Illinois Technology Association (ITA) members and the Illinois technology community will determine recipients in five of the six categories in 2010. The finalists will be determined by a group of judges selected to represent different sectors of the Illinois business community who have deep experience in their field of expertise and an ability to fairly evaluate each entry. Judges rely heavily on information provided by each entrant; all information submitted is confidential. Judges and the judging committee have sole access to submissions.
Rules
- Entries are accepted for a single company and/or individual in more than one category, within the restrictions specified for each award category.
- Entries must be complete to be considered. If you are unable to provide requested information, please include a brief statement of explanation.
- Eligible companies must be Illinois-based technology companies or divisions. They may be divisions of larger technology companies; however, all statistics and requirements must relate to the entrant's business division or entity only, not its parent company.
- Evaluations are based on comparisons within a category, not against any set standard.
- Winners must have a representative present at the event to receive their award.
- Illinois Technology Association (ITA) reserves the right to change the category of an entry as it deems appropriate and to disallow any inappropriate entries.
- Illinois Technology Association (ITA) reserves the right to disqualify entries that do not comply with stated event rules as well as those requesting consideration for an otherwise ineligible category as their entry is concerned.
- All entries must be submitted by Friday, March 19, 2010 (5:00pm) to be considered eligible.
- The selection committee reserves the right to disqualify any entries that do not represent the technology sector. For purposes of this award competition, technology companies are defined as those organizations that create, distribute, license technology or provide technological services to Illinois businesses.
- Finalists will be posted Tuesday, March 30, 2010. Once the finalist are posted, you must have an email in the ITA database to vote.
- Each person can vote for each of the five categories once and only once.
- Final voting by Membership will close on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 (11:59am).
