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"This post is brought to you by Lead411, a sales lead generation site that provides business e-mail lists, company addresses, executive e-mails, and phone numbers. For more information on sponsored posts read here.\nPontiflex, an advertising and technology firm based in New York City, owes its success in part to President Obama. The company developed an advertising campaign during Obama's election. While we can\u2019t attribute Obama winning the election to Pontiflex\u2019s work, it certainly speaks volumes about the company\u2019s potential. Pontiflex\u2019s fast-growing e-mail and social acquisition platform has skyrocketed since its launch in 2008, and has received over $8 million in funding.\nThat\u2019s what got the opt-in advertising company at the top of Lead411\u2019s Technology 500  list. The list includes the fastest growing technology companies based on highest percentage revenue growth from the year 2007 to the year 2009. \n\u201CPontiflex is exactly the kind of company you\u2019d expect to see on the Technology 500 list,\u201D said Tom Blue, founder of Lead411.com and the Technology 500, \u201CThey\u2019re innovating in new ways, and are changing their industry for the better.\u201D\nThe Technology 500 included a variety of sub-industries within tech: advertising, consulting, hardware, software, Internet, specialty and telecom. Other top finalists include the people SaaS provider PeopleMatter; Digitalsmiths, which provides video metadata solutions; ticketing and e-commerce solutions company accesso; and Enterprise Flash Drive developer Pliant Technology.\n\u201CCompanies like Adeptol and ecoATM are making our world easier, and are providing unique solutions in areas like electronic recycling and mobile applications,\u201D said Blue, \u201CI personally would like to see more of these companies on next year\u2019s Technology 500 list.\u201D \nTo view the entire Technology 500 list, visit the award\u2019s website. Here are the top 20 finalists of the Technology 500:\n1. Pontiflex, Inc.\n2. Scale Computing\n3. Collections Marketing Center (CMC)\n4. accesso, LLC\n5. Pliant Technology, Inc.\n6. Digitalsmiths\n7. Charter Auction LLC\n8. WorkSpace Communications\n9. Pendo Systems Inc.\n10. Pyntail\n11. PointAbout\n12. Oggifinogi\n13. ADEPTOL\n14. PeopleMatter\n15. ecoATM\n16. WorthPoint Corporation\n17. Spongecell\n18. 365 Hangers\n19. Evangelyze Communications\n20. PerformLine, Inc\n(This post is brought to you by Lead411, a sales lead generation site that provides business e-mail lists, company addresses, executive e-mails, and phone numbers. For more information on sponsored posts read here.)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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