CMP's Intelligent Enterprise Announces 2008 Editors' Choice Winners, Showing Exceptional Vision, Innovation and LeadershipIntelligent Enterprise Celebrates its First Anniversary as Leading Online-Only Source in Five Enterprise Technology CategoriesPRNewswire-FirstCall MANHASSET, N.Y., Jan. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CMP's Intelligent Enterprise (http://www.intelligententerprise.com/) today announced the results of its 2008 Editors' Choice Awards. The editors chose 48 companies that provide exceptional vision, technology innovation and customer leadership in attaining strategic objectives. The editors also named an elite 12 companies, proclaiming them the "Intelligent Enterprise Dozen" as well as 36 "Companies to Watch" across five key categories: business intelligence, enterprise applications, information management, performance management and process management. A complete list of this year's honorees appears on IntelligentEnterprise.com at http://www.intelligententerprise.com/channels/performance_management/showArtic le.jhtml?articleID=205207028 (Due to the length of this URL, it may be necessary to copy and paste this hyperlink into your Internet browser's URL address field. Remove the space if one exists.) This year's "Intelligent Enterprise Dozen" are: * Adobe * Google * IBM * Informatica * Microsoft * Netezza * Oracle * SAP/Business Objects * Salesforce.com * SAS * Teradata * VMware The companies selected as leading "Companies to Watch" are http://www.intelligententerprise.com/channels/performance_management/showArtic le.jhtml?articleID=205207028&pgno=3 (Due to the length of this URL, it may be necessary to copy and paste this hyperlink into your Internet browser's URL address field. Remove the space if one exists.) "Naming 'The Dozen' companies that will matter most to the Intelligent Enterprise community in the coming year as well as the 'Companies to Watch' is never an easy task," said Doug Henschen, editor-in-chief, Intelligent Enterprise. "We look beyond sheer size and technology breadth to consider vendors that are leading the market in terms of innovation and market influence. We offer our congratulations to all 48 companies recognized." The award selection was a highly collaborative endeavor, with more extensive input from Intelligent Enterprise contributors than ever. Intelligent Enterprise's Henschen was responsible for the final selection of award winners. Award selection collaborators included: * Tony Byrne, CMS Watch * Rajan Chandras, integration expert and author * Cindi Howson, BI Scorecard * Seth Grimes, Alta Plana * Phil Kemelor, CMS Watch * Sandy Kemsley, Kemsley Design * Nelson King, software development expert and author * David Linthicum, Zapthink * Mark Madsen, Third Nature * Alan Pelz-Sharpe, CMS Watch * Mark Smith, Ventana Research * David Stodder, Ventana Research Henschen added, "In the year since Intelligent Enterprise has been an online-only media source, traffic is up more than 25 percent to an average of more than 125,000 unique visitors each month. The Web site continues to deliver news and analysis on the intersection of business intelligence, information management, performance management and business process management technologies within enterprise applications and architectures. And last month the site launched a redesign that better highlights its network of experts, gives more impact to its breaking daily news coverage, and realigns around the most important topics in the enterprise software marketplace." About Intelligent Enterprise CMP's Intelligent Enterprise (http://www.intelligententerprise.com/) is the only Web site dedicated to helping organizations unlock and deliver the strategic value of information so they can improve business processes and drive excellence through operational decision-making. Intelligent Enterprise's content offers a unique focus on how to apply leading-edge technologies to sharpen such business objectives as improving the customer experience, developing smarter marketing campaigns, streamlining supply chains, detecting high-risk or fraudulent activity and creating effective, performance-driven enterprises. Intelligent Enterprise delivers expert coverage and thought leadership through its Web site as well as through Webinars, e-newsletters and more. About CMP CMP (http://www.cmp.com/) is a media and marketing solutions company serving the technology industry. With the leading online, event and print brands in all technology market categories, and with services and tools that reach beyond traditional advertising, CMP shapes and influences the technology industry worldwide. CMP publishes highly respected media brands such as TechWeb, InformationWeek, ChannelWeb, CRN, EE Times and TechOnline; produces major industry events such as Interop, Web 2.0 Expo, XChange, Game Developers Conference and the Embedded Systems Conferences; and provides business information and marketing services such as the International Customer Management Institute, Semiconductor Insights and Second Life consulting for technology marketers. CMP is a subsidiary of United Business Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/), a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $3 billion. For more CMP news, go to cmp.com/news. Contact Doug Henschen CMP 201.660.8467 dhenschen@cmp.com SOURCE: CMP CONTACT: Doug Henschen of CMP, +1-201-660-8467, dhenschen@cmp.com Web site: http://www.cmp.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/181993.html |