Ventana Research Announces the 2011 Business and Technology Leadership Awards

SAN RAMON, CA, July 08, 2011 (Press-News.org) Ventana Research today is announcing that the 2011 Leadership Awards are open for submissions. These prestigious annual awards recognize organizations and individuals that have achieved notable success in business. These fifth annual Leadership Awards once again will acknowledge significant accomplishments in using people, processes, information and technology and applying best practices to attain superior performance. They recognize business pioneers and leaders - organizations and individuals that exemplify the understanding that the successful management of their processes and performance requires a clear vision, understanding and determination, and the concerted efforts of a team.

"The Leadership Awards honor individuals and organizations of all industries and sizes from across the world that have distinguished themselves in their approach to using business and information technology," said Mark Smith, CEO and chief research officer of Ventana Research. "Our pioneering research over the last decade and reach to millions of business and IT professionals worldwide makes us uniquely qualified to identify worthy recipients and deliver he most important and authoritative awards in the technology industry."

The Leadership Awards have become a industry tradition, with winners identified annually by the research team at Ventana Research. The team examines each submission to evaluate the effectiveness of the nominated organization's use of people, processes, information and technology, the best practices it has developed, the degree of team involvement and the project's business impact and value.

These Leadership Awards, the largest business and technology awards program, cover 26 categories spanning from business analytics to big data technologies. To begin the submission process, interested organizations or individuals can request a submission form by emailing awards@ventanaresearch.com. The submission process must be completed by August 26, 2011.
The categories for the Ventana Research 2011 Leadership Awards are:

Overall Business Leadership Award
Business Technology Awards
Business Analytics
Business Collaboration
Business Mobility
Cloud Computing
Social Media

Business Leadership Awards
Chief Financial Officer
Financial Performance Management
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)
Human Capital Management

Operational Leadership Awards
Chief Operational Officer
Contact Center & Call Center
Customer Excellence
Marketing Excellence
Sales Excellence
Supply & Service Chain Excellence

CIO and IT Leadership Award
Chief Information Officer and IT Leader

Overall Information Technology Award
Information Technology Leadership Awards
Analytics
Big Data
Business Intelligence (BI)
Information Applications
Information Management
IT Performance Management
Location Intelligence (LI)
Operational Intelligence (OI)

To learn more about these Ventana Research Leadership, please visit http://www.ventanaresearch.com/awards.

About Ventana Research
Ventana Research is the most authoritative and respected benchmark business technology research and advisory services firm. We provide insight and expert guidance on mainstream and disruptive technologies through a unique set of research-based offerings including benchmark research and technology evaluation assessments, education workshops and our research and advisory services, Ventana OnDemand. Our unparalleled understanding of the role of technology in optimizing business processes and performance and our best practices guidance are rooted in our rigorous research-based benchmarking of people, processes, information and technology across business and IT functions in every industry. This benchmark research plus our market coverage and in-depth knowledge of hundreds of technology providers means we can deliver education and expertise to our clients to increase the value they derive from technology investments while reducing time, cost and risk.

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