Burlington, MA (PRWEB) June 12, 2006 -- Signiant, Inc. has been selected as a winner in the category of Data Management for the 2006 MITX Technology Awards. The MITX Technology Awards, produced by the Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange, recognize innovative technologies developed in the New England area, as well as the individuals and organizations responsible for driving these advancements. Honorees for this year's awards were announced last night in a ceremony at The Four Season's Hotel in Boston.
«The MITX Technology Awards celebrate innovation in our community and confirm that great technologies for building digital businesses are being created in New England,» said Kiki Mills, executive director of MITX. «This year's honorees competed against more nominees than ever before and are very deserving of the recognition these awards bestow.»
Mobilize™ is a centrally managed software solution that aggregates, distributes and/or replicates file-based data over Wide Area Networks, based on configurable business rules. Mobilize includes best-in-class security, reliability and network efficiency technologies, and supports a wide range of operating systems.
«Signiant is honored to have won this prestigious award,» said Richard Vining, Director of Marketing at Signiant. «Our Mobilize technology is solving critical distributed data management pains for hundreds of organizations, and the recognition of our innovations in digital content distribution by the MITX judging panel is most gratifying to our team.»
The Awards were presented last night at a ceremony at the Four Seasons Hotel attended by 200 of the region's top technology and business professionals. Additional award honorees included Nicholas Negroponte, Chairman, One Laptop Per Child and the Co-Founder of the MIT Media Lab, who was inducted into the MITX Innovation Hall of Fame.
The 2006 MITX Technology Awards were sponsored by Backbone Media, LewisPR, Nixon Peabody LLP. Oracle and Technology Review.
About Signiant
Signiant provides centrally-managed content distribution and data protection solutions for large organizations that have widely distributed data. Signiant's technology is highly adaptable and scalable to address a wide range of heterogeneous environments, leveraging core capabilities in policy management, security and network efficiency to create customized, yet easily deployed and supported solutions.
About MITX
Established in 1996, MITX—the Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange (MITX: «my-techs») is a community—a constantly expanding business network—where technology, marketing and digital media intersect. Reaching more than 6,000 professionals in New England, MITX offers targeted benefits and growth opportunities designed to meet the unique requirements of its member audiences. MITX is the region's premier association for thought leadership, technology trends, building business relationships and professional training and development. Members of the MITX community take advantage of events, sponsorships, speaking opportunities and networking to make profitable business connections, obtain competitive intelligence, and exchange innovative leadership, management and technical concepts. MITX is headquartered in Cambridge.