Top 15 technology pioneers 2009

The World Economic Forum has selected 34 visionary companies as Technology Pioneers 2009 for their accomplishments as innovators of the highest calibre, and whose technologies will have a deep impact on business and society.
The World Economic Forum received more than 320 applications from around the world that were evaluated by 44 global technology experts. Check out the IT companies that made it to the prestigious list this year.



Advanced Track & Trace
Advanced Track & Trace is a pioneer in digital security solutions applied to Brand Protection. ATT is a French company, subsidiary of the LAMY Energies & Technologies Group.



It is headquartered in Rueil-Malmaison, near Paris. The company offers high-security technological solutions and protected intervention procedures to its clients.



ATT's clients include space industry, spare parts, perfumes and cosmetics, luxury, pharmaceutical, beverage, banking, insurance institutions. Jeremy Allaire is the founder and chief executive officer.

Brightcove Inc.
Brightcove is an online video platform that enables video producers and programmers to build broadband businesses while giving viewers more choices and control over their use of video and television. Their on-demand platform is used professional publishers to power online video initiatives that reach over a hundred million Internet users every month.
Jeremy Allaire is the founder and chief executive officer.
Image: Jeremy Allaire, CEO, Brightcove. | Photograph, courtesy: Brightcove

Etsy Inc
Etsy is an online marketplace for buying and selling handmade things. Etsy was conceived by Rob Kalin. A painter, carpenter, and photographer, Rob found there was no viable marketplace to exhibit and sell his creations online.



Other e-commerce sites had become too crowded with electronic goods. So he alongwith Chris Maguire and Haim Schoppik, designed the site, wrote the code, assembled the servers and launched Etsy on June 18, 2005.
Since the launch, over 100,000 sellers from around the world have opened up Etsy shops. Etsy's mission is to enable people to make their living making things.



Image: Rob Kalin, founder, Etsy. | Photograph, courtsy: Etsy

Gameforge
Gameforge is an independent supplier of browser- and client-based MMOGs (massively multiplayer online games) worldwide. In 2003 Gameforge started as a pioneer in developing and publishing browser- and client-based Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs).



Founders Alexander Roesner and Klaas Kersting utilised the enormous growth in terms of broadband internet access to easily distribute MMOGs such as "OGame" thereby creating a new variety of games industry attracting millions of players in only a short period of time.
Gameforge's objective was to merge the advantages of the world wide web with the fun people have when playing computer games. The company has more than 40 million registered players. Klaas Kersting is the chief executive officer.


Image: Powering games. | Photograph, courtesy: Gameforge

JiGrahak Mobility Solution Pvt. Ltd. (Indian company)
JiGrahak offers 'ngpay', India's first end-to-end, mass market mobile commerce service. The company enables customers anywhere in India you to shop, bank, buy tickets, order food, pay bills from the mobile handset.

Users can transact with over 65 partners across 10 sectors now. Since its launch in February 2008, ngpay has become the fastest growing end-to-end mobile commerce service in India.



ngpay has over 200,000 registered users and is already the largest mobile channel for Indian Railways and Fame Cinemas.


ngpay is based in Bangalore and is venture funded by Helion Venture Partners. Sourabh Jain is the chief executive officer.