Quoting from press release:

Egenera Inc., a leader in datacenter virtualization architecture, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the Top 100 Private Company award winners. Egenera was selected by the AlwaysOn editorial panel based on a set of five criteria - technology innovation, market potential, customer adoption, media buzz and investor value creation.

Egenera and the AO100 will be honored as part of the AO2006: Stanford Summit, July 25-27, at the Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center on the Stanford University campus in Palo Alto, California. The event will bring together successful entrepreneurs, business and political thought leaders, and top venture capitalists to spot trends and spark new ideas and initiatives.

The AO100 was selected from over 1,000 companies, peer-nominated by leading venture capitalists, investment bankers and industry analysts. The AO100 consists of private companies at all stages of development, from early- to late-stage.

Egenera was founded in March 2000 by Vern Brownell, former CTO of Goldman Sachs, based on his experience running one of the world's largest and most sophisticated datacenters. An early pioneer in pivotal markets such as virtualization, blade servers and utility computing, Egenera brings its experience and depth to a rapidly expanding customer list of global enterprises, service providers and federal agencies.

"The AO100 companies are driving the next wave of innovative technologies that are disrupting the old guard and shaping the new landscape," said Tony Perkins, founder of AlwaysOn. "As ever, we were inundated with nominations from leading companies, and it's heartening to know that tomorrow's thought leaders and technology visionaries are already out there. My congratulations to each AO100 winner - these are the companies which we predict will have the greatest market traction, strongest innovation and most game-changing approaches this year."

"We're honored to be recognized by AlwaysOn for the fourth consecutive year," said Bob Dutkowsky, chairman, president and CEO of Egenera, Inc. "Egenera's remarkable success over the last several years is a testament to the focus, execution and competitive spirit of the entire Egenera organization."