Cologne, January 26, 2005: VoiceObjects AG has been selected as one of the best-performing and innovative high-tech private companies of Europe and Israel in the fourth annual Tornado100 list. VoiceObjects, headquartered in Bergisch Gladbach near Cologne, Germany, was founded in 2001 by a team around the company’s CEO, Karl-Heinz Land. VoiceObjects provides a voice application management system (VAMS) to companies and authorities. The software eases the development of user-friendly voice-controlled telephone services and simplifies their operation.
“We are honoured that our efforts to enable the next generation of voice applications have been recognised by Tornado Insider in its ranking of the Top 100 start-ups in Europe and Israel,” said Karl-Heinz Land, co-founder and CEO of VoiceObjects. “The award acknowledges our innovative approach. Building automated telephone services with a server-based architecture provides voice applications with the flexibility, scalability and manageability that is needed in today’s business processes. Being a 2004 Tornado100 Winner will allow us to generate more visibility in the international marketplace.”
The 2004 Tornado100 list can be found on the web site of Tornado Insider (www.tornado-insider.com) and includes a profile of VoiceObjects and the other 99 most promising and innovative emerging companies in the European IT and biotech sectors.
“The companies Tornado Insider selected are Europe’s technology stars,” said Niels Valkering, Tornado Insider’s Head of Research. “Combining internal analysis with advice from industry specialists, we identified the elite of Europe’s high-tech entrepreneurial vanguard, appreciating excellence both in innovative, commercial and financial performance. Watch these companies in 2005, as the technology they are commercialising today will change tomorrow’s trends.”
The selection of the 2004 Tornado100 Winners from thousands of candidates was judged according to the following criteria
- Delivering an innovation that shows the promise to set new standards
- Creating a major new audience
- Supplying a key piece of the ICT infrastructure
- Commanding a significant customer base
- Having the potential to become a global brand or standard
- Influencing a major market
- Receiving a significant amount of funding
- Having a strong valuation for a lucrative exit
- Having a management with previous successful exit experience
The list was announced during the Tornado Insider/World Financial Symposiums T100 Leadership Forum. This event took place on January 26th, 2005 in London and was a gathering of technology CEOs and CFOs eager to gain insights on how to lead their enterprise and their careers to more effective and positive outcomes.
