High Tech Views - 2010 Award Categories

The PROCESS INNOVATION AWARDS program is unique in the industry because it honors superior implementations regardless of technology, industry, application, or geography. It includes two categories of awards:

INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS Awards
Recognizing Superior Solutions for their Creativity and Effectiveness
Up to six INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS Awards (plus as many as four second-place honors) are presented to recognize implementations in specific areas that include, but are not limited to:

Vertical Markets

Education
Financial Services
Government
Health Care
Clinical Trials
Manufacturing
Transportation
Utilities

Horizontal Applications

IT Architecture
Data Management
IT Consulting
Hosting Services
Human Resources
Data Capture
Manufacturing Technology
Customer Relationship Management
Supply Chain Management

VISION Award
Honoring the IT Initiative with the Greatest Potential to Transform a Social or Business Process
One VISION award is presented to honor the implementation judged to have most pushed the IT envelope to achieve a higher social or business purpose. All PROCESS INNOVATION AWARD nominees are candidates for the VISION award; there is no need to submit separately for this special honor.

KINETIC IINFORMATION Award
This special Award honors one application that makes creative use of information technology to help the nominated organization capitalize on its sales and market opportunities. As is the case with the VISION award, there is no need to submit separately for this special honor.