Twenty Percent Of DEMOgod Awards at DEMO 2006 Awarded To SHIFT Clients; Ugobe Also Collects an INNY.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Ugobe's Robotic "Pleo" Dinosaur dinosaur (dī`nəsôr) [Gr., = terrible lizard], extinct land reptile of the Mesozoic era. The dinosaurs, which were egg-laying animals, ranged in length from 2 1-2 ft (91 cm) to about 127 ft (39 m). Steals the Show; Panoratio's Data Analysis Wins Believers SHIFT Communications, a national public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most firm focused on technologies for businesses and consumers, proudly announced today that a pair of clients presenting at DEMO 2006 both won prestigious DEMOgod awards. One exciting new client, Ugobe, developer of organic robots called "Designer Life Forms," also nabbed one of only four INNY Awards for its incredibly life-like dinosaur, named "Pleo." "We're extremely pleased that both attending SHIFT clients took home top honors," said Todd Defren, a SHIFT principal. "We congratulate Ugobe and Panoratio for rising to the top of a list of exceptionally talented companies showcasing their offerings in Phoenix." DEMOgods are selected for their ability to clearly articulate the jaw-dropping significance of their debuting technologies despite the pressures of a jaded jad·ed adj. 1. Worn out; wearied: "My father's words had left me jaded and depressed" William Styron. 2. audience, a make-or-break level of expectation, and a glowing red six-minute count down clock. SHIFT's clients won 20 percent of this year's DEMOgod Awards. One winner was Panoratio Database Images, Inc., which launched its database imaging technology in the U.S. market earlier this week. Panoratio's patented technology is a pure software solution that enables analyses of entire complex databases to be run in-memory on a conventional PC or laptop computer without losing any detail or richness contained in the source data. The Dynamic Correlation Engine immediately presents information and highlights hidden, significant relationships that might otherwise be missed. This provides organizations with an unprecedented ability to discover meaningful and actionable Giving sufficient legal grounds for a lawsuit; giving rise to a Cause of Action. An act, event, or occurrence is said to be actionable when there are legal grounds for basing a lawsuit on it. information from their vast data stores. For more information, please visit www.panoratio.com. Ugobe Wins DEMOgod and an INNY Award Sheila Grinell from The Tech Museum of Innovation, a DEMO partner, announced that Ugobe was one of The Tech's four selections for its INNY Awards. INNYs are bestowed on DEMO innovations that will impact people's lives and reinforce The Tech's mission to inspire the innovator in everyone. Ugobe and the rest of the DEMO 2006 INNY Award-winners' products will soon be available for the public to experience and explore at The Tech Museum. Ugobe's first Designer Life Form, Pleo, is modeled after a one-week-old camarasaurus sauropod sauropod Any species of four-legged, herbivorous, saurischian dinosaur in the suborder Sauropoda. The sauropods include the largest of all dinosaurs and the largest land animals that ever lived. , or longneck long·neck n. A glass beer bottle with an elongated neck. dinosaur, and incorporates basic traits of autonomous life. Pleo has been specifically engineered to mimic life with organic movement and behaviors that allow him to relate to humanity on a personal level. The result is an extraordinarily life-like baby dinosaur that people simply can't stop looking at and playing with. For more information, please visit www.ugobe.com "This is an exciting moment in our industry, as the DEMO 2006 demonstrators prove: the innovations are first class and investor interest is overwhelming. The technology market is on the rise again," said Chris Shipley, DEMO executive producer. About the DEMO Conferences A computer symposium run by IDG that invites vendors to showcase their newest technologies. Many new companies and products are first launched at DEMO. Founded in 1990 by industry pundit Stewart Alsop, the Palm Pilot was introduced at DEMO 1996, and 450 units were presold at the Produced by Network World Events and Executive Forums, the semi-annual DEMO conferences focus on emerging technologies and new products, which are hand-selected from across the spectrum of the technology marketplace. The DEMO conferences have earned their reputation for consistently identifying tomorrow's cutting-edge technologies, and have served as launch pad events for companies such as Palm, E*Trade, Handspring hand·spring n. A gymnastic feat in which the body is flipped completely forward or backward from an upright position, landing first on the hands and then on the feet. , and U.S. Robotics (U.S. Robotics, Inc., Schaumburg, IL, www.usr.com) A modem manufacturer highly regarded for its quality products. The company manufactures its own chipsets (data pumps) and often leads with innovations. Its HST protocol was a high-speed, reliable protocol before V. , helping them to secure venture funding, establish critical business relationships, and influence early adopters. Each DEMO conference features approximately 70 new companies, products and technologies. For more information on the DEMO conferences, visit http://www.demo.com/. The DEMO community also benefits from the award winning DEMOletter. A weekly e-newsletter designed to reach the people who are creating companies, building products and launching new ideas "New Ideas" is the debut single by Scottish New Wave/Indie Rock act The Dykeenies. It was first released as a Double A-side with "Will It Happen Tonight?" on July 17, 2006. The band also recorded a video for the track. , DEMOletter provides smart insight and analysis of entrepreneurial business issues. About SHIFT Communications SHIFT Communications' high performance public relations and marketing communications Marketing communications (or marcom) are messages and related media used to communicate with a market. Those who practice advertising, branding, direct marketing, graphic design, marketing, packaging, promotion, publicity, sponsorship, public relations, sales, sales services bolster clients' marketplace reputation and produce measurable results that directly lead to increased revenues. The independent agency works with both new and established companies competing in a variety of technology, business-to-business, and consumer markets. SHIFT Communications' offices are located in the Boston, MA, and San Francisco, CA metros. For more information, visit www.shiftcomm.com. |
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