Appear Networks named by Tornado Insider among Europe’s top 100 private tech companies!

Januray 26th, 2005 Appear Networks been selected as one of the best-performing and innovative high-tech private companies of Europe and Israel in the fourth annual Tornado100 list. Appear Networks, headquartered in Stockholm, was founded in 2000 and markets an intelligent wireless communication platform that enables location-aware applications and connects mobile workers with instant access to voice, data and video communications transmitted over standard wireless networks.
“We are honored that our efforts have been recognized by Tornado Insider in its ranking of the Top 100 start-ups in Europe,” says Ann-Louise Palm, CEO of Appear Networks. Palm continues, “Appear focused on large accounts with long-selling cycles including train operators, airports, airlines, and local councils who are now delivering solid recurring revenues. Ninety percent of our customers who acquired an initial pilot license of the Appear software are now rolling it out in their network”.
The 2004 Tornado100 list can be found on the website of Tornado Insider (www.tornado-insider.com), and includes a profile of Appear Networks and the other 99 most promising and innovative emerging companies in the European IT and biotech sectors.
“The companies Tornado Insider selected are Europe’s technology stars,” said Niels Valkering, Tornado Insider’s Head of Research. “Combining internal analysis with advice from industry specialists, we identified the elite of Europe’s high-tech entrepreneurial vanguard, appreciating excellence both in innovative, commercial and financial performance. Watch these companies in 2005, as the technology they are commercializing today will change tomorrow’s trends.”
The selection of the 2004 Tornado100 Winners from thousands of candidates was judged according to the following criteria:
• Delivering an innovation that shows the promise to set new standards
• Creating a major new audience
• Supplying a key piece of the ICT infrastructure
• Commanding a significant customer base
• Having the potential to become a global brand or standard
• Influencing a major market
• Receiving a significant amount of funding
• Having a strong valuation for a lucrative exit
• Having a management with previous successful exit experience
The list was announced during the Tornado Insider/World Financial Symposiums T100 Leadership Forum. This event took place January 26th, 2005 in London and was a gathering of technology CEOs and CFOs eager to gain insights on how to lead their enterprise and their careers to more effective and positive outcomes.

About Appear Networks: www.appearnetworks.com

Appear Networks intelligent wireless communication platform connects mobile workers with instant access to voice, data and video communications transmitted over standard wireless networks. The Appear platform filters information through an array of pre-determined parameters enabling the delivery of personalized, location-based, time-specific wireless applications to mobile devices. Appear Networks partners with IT industry leaders Cisco and Capgemini in a joint Wi-Fi offering called @Anyplace Access, featuring a fully secure, end-to-end, integrated Wi-Fi platform solution based upon open standards technology from Cisco and Intel, combined with a portfolio of innovative value-added solutions from European partners — Aptilo Networks, Birdstep and The Cloud. Appear Networks is privately held and headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

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