Ohanae is RH100 Asia Award Winner - Aug 29, 2007

 

Ohanae Named as "Red Herring 100 Asia" Award Winner for 2007
The 100 Most-Promising Private Technology Ventures
Celebrated at Event in Hong Kong, China
 

San Francisco, CA, August 29, 2007 – Red Herring Magazine announced today that Ohanae, Inc., has been officially selected as a winner of the prestigious Red Herring 100 Asia 2007 awards.  The news was announced at a gala dinner during the Red Herring 100 Asia event in Hong Kong, China, happening from August 29 to 31. 


Winners were selected from a pool of more than 500 applicants based in 16 countries including China, India, Japan, Singapore, Korea, Australia and Vietnam.  The names of the 200 companies short-listed as finalists for the Red Herring 100 Asia 2007 along with the 100 announced winners can be found online at http://www.herringevents.com/asia07/index.html.


The Red Herring editorial team carefully selected the winning companies based on both quantitative and qualitative criteria such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their ecosystem. The 100 winners are based in 16 countries including China, India, Japan, Singapore, Korea, Australia and Vietnam. 


"After a rigorous evaluation process, we’re very happy with winners we selected,” said Joel Dreyfuss, Editor-in-Chief of Red Herring.  “There was a large pool to choose from and we’re impressed by the caliber an innovative talent bursting from Asia’s business and technology sector.”


”We are delighted to be a winner,” said Greg Hauw, CEO of Ohanae, Inc. “Ohanae has created a disruptive market opportunity with our Securworkplace™ security solution, and we strongly believe our business model will make Securworkplace a winner.”


The finalists and winning companies will be celebrated at the Red Herring 100 Asia event in Hong Kong, on August 29-31.  Red Herring 100 Asia is an exclusive event honoring 100 cutting-edge private technology companies from across the Asia-Pacific region.  The event brings together an elite roster of entrepreneurial and global venture investment firms to showcase excellence in innovation.  It features three days of keynote discussions, roundtable panels and networking events designed for participants to make connections and learn what it takes to achieve the best in business and technology in Asia. 


Distinguished speakers on Red Herring 100 Asia include  Richard Li, Chairman of PCCW; SeHyun Oh , Chairman of SK Telcom, John Chen, Chairman of Sybase, Victor Koo, CEO of Youku.com (former President of Sohu.com); James Ding, Chairman of AsiaInfo, John Hummelstad, Apac Director of Microsoft Venture and many others. For a full list of Red Herring 100 Asia speakers, visit http://www.herringevents.com/asia07/speakers.html Register for RH 100 Asia: http://www.herringevents.com/Asia07/index.html

 

About Ohanae
Ohanae™ has redefined the ultimate solution for privacy and security of personal information. State of the art privacy safeguards, coupled with vigilant identify-theft blockers, combine to effectively prevent misuse of confidential data.

 

Ohanae pioneered the concept of Security On-The-Go with its focus on simplicity and value. Securworkplace™, cutting edge technology generates strong passwords and pin on-the-fly, encrypts the working sessions, then deploys an advanced endpoint sanitization system to rigorously monitor all user interactions, deleting all session footprints after the session is ended. Every file saved during the session in the designated directory is both encrypted using strong encryption and hidden to prevent unauthorized file access. By intercepting and neutralizing hostile phishing and key logging attacks, Ohanae streamlines the end-user's online access experience, while simultaneously reducing security risks.

 

Ohanae forged its competitive advantage by fusing advanced “defense in depth principles” with the ubiquitous USB flash drive and SD Plus memory card, creating the first portable personal secure workspace. Yet, these powerful functions are as easy to use as typing “*+” and “**”, making strong security available to ordinary consumers and enterprises alike.

 

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 research, 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.

 

     

Contact at Ohanae, Inc.
Abdul Rahman
Director, Corp Communications
+65.8180.2680
rahman@ohanae.com

Contact at Red Herring
Maggie Xiao
Director, Red Herring APAC
+1 (650) 585.3419  

mxiao@redherring.com

Media Contact
Jenny Chong
Terpin Communication Inc. for Red Herring
+ 1 (310) 821.6100 Ext. 103

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