Akamedia, today announced that it has been awarded "Red Herring Global Winner 2008". Red Herring 100 Global Winners are companies chosen from winners and finalists of the previous North America, Europe and Asia Red Herring Top 100. Out of 1,800 successful and highly eligible companies, the Red Herring editorial team deployed a detailed process to drill-down the best companies first to 200 finalists, then to the Top 100 winners of this global award. Evaluations were made on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, innovation, management, global strategy, and ecosystem integration.

The announcement of the winners was made at the Red Herring 100 Global taking place in San Diego in January. "We were so pleased to announce Akamedia as a Red Herring Top 100 Global Company," commented Red Herring publisher Alex Vieux. "Akamedia has proven to be a company excelling in its industry and its ripples have turned into waves. We are pleased to have included Akamedia in our list of promising companies. We look forward to the changes it make to its industry in the future."

"We are very honored to receive this amazing Award that pointed out in the past leaders like Google, eBay, Skype or Salesforce," says Akamedia CEO & Founder Lionel Faucher. "The RedHerring awards not only our work as entrepreneurs, but also the involvement of all our staff, and the support of our partners and investors. This Award is also a duty of excellence for the future."

Red Herring honored the Global Winners at the Red Herring global conference scheduled January 15-16, in San Diego, California.