Opportunities and Stakes around the Finalists of the 2012 Amazon Web Service Start-Up Challenge.

Following the 24 semi-finalist whose we had published recently, now we are thrilled to present you the Top 12 finalist. In this list, we have the applications and technologies for: Big Data & High Performance Computing Business Applications Consumer Applications And Gaming. The Finale Celebration for the Start-Up Challenge will be held on January 24th in San Francisco. Therefore as part of the celebration, Amazon will conduct an Applications Workshop where you will learn more
about building mobile apps, building web apps, and using AWS in a cost-efficient fashion. If you would like to attend the Workshops and the Finale Celebration, you can register here. Pending the ceremonies, here is the applications list below: 
 Mortar Data from New York: an open source development framework for building big data pipelines using Hadoop, and a Hadoop platform-as-a-service (PaaS) for executing code written in the Mortar framework on Amazon Web Services’ Elastic MapReduce. QMedic Founded by MIT scientists keeps older adults connected, healthy, and safe in the home. QMedic's patent-pending wearable sensing platform passively monitors physical activity, sleep and falls, and provides real-time alerts to caregivers via cloud-enabled devices. QMedic aims to be the first and only solution that continuously samples behavioral data, does not require battery recharge, and can contextualize interactive social and clinical content to the user via a base station in the home. DemystData from Hong Kong helps financial institutions tap into the explosive growth of online, social, and internal data to make better customer decisions. The company’s product, demystdata.com, enables real-time analysis of both consumer and small business profiles allowing for improved interactions as a result of richer, more relevant information. PlanGrid from i California, USA, is a mobile construction blueprint replacement app powered by AWS that provides real-time updates and seamless file synching over Wi-Fi and cellular radio. PlanGrid replaces paper blueprints, brings the benefits of version control to field workers, and is a collaborative platform for sharing construction information like field markups, progress photos and issues tracking. Poikos from Netherlands is a ‘’multiple award-winning’’ computer vision systems house which has developed a revolutionary patent-pending technology for imaging and measuring the body in 3D, using consumer grade hardware such as smartphones, tablets and PCs.  
TraceLink Life Sciences Cloud from Massachusetts, USA, connects people, processes and information across the global supply network, improving visibility, traceability and performance from raw material supply and manufacturing down to the consumer. LogMyCalls from Utah, USA, is a marketing analytics and marketing automation platform for the phone. Based on the keywords, phrases and analytics within a call, LogMyCalls gathers analytics, triggers real-time PPC bid optimization, automates lead scoring, triggers mobile remarketing actions and improves close rates. Hive from Australia aims to be the modern, affordable way for you, your closest family, friends and neighbors to secure and protect the places, people and things you care about most. Hive is easily installed, runs on your existing Wi-Fi network, and is controlled through your mobile device, and can even travel with you. Etc. Wikidot.com from Poland is a web platform that allows you to start your own wiki-style website within seconds. "Wikis" can be used for personal blogs, community sites, gaming sites, business websites or collaboration spaces for workgroups. Wikidot leverages social features, hosting elements and its ultra-flexible "wiki" language to provide its users with both easy and powerful tools. Bossa from UK is an award-winning studio built to disrupt the social games market by making asynchronous gameplay obsolete. Grand Cru from Finland is a Helsinki based game developer. Playblazer from India provides game developers/studios a configurable API that provides instant access to a comprehensive set of pre-built - data models, components and workflows; that enable rapid development of a game server for social & multiplayer games, accessible from any platform.

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