Friday, May 6, 2011

MITX names Innovation Award finalists

By Michelle Lang

The Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange (MITX) named the finalists of its 2011 Innovation Awards, which will have its awards ceremony on June 16.

MITX President Debi Kleiman said the awards attracted a record number of entries this year – “a sign that the digital marketing, media and technology industry in this region is thriving,” she said in a news release today. 

The 2011 MITX Innocation Award finalists are:

Best “Doing Good” Innovation

    * Accessible Places
    * Boston Medical Center
    * Gazelle
    * Google Inc.
    * ISITE Design Inc
    * ReversingLabs

Best Ad Decision Making Tool

    * ClickFuel
    * DataXu
    * Fiksu
    * Media Armor
    * Visible Measures
    * WordStream

Best Bootstrapped Startup

    * Aerva
    * HeadSpin Software
    * Jobmagic
    * Machine Vision Consulting
    * netBlazr

Best Business Operations Simplifier

    * Apptegic
    * Backupify
    * Bullhorn
    * Certeon
    * Digitas

Best Commerce Game Changer

    * AisleBuyer
    * Gemvara Inc.
    * Modiv Media
    * TurningArt
    * Unbound Commerce

Best Consumer Tech that Makes Life Easier

    * CardStar Inc.
    * Modiv Media
    * peerTransfer
    * Punchbowl Software Inc.
    * Pushpins
    * Where Inc.

Best Customer Engagement Driver

    * Brass Monkey Inc.
    * CardStar Inc.
    * Digitas
    * Isobar
    * VisibleGains

Best Mobile Solution

    * Apperian Inc.
    * Celtra Inc.
    * Spring Partners Inc
    * TripAdvisor

Best Use of Gamification

    * CityVoter
    * Isobar
    * MeYou Health
    * Practically Green
    * SCVNGR

Best User Experience

    * Boathouse Group
    * Gazelle
    * Modo Labs Inc.
    * Percussion Software
    * VisibleGains

Most Insightful: Analytics and Business Intelligence

    * Ampient
    * Bullhorn
    * Crimson Hexagon Inc.
    * GaggleAMP
    * Performable
    * Recorded Future