Collanos

Swiss startup Collanos Software receives prestigious award in San Diego

Zurich, January 21, 2009. Collanos Software, the developer of Collanos Workplace that allows teams to collaborate electronically over the Internet, was a winner of the Red Herring 100 Global award. Red Herring, an international media company, thereby recognized Collanos as one of the world’s top 100 startups. In addition to Collanos, the Swiss companies Axes Systems, CarryQuote, Museeka and Secu4 were also prize recipients.

Innovation, management, global strategy, financial performance, and environmental integration are the criteria Red Herring, a media company, uses to rate promising, up-and-coming companies in bestowing its Global award. The fact that Switzerland serves as a prime location for innovation was highlighted by five Swiss startups receiving the Red Herring 100 Global award. Besides Collanos, these included Axes Systems, CarryQuote, Museeka and Secu4.

In professional circles, the awards are considered the ultimate prize for innovative technology and are thus highly coveted. Peter Helfenstein, CEO of Collanos Software, was highly pleased with the outcome and said, “Being recognized by Red Herring 2008 in Europe and now globally as one of the most promising companies makes us very proud. It proves to me that when it comes to the current international software and Internet markets, Zurich and Switzerland hold a place in the middle of the ‘virtual Silicon Valley’. The fact that four other Swiss companies besides Collanos received awards is testament to Switzerland’s role as a technology center.”

In December 2008, Collanos launched the latest version of Collanos Workplace 1.4 as a comprehensive unified collaboration solution. Shared use of information and project management processeswithin teams is now supplemented by new voice and video functions. Recently, the company announced it had registered its 25,000th active Collanos user.

For additional information about the Red Herring 100 Global, please go to: http://www.herringevents.com/global08/index.html

About Collanos

Thanks to ever-improving and more cost-effective access, it is possible to handle more and more tasks via the Internet instead of expensive and restrictive business platforms. With that idea in mind, Collanos Software, an international startup, provides products and services to support teams in their electronic collaboration over the Web.

Individual computers linked to the Net and running either Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux become part of the worldwide Collanos team network and its comprehensive, collaborative functions. Private and business users can link up without requiring a centralized server.
The innovative software, based on a peer-to-peer architecture, makes it possible to benefit from the advantages of traditional client-server and web-based architectures. Without having to make additional investments in infrastructure, users can communicate with their teams in a secure and more productive manner just by using existing networks more efficiently. Functions such as information sharing, voice and instant messaging, conference calls, and team project management are greatly simplified.
In 2007, Collanos was nominated for the Silicon Valley Business Journal’’s “Emerging Tech Company of the Year” award. At the 2007 CeBIT, Collanos received the “2007 Innovation” award from the Initiative Mittelstand for Collanos Workplace and once again in 2008 for the new Collanos Phone. The company was selected as one of the 2008 Red Herring Europe 100 winners in April of 2008 and it received the Red Herring 100 Global Award in January 2009.

Founded in November 2003, Collanos Software AG has offices in San Francisco and Zurich, Switzerland.

Basic versions of the various Collanos products can be downloaded free of charge at www.collanos.com/downloads.