Alliant Technologies Announces Get Launched NYC Winners.Business & High Tech Editors MORRISTOWN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 2000 Sponsored by Alliant Technologies, AT&T, Cisco Systems and EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. Alliant Technologies, a premier Web and Information Technology consulting Information technology consulting (IT consulting or business and technology services) is a field that focuses on advising businesses on how best to use information technology to meet their business objectives. firm based in Morristown, New Jersey Morristown is a town in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the town population was 18,544. Its estimated population in 2004 was 18,842. It is the county seat of Morris CountyGR6. , announced the winners of Get Launched NYC NYC abbr. New York City NYC New York City (www.allianttech.com/getlaunched), a program for initially funded start-up companies in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , at the November 9, 2000, seminar for the top 50 semi-finalists from approximately 120 submissions. The program introduces technology-based companies to sponsors, financiers and peer companies, linking participants with funding prospects and leading technology industry resources. Sponsors are Alliant Technologies, AT&T, Cisco Systems and EMC. Get Launched events were held at the offices of AT&T in Manhattan. Bruce Flitcroft, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Alliant Technologies, says "How often can you gain access to so many venture capitalist Venture Capitalist An investor who provides capital to either start-up ventures or support small companies who wish to expand but do not have access to public funding. Notes: Venture capitalists usually expect higher returns for the additional risks taken. firms and technology providers in one spot? We pride ourselves on being able to offer this opportunity to start-ups." The three winning firms, selected by venture capitalists from nine finalists in the fall, 2000 program, were Grand Prize Award Winner WizeUp.com, second-prize winner CyberExtruder.com and third-place winner The Humor Network, Joke-of-the-day.com. The Grand Prize Winner--WizeUp--receives high-end technology product and service awards. "The WizeUp mission is to bring key stakeholders in the educational community together with rich new learning solutions and technologies," says David Gray, CEO of WizeUp. "Get Launched does much the same thing by bringing top-tier venture capitalists and technology companies together with innovative new companies. It's a great program, and WizeUp is pleased to have the opportunity to meet with these premier organizations." Based in New York City, WizeUp Digital Textbooks (www.wizeup.com) is the leading developer of digital educational content--including digital textbooks, training materials, and other related educational content--for both the higher education and corporate marketplaces. The company is dedicated to serving the educational community with innovative new E-learning solutions. CyberExtruder.com (www.cyberextruder.com) has developed proprietary software (Patent Pending), which will convert a single, two-dimensional (2D) image, such as a passport photo, into a fully developed, three-dimensional (3D) model in less than three seconds. The Web-based product lets users submit a single digitized facial image to a secure Website. The software automatically analyzes the image and identifies distinct facial landmarks, creating a highly accurate 3D model. The user can insert the model into video games or onto a Website character. The Humor Network (www.humornetwork.com) is an e-mail direct marketing company using the latest in humor as its vehicle to build what is currently one of the Internet's Top 20 properties in terms of daily reach--2 million people a day. It's flagship site, Joke-Of-The-Day.com, is known to more than 33% of online users. The company partners with Sony, Lifeminders, CMGi and NBCI NBCI National Biological Control Institute (USDA subsidiary) NBCI North Branch Correctional Institute (Maryland) NBCI National Broadcasting Company Internet/Interactive ; and it has several wireless relationships. The Humor Network is building an e-mail ASP from an engine it recently developed that can target an audience with one or more of seven daily e-mail lists. Alliant Technologies, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , provides engineered technology solutions for enterprise business systems. The company supplies E-business and networking services, including emerging information technologies, enterprise application integration (EAI (Enterprise Application Integration) Refers to various techniques used to share data and business processes in large enterprises. When companies acquire another organization, disparate information systems have to be made to work together. ), infrastructure engineering for Quality of Service, technical planning and Web applications development. Founded in 1998, Alliant Technologies serves dot-com, mid-sized and Fortune 1000 companies. Alliant Technologies partners with market-leading technology product and service firms, including AT&T, Apogee Networks, Blue Martini Software Blue Martini Software (Blue Martini Software, Inc.) was a privately held software manufacturer and professional services provider based in San Mateo, California that sells and supports an eponymous e-commerce enterprise application that supports sales online, by phone, and at the , Cisco Systems, EMC, Microsoft and RSA Security. |
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