CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The 13th Annual MIT Sloan CIO Symposium today announced the ten Finalists for its 2016 Innovation Showcase. The selected companies have developed cutting edge solutions that provide both strong value and innovation to digital enterprises now and in the future. The Finalists will receive key exposure to many of the world's most creative and influential IT executives at the Symposium on May 18, 2016.
After careful consideration, the Innovation Showcase judges chose these ten companies because they:
"We are thrilled to invite these top 10 companies to our 2016 Innovation Showcase," said Anton Teodorescu, Co-Chair of the Innovation Showcase. "Their technologies are leading edge, and will be vital to empowering the future digital economy."
The 10 Innovation Showcase Finalists for 2016 are:
Multiple past Innovation Showcase winners have achieved significant success, being acquired by leading companies. CloudSwitch (2010 Finalist) was acquired by Verizon; Desktone (2012 Finalist) was acquired by VMware; Rypple (2011 Finalist) was acquired by Salesforce.com; Yammer (2010 Finalist) was acquired by Microsoft for $1.2B among others.
The Innovation Showcase will take place at 5:30 p.m. in the Kresge courtyard tent on Wednesday, May 18, 2016, at MIT, in Cambridge, MA. The full agenda of the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium is available at www.mitcio.com/agenda.
About the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium
The MIT Sloan CIO Symposium is the premier global conference for CIOs and digital business executives to become more effective leaders. In one day, CIOs and senior IT executives explore enterprise technology innovations, business practices and receive actionable information that enables them to meet the challenges of today and the future. The Symposium offers a unique learning environment by bringing together the academic thought leadership of MIT with the in-the-trenches experience of leading, global CIOs and industry experts. The MIT Sloan CIO Symposium is organized and developed by the MIT Sloan Boston Alumni Association, the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy (IDE), and the MIT Sloan Center for Information Systems Research (CISR). Visit www.mitcio.com for more information and registration.
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