June 15, 2010

Preparis Named to AlwaysOn East Top 100 Companies

Preparis, Inc., the leading web-based business preparedness company, has been named to the AlwaysOn East Top 100 Companies in the Software as a Service category. The AlwaysOn editorial team, along with partners at the Blackstone Group, KPMG, Silicon Valley Bank, Sonnenschein, and industry experts across the globe, scoured the entrepreneurial community to identify the top 100 private companies that are taking old notions of doing things and forging solutions that will lead to industry shake-up and huge value-creation opportunities.

“It’s really exciting for Preparis to be recognized for the work we’re doing to help protect companies using the Web and mobile devices,” said Armistead Whitney, CEO of Atlanta-based Preparis, Inc. “In almost any crisis event, executives, managers and all employees need instant access to critical information and services to protect themselves and their business. Preparis delivers training and response protocols to over 200 threats, company specific information and crisis plans, information and communication tools all available from the web and mobile devices. We are making it easy for our subscribers to get the critical information and services they need, when they need it.” 

Winners of the AlwaysOn East Top 100 Companies will be honored at AlwaysOn Venture Summit East 2010 at Harvard University in Cambridge Massachusetts, June 21 – 23, 2010.

"After examining the companies that are on the AOE100 list, it's obvious that innovation is not only alive and well on the East Coast, it's accelerating in economic power and scope." says Tony Perkins, founder and editor of AlwaysOn. "The companies certainly represent some of the highest-growth opportunities in the private company marketplace."

About Preparis
Preparis helps companies around the world prepare and respond to crisis events ensuring workforce safety, minimizing operational downtime, and maintaining corporate reputation and shareholder value. The company's on-demand emergency preparedness suite is accessed by its customers' C-suite and employees at every level across multiple geographies. Headquartered in Atlanta, Preparis safeguards more than 500,000 people and in excess of $185 billion in enterprise value.