BuzzCity: Three million users, from Indonesia to South Africa, subscribe to the company's myGamma service, a sort of a Facebook that works on even the most basic of mobile phones. Instead of going toe-to-toe with other startups in tech-saturated markets, BuzzCity concentrated on the huge, untapped pool of social networking aficionados in countries such as India.
AntLabs: Traditional anti-virus programs and firewalls protect against viruses and hackers, but do not help much with new threats like phishing, where cyber-attackers pose as banks to con customers into revealing their online banking passwords.
So the company developed a plug-in, called Securite, that prevents browsers from being hijacked by malicious programs and protects passwords and other sensitive information.
PictureWorks: The company developed a wireless system called PictureAnywhere that lets event photographers, like those at a corporate dinner or a concert, process and print thousands of photos in just a few hours.
Land Transport Authority: The transport regulator was honoured for its so-called intelligent transport systems, like its network of cameras that scan Singapore's highways and even its oft-criticised electronic road pricing system.
These technologies have helped Singapore's 800,000 motorists save an estimated $40 million every year in productivity.
YCH Group: The logistic firm's $5 million high-tech 'nerve centre' uses radio frequency identification technology to tag all the goods in its 30,000 storage facilities around the world.