SearchDataManagement.com's 2008 Products of the Year

Instructions

This is the SearchDataManagement.com Products of the Year submission form, collecting the top products of 2008 for our 2008 Products of the Year Awards.

SearchDataManagement.com editors and other industy experts will judge the entries. Your product(s) qualify for submission if they have shipped (or have been significantly upgraded) between September 30, 2007 and October 1, 2008.

The deadline for submissions has been extended to November 21 --- NO submissions will be accepted after 5p ET, Friday, November 21.

Products are limited to one category. They must fit into one of the following categories for consideration:

1. Data warehouses
2. Data integration platforms
3. Data analytics (BI, CPM, OLAP, data mining, etc.)
4. Data quality and stewardship
5. Master data management (MDM)/product information management (PIM)/customer data integration (CDI)

The following criteria is most critical:
* Innovation
* Performance
* Ease of integration into environment
* Ease of use and manageability
* Functionality
* Pricing/value
* Service and support

The deadline for submissions: November 7, 2008.
**NOTE: If you do not receive a confirmation page thanking you for your submission, please contact the editor. The deadline for submissions is November 7, 2008.

1. Product name and model/version number: Required Question

2. Product manufacturer: Required Question

3. Product category: (Choose only one) Required Question

	Data analytics (BI, CPM, OLAP, data mining, etc.)
	Data warehouses
	Data integration platforms
	Data quality and stewardship
	Master data management (MDM)/product information management (PIM)/customer data integration (CDI)

4. Product description:
(Limited to 650 words -- about 4,000 characters) Required Question

0/650 allowed words.

5. Date product was announced: Required Question

6. Date product shipped:

7. Explain why this product is innovative:
(Limited to 325 -- about 2,000 characters) Required Question

0/325 allowed words.

8. Describe how this product excels at performance (consider including performance benchmarks and other metrics):
(Limited to 325 words -- about 2,000 characters) Required Question

0/325 allowed words.

9. Describe the pricing model and value of this product:
(Limited to 325 words -- about 2,000 characters)
(NOTE: To be eligible for review, pricing information must be supplied. Ranges or sample configurations may be used where appropriate.) Required Question

0/325 allowed words.

10. Product image or logo: (Attach here if available)

11. Please provide your name and contact information in the event that we need more information about your submission:

First Name

Last Name

Title

Email Address

Phone Number