Ventana Research Announces 2018 Digital Innovation Awards Finalists

    BEND, OR, October 31, 2018 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Ventana Research today announced the finalists of the 2018 Ventana Research Digital Innovation Awards. The Digital Innovation Awards recognize technology providers that have introduced noteworthy innovations in technology that advance business and IT. They showcase advances in the productivity and potential of business applications as well as technology that contributes significantly to improved efficiency, productivity and the performance of an organization.

"I would like to congratulate all organizations that submitted for their dedication to technology innovation for being more digitally effective," said Mark Smith, CEO and chief research officer at Ventana Research, "Congratulations to all the finalists for their superb technology that can change and shape the industry."

The 2018 Awards cover 9 categories aligned to our expertise areas: Analytics, Big Data, Customer Experience, Digital Technology, Human Capital Management, Marketing, Office of Finance, Operations & Supply Chain, and Sales, along with an overall award. Nominations were open for organizations across business and IT, technology vendors and consulting firms. Award finalists were chosen by the expert research team of Ventana Research, by scoring the submissions based on digital innovation that most successfully maximizes the value of all the organization's assets – its people, processes, information and technology. The winners in each category, along with the overall winner, will be announced in an industry press release later this week.

The categories, finalists and software suppliers are:

Analytics - This award is for the technology vendor that best exemplifies innovation in any use or application of analytics across business and/or IT
• Domo for Domo
• H2O.ai for H2O Driverless AI
• Salesforce for Einstein Analytics

Big Data - This award is for a technology vendor that best exemplifies innovation in big data and related technologies for supporting data and information management related needs
• Domino Data Lab for Domino
• Teradata for Vanage
• Alation for Trustcheck

Customer Excellence - This award is for a technology vendor that best exemplifies innovation in applications and technologies that support the engagement with customers for any purpose
• NewVoiceMedia for Conversation Analyzer
• CallMiner for Eureka Alert
• Verint for Intelligent Virtual Assistant

Digital Innovation - This award for a technology vendor that best exemplifies innovation in the technologies that support any or all of the following areas: Big Data, Business Analytics, Business Collaboration, Cloud Computing, Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Mobile Technology, Social Media or Wearable Computing
• Blue Prism for Blue Prism
• Salesforce for Einstein Voice
• Solace for Solace PubSub+

Human Capital Management - This award is for a technology vendor that best exemplifies innovation in the applications and technologies that support human capital management
• ADP for Compass
• Beeline for Self-Sourcing
• IBM for IBM Watson Candidate Assistant

Marketing - This award is for a technology vendor that best exemplifies innovation in the applications and technologies that support marketing
• CoreValue for CoreContent
• Akeneo for PIM.AI
• Drift for Drift

Office of Finance - This award Is for a technology vendor that best exemplifies innovation in the applications and technologies that support the office of finance
• OneStream Software for XF Platform & XF MarketPlace
• Sage Intacct for Contract and Revenue Management
• Workiva for Wdata

Operations and Supply Chain - This award is for a technology vendor that best exemplifies innovation in the technologies that support the operations or service/supply chain
• Dploy Solutions for Dploy Solutions
• 24/7 Software, Inc for 24/7 Software
• Kinaxis for Self-Hearing Supply Chain

Sales - This award is for a technology vendor that best exemplifies innovation in the application or technologies that support the sales organization
• Conversica for Conversica
• Oracle for Oracle Sales Assistant
• HubSpot for HubSpot Sales Hub

"The Digital Innovation Awards highlight technology providers that exemplify innovation and strive to create solutions that improve people, processes, information, and technology," said Mark Smith, CEO and Chief Research Officer at Ventana Research. "The nominations this year were phenomenal. These organizations, in particular, are to be congratulated for striving to bring real innovation to their customers and to the markets they serve."

To learn more about the Ventana Research Digital Innovation Awards, please visit https://www.ventanaresearch.com/resources/awards/innovation-awards.

About Ventana Research

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