Ventana Research Announces the 2017 Digital Leadership Awards

    BEND, OR, June 30, 2017 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Ventana Research announced today that nominations are open for its 2017 Digital Leadership Awards. These Awards, presented annually, honor business and technology leaders that are championing and implementing advanced business practices, using technology to drive maximum results. The awards recognize individuals and organizations that exemplify the understanding that superior performance requires a clear vision, determination, and the concerted efforts of a team.

Ventana Research invites all organizations to nominate their business and technology leaders to be considered for the Digital Leadership Awards. Award recipients will be selected based upon leadership, business and technology criteria in the specific business and/or IT category and the extent to which organizations have transformed business or IT processes.

The Digital Innovation Awards have become an industry tradition. This year's award recipients will be announced and presented to the market during the week of November 6th.

"The digital age of technology is radically changing how business and IT not just operate, but what technology they use to support it," said Mark Smith, CEO and chief research officer of Ventana Research. "Our 2017 Digital Leadership Awards will recognize those leaders who went beyond just accepting conventional wisdom in existing technological approaches, but embraced new approaches that can advance their organization and provide the best possible digital effectiveness."

The Digital Leadership Awards will have 10 awards, an overall business innovation award and one award for each of our expertise areas: Analytics, Big Data, Customer Experience, Digital Technology, Human Capital Management, Marketing, Office of Finance, Operations & Supply Chain, and Sales. Submissions are evaluated by Ventana Research based on the awards program criteria at www.ventanaresearch.com/resources/awards/businessleadershipawards, where interested organizations or individuals can fill out the submission form. The submission process must be completed by September 15, 2017.

To learn more about the Ventana Research Leadership Awards or see what previous award recipients have said about them please visit: www.ventanaresearch.com/resources/awards/businessleadershipawards.

About Ventana Research
Ventana Research is the most authoritative and respected benchmark business technology research and advisory services firm. We provide insight and expert guidance on mainstream and disruptive technologies through a unique set of research-based offerings including benchmark research and technology evaluation assessments, education workshops and our research and advisory services, Ventana On-Demand. Our unparalleled understanding of the role of technology in optimizing business processes and performance and our best practices guidance are rooted in our rigorous research-based benchmarking of people, processes, information and technology across business and IT functions in every industry. This benchmark research plus our market coverage and in-depth knowledge of hundreds of technology providers means we can deliver education and expertise to our clients to increase the value they derive from technology investments while reducing time, cost and risk.

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