From a press release from Attaain, Inc., a VT KnowledgeWorks member company:
Award recognizes Attaain for technology thought leadership and innovation.
BLACKSBURG, VA (May 28, 2009) – Attaain Inc., has been presented the 2009 Innovation Award at the NewVa Corridor Technology Council (NCTC) TechNite Awards, an annual gathering of technology professionals in recognition of entrepreneurial and innovation leadership.
2009 NewVa Corridor Technology Council Innovation Award
Left-to-right: Cory Donovan, Executive Director, NCTC; Daryl Scott, President & CEO, Attaain Inc.;
Mary Miller, President, Interactive Design & Development, Inc./President, NCTC
Gary Hartless, SAIC; Peter Jobse, President & CEO, The Center for Innovative Technology
The Innovation Award recognizes an individual, a group of individuals, company, or other organization that sets the standard for thought leadership and innovation in their respective field. By definition, they are doing something new or different, and they are doing it well. Their innovation represents a significant technological breakthrough or addresses a great market opportunity or both.
Attaain Inc., provides the web-based AttaainCI software-as-a-service (SaaS), a leading solution for business development, sales, marketing and competitive intelligence research, analysis and tracking. The system is used by companies in a wide range of industries to identify and track key sales prospects, customer growth opportunities, competitor activities, strategic partner prospects, industry developments and more, across single or multiple lines of business.
“We are very honored that Attaain Inc and our AttaainCI offering have been recognized by the NCTC with their annual Innovation Award," said Daryl Scott, President & CEO of Attaain.
Attaain received the award May 21st during the TechNite Awards Banquet at The Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center. This year’s TechNite event drew a record crowd of more than 425 attendees from the region’s technology community. The Awards celebrate and recognize the entrepreneurial and innovative leadership of the NewVa region in six categories: Rising Star, Entrepreneur, NewVa Leadership, Innovation, People’s Choice and Educator.
About Attaain
Attaain Inc. delivers “active intelligence for strategic advantage” with AttaainCI, the comprehensive web-based solution for researching, analyzing and real-time tracking of competitive business intelligence and market intelligence on key companies, people and markets. The AttaainCI Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) system is used for business development in a wide range of industries to identify and track new sales prospects, existing customer growth opportunities, competitor activities, strategic partner prospects, industry developments and more, across single or multiple lines of business. The AttaainCI system provides detailed company profiles and decision maker information covering millions of companies worldwide and continuously monitors, filters and integrates the latest information updates from a wide range of sources. The system provides real-time competitive business intelligence to drive strategic decision making in areas such as: business development, sales and sales management, marketing, product development and management, merger/acquisition/investment activities, corporate strategic planning and top management decision making across all company disciplines.
About the NewVa Corridor Technology Council
The NewVa Corridor Technology Council serves the growing technology industry in the greater NewVa Region, encompassing Roanoke and Blacksburg, Virginia and the surrounding counties. The NCTC is a 501(c)(6) Non-Profit Corporation, privately funded by our membership dues and sponsorships. The NCTC is a member-driven organization and includes more than 200 organizations from the smallest, emerging technology firms to some of the largest employers in the region.
Contact:
Attaain Inc.
2200 Kraft Drive, Suite 1200K
Blacksburg, VA 24060
Phone: (540) 443-9213
eFax: (484) 918-3360
info -at- attaain.com
www.attaain.com
NCTC
Roanoke/Blacksburg, VA
Cory Donovan, Executive Director
(540) 443-9232
cory@thetechnologycouncil.com
www.thetechnologycouncil.com
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