EL SEGUNDO, Calif., May 20, 2008 – Accordent Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of enterprise rich media communications solutions, has been honored by the editors of Red Herring Magazine as one of the top startup technology companies in North America.

"Having received more than 800 submissions, it is clear that we are witnessing a new outburst of creativity." says Joel Dreyfuss, Editor-in-Chief of Red Herring. "With venture capital flowing again, it’s exciting to see technology innovators and business investors collaborate to create disruptive technologies. The Red Herring 100 North America companies are impressive up-and-comers, and definitely the ones to watch."

“We’re very pleased to be recognized by Red Herring for being in the vanguard of innovative American technology companies,” said Mike Newman, CEO of Accordent Technologies. “Our success is the result of burgeoning demand from organizations for sophisticated webcasting solutions that allow them to create online collections of meetings, lectures and training that can by easily secured, searched and played back by viewers whenever, and wherever, they are needed.”

For more than ten years, Red Herring has been the leader in finding and advocating the most promising technology startups, diligently surveying entrepreneurship around the globe. Technology industry executives, investors, and observers have regarded the Red Herring 100 list as an invaluable instrument to discover and advocate the promising startups that will lead the next wave of disruption and innovation. Past award winners include Google, Yahoo!, Skype, Netscape, Salesforce.com and YouTube.

About Accordent Technologies, Inc.
Accordent Technologies provides enterprise-wide rich media communications solutions that enable world-class organizations to inform, train and engage their audiences online. More than 1500 customers worldwide, including Unisys, JPMorgan Chase, Ford, Harvard and National Institutes of Health, rely on Accordent solutions to create, manage, distribute and measure the effectiveness of their multimedia presentation assets. Accordent has earned distinction for its award-winning products and long-standing commitment to the success of its customers and partners. Learn more about Accordent's exceptional solutions at www.accordent.com.

Accordent Capture Station, Accordent PresenterPRO, Accordent Engage and Accordent Media Management System are trademarks of Accordent Technologies. Other trademarks that may be mentioned in this release are the intellectual property of their respective owners.

Contact : Darian Germain, Accordent Technologies, 703-608-3404

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