SEATTLE, Jan. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Panopto, provider of industry-leading media capture and management software, has been selected as a winner of Red Herring’s prestigious Global 100 award. This award recognizes the most innovative and fastest growing private companies from around the world. Winners were selected based on a range of criteria, including financial performance, growth potential, technology innovation, and management quality.

Panopto’s products dramatically simplify the way people in education, business and government record and share lectures, presentations, product demos and meetings. Using Panopto, professors can easily capture lectures for students to view remotely on their computers, phones, and tablets; students can find precise information embedded in lecture videos, slides, transcripts and notes; CEOs can broadcast town hall meetings to employees around the world; and governments can create online training for distributed workforces. With leading universities, Fortune 500 companies, and major government agencies using Panopto, the company is poised for strong growth.

“We’re honored to be selected as a Global 100 winner,” said Eric Burns, Panopto’s Co-founder and Chief Product Officer. “This recognition by the business community is a testament to Panopto’s approach to building easy-to-use, scalable media capture and management solutions.”

About Red Herring

Red Herring is a global media company that brings together the world’s best technology innovators, venture investors and business decision makers in a variety of forums, including a leading magazine; an online daily news service, technology newsletters, and major events. Red Herring Global 100 is the culmination of a year’s work of scouring thousands of privately held companies from around the world. The pool of candidates includes top private companies from the regional competitions in Europe, North America, and Asia.