Last year we were very pleased to be named as a winner in Red Herring’s Top 100 European Start Ups.  Well now we’re even more pleased as we have been chosen as a finalist for their global awards.  

Here’s their press release…
Finalist City –Zygo Communications, today announced that it has been selected as a Finalist of the Red Herring 100 Global Award. Red Herring 100 winners and finalists from North America, Europe and Asia of the last three years are eligible for this coveted award. The Red Herring editorial team deploys a detailed process to whittle down a pool of 600 eligible, promising companies to the 200 finalists of this global award. Evaluations are made on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, innovation, management, global strategy, and ecosystem integration. The finalists, elite executives and venture capital leaders will celebrate the Top 100 Privately Held Companies from around the world in San Diego from January 14-16, 2009.

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ZygoHubs
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