Here are comments from some of the Winners for 2008 of the European Seal of e-Excellence.

Eberhard Dürrschmid, CEO of Greentube, Austria
"We have always tried to merge leading technology with innovative marketing efforts. The European Seal of e-Excellence proves that we are obviously doing something right and motivates us to continue crossing the boundaries of traditional ways of doing business."

Ian Leuchars, Senior Vice President, Search Marketing Services at 24/7 Real Media, United Kingdom
"We are honored that the E-Accelerator has once again recognized 24/7 Real Media as leaders in the global search marketing services business. Our industry leading search technology platform, Decide DNA®, continues to empower marketers around the world to facilitate complex paid search campaigns and garner greater ROI."

Jan Valcke, President and COO, VASCO Data Security, Belgium
"We are honoured to win the prestigious European Seal of e-Excellence in the Platinum category. We see it as a recognition for VASCO's sustained business success and of our creative market approach. The European financial sector has been instrumental in VASCO's succes. Indeed, the first European banks started using our strong authentication solutions in the early Nineties of last century. Currently, VASCO secures approximately 7000 companies in 110 countries against e-fraud. The fact that our success originated in Europe, adds another dimension to being a European Seal of E-excellence laureate."

Maël Guillemot, co-founder and CEO, Klewel, Switzerland
"Getting the European Seal of E-Excellence award is a strong recognition for Klewel. As a start-up company specialized in Multimedia Technologies and Internet, we are very glad to be part of the 2008 winners."

Dan Adamescu, CEO, Topex, Romania
"It is a great honor for TOPEX that European Multimedia Forum nominated our innovative marketing with silver in European Seal of eExcellence 2008. We are proud to receive this award for our hard work and accomplishments and we are determined to prove our commitment to quality and excellence in the future."

H.R.S. Murthy, Managing Director, MultiMedia Computer Systems, India
“It is wonderful to be awarded the European seal of E-Excellence 2008/Gold. This will motivate us to participate actively in European business.”

Ulf Richter, CEO, optivo, Germany
"It is an honour to receive the Seal of E-Excellence for our flagship product optivo® broadmail. This high-end email marketing solution offers several features that are unique in the market. The award confirms our commitment to innovative technology and our permission-based marketing strategy."

Hans-Peter Kurz, Founder, Frog2Frog / Kurz AB, Sweden
“Our goal is to become more visible in the Mobile Advertising space during 2008. Winning Silver at the European Seal of Excellence is a great step for a small innovative company like Frog2Frog. We are confident that it will help to attract attention within potential customers and Venture Capital.”

Centgraf Tamás, CEO, mS Systems, Hungary
“The Seal of e-Excellence is the first notable acknowledgment of our hard work and visionary development confirming to us that we follow the right path in the jungle of micro-payment solutions.”

Luc Vandergoten, CEO, BTR Services, Belgium
"The Seal of Excellence is a recognition of our persistent striving - with our product LetterGen - towards paperless companies and to contribute to Green-IT"

Krisztián Tóth, CEO, Carnation, Hungary
"10 years after its establishment the company now serves across the whole range of integrated marketing communication services. In addition to advertising film production, print and outdoor creative planning as well as media services new online solutions have been launched in the fields of media 2.0 and search engine marketing."

Frank Wagner, Founder and Managing Director, nugg.ad, Germany
"We are honored to be one of the Award winners of the Seal of Excellence, 2008. Winning this reward shows that our idea of predictive behavioral targeting is already well perceived in the digital media market. It also motivates us to keep up our high standards and to improve them even more. We would like to thank the European Multimedia Forum for establishing this award giving excellent European companies the chance to show their achievements to the whole industry."