Washington Technology Industry Association Announces Award Finalists

There are a lot of familiar names in the WTIA’s list of finalists for its annual industry achievement awards. Seven of the fifteen finalists were among the Top 25 Innovators listed in Seattle Business Magazine’s November issue. They include Apptio, Talyst, Dreambox, Gist, Amazon, Pathway and Pet Holdings. We’ve also done large features on many of the companies including Pathway, Talyst and Amazon’s web services.

Here is the complete list as released by the WTIA. We in Washington state are blessed to have so many impressive companies in our midst.

The final award winners will be selected at a banquet on March 4th.

Commercial Product or Service of the Year

Finalists:

Apptio – Nominated for Apptio IT Business Management solution

Apptio’s on-demand IT Business Management software enables CIOs to run the business of IT by providing greater visibility into the cost and operations of IT.

Concur – Nominated for Concur MobileConcur is the world’s leading provider of on-demand Employee Spend Management services. Concur unites and streamlines travel and expense, and invoice processes. Learn more: www.concur.com.

Talyst – Nominated for AutoCoolTM

Talyst is engineering the safer pharmacy. Talyst integrates automated hardware and software to manage pharmacy inventory, make workflows more efficient, reduce medication waste and improve patient safety.

Consumer Product or Service of the Year

Finalists:

Cheezburger Network – Nominated for Cheezburger Network

Cheezburger is one of the largest blog networks in the world where more than 12 million people come every month to get their daily dose of laughter.

COZI – Nominated for Cozi.comCozi simplifies busy family life with one solution to manage schedules, track shopping and to do lists, organize chores, share information and stay in communication.

Picnik – Nominated for Picnik

Picnik is the online photo editor that gives real people photo-editing superpowers, giving anyone the ability to quickly and easily edit, enhance, share and print photos from any Internet browser on any computer platform.

Breakthrough Start-up of the Year

Finalists:

DreamBox Learning, Inc. – Nominated for DreamBox Learning K-2 Math

DreamBox Learning is an innovative and award-winning online learning company. With our platform, DreamBox creates effective applications for engaging, individualized learning at home and school.

Gist, Inc. – Nominated for Gist

Gist helps you build stronger professional relationships by leveraging the contacts, connections, and content in your email inbox, your social networks, and across the web.

VholdR – Nominated for ContourHD Wearable Camcorder

VholdR is enabling modern day explorers to tell their stories of action, adventure, and travel through wearable video cameras, software, and an online community.

Service Provider of the Year

Finalists:

Amazon Web Services – Nominated for Amazon Web Services

Since early 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has provided companies of all sizes with a cost-effective, dependable, and flexible infrastructure web services platform in the cloud. With AWS you can requisition compute power, storage, and other services-gaining access to a suite of elastic IT infrastructure services as your business demands them.Azaleos Corporation – Nominated for Azaleos Remotely Managed Services Azaleos offers the most complete and reliable set of remote monitoring and management services for Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, SharePoint Server, and Office Communications Server.

Hubspan – Nominated for WebSpan, SaaS Integration PlatformHubspan delivers a cloud-based integration platform as a service that enables companies to build business community networks that reduce costs, improve efficiencies and increase revenue.

Innovative Manufactured Product of the Year

Finalists:

Neah Power Systems, Inc. – Nominated for Infinity Series, line of fuel cell products

Neah Power Systems is developing the most competitive fuel cell and fuel cell based renewable energy solutions through its breakthrough technology and differentiated manufacturing model.

Pathway Medical Technologies, Inc. – Nominated for JETSTREAM G2TM NXT

Pathway Medical Technologies, Inc., located in Kirkland, Washington, was founded in 1998 to design, develop and manufacture innovative medical devices intended for the treatment of arterial disease.

Powerit Solutions – Nominated for Spara EMS

Powerit Solutions plugs energy-intensive businesses into the smart grid and helps them cut energy costs and reduce environmental impact without compromising production, safety, or quality.

Information Technology Department Innovation of the Year

Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame – Nominated for Executive Dashboard: Business Intelligence & Data Integration Project

EMP is dedicated to the exploration of creativity and innovation in popular music, while SFM is the world’s first museum devoted to the thought-provoking ideas and experiences of science fiction.

WhitePages – Nominated for WhitePages Site Redesign

As the largest and most trusted online and mobile directory, WhitePages is dedicated to making it fantastically simple for everyone to connect with confidence.

WSECU – Nominated for Q-CashWSECU, a not-for-profit financial cooperative, established in 1957 provides savings, loan and investment products to its members state-wide. Visit www.wsecu.org for membership information.

Best use of Technology in the Government, Non-profit or Educational Sector

eCityGov Alliance – Nominated for GovJobsToday.com

OneBusAway, in collaboration with the University of Washington – Nominated for OneBusAwayOneBusAway is a suite of tools to make using public transit easier for King County riders.

Pierce County Sheriff’s Department – Nominated for MorphoFace Investigate

We are the county law enforcement agency for Pierce County. The forensics unit provides forensic science and technology to assist in crime scene investigations, criminal identification, and forensic records for the unincorporated parts of Pierce County and many of the cities of Pierce County. MorphoFace Investigate has allowed our agency to assist many law enforcement agencies in the Puget Sound region in identifying suspects of crime.