Eligibility and Nominations
SoftwareCEO/CompTIA’s Software Innovation Awards recognize products, ideas and business models that break with conventional software ideas and processes producing results that go well beyond marginal improvements on that which already exists.
General criteria for the awards include:
- Scope of the innovation – What business problem/opportunity does the innovation address and what is the size of the problem/opportunity?
- Impact of the innovation on software or the software industry – What practical results (sales, users, profits, etc.) has the innovation had on a software product or the software industry? The innovation must be new and have both a current and future impact.
- How novel is the innovation – How does the innovation break with traditional ideas or processes?
To be eligible for the Awards, products/services must have been launched by February 29th in the year of the award. Products/services still in beta testing on February 29th in the year of award are not eligible. Nominees may not require non-disclosure agreements for the judging of their products/services.
Prior year nominees, finalists and award winners may submit the same nomination in following years.
Products, ideas, companies, and services may be nominated. Some examples of what may be nominated (but not an exhaustive all-inclusive list):
- Innovative software products
- Innovative software delivered as a service
- Companies that demonstrate substantial ongoing innovation
- Books, templates, or other forms of conveying innovative ideas to the software industry
- Innovative approaches to delivering software or content (e.g., concept of blogs or wikis)
Nominated products/ideas/services need not fit into the pre-defined award categories. SoftwareCEO reserves the right to change the award categories and/or award multiple winners within an award category.
To nominate, please see How to Enter
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