2012 Introduction and Welcome

Welcome to the 2012 information technology industry's premier excellence awards program honoring achievements in every facet of the IT industry. There is no other industry-wide recognitions program like this. This 7th annual industry and peers program now has the following major sections making this one of the most and only complete IT recognitions and achievements award program in the world:

• CIO of the Year, Project of the Year, and IT Department of the Year
• People - Management, Professionals and Teams Categories
• Hot Companies and Organizations Categories
• Hot Technologies Categories
• Best Products and Services Categories
• New Products and/or Products on announcement embargo
• Best Deployments and Case Studies
• Best White Papers, Technology Write-ups, Websites, Blogs
• PR and Marketing Campaigns
• Product Management and Engineering
• Partner Programs Categories
• Support and Customer Satisfaction
  
  
• Sponsorship Opportunities
• Guaranteed 1:1 Executive Video Interviews
• Pitch Your Product
• Heighten Awareness
• Executive Membership

The previous year's 2011 Hot Companies and Best Products Awards program held in Las Vegas was a tremendous success. Some of the world's largest to the smallest start-up companies won the Hot Companies and Best Products Awards. Browse photographs of the awards presentations or watch video clips of the awards presentation.

What's New and Different For The 2012 Awards:

• Guaranteed 1:1 Executive Video Interviews - Exclusive face time with our executive editors
• Pitch Your Product - No PowerPoint decks, no product demos. Just you, a pitch and two minutes of undivided attention from a world-class audience
• Nomination Categories that cover every facet of the security industry
• Sponsorship opportunities - for higher visibility as an industry player
• Heighten Awareness through print and web - integrated communications to spread the message
• Many More New categories - Partners Programs Categories, and Product Management and Engineering Categories.
• PR's Role In the Security Industry - External PR agencies play a vital role in the IT industry. A section totally dedicated to PR agencies that will receive industry recognition through the PR and Marketing Categories.

Timelines of Events:

• December 9, 2011 - First early-bird entry deadline
• February 3, 2012 - Second early-bird deadline
• March 2, 2012 - Final Entry Deadline
• March 9, 2012 - Last Day Entries will be accepted (with late fees)
• March 12, 2012 - Finalists Announced
• May 8, 2012 - 7th Annual Awards Banquet Dinner, Las Vegas

Don't hesitate to contact us directly with your questions about how to prepare and submit entries to the 7th Annual 2012 Hot Companies and Best Products Awards. First spend some time to learn about the categories in each section as there may be several categories in which you may be able to nominate to highlight your achievements.