Award recognizes top private technology start-ups in the world
CAMPBELL, Calif. - February 10, 2009 -- YouSendIt, Inc. has been selected as a finalist for the Red Herring 100 Global Award. The Red Herring editorial team chose YouSendIt, whose digital file transfer service now serves more than 8 million registered users, from a pool of 600 eligible technology companies. The finalists were chosen based on criteria such as financial performance, innovation, management, global strategy and ecosystem integration.
"Being named a Red Herring 100 Global finalist is an outstanding honor and reinforces YouSendIt's leadership in digital file transfer," said Ivan Koon, CEO of YouSendIt. "Our goal has always been to create the fastest, simplest service for transferring critical information. By integrating YouSendIt directly into everyday tools such as Microsoft Outlook, Office and Adobe Photoshop, we've created a more efficient and secure method of transferring digital files."
YouSendIt's strong financial performance in 2008, with 200 percent revenue growth and paid user accounts growing to nearly 100,000, solidified its place among the Red Herring award finalists. Companies rely on YouSendIt to securely transfer information both internally and externally. Also recently named a finalist for the Network Products Guide 2009 Hot Companies award, YouSendIt continues to add more than 200,000 new registered users each month, delivering more than 120 million files in 2008 alone.
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.
About YouSendIt:
YouSendIt is the number-one managed digital file transfer company serving professionals, businesses and government agencies on the Web today. Eight million people trust YouSendIt to instantly and securely send, receive and track their valuable business content, everything from time-critical contracts, presentations and CAD files to important videos, graphics, photos and music. Integrating YouSendIt makes reliable, secure, express delivery of digital content a routine part of people’s daily life.
YouSendIt Contact:
Katherine Domingo
Airfoil Public Relations
(650) 691-7306
domingo@airfoilpr.com
Red Herring Contact:
Anam Alpenia
Red Herring, Inc.
Phone: 650-428-2900
aalpenia@redherring.com

