Red Herring on Wednesday will announce 200 companies as finalists in its annual competition for the “Red Herring 100 North America” list of technology companies that reflect promising innovations.

More than 1,000 privately held companies submitted entries and were judged on such factors as financial performance, innovations, quality of management, and their ability to execute their strategies.

The 100 winners will be announced May 23 at the Red Herring Spring conference in Monterey, California.

"We can see the resurgence of the tech sector reflected in the quantity and variety of excellent companies that we had to choose from in putting our list together,” said Joel Dreyfuss, editor-in-chief of Red Herring.

“It was difficult to choose the 200 finalists and we are very happy with the stellar quality of the companies on this short-list," said Mr. Dreyfuss.

Finalists for the ‘Red Herring 100 North America’ (in alphabetical order):

COMPANY

3VR Security, Inc.

A10 Networks

A123Systems

Adknowledge, Inc.

AirG

Ambit Inc.

Amp'd Mobile

AmpliMed

Amyris Biotechnologies, Inc.

ANDA Networks, Inc

Aperto Networks

Application Security, Inc.

Attensa, Inc.

Barracuda Networks, Inc.

Bay Microsystems, Inc.

Bazaarvoice

Become, Inc.

Berkeley Design Automation

Bharosa

BioPassword, Inc.

BitTorrent

Black Duck Software, Inc.

BorderWare Technologies Inc.

Boston Circuits, Inc.

BroadLight, Inc.

Buzz Metrics, Inc.

Calix Networks, Inc.

Cape Clear Software

Cavium Networks, Inc.

Caymas Systems

Centrality Communications Inc.

Centro

ClairMail

ClearFuels Technology, Inc.

Cloudmark

Cobasys

CollabNet

Contactual, Inc

ContextWeb Inc

Converged Access

Current Communications Group

CyThera Inc.

Data Domain

Delta-Q Technologies Corp.

Determina

DiVitas Networks

DriveCam, Inc.

Dualcor Technologies

Egenera, Inc.

Egenix, Inc.

EnerNOC, Inc.

Enigma Semiconductor

EnterpriseDB Corporation

Entropic Communications

E-One Moli Energy (Canada) Ltd.

EqualLogic, Inc.

Eurekster, Inc.

FatLens, Inc.

FeedBurner

FilmLoop

Firefly Energy Inc.

First Solar LLC

Forterra Systems

Funambol

Geomagic

GetActive Software

GlobeImmune

Glu Mobile

GlycoFi

Gotuit Media Corp.

GraniteEdge Networks

GreenFuel Technologies Corporation

Groove Mobile, Inc

GUBA, LLC

Habeas, Inc.

Havok

HelioVolt

Hypnion, Inc.

I4 Commerce

Infinera Corp.

Infoblox

Ingenio, Inc.

Ingres Corporation

Innodia Inc.

InPhase Technologies

Inrix, Inc.

IPextreme Inc.

iRise

iUpload

Jadoo Power Systems Inc.

JAJAH

JasperSoft Corporation

JLT Mobile Computers

JotSpot

Ketera Technologies

Koolspan, Inc.

Kosmix

Lentigen Corporation

Lockdown Networks, Inc.

Log Savvy Corporation

LogLogic

Luminetx

Magenn Power Inc.

Magnolia Broadband

Massive Incorporated

Matisse Networks, Inc.

Mediabolic, Inc.

Medsphere

meebo Inc.

Meetro

MeeVee, Inc.

Melodeo

Miasolé

Mimix Broadband, Inc.

Mobilitec

Molecular Imprints Inc.

MovieBeam, Inc.

Mozilla Corporation

mPortal, Inc

Nanosphere, Inc.

Nantero

Navio Systems

Nereus Pharmaceuticals

NetContinuum, Inc.

Neterion, Inc.

Network Chemistry

Neugenesis Corporation

Newport Media, Inc.

Nexidia Inc.

Nextrials, Inc.

Novare Surgical Systems, Inc.

nTAG Interactive

Ojos, Inc.

Open-Silicon

OpSource, Inc.

Optimer Pharmaceuticals

OQO, Inc.

Origen Therapeutics

Orion Genomics

Parkingcarma

Passmark Security

Pentaho Corporation

PGP Corporation

Pluck Corporation

PodShow, Inc.

Primera Biosystems

Quartics, Inc.

Rapt

Raza Microelectronics

Reconnex Corporation

Red Bend Software

Revver Inc.

rPath

Ruckus Wireless

Scaled Composites, LLC

Scanbuy

Sharpcast, Inc.

Silver Peak Systems

Skybox Security, Inc.

SkyPilot Networks

Sling Media, Inc.

Small Bone Innovations, Inc.

SNOCAP, Inc.

Socialtext

Solfocus, Inc.

SOMA Networks, Inc.

SpikeSource, Inc.

Spot Runner

Stealth Communications, Inc.

Streamload

SunRocket, Inc.

superDimension, Inc.

Surface Logix, Inc.

TagWorld Inc

Tarari, Inc

Tazz Networks

TeleCIS Wireless

The Multiverse Network, Inc.

The NewsMarket, Inc.

thePlatform

ThingMagic

Tizor

Topix Technologies, Inc.

TorreyPines Therapeutics

Traction Software, Inc.

Transera Communications

U3, LLC

Visage Mobile, Inc

Vivace Semiconductor, Inc.

Vivisimo, Inc.

Vivox

ViXS Systems, Inc.

Voxify, Inc.

Xceive Corporation

Xencor Inc.

XOsoft

YouTube

Zazzle

Zillow

Zimbra