Qosmos Named as a Finalist for the Red Herring 100 Europe Award

May 20, 2010

Summary: Red Herring selects Network Intelligence pioneer as a candidate for its award recognizing the 100 “Most Promising” European companies driving the future of technology.

Paris, France – May 20, 2010 – Qosmos, a leading provider of Network Intelligence technology, today announced it has been selected as a finalist for Red Herring's Europe 100 award, a prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from the European business region.

The Red Herring editorial team selected the most innovative companies from a pool of hundreds of candidates in the telecommunications, security, Web 2.0, software, hardware, biotech, and clean tech industries. Finalists were named based upon their technological innovation, management strength, market size, investor record, customer acquisition and financial health.
“We are honored to be selected as a finalist for the prestigious Red Herring 100 award and to be part of this community of innovators,” said Thibaut Bechetoille, CEO at Qosmos. “A critical component in the information value chain, Qosmos powers applications and services with real-time network visibility for better security, monetization and performance”.

Qosmos technology identifies and extracts information traveling over networks in real time, providing a true picture of its purpose, use and value. Going beyond traditional Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) technology, its software development kits and streaming probes are integrated into third-party solutions where real-time intelligence is critical, such as cyber security, lawful interception, traffic optimization, content billing, service assurance, market research and more.

"This year was especially difficult," said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. "Despite the global economic situation, there were many great companies producing really innovative and amazing products that we had a difficult time narrowing the pool and selecting the finalists. Qosmos shows great promise therefore deserves to be among the Finalists. Now we’re faced with the difficult task of selecting the Top 100 winners of Red Herring Europe award. We know that this year’s crop will grow into some amazing companies that are sure to go far."

As a finalist, Qosmos has been invited to present at the Red Herring Europe Conference in Paris, May 25-27, 2010. The Top 100 winners will be announced at a special awards ceremony on May 27 at the event.

About Qosmos

Qosmos specializes in unique network intelligence technology that provides unprecedented visibility into data traffic. The company delivers software development kits and intelligent IP probes which recognize thousands of protocols and metadata attributes for the most accurate picture of network activity. Going beyond traditional Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) technology, Qosmos treats the network as a real-time database, able to identify, query and extract specific data with unparalleled precision and detail.
Qosmos products are used by Network Equipment Providers, Software Vendors and Systems Integrators to build next-generation solutions where real-time intelligence is critical, such as cyber security, lawful interception, traffic optimization, content billing, service assurance, market research and more. They enable applications, services and networks themselves to be more secure, efficient and profitable. www.qosmos.com

Press contact

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