Tech Awards Circle Award Info

Please review the complete eligibility requirements and guidelines before submitting online.

Categories:

Best product/solution (8 Gold, 8 Silver, 8 Bronze awards will given out)

  • Best consumer/SOHO software product/solution
  • Best SMB software product/solution
  • Best midrange software product/solution
  • Best enterprise software product/solution
  • Best consumer/SOHO hardware product/solution
  • Best SMB hardware product/solution
  • Best midrange hardware product/solution
  • Best enterprise hardware product/solution

This award is given to vendors who have created truly outstanding technology products/solutions. To be eligible for consideration, products must be publicly announced and generally available during the six months prior to the entry deadline. Entrants should be mindful of entering in the proper sub-category based on their target market, but a product/solution may be entered in more than one sub-category. Consumer/SOHO products/solutions are intended for home or personal use. SMB products/solutions are appropriate for small to midsized businesses with fewer than 100 employees. Midrange products/solutions are appropriate for businesses with between 100 and 1,000 employees. Enterprise products/solutions are suitable for large, multi-site companies.


Best service (4 Gold, 4 Silver, 4 Bronze awards will given out)

  • Best consumer/SOHO service
  • Best SMB service
  • Best midrange service
  • Best enterprise service

This award is given to vendors who have created a truly outstanding technology service. To be eligible for consideration, services must be publicly announced and generally available during the six months prior to the entry deadline. Entrants should be mindful of entering in the proper sub-category based on their target market, but a service may be entered in more than one sub-category. Consumer/SOHO services are intended for home or personal use. SMB services are appropriate for small to midsized businesses with fewer than 100 employees. Midrange services are appropriate for businesses with between 100 and 1,000 employees. Enterprise services are suitable for large, multi-site companies.

Executive (such as CEO, GM or VP Marketing) of the Year (3 Gold, 3 Silver, 3 Bronze awards will be given out)

  • Small company executive
  • Midrange company executive
  • Enterprise executive

This award is given to the vendor executives who have made significant contributions to the industry within the six months prior to the entry deadline. Any executive whose primary job function does not include technology design and deployment is eligible. Entrants should be mindful of entering in the proper sub-category. An emerging company will have fewer than 50 employees. A midsized company will have between 50 and 500 employees. An enterprise company will have more than 500 employees.


Technologist (such as CTO or VP Engineering) of the Year (3 Gold, 3 Silver, 3 Bronze awards will be given out)

  • Emerging company technologist
  • Midsized company technologist
  • Enterprise technologist

This award is given to the vendor technologists who have made significant contributions to the industry within the six months prior to the entry deadline. Any technologist whose primary job function includes technology design and deployment is eligible. Entrants should be mindful of entering in the proper sub-category. An emerging company will have fewer than 50 employees. A midsized company will have between 50 to 500 employees. An eterprise company will have more than 500 employees.


Nomination form

It is recommended that you prepare a draft of your entry, and then paste the text into the form. Please be as truthful as possible and note that all information will be kept strictly confidential.