Quoting from the Egenera official announcement:
Egenera Inc., a leader in datacenter virtualization architecture, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the Top 100 Private Company award winners. Egenera was selected by the AlwaysOn editorial panel based on a set of five criteria – technology innovation, market potential, customer adoption, media buzz and investor value creation.
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The AO100 was selected from over 1,000 companies, peer-nominated by leading venture capitalists, investment bankers and industry analysts. The AO100 consists of private companies at all stages of development, from early- to late-stage…