RED HERRING UNVEILS COMPANIES SELECTED FOR THE FIRST ANNUAL RED HERRING CANADA TOP 50 AWARDS

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(Free-Press-Release.com) September 17, 2008 -- Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, September 17, 2008 – Red Herring today announced the Red Herring Canada Top 50, a selection of this year’s most innovative and promising companies in Canada. To view the Red Herring Top 50 list, please visit http://www.herringevents.com/canada08/Canada50.html

“This year showcased some of the most promising Canadian corporations,” said Red Herring editor-in-chief Joel Dreyfuss. “Choosing the top 50 companies from a group of 100 finalists was incredibly difficult. The top 50 companies who were chosen this year should be proud, as competition was strong.” Red Herring’s first annual Top 50 Awards adds to the success of the yearly North America 100, Europe 100 and Global 100 events, providing an opportunity for the nation's Top 50 companies to deliver their message to the top VCs and other participants throughout North America and abroad.

Red Herring’s editorial staff rigorously evaluated the nominees on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their ecosystem. This unique assessment of 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.

The conference featured two days of keynote presentations and roundtable discussions from notable speakers, with topics including finding funding in a turbulent market, Web 3.0, the future of digital media and shifting VC activity. Attendees included leading technology innovators from Canada; national and international venture capitalists and financiers senior executives; technology investors; and government agencies.

About Red Herring Canada
Red Herring Canada 2008 is an exclusive event, welcoming hundreds of technology leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, senior corporate executives, businesses, industry analysts, and observers from Canada and around the world.

About Red Herring

Red Herring is a global media company uniting the world's best high technology innovators, venture investors and business decision makers in a variety of forums: a leading innovation magazine; an online daily technology news service; technology newsletters, and major events for technology leaders around the globe. Red Herring provides an insider's access to the global innovation economy, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy. For more information, visit www.redherring.com.

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