SourceMedia, DM Review Announce Innovative Solution Award Winners

Information Management Online, December 22, 2008

Brookfield, WI, December 22, 2008 — SourceMedia and DM Review are pleased to announce the winners of the 2008 Innovative Solution Awards.

Competitive advantage is based on innovative uses of technology across and beyond the organization that result in high impact and value creation. DM Review’s Innovative Solution Award was created to recognize solutions that are groundbreaking and provide quantifiable business value. DM Review is proud to recognize the innovation and inventiveness of the forward-looking companies honored today. Congratulations to the 2008 DM Review Innovative Solution Award winners.

Business Intelligence/Analytics: State of Louisiana, Department of Social Services with Information Builders
Business Process Management: Concur with Appian
Data Integration: Pfizer Inc. with Composite Software
Data Management: SureScripts with Initiate Systems
Data Warehousing: Abbott Laboratories with Kalido
Data Warehousing: Convergence CT with IBM
Enterprise Application Integration: Univé Verzekeringen with AmberPoint
Enterprise Content Management: Reed Business with Teragram Corp.
Other: CNH Global with Consona Corp.
Performance Management: Presbyterian Healthcare Services with Actuate
Performance Management: Schneider National, Inc. with Cognizant Technology Solutions

“We were impressed with the quality of submissions this year, many of which demonstrated the innovative use of different technologies in tandem,” says Jim Ericson, DM Review Editorial Director. “It reflects the creativity that IT and business leaders are bringing to bear in solutions directed at specific business problems.”

DM Review editors took a great deal of care and time in considering each submission for its innovativeness and business value. The editors review case studies and product pitches every day. Based on this experience, DM Review editors deliberated extensively to choose the solutions they felt best exemplified unique software solutions or a new application of traditional software to achieve exceptional business value from 71 submissions received in eight categories.