Lucidera Selected By Alwayson As An Ao Global 250 Winner

PRLog (Press Release) - Jul 17, 2008 -
San Mateo, Calif. – LucidEra, the fastest growing business analytics-as-a-service company, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the AO Global 250 Winners. Inclusion in the AO Global 250 signifies major developments in the creation of new business opportunities in the global technology industries. LucidEra was specially selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and other industry experts spanning the globe, based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz.

LucidEra and the AlwaysOn Global 250 Top Private Companies will be honored at the AlwaysOn & STVP Summit at Stanford scheduled to occur on July 22-24, 2008 at Stanford University. This two-and-a-half day executive event highlights the significant economic, political and commercial trends disrupting the global technology industries. and features the most innovative companies, eminent technologists, influential investors and journalists in keynote presentations, panel debates and private company CEO showcases.

“The AO Global 250 winners have excelled in key strategic areas in the global technology markets,” said Tony Perkins, founder and CEO of AlwaysOn. “We congratulate them for their success in introducing new tools, services, and platforms that are driving the next phase of innovation and creating real value at an economically uncertain time.”

The AO Global 250 was selected from a large group of leading innovative companies, nominated by a panel of industry experts in the online technology, media, entertainment, enterprise and greentech sectors from around the world.

Founded in 2005, LucidEra was formed to shake up the stagnant business intelligence industry and traditional approaches to corporate information access and analysis by delivering business visibility as an on-demand service. LucidEra’s initial analytic applications are designed to allow sales and marketing organizations to optimize and improve the lead-to-billing process by allowing managers to easily identify weaknesses and strengths in the sales pipeline, uncover revenue growth opportunities, and compete more effectively with actionable information for improved business results.

A full list of all the AO Global 250 winners can be found on the AlwaysOn Web site at http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/27959


“We are proud to be named one of Always On’s Global  250 winners for 2008 and look forward to building on our great success from this past year,” said Ken Rudin, co-founder of  LucidEra. “Sales organizations of all sizes need a clear understanding of the true health of their sales pipeline and LucidEra is able to quickly deliver new levels of business visibility as an on-demand service.”

About LucidEra
LucidEra is breaking down the traditional barriers to business intelligence adoption by delivering business analytics as an on-demand service. LucidEra customers are no longer flying blind when it comes to pipeline visibility and achieving new levels of sales success thanks to dynamic reporting and analysis that is simple to set up, simple to use, and simple to buy. No More Excuses. No More Surprises. Know More with LucidEra. Visit http://www.lucidera.com or call 1-866-392-8008.

About AlwaysOn
AlwaysOn ignited the open-media revolution in early 2003 by being the first media brand to launch a community blog network.  In 2004, AlwaysOn continued to lead the industry in innovation by engaging its bloggers in a social network. AlwaysOn is also revolutionizing the media business by applying its open-media principles to its executive event series (Stanford Summit, OnHollywood, OnMedia, GoingGreen, NordicGreen, and Venture Summit East and West) and quarterly print “blogozine”. No other media brand has dared to create such open interaction with its readers and event participants.