opportunities in today's private company marketplace."
The AlwaysOn Global 250 winners were selected from among hundreds of other technology companies nominated by investors, bankers, journalists, and industry insiders. The AlwaysOn editorial team conducted a rigorous three-month selection process to finalize the 2012 list.
The SMS PASSCODE solution set offers a new generation of real-time multi-factor authentication and password reset that leverages the mobile phone SMS, voice call or secure e-mail to protect against identity theft. It uses this real-time network to deliver a more secure log-in process protecting against identity theft packaged in a much easier to deploy solution. Once a user access a corporate network or application, the user first validates user credentials after which SMS PASSCODE generates a one-time-password only valid for that login attempt including geo location information and sends it to the mobile device via Text SMS message, voice call or secure e-mail. Once this code is validated, the user is granted access. This represents a new generation award-winning more secure log-in solution.
"We are extremely excited to be selected to the list of AlwaysOn Global 250 Companies to watch. " says Lars Barthold Nielsen, Vice President Commercial Operations, SMS PASSCODE. "Following a series of awards recognizing our technology leadership, It's an honor to be recognized by this AlwaysOn panel of industry leaders as one of the leading organizations in the heart of the global Silicon Valley." he continues.
A full list of all the AlwaysOn Global 250 winners can be found on the AlwaysOn website at:
http://www.aonetwork.com/AOStory/Announcing-2012-AlwaysOn-Global-250-Top-Private-Companies
About SMS PASSCODE(R)
SMS PASSCODE(R) is the leading technology in two-factor and multi-factor authentication using your mobile device. To protect against the rise in internet based identity theft hitting both consumers and corporate employees, SMS PASSCODE(R) offers a stronger authentication via the mobile phone SMS service compared to traditional alternatives. SMS PASSCODE(R) installs in minutes and is much easier to implement and administer with the added benefit that users find it an intuitively smart way to gain better protection. The solution offers out-of-the-box protection of standard login systems such as Citrix, Cisco, Microsoft, Juniper and other IPsec and SSL VPN systems as well as web sites. Installed at thousands of sites, this is a proven patent pending technology. In the last year, SMS PASSCODE has been named to the Gartner Group Magic Quadrant on User Authentication, awarded twice to the prestigious Red Herring 100 most interesting tech companies list, a Secure Computing Magazine Top 5 Security Innovator, InfoSecurity Guide Best two-factor authentication, a Citrix Solution of the Year Finalist, White Bull top 30 EMEA companies, a Gazelle 2010 and 2011 Fast Growth firm and a ComOn most promising IT company Award. For more information visit: http://www.smspasscode.com or our blog at blog.smspasscode.com.
____________________________________________________________________________
For more information, contact: Lars Barthold Nielsen, SMS PASSCODE, Phone +45 21 26 81 98,
e-mail: lbn@smspasscode.com
About AlwaysOn
AlwaysOn is the leading business media brand networking the Global Silicon Valley. AlwaysOn helped ignite the social media revolution in early 2003 when it launched the AlwaysOn network. In 2004, it became the first media brand to socially network its online readers and event attendees. AlwaysOn's preeminent executive event series includes the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit, OnMedia, OnHollywood, IMPACT Venture Summit Mid-Atlantic, Venture Summit East, OnDemand, Venture Summit Silicon Valley, OnMobile, and GoingGreen Silicon Valley. The AlwaysOn network and live event series continue to lead the industry by empowering its readers, event participants, sponsors, and advertisers like no other media brand.