The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), the leading trade association for the world's information technology (IT) industry, announced the finalists for the 2009 SoftwareCEO Software Innovation Awards. The SoftwareCEO Software Innovation Awards recognize innovative software products and new business models in eight different categories. Finalists (in order of entry date) by category are: Company Achievement in Innovation Company Product or Service Type of Nomination Next IT Corporation Next IT Corporation for ActiveAgent Company INTEGRITY Global Security INTEGRITY Global Security (EAL 6+ Security Certification) Company Blue Vector Blue Vector Software Product   Most Innovative Enterprise Software Company Product or Service Type of Nomination Zenoss, Inc. Zenoss Enterprise Software Product Intermine FileCensus Software Product Noetix Noetix MetaBuilder Software Product Knoa Software Knoa Experience & Performance Manager (EPM) Software Product ClickFox ClickFox Customer Experience Analytics (CEA) Software Product Permessa Corporation Permessa Email Control! Software Product Bomgar Corporation Bomgar Enterprise Remote Desktop Software Product Market2Lead Marketing Automation SaaS System Software Product   Most Innovative General Business Software Company Product or Service Type of Nomination Tableau Software Tableau 4.0 Software Product Contextware Contextware OS Software Product Xactly Corporation Xactly Incent - On-demand Sales Performance Management (SPM) software Software Product   Most Innovative Service/Business Model Company Product or Service Type of Nomination W3i W3i's Download Network featuring Install IQ Service iSeatz iSeatz OneView Service Cast Iron Systems Cast Iron Systems Company   Most Innovative Small and Medium-Sized Infrastructure Software Company Product or Service Type of Nomination Qtask Qtask Service SurePayroll SurePayroll - Online Payroll Service for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Software Product HubSpot HubSpot Inbound Marketing System Software Product Central Desktop Central Desktop Software Product   Most Innovative Software for the Software Industry Company Product or Service Type of Nomination ByteShield ByteShield Software Activation Management Software Product Aladdin Knowledge Systems Aladdin HASP SRM v3.60 Software Product OpSource OpSource Billing CLM Software Product   Most Innovative Software Idea Company Product or Service Type of Nomination Yukon Learning Cameo Software Product Amitive Amitive Unity: Community Supply Chain Management Software Product eEye Digital Security eEye Retina OnDemand Software Product   Most Innovative Vertical Industry Software Company Product or Service Type of Nomination DUX Soft Pvt. Ltd. SPARX Software Product Bullhorn Bullhorn Software Product Bit9, Inc. Bit9 Parity for POS Software Product NetSuite NetSuite Multi-Channel Retail Management Suite Software Product

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

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