Adaptivity Inc. Selected as Finalist for MIT Sloan CIO Symposium's Innovation Showcase

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The 9th Annual MIT Sloan CIO Symposium has announced Adaptivity as one of ten finalists for the 2012 Innovation Showcase as its Blueprint4IT Lifecycle Suite platform represents a cutting edge B2B solution that combines the strong value and innovation to enterprise IT.  Adaptivity will receive key exposure to many of the world's most creative and influential IT executives at the Symposium on May 22, 2012.

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After careful consideration, the Innovation Showcase Judges, (consisting of MIT faculty, entrepreneurs, and early-stage investors) chose Adaptivity as it:

• Is a start-up with less than $10 million in 2011 revenue
• Is selling B2B enterprise IT solutions to CIOs
• Shows innovation as well as potential impact on the top and bottom lines

"Adaptivity is very proud to have been selected as a finalist for the 2012 Innovation Showcase," said Matt Barrington, President and COO of Adaptivity.  "We look forward to participating in the Symposium and showcasing our Blueprint4IT platform that powers enterprise Cloud Transformation by accelerating the planning and design of future state IT infrastructure.  With our application-centric software, enterprise IT can make smarter decisions about Cloud adoption.  We are excited to gain this validation and recognition from the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium."

"We are very impressed with these top ten Innovation Showcase finalists, as their technologies demonstrate incredible state of the art thinking to today and tomorrow's challenges," said David L. Verrill, Executive Director of the MIT Center for Digital Business, and the Co-chair of the Innovation Showcase. "The Innovation Showcase provides a terrific one-of-a-kind opportunity for these start ups to gain a larger visibility in front of IT executives, key stakeholders, and venture capitalists."

For a full list of Innovation Showcase finalists visit http://www.mitcio.com/innov.php

The Innovation Showcase will take place at 6:20pm in the Kresge courtyard tent on Tuesday, May 22, 2012, at MIT, in Cambridge, MA. The full agenda of the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium is available at www.mitcio.com/agenda.

About Adaptivity
Since 2007, Adaptivity provides innovative software-based solutions to enable IT transformation including data center evolution, application portfolio rationalization, and cloud enablement.   Plan with precision.  For more information about Adaptivity Blueprint4IT Lifecycle Suite™ software visit www.adaptivity.com or follow us @Adaptivity.

About the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium
The MIT Sloan CIO Symposium is the premier global event for CIOs and senior IT executives to become better business leaders. In one day, CIOs and senior IT executives receive actionable information that enables them to meet the challenges of today's changing global economy. The annual event offers a day of interactive learning and thought-provoking discourse on the future of technology, best practices, and business that is not available anywhere else. The MIT Sloan CIO Symposium is organized and developed by a team from the MIT Sloan Alumni Club of Boston, the MIT Center for Digital Business and the Boston Chapter of the Society for Information Management. Visit www.mitcio.com for more information and registration.

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