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3 February 2012

Utah Business Honors Award Recipients, Innovation at 2009 iQ Awards

by Jared Preusz

03 February 2012—

Utah Business and Wasatch Digital iQ magazines honored 30 outstanding companies in the Beehive State for their achievements in innovation at the second annual iQ Awards Wednesday in Salt Lake City. Out of the 30 finalists in the competition, 10 companies were selected as award recipients, which were determined by a panel of seasoned professionals in the technology industry.

The awards recipients for the 2009 iQ Awards are:

Software - Omniture 

Consumer Products/Gadgets - Control4

Hardware - ATK

Green Business - Willowstick Technologies

Human Resources/Business Training - EnticeLabs

Business Services - ProPay

Online - Interbank FX

Product Marketing - Rain (formerly MediaRAIN)

IT Security - Spearstone

Data Management - Cemaphore Systems

Chris Harrington, president of worldwide sales and client services at Omniture, which was one of the awards recipients, said the award recognizes the company for its global achievements as the largest provider of software for online business marketing and optimization.

“Innovation has been the lifeblood of Omniture since our inception,” Harrington said.

Paul Rollins, vice president of business development for Willowstick Technologies, which was the award recipient for Green Business, said his company’s recent achievement is due to the creative minds of his employees that have created innovative subsurface water mapping services. This unique technology has helped a variety of clients around the nation, including the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers.

“We have really been able to take a technology that helps the environment,” Rollins said.

Even though only 10 companies received awards, Utah Business publisher and editor-in-chief, Martin Lewis, said all of the finalists in the competition represent excellence in innovation and deserve recognition.

“The 2009 iQ Awards finalists have fully demonstrated how progressive thinking, hard work and innovation have helped solidify Utah as one of the nation’s most innovative states,” Lewis said. “We know that the journey has not been easy. There have been countless trial and error runs, bloodshot eyes, sleepless nights, all in the name of innovation, but, Woody Allen said it best, ‘If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.’”  

 


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