The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), the leading trade association for the world's information technology (IT) industry, announced the finalists for the 2007 SoftwareCEO Software Innovation Awards. The SoftwareCEO Software Innovation Awards recognize innovative software products and new business models in eight different categories. Finalists by category are: Company Achievement in Innovation Company Name Product or Service Name Type of Nomination GenAudio Astound Software Product CallMiner CallMiner Eureka! Software Product Most Innovative Enterprise Software Company Name Product or Service Name Type of Nomination Bit9 Parity Software Product CITTIO WatchTower Software Product SmartOrg Decision Advisor Software Product integrated mobile iWin Dashboard Software Product Knoa Experience and Performance Manager (EPM) Software Product Most Innovative General Business Software Company Name Product or Service Name Type of Nomination ClearStory Systems ActiveMedia/EMS Software Product Eracent, Inc. EnterpriseEM Software Entitlements Solutions Software Product Jive Software Clearspace Software Product Most Innovative Service/Business Model Company Name Product or Service Name Type of Nomination CIRadar Competitive Intelligence (CI) Service Service jamcracker Service Delivery Network Instant Store Program Service Market2Lead Market2Lead Software Product Chanimal Micro Consulting Service OpSource On-Demand Service Most Innovative Small and Medium-Sized Infrastructure Software Company Name Product or Service Name Type of Nomination Entellium Rave Software Product SurePayroll SurePayroll Software Product Theoris Vision Software Theoris Vision Software Software Product autoweb WorkwiseCX Software Product Most Innovative Software for the Software Industry Company Name Product or Service Name Type of Nomination Activate Activate Software Product macrovision FLEXnet Publisher 11.3 Software Product Most Innovative Software Idea Company Name Product or Service Name Type of Nomination rPath rBuilder™ and rPath™ Appliance Platform Company Most Innovative Vertical Industry Software Company Name Product or Service Name Type of Nomination Catalis Accelerator GHR Software Product NGRAIN 3D PDA Viewer Software Product TheNextRound TNR Solution™ 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
• 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