WorkLight Selected by AlwaysOn as an AO Global 250 Winner

WorkLightô Inc., an Enterprise 2.0 company, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the AO Global 250 Winners. Inclusion in the AO Global 250 signifies major developments in the creation of new business opportunities in the global technology industries. WorkLight was specially selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and other industry experts spanning the globe, based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz.

WorkLight and the AlwaysOn Global 250 Top Private Companies will be honored at the ìAlwaysOn & STVP Summit at Stanford,î scheduled to occur on July 22-24, 2008 at Stanford University. This two-and-a-half day executive event highlights the significant economic, political and commercial trends disrupting the global technology industries, and features the most innovative companies, eminent technologists, influential investors and journalists in keynote presentations, panel debates and private company CEO showcases.

Fifty of the top CEOs from the AO Global 250 will present their market strategies to a panel of industry experts in a ìCEO Showcase.î

ìThe AO Global 250 winners have excelled in key strategic areas in the global technology markets,î said Tony Perkins, founder and CEO of AlwaysOn. ìWe congratulate them for their success in introducing new tools, services, and platforms that are driving the next phase of innovation and creating real value at an economically uncertain time.î

The AO Global 250 was selected from over hundreds of companies, nominated by a panel of industry experts in the online technology, media, entertainment, enterprise and greentech sectors from around the world.

ìWe are honored to have been selected as an AO Global 250 Winner by the AlwaysOn team, which has recognized truly remarkable companies over the years,î said David Lavenda, VP Marketing and Product Strategy at WorkLight. ìI am confident that WorkLight will continue to stand out as a unique innovator, as businesses continue to seek out new ways to engage customers and partners.î

WorkLight enables companies to do business in the places where their customers, channels and partners spend their time online, by delivering proprietary business information via popular tools such as iGoogle, Facebook, RSS, desktop gadgets, iPhone, and more. WorkLightís customers include Fortune 500 corporations and publically-traded companies across a range of industries, including financial services, power and utilities, IT services and more.

A full list of all the AO Global 250 winners can be found on the AlwaysOn Web site at http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/27959