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The InfoWorld 100 awards FAQ
What is the InfoWorld 100 award for? The InfoWorld 100 award honors the top 100 IT projects of the year. It is not an award for IT products. Vendors occasionally win the InfoWorld 100 award, but only for internal IT projects, not for product or service development. No. To enter, do I need to do anything besides fill out and submit the online nomination form? No. Frequently, however, InfoWorld highlights a subset of the 100 winners with extended profiles that are accompanied by a high-quality, 300-dpi headshot of the project lead. It might be prudent to create that picture soon, if it does not already exist. What sort of projects are most likely to earn an InfoWorld 100 award? InfoWorld judges projects that were completed in full or in part during the 12 months since the publication of the previous year’s winners (since last November). Projects fully completed before that date are not acceptable. We favor large-scale projects that stretch beyond off-the-shelf solutions, with multiple technologies used in innovative ways to serve clearly defined goals. May vendors nominate customer projects? Yes. However, those who fill out the nomination form should have in-depth knowledge of the customer’s project, goals and surrounding IT issues. Block copies of vendor case studies or poorly written entries lacking in detail reduce the customer’s chances of winning. Are professional service providers eligible to win for client projects? Yes, provided the project was completely outsourced to the provider, from gathering requirements to testing and deployment. The client must explicitly agree that such was the case. If the project lead from a nominated company is interviewed by an InfoWorld reporter, does that mean the nominated company has won? No. Numerous finalists are interviewed before the final decision is made. Nothing is official until the November announcement date. Are the winners published in hierarchical order from 1 to 100? No. All 100 winners are of equal status and are listed alphabetically within several industry categories (Financial Services, Health Care, and so on.). However, InfoWorld usually selects a subset of winners from the full 100 to write brief case studies about, in order to highlight outstanding projects we believe will be of greatest interest to our readers. Can a nominated company win an InfoWorld 100 award two years in a row? Yes. On rare occasions, organizations have won two years in a row for separate, major accomplishments -- but none has received the award twice for the same project. No. Winners do have access to a high-resolution InfoWorld 100 logo, which can be used for promotional opportunities. Not at this time. How can I use the award, InfoWorld logo, and/or profile writeup in press releases, on Web pages, etc.? Click here for all InfoWorld 100 marketing logos and materials. Will I be notified if our company’s project doesn’t win? No. How do I find out why our company didn’t win? The InfoWorld 100 is extremely competitive and we cannot provide individual explanations of why a certain nominated project did not receive an award. We hope this FAQ provides you with an understanding of the types of projects our judges favor -- and we strongly suggest you read case studies from previous years. Still have questions? For other questions pertaining to the InfoWorld 100 awards, please contact Associate Editor Jason Snyder. Confirmation that your entry has been received is not necessary if you have used the online nomination form without difficulty and clicked the Submit button without receiving an error message. If you experience technical difficulty, please contact InfoWorld Support.
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