PLEASANTON, California, May 1 /PRNewswire/ --
- IdeaSpigit(TM) Recognized for Breakthrough Innovations in Social Networking Analysis for Enterprise
Spigit, the leader in social productivity software for the enterprise, today announced that IdeaSpigit(TM) was selected as the winner in the software category for the 2008 Best of Interop Awards presented yesterday by InformationWeek. Spigit's IdeaSpigit(TM) applies advanced algorithms to enterprise social networking to automate idea graduation and ranking, determine user reputation and offer incentives and rewards to encourage user contributions, all of which help decision-makers quickly and efficiently filter through the noise to identify the best ideas and key contributors. Spigit was one of only eight companies to win a prestigious Best of Interop Award this year at a ceremony held in Las Vegas.
"The Best of Interop Awards are always an indicator of the most innovative and exciting offerings in these product categories, and this year's winners are no exception," said Art Wittmann, Editor of InformationWeek. "Each of the category winners have truly demonstrated superior technology and innovation, and deserve recognition for their contributions to the industry."
"We're especially pleased to win the award in the category in which the other two finalists were Microsoft and Alcatel-Lucent," said Paul Pluschkell, CEO and founder of spigit. "This award recognizes the value of spigit's approach in helping increase innovation and efficiency in the enterprise by letting decision-makers use community analysis that goes beyond popular opinion to guide them in identifying the best ideas."
About Spigit (http://www.spigit.com)
Spigit develops social productivity software for enterprises to drive innovation and empower decision makers. Spigit's product offerings range from intra-enterprise (InnovationSpigit(TM)) to customer-facing (IdeaSpigit(TM)) solutions. Spigit currently powers innovation projects at Fortune 500 companies.
Note: Spigit will showcase IdeaSpigit(TM) at Forrester's IT Forum 2008, May 20-22, 2008 in Las Vegas. Spigit was selected as one of only five companies to present at the Techno-Innovation portion of the conference.
About InformationWeek (http://www.informationweek.com/)
InformationWeek is the leading multimedia business technology brand online sites, magazine, events and research helping CIOs and IT decision makers connect the "why" to the "how" through expert and peer based content. Through its cross-media platform, InformationWeek provides editorial content developed by both journalists and CIO and IT peers delivered when and how they want it, 24/7. For technology marketers, InformationWeek offers a dynamic portfolio of products to engage and align with the largest, most influential buying audience in the market. This means marketing solutions that target broad audiences (reach), as well as media programs organized by content themes and specific audience segments (composition).
InformationWeek's audience of more than 2 million buyers includes CIOs, IT executives and business managers across all industries, job titles, company sizes and global borders.
About Interop(R) (http://www.interop.com/)
Interop(R) drives the adoption of technology, providing knowledge and insight to help IT and corporate decision-makers achieve business success. Part of TechWeb's family of global brands, Interop is the leading business technology event series. Through in-depth educational programs, workshops, real-world demonstrations and live technology implementations in its unique InteropNet and InteropLabs programs, Interop provides the forum for the most powerful innovations and solutions the industry has to offer. For more information about these events, visit http://www.interop.com/ .
Web site: http://www.interop.com http://www.informationweek.com http://www.spigit.com
Mike Weiss of Antenna Group, +1-415-977-1926, mike@antennagroup.com, for Spigit
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