28-03-2008 - ChangingWorlds is honored by Silicon Valley Executives with Technology Innovation Award

San Francisco, USA and Dublin, Ireland, Friday, March 28th 2008

 

ChangingWorlds has won the Innovation Award at the Irish American Technology Leadership Group’s (ITLG) inaugural award ceremony in San Francisco USA. Sponsored by the Irish Times, the award was presented at a Gala dinner at Stanford University, California last night.

 

Over 200 executives from some of Silicon Valley’s best known companies attended the Irish Technology Leadership Group–Silicon Valley Awards 2008 where Dublin, Ireland-based ChangingWorlds won the top honor, receiving the 2008 ITLG-Irish Times Innovation Award.

 

The ITLG-Irish Times 2008 Innovation Award was presented David Moran, CEO of ChangingWorlds, for the company’s impressive customer successes, product strategy, management team, outstanding intellectual property portfolio and international growth across all of its key territories- Europe, Asia & the US. Unlike other awards, the ITLG honorees are selected through an external nomination process.

 

Based in Dublin and founded in 1999, ChangingWorlds provides mobile data personalization and Mobile Internet products to a customer base that already includes over 50 mobile operators worldwide such as Vodafone, O2, the TeliaSonera Group, T-Mobile Austria, Celcom Malaysia and CSL Hong Kong. Based on advanced artificial intelligence technology, ChangingWorlds’ ClixSmart™ Intelligent Portal platform offers a personalized content discovery solution that enhances content relevance and optimizes the user experience of the Mobile Internet.

 

Senior executives from throughout Silicon Valley turned out for the event representing companies such as Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Palm, Tesla Motors, Apple and many more.

 

Commenting on this prestigious award, David Moran, CEO of ChangingWorlds said “This award from the ITLG is a strong endorsement of ChangingWorlds' success in bringing state-of-the-art personalization techniques to the Mobile Internet for mobile operators worldwide and we are honored to be granted this accolade by the esteemed members of the ITLG. Innovation plays a constant role in ChangingWorlds product development and business strategy as we strive for excellence in all areas of our business. ChangingWorlds is therefore delighted that our on-going commitment to and delivery of innovative and effective mobile data personalization solutions are recognized in this way,” he continued “We are confident that ChangingWorlds is well positioned to continue to build on our success to date, while ensuring that we continue to set new benchmarks in Mobile Internet personalization and data content discovery worldwide.”.

 

Also commenting on the evening, ITLG Chairman & Senior VP at Palm, John Hartnett said: “This is truly a great day for recognizing so many great technologists and technology companies in Ireland and we are pleased to have been able to be part of it. We are also looking forward to further initiatives over the course of 2008 to deepen the links that exist between Ireland and Silicon Valley, both of which can benefit from continued interaction and investment.”

 

On the evening, the ITLG also presented honors to Intel Chairman Craig Barrett and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Micheál Martin TD, for their contributions to the growth of Ireland’s technology sector.

 

This year’s judging process has included the participation of the ITLG Board, Enterprise Ireland, Invest Northern Ireland, IDA Ireland and the Irish Times, each of which nominated highly innovative Irish companies seeking to grow their overseas presence.

 

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About ChangingWorlds

 

ChangingWorlds is the market-leading provider of Mobile Data Personalization and Mobile Internet products to the mobile industry. Based on advanced artificial intelligence technology, the company’s ClixSmart™ Intelligent Portal platform offers a personalized content discovery solution that enhances content relevance and optimizes the user experience of the Mobile Internet, resulting in greater ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) for the mobile operator. Results from implementations of the ClixSmart Intelligent Portal Platform have shown an increase of Mobile Internet ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) and Mobile Internet traffic by 20% - 30%.

 

Proven in market as a high-performance, scalable and carrier-grade Mobile Internet solution, ClixSmart is used by over 50 mobile operators worldwide including the Vodafone Global Group, O2 UK & O2 Germany, the TeliaSonera Group, T-Mobile Austria, Celcom Malaysia and CSL Hong Kong. ChangingWorlds was founded in 1999 and is privately owned. The company now employs over one 120 highly qualified staff in Ireland (Dublin), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) and USA (San Francisco).

 

About the Irish American Leadership Technology Group

 

Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG) The ITLG is a group of Irish and Irish American senior executives based in Silicon Valley, active in the global technology industry, committed to ensuring that Ireland remains a strategic area of investment and opportunity for US technology companies, and who are keen to support the growth and development of Irish based technology companies.

In their first year, the ITLG–Silicon Valley Awards are part of a program initiated to spur Irish technology companies to expand into the US and to encourage investment in Ireland from Silicon Valley’s leading corporations. The event was held at the Schwab Center in Stanford University, with sponsorship from the Irish Times, Irish America Magazine, Invest Northern Ireland, and others.

Made up of Silicon Valley leaders of Irish origin, the group is led by Palm Inc. (PALM) Senior Vice President John Hartnett and is dedicated to helping Ireland take advantage of the opportunities in new technology. It includes current and former executives from firms including Sling Media, Intuit Inc. (INTU), Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL), Intel Inc. (INTC), Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) and Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ).
http://www.itlg.org/

 

Press Contact
Kathrina Gallogly
Marketing Manager
ChangingWorlds Ltd.
Tel: +353-1-4359806
Mobile: +353-87-2797362
Email: kathrina.gallogly@changingworlds.com

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

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