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Congratulations to the 2009 FMS Best of Show Awards Winners!
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Most Innovative Flash Memory Consumer ApplicationSanDisk Corporation
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Most Innovative Flash Memory Enterprise Business ApplicationIntel Corporation & Schooner Information Technology
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Most Innovative Flash Memory Customer ImplementationInfinite Memories
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Most Innovative Flash Memory TechnologySandForce Inc.
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Flash Memory Summmit - Best of Show Awards Contest
The Flash Memory Summit hereby announces the 4th Annual Flash Memory Awards contest to be held at the Flash Memory Summit, Santa Clara, CA.
The Flash Memory Summit Awards represent a great opportunity for industry recognition of your company’s products and solutions. These industry recognized awards give winners the opportunity to effectively build their brand and image as an innovative leader in the marketplace. Don’t miss this chance to have your company’s solutions in the public spotlight!
This year we have added an exciting fourth award category. We expanded the Most Innovative Flash Memory Application Award to address both consumer and business applications. If you are applying for more than one award, please complete separate entries for each. Our emphasis is on innovation and industry leadership. To determine the best category for your product, please consult the descriptions below.
Award Categories
Most Innovative Flash Memory Consumer Application
This Flash Memory Application award category recognizes innovation in how a product or service is being used to solve specific consumer problems. So an exciting new consumer use for your product is really what this category is all about. Examples of consumer applications could include smart phones, music/video players, digital cameras, gaming systems, navigational systems, netbooks and mobile computing solutions.
Most Innovative Flash Memory Enterprise Business Application
This Flash Memory Application award category recognizes how a product or service is being used to solve a specific business problem. So an exciting new business use for your product is really what this category is all about. Examples of applications could include commercial applications that apply to all business environments or vertical market applications addressing specific market segments such as video/broadcast, automotive, imaging, military and others.
Most Innovative Flash Memory Technology
The Flash Memory Technology category awards innovations that will change the way flash memory works and is used in products. The recipients of this award will enjoy significant differentiation of their intellectual property and patents from competing technologies in the flash memory industry. Examples of such technological innovations could include technology resulting in record breaking performance, ground breaking industry standards, green energy efficiencies, advanced memory management, other innovative features and capabilities.
Most Innovative Flash Memory Customer Implementation
The Flash Memory Consumer Implementation category awards innovation in the implementation of flash memory in a real consumer application. This innovative application can be represented by a case study that highlights how a specific customer has solved an important problem by use of a specific product or service. Examples of such flash memory customer implementations could include ROI, Quality of Service, Business Continuity, Security, Data Protection, Simplicity of Operations, People Productivity and other benefits that made a difference for the customer. An end user customer case study is required to apply for this award.
Contest Entry Fee
In order to ensure that submitting companies fully participate in the award process there is a $500 entry fee to submit an application. The contest entry fee is waived for all sponsors and exhibitors of the Flash Memory Summit.
Non-sponsor and non-exhibitor applicants will be invoiced directly after their nominations are received.
Contest Deadline
Entries are due by 6 pm Pacific Daylight Time on Friday, July 24th. No exceptions will be given.
Contest Judging
The contest is open to all Flash Memory Summit participants and attendees and will be judged by a panel of experts (whose decision is final).
The following evaluation criteria that will be considered by the judges:
- Distinctiveness of the application, technology, or product
- Central use of flash memory as a solution or innovation
- Technical and business significance to the general marketplace
Winners will be announced and prizes awarded at the Flash Memory Summit on August 12th, 2009 during the evening reception in the Exhibit Hall. Winners must be present at the event in order to receive their award.
Questions?
If you have any questions regarding this program (the application or creating an zip/archive for supporting documents), or would like information regarding Exhibitor/Sponsor opportunities, please email:awards@flashmemorysummit.com.
