Nominees for CSIA's 2011 Technology Apex Awards Announced Today

DENVER, CO, June 09, 2011

CSIA, Colorado's Technology Association, today announced the nominees for the 11th annual Apex Awards. Winners and finalists will be announced live on July 12, 2011, at the evening event program at The Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Denver.

The winners selected from this list of nominees will illustrate technology excellence in five categories for companies: Technology Company of the Year, Technology Product of the Year, Technology Service of the Year, Rookie of the Year and IT Project of the Year. The five categories for individual professionals include: the Bob Newman Lifetime Achievement, Technology Executive of the Year, Technology Entrepreneur of the Year, Top Tech Teacher, and CSIA Champion of the Year.

"The CSIA Apex Awards is the one evening during the year when outstanding technology companies and people are celebrated for their work, passion and excellence in the technology industry," said Su Hawk, President, CSIA. "It is exciting to see who this year's nominees are, as they all have worked hard for their successes."

The 2011 Corporate Nominees are:

3t Systems
Advanced Assembly
Altius Space Machines
Amadeus Consulting
Amnet
AppliedTrust
Aspenware Internet Solutions
Auction & Event Solutions
Avalon Consulting
Backroom Management Services
BATMANN Analytics
Brandwise
Business Controls
Chronicle Graphics
ClickBank
CMIT Solutions of Denver
D2Xchange
DataTech Labs Data Recovery
Denver DataMan
Dot Hill Systems
Envysion
FrontDoorSoftware
Gartner
Gorilla Logic
Graphicly
Healthagen
HomeSphere
Hosting.com
Illumen
Integrate
IP Commerce
IP5280 Communications
IQNavigator
iTruss Solutions
JetJaw
Kapost
Lijit Networks
LogRhythm
Long View Systems
myDIALS
Neudesic
NewsGator Technologies

CSIA is the leader in uniting and growing Colorado's information technology industry by providing advocacy, education, business connections, and information, while supporting economic development, unification of technology stakeholders, and larger recognition of the industry and the people involved to develop and promote Colorado's technology industry. CSIA also works nationally to ensure Colorado's technology voice is heard, through TECNA, a coalition of technology associations across the United States and Canada, as well as with TechAmerica, the national lobbying organization for federal issues. Since 1994, CSIA has been involved in legislative issues and public policy to represent the information technology industry in Colorado, and has provided a number of annual programs, events and connections to support business success. For more information on CSIA please call (303) 592-4070 or visit http://www.coloradotechnology.org