Palo Alto, Calif. -- AlwaysOn (AO), developer of a blog network and creator of executive events, on Thursday unveiled its Global 250 Top Private Companies Awards, with San Francisco-based audience-measurement service Quantcast named at the overall winner. Other category winners included: Mountain View-based Cast Iron Systems (Cloud and Infrastructure), Mountain View-based Mint (Consumer Internet), Knewton (Digital Education), Redwood City-based Twofish (Digital Media), EveryZing (Enabling Tools and Devices), Oakland-based BrightSource Energy (Greentech), uTest (SaaS and Enterprise) and Skyhook Wireless (Wireless). More than 1,000 companies were nominated for the list through a survey of venture investors, investment bankers and technology insiders, with winners chosen based on factors such as market traction and "game-changing technology." The complete list is available at the top link below.
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