Central Desktop Wins Entretech PricewaterhouseCoopers Entrepreneurial Spirit Award.PASADENA, Calif. -- Central Desktop, the award-winning collaboration platform An emerging category of computer software, collaboration platforms are unified electronic platforms that support synchronous and asynchronous communication through a variety of devices and channels. today announced it has been awarded the inaugural Entretech PricewaterhouseCoopers Entrepreneurial Spirit Award. Each year, Entretech and PricewaterhouseCoopers sponsors Entrepreneurship Awards to recognize successful early-stage companies in three categories who achieve early market acceptance, product revenues and who show exceptional ability to overcome obstacles and execute. The award's nine finalists and three winners represent emerging leaders in the Greater Los Angeles area The Greater Los Angeles Area, or the Southland, is the agglomeration of urbanized area around the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. There are two "official" definitions—the Los Angeles metropolitan area consisting only of the Los Angeles and Orange . The companies were formally recognized at the Entrepreneurship Awards Gala hosted at the California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology, at Pasadena, Calif.; originally for men, became coeducational in 1970; founded 1891 as Throop Polytechnic Institute; called Throop College of Technology, 1913–20. (CalTech) campus on April 19, 2007. "Central Desktop stood out amongst the candidates as a company whose founders best represented what it takes as a team to build a successful company," said Stephanie Yanchinski, executive director of Entretech. "The immense energy and commitment displayed in building a solid business just had to be recognized with a special award." "It is a great honor to receive the Entrepreneurial Spirit Award," said Isaac Garcia, 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 Central Desktop. "We've worked extremely hard to build a company that provides real value to its users and are delighted to be acknowledged by Entretech and PricewaterhouseCoopers. We look forward to continued success as we innovate in this growing industry." About Entretech Entretech (www.entretech.org) is the leading strategic partnering and entrepreneurial business support association serving the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. region. Entretech connects with communities throughout Southern California through its extensive outreach. The network currently has over 250 member companies that participate in sector conferences, strategic alliance partnering events, networking meetings, referrals, discount programs and business training workshops. Since its inception nearly five years ago, Entretech has worked closely with the technology transfer office at Caltech, the Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum, the Keck Graduate Institute, UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX , the NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. Commercialization Center, the Business Technology Center, LARTA LARTA Los Angeles Regional Technology Alliance , the LAEDC LAEDC Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation LAEDC Louisiana Economic Development Council , the San Gabriel Valley The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. It lies to the east of the city of Los Angeles, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and to the west of the Inland Empire. Economic Partnership and the Cities of Pasadena and Monrovia. Entretech is positioned to work with communities and cities to build Los Angeles into a significant cluster of advanced-tech development. Entretech operates from an office on the Caltech campus. About Central Desktop Voted "Best of the Web" for collaboration tools by BusinessWeek magazine and one of the winners of Small Business Computing's Technology Excellence Award, Central Desktop's Web-based collaboration platform is used by more than 35,000 teams and individuals around the world. An alternative to complex, traditional groupware products such as Microsoft SharePoint and Lotus Notes, Central Desktop provides easy-to-use functionality that can be deployed in minutes. Customers include groups within Fortune 500 companies, academia, government agencies, manufacturing firms, and software development firms around the globe. For more information, visit www.centraldesktop.com. (c) Central Desktop. All rights reserved. Central Desktop and the Central Desktop logo are all registered trademarks of Central Desktop. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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