The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), the leading trade association for the world's information technology (IT) industry, announced the winners for the 2007 SoftwareCEO Software Innovation Awards. The SoftwareCEO Software Innovation Awards recognize innovative software products and new business models in eight different categories. Winners in each category are: Company Achievement in Innovation Company Name Product or Service Name Summary of Innovation AstoundSound 4D audio from only two speakers Most Innovative Enterprise Software Company Name Product or Service Name Summary of Innovation Parity Anti-malware with whitelist, blacklist, and graylist Decision Advisor Modeling tool that deals with high uncertainty Most Innovative General Business Software Company Name Product or Service Name Summary of Innovation Clearspace Easy-to-use Web 2.0 knowledge-sharing platform Most Innovative Service/Business Model Company Name Product or Service Name Summary of Innovation Competitive Intelligence service Human smarts combined with web research OpSource On-Demand Software "bus" to help ISVs roll out SaaS Most Innovative Small and Medium-Sized Infrastructure Software Company Name Product or Service Name Summary of Innovation Rave Visually compelling CRM using game design techniques Most Innovative Software for the Software Industry Company Name Product or Service Name Summary of Innovation FLEXnet Publisher 11.3 Software installation and licensing utilities Most Innovative Software Idea Company Name Product or Service Name Summary of Innovation rBuilder™ and rPath™ Appliance Platform Simple platform for creating appliances Most Innovative Vertical Industry Software Company Name Product or Service Name Summary of Innovation Accelerator Graphical health record for tablet PCs 3D PDA Viewer 3D interactive repair manuals on PDA

Criteria for the awards include:

• Scope - What business problem or opportunity does the software innovation address? What is the size of the problem/opportunity?
• Impact - What practical results, such as sales, users or profits, has the innovation had on a software product or on the software industry? The innovation must be new and have both a current and future impact.
• Novel - How does the innovation break with traditional ideas or processes?

For more details about the Software Innovation Awards, click the links below.

• Awards Home
• What is SoftwareCEO/CompTIA
• Why Enter
• Eligibility and Nominations
• How to Enter
• Categories
• Judging
• Sponsorships

Finalists and Winners

Here are the finalists and winners from prior years:

• 2009 Award Judges, Finalists and Winners
• 2008 Award Judges, Finalists and Winners
• 2007 Award Judges, Finalists and Winners