Bomgar Selected as Finalist for Red Herring 100 Award

Award Recognizes the 100 “Most Promising” Companies Driving the Future of Technology

Bomgar Corporation, the leading provider of appliance-based virtual support solutions, today announced that it has been selected by Red Herring as a finalist for the Red Herring 100 Award, a selection of the 100 most innovative private technology companies based in North America.

The Red Herring editorial board diligently surveyed the entrepreneurial scene throughout the North American region and identified the top 200, out of more than 800 closely evaluated companies, that are leading the next wave of innovation.

“We can see the exciting evolution of the technology sector reflected in the quality and variety of exceptional companies that we had to choose from in putting our list together,” said Joel Dreyfuss, editor-in-chief of Red Herring. “It was tough to choose just 200 finalists from such a large list of excellent contenders, and we are very happy with the quality of the companies we selected as finalists.”

Bomgar’s appliance-based remote support software allows enterprises and call centers to virtualize staff resources to provide end users with faster, more accurate technical assistance. Bomgar’s software works by allowing a support technician to gain access – with permission – to an end user’s machine to view and resolve software-related problems. The Bomgar Box can support end users on various operating platforms, such as Windows, Linux, Mac and Windows mobile. Its software also integrates with service desk systems, such as BMC Remedy Service Desk, making it ideally suited for enterprise environments.

“With more people relying on computers for business and personal use, the more opportunity there is for something to go wrong. And users no longer have time to wait to get these issues resolve,” said Joel Bomgar, CEO for Bomgar Corporation. “Being named as a Red Herring 100 finalist certainly validates the industries need for better remote support options.”

The 100 winning companies will be announced at the Red Herring North America event. The CEOs of the winning startups will present their innovative ideas and technologies to an audience of leading entrepreneurs, financiers, and corporate strategists at the event in San Jose, California, on May 12-14 at the Fairmont. This year’s Red Herring 100 North America event marks the 11th anniversary of the Red Herring 100 Awards. In celebration, the event will feature keynote addresses from legendary VC investors and CEOs of leading Internet, information, and communications companies. Register online at: http://herringevents.com/northamerica08/index.html

About Bomgar

Based in Ridgeland, Miss., Bomgar Corporation specializes in appliance-based solutions for support virtualization. Bomgar allows companies to connect to remote clients and co-workers via the Internet anywhere in the world, in less than 10 seconds. The Bomgar Box is a platform for virtualizing technical support staff. Support virtualization increases the number of incidents companies can resolve “virtually” in lower tiers vs. physically on-site. This increases response times, distributes IT specialists more evenly, increases the productivity of current staff, and resolves incidents more cost-effectively. Backed by venture capital, Bomgar has grown steadily since its inception in 2003, securing more than 3,500 customers in all 50 states in the US and 48 countries, in addition to resellers in Canada, South Africa and the U.K.

About Red Herring

Red Herring is a global media company which unites the world’s best high technology innovators, venture investors and business decision makers in a variety of forums: a leading innovation magazine, an online daily technology news service, technology newsletters and major events for technology leaders around the globe. Red Herring provides an insider’s access to the global innovation economy, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy. More information about Red Herring is available on the Internet at www.redherring.com.

Contacts

Bomgar Corporation
Vice President of Marketing Communications,
Melissa Dent, 601-519-0139
mdent {at} bomgar(.)com
or
Lois Paul & Partners
Jennifer Lake, 512-638-5313
jennifer_lake {at} lpp(.)com
or
Red Herring, Inc.
Anam Alpenia, 650-428-2900
aalpenia {at} redherring(.)com