The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), the leading trade association for the world's
information technology (IT) industry, announced the finalists for the 2008 SoftwareCEO Software Innovation Awards.
The SoftwareCEO Software Innovation Awards recognize innovative software products and new business
models in eight different categories. Award winners were announced at the Software
Marketing Perspectives conference in Santa Clara, Calif.
Finalists by category are:
| Most Innovative Enterprise Software |
| Company Name |
Product or Service Name |
Type of Nomination |
| Splunk Inc. |
Splunk 3.1.5 |
Software Product |
| ICT, Inc. |
AcceleNet |
Software Product |
| Intermine |
FileCensus |
Software Product |
| Knoa Software Inc. |
Knoa Experience & Performance Manager (EPM) |
Software Product |
| Next IT Corporation |
Next IT Corporation for ActiveAgent™ |
Software Product |
| Q.Know |
Q.Know Enterprise Software |
Software Product |
| SAVO Group |
SAVO |
Software Product |
| Bit9, Inc. |
Bit9 Parity |
Software Product |
| JackBe Corporation |
JackBe's Presto Enterprise Mashup Platform |
Software Product |
| Most Innovative Small and Medium-Sized Infrastructure Software |
| Company Name |
Product or Service Name |
Type of Nomination |
| eEmpACT |
eEmpACT Software, Version 14.0 |
Software Product |
| InnoSource Business Solutions |
Docufree |
Software Product |
| BlueCat Networks |
BlueCat Networks: Proteus |
Company |
| HyperOffice |
HyperOffice |
Software Product |
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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.
Finalists and Winners
Here are the finalists and winners from prior years:
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