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We use a consensus based Borda Count voting system where voters can make up to 5 choices per single vote in order of preference. The overall winner in each category is whoever gets the most total points in two rounds. Round 1 voting is open until November 23, 2012. Final round is scheduled on December 12, 2012 during UP 2012 conference.

Update: First round is used to select top 5 candidates to participate in the final and decisive round. Points collected in first round do not count towards final round. The entry that gets most votes in the final round will be the winner in category.

First round is over. See list of finalists at this link.
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08:30am - 03:30pm - Registration in SSFCC Lobby.
08:30am - 04:00pm - Voting Stations Opened in Hyde Park Section of Exhibit Hall.
11:30am - 01:00pm - Elevator Pitch Fest in Hyde Park Section of Exhibit Hall.
04:00pm - 06:00pm - Voting Closed, Results Counted and Winners Announced in Baden Room.

Best Cloud Middleware 2012

SnapLogic, OneSaas

30% (13306 points)

Dell Boomi

9% (4202 points)

TerraSky, WSO2 Stratos

3% (1576 points)

SolveDirect, PubNub, Exit Games

2% (908 points)

Adaptive Computing, AnyClient Web, Cloud Technology Solutions Ltd. , CirrusPath, Liaison Technologies, CloudPointe LLC, ActiveState, RunMyProcess, InSync Software Inc

1% (689 points)

Corent Technology Inc.

0% (437 points)

Total votes: 2524

Nominees

ActiveState

Stackato is the application platform for creating a private, secure, flexible enterprise Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) using any language on any stack on any cloud. From the desktop to the datacenter, the Stackato Enterprise Private PaaS makes it easy to develop, deploy, migrate, scale, manage, and monitor applications on any cloud. Stackato intelligently packages, extends, and integrates the capabilities of various proven open source packages, including Cloud Foundry, to meet the ever-evolving needs of enterprise development and IT departments. - Developers can simulate a production environment on a local machine, code, test, and then launch an application to any cloud all without requiring IT assistance. - Enterprise IT can achieve new levels of data security and compliance, speedier deployments, and gain greater control over the cloud. - Technology Leaders will see immediate ROI with faster time to market and increased productivity and innovation.
Adaptive Computuing

Moab® Cloud Suite is an intelligent middleware cloud management software solution. It provides touchless cloud service optimization across the full cloud service life cycle including agility, cost savings and service performance. Moab Cloud Suite uses the patented Moab intelligence engine to automate service requesting, provisioning, modification, and management based on multi-dimensional policies that mimic real-world decision making. Moab Cloud Suite enables organizations to create agile, automated and adaptive private clouds or hybrid clouds from their diverse IT resources.
AnyClient Web

What is it?  AnyClient Web is a zero-installation web based file transfer client that is easy-to-use and supports all major operating systems including Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Why was it developed?   Users need to be able to transfer files without having to locate, purchase, install and learn complicated file transfer software. AnyClient solves this problem by offering an intuitive web based file transfer client that is accessible from anywhere in the world. Best of all it's completely free. What file transfer protocols does it support?   AnyClient Web supports all major file transfer protocols including Amazon S3, FTP/S, SFTP, WebDAV and AFTP. Is it secure?  AnyClient Web stores your site information using government grade AES-256 encryption whose secret key can be unlocked only with your password. This secret key is further protected during your session using strong SSL encryption. AnyClient Web also supports several encrypted file transfer protocols that encrypt both your credentials and data as they are sent over the network. Who uses it?   AnyClient Web users are looking for a no-hassle method of transferring files. It is especially popular with users connecting from shared environments where the installation of software is prohibited (e.g. internet cafes and computer labs). AnyClient Web is also used by businesses seeking to reduce their software licensing and support costs. Who developed it? AnyClient Web is brought to you courtesy of JSCAPE, a leading provider of managed file transfer software and networking solutions to businesses and government agencies worldwide.
Cirruspath

Cirruspath is poised to own the intersection of CRM and email on the web and mobile devices. The company’s first product, Cirrus Insight, is the #1 app on the Salesforce AppExchange with 3,000 paid users, 7,500 total users, $40k monthly revenue, and <1% churn in the first 9 months.
Cloud Technology Solutions Ltd.

The leading cloud migration tool. One tool and not an A4 page of them! Anything in, output to Google Apps, Postini and Office 365. Will also do Google to Google. 3/4 million company users (not really for home users). Built for speed and accuracy. Will run parallel migrations with a five nines completion rate. Platform of choice for US government and academia.
CloudPointe LLC

CloudPointe is a content protection service that consolidates and simplifies access, control and management for documents, media files and other digital content on public and private clouds. CloudPointe brokers access to storage locations allowing you to authorize others to share your files, workspaces and entire directories. It connects to any FTP, SFTP, SharePoint and HP Trim via WebDAV, or cloud storage locations like Google Drive, SkyDrive, Amazon S3 or Box.Net. All CloudPointe tools are embeddable. Simple embed code is provided to add CloudPointe sharing tools into any HTML website or application with a copy and paste operation. This deep integration helps the organization keep users with your brand experience and within your website or application. Our customers never duplicate sync or give away sensitive files while vital workflow is protected. External users never need SharePoint or any other software licenses to collaborate on customer, supplier or partner documents. Customers prefer t send CloudPointe enabled highly secure file share links to restrict document printing, editing and downloading. Since we support all desktops and mobile web browsers, customers especially like the way we enable legacy applications for the cloud.
Corent Technology Inc

Corent's revolutionary product SaaS-Cockpit powered with multi-tenant server is the best in class middleware which renders capability to transform single-tenant legacy applications to multi-tenant cloud compatible application and provides the tools and console for effective monitoring, administration & management of the transformed application. Compare it to hardware virtualisation, wherein a hypervisor as the Multi-Tenant Server and the management software as SaaS-Cockpit, and is surely clear winner for anyone who wants to saasify their existing application.
Dell Boomi

Dell Boomi is the first and only integration solution built in the cloud, to fully exploit the value of the cloud. Organizations of all sizes—from small businesses to the largest global enterprises—trust Dell Boomi to quickly connect any combination of cloud and on-premise applications. Leading SaaS players and enterprise customers such as SuccessFactors, RightNow, Taleo, oneworld, AAA, and NASDAQ rely on Dell Boomi to accelerate time to market, increase sales, and eliminate the headaches associated with integration. The world’s largest integration cloud, Dell Boomi delivers access to an ever-growing network of interoperable SaaS, PaaS, cloud, and on-premise applications. In addition to offering community-powered Boomi Suggest to suggest common data mappings, Dell Boomi also simplifies complex web services technology such as SOAP, WSDL, and Java into wizards that walk the user through the configuration of connectors without having to learn complex APIs. Configuring integration in Dell Boomi is a 3 step process that allows users to build, deploy and manage integrations from a central hub. First, Dell Boomi connectors allow users to abstract away the code traditionally required to connect to an application, leaving you with a visual, wizard driven approach to extracting & load data. Once your integration is configured based on your requirements, Dell Boomi supports the ability to deploy an integration in the cloud for SaaS, PaaS, or cloud integration or safely behind the firewall for on-premise applications. Last, users can centrally manage all of your deployed integrations anywhere you have an internet connection. From this dashboard, you can see what processed, when it processed and the logs & status of each integration. Boomi also allows for system alert notifications that will automatically notify you via RSS or email when an integration is successful or in error. When considering the overall value of Dell Boomi, research firm Bloor estimated that Dell Boomi’s time to value is around 2.5 times faster than the average for competitive data integration solutions, and cumulative competitor average cost is also almost 1.7 times greater.
Exit Games

Exit Games Photon Cloud is the fastest SaaS Network Engine to build scalable MMOGs, FPS or any other multiplayer game and application for PC, Mac, Browser, Mobile, Console and Cross-Platform. The engine powers a couple of AAA titles, see http://cloud.exitgames.com/, and is constantly growing with the gaming market, further expanding it's cloud services.
InSync Software, Inc.

Over the past decade, dozens of young football players have died of heat-related injuries, and well over 10,000 have been rushed to emergency rooms for treatment of heat-related illness. InSync Software, together with its partner Hothead Technologies, has developed a life-saving application that combines the power of the cloud with the convenience of mobile devices, and runs on InSync’s award-winning iApp Application Cloud Platform. The iApp-powered Hothead Technologies solution mounts tiny wireless temperature sensors/transmitters inside football players’ helmets to monitor and report on players’ body temperature in real-time. Temperature data, along with the each player’s unique identity, is streamed in real-time to the cloud where several business rules are processed to establish if any player is "too hot" based on the player’s profile and medical history. Alerts are sent through push notifications to an iPhone or iPad device to the coach or other responsible authority when a player's temperature exceeds an established threshold. The coach can then pull the player off the field for evaluation and provide any needed medical attention immediately. Preemptive action can then be taken to avoid heat-related illness or even death. InSync has more recently expanded this solution to work on hardhats and to use other contact methods for the benefit of firefighters, public safety officers, oilfield and construction/industrial workers, and military personnel, and in sports such as auto racing, baseball, softball, basketball, and lacrosse.
Liaison Technologies

Liaison Technologies provides Seamless On-Demand Integration for Any Application. They are pioneering the Cloud Services Brokerage (CSB) category.
OneSaas

The OneSaas Cloud Integration Platform enables the connection and integration of disparate data systems, both web/cloud applications and local applications, by users without significant technical skills. Customers can easily connect multiple systems together with speed and accuracy. This allows them to eliminate manual data entry and repetitive import/export processes, improving the accuracy of data in their organization. It also allows the creation of automatic business process workflows for operations that are repetitive and can be error-prone when done by people. OneSaas is the only integration platform that provides a true multi-point integration engine that includes near-real-time data-matching, de-duplication and transformation -- and enables non-technical business owners to configure these integrations in less than 15 minutes with no technical knowledge or assistance.
OrangeScape KiSSFLOW

KiSSFLOW is the first workflow product built exclusively for Google Apps. It offers customers moving to cloud (Google Apps), a simple and efficient way to automate workflows around their existing email user base. - It was launched at Google I/O in the prime Google App engine overview session. - It was covered in Techcrunch with 300 companies across 64 countries signing-up for KiSSFLOW in the first week alone.
ParElastic

The combination of adaptive multi-tenancy and elastic scale out makes traditional RDBMS's first class citizens of the cloud. With ParElastic a variable-sized collection of unmodified database servers appear to an application as a single database server bringing the flexibility of the cloud to the data tier.
PubNub

PubNub - Powering Apps that are Changing the World. The web is changing, users no longer want to just be social they want to interact and participate in real-time. They want to chat, vote, play and see results instantly. Delivering real-time web and mobile apps that work seamlessly across all devices, browsers and networks anywhere in the world is hard and can costs millions of dollars - just ask Skype, WebEx or Facebook. PubNub's globally deployed real-time cloud infrastructure democratized the ability for developers to add real-time capabilities to any app, on any device, anywhere in the world. Developers simply tap into the PubNub API's and PubNub handles monitoring and managing the servers, networks, security and administration. PubNub works on every browser and mobile device, can bypass proxies and firewalls, and even handles dropped connections that occur with mobile devices. PubNub is already powering 1000's of realtime apps where millisecond matter here are a few examples: ⁃ Rebtel's the worlds largest VoIP client after Skype uses PubNub to ring desktop and mobile devices instantly. ⁃ Viggle's Social TV app allowing viewers to play along with live TV ⁃ StageIt's allows uses to interact with artist live during the shows ⁃ Granicus uses PubNub to do real-time closed captions for live broadcasts. ⁃ Bleacher Leagues allows users to predict in real-time what thierfavorite MLB player will do next .
RunMyProcess

With 283 entreprise customers (and counting) in 43 countries, RunMyProcess is a reference Cloud Curation platform. The platform makes use of business process management (BPM) concepts to provide a unique mix of structured workflow, integration and agility helping customers meet evolving business needs. By leveraging an easy-to-use, drag-and-drop IDE and more than 2,000 available connectors for SaaS and on premise applications, RunMyProcess' customers can rapidly build and deploy highly customized integration scenarios as well as situational applications. RunMyProcess was distinguished by Gartner Inc. as a "Cool vendors" in 2009. In 2010 Red Herring featured RunMyProcess on its Top 100 Global list. The company was also recognized as Best Cloud Offering by Eurocloud in 2011.
SnapLogic

The leader in enterprise cloud integration, SnapLogic transforms how enterprises connect both SaaS and on-premise applications. The SnapLogic Integration Platform provides an easy on-ramp to the cloud by offering a flexible integration layer that connects any combination of data sources more speedily and cost-effectively than traditional integration solutions. SnapLogic’s future-proofed integration infrastructure and SnapStore scale easily and integrate data quickly via a drag and drop visual designer, over 150 containerized connectors (called Snaps), and robust REST APIs. SnapLogic’s Web-based architecture and its data containerization technique are unlike any other integration approach. By enabling quick, easy and powerful connections between the ever-growing set of innovative cloud applications – as well as other data sources like legacy enterprise systems, social media and machine data – SnapLogic helps enterprises get more out of their cloud investments and gain competitive advantage.
SolveDirect

Implementing cloud services offers many advantages, and a fast and easy way to implement multiple services is typically the focus of cloud broker services. But what happens after you've implemented multiple cloud services and something goes wrong? Do you want to have to call each cloud service provider individually for support? Probably not! SolveDirect is the leading cloud based business process network for cloud sourced services in the world - with over 350 companies currently subscribed to our support network. We interconnect your internal IT Services Management application to the ITSM applications of your cloud service providers - creating a seamless support experience across all providers and ensuring a single SLA view. The result is a 28% reduction in mean-time-to-resolve cases; 10-25 minutes saved per case opened; 25% better customer satisfaction - and a lot fewer headaches! Focus on implementing new services, not supporting the services you've already implemented. ServiceGrid - from SolveDirect.
TerraSky Inc.,

TerraSky had the vision to develop a unique tool (SkyOnDemand) six years ago that integrates legacy data into the world's leading cloud CRM solution - salesforce.com. With 600 clients and 900 Salesforce implementations and 350K licenses of cloud based solutions sold - TerraSky has succeeded in one of the most stringent markets in the world. SkyOnDemand frees our clients from antiquated technologies - brings them into them cloud computing world - lowering their costs, deploying rapidly and increasing their time to market.
WSO2 Stratus

WSO2 Stratos is the only 100% open source componentized cloud middleware platform. The comprehensive platform includes an application server, ESB, data services server, governance registry, identity server, API manager, BAM, business rules server, business process server, gadget-based portal server, complex event processing, message broker, and mashup server—all designed to run on public clouds, private clouds, on-premise and hybrid environments. Stratos is available as downloadable software, so developers can create their own PaaS, and as the StratosLive PaaS hosted by WSO2 and powered by the Stratos software. Uniquely Stratos and StratosLive share the same code base as the WSO2 Carbon enterprise middleware platform. Building on and extending Carbon, Stratos offers comprehensive middleware services that bring to enterprise applications the cloud efficiencies of shared infrastructure, instant self-service provisioning, elastic scaling, and full governance, metering and monitoring. The shared code base means developers can migrate applications and services across private clouds, public clouds, on-premise servers, and hybrid environments. There’s no need to rewrite software and services or re-enter data, and they retain their investments in applications, services and data. The OSGi-compliant componentized cloud middleware platform gives developers the flexibility to use only the features they need. For example, adding mediation to data services simply requires adding the mediation component, not the entire ESB. The Component Manager provides a checkbox UI, so developers can click to add the functionality they want. The Component Manager, which utilizes Equinox P2 provisioning, then acquires, installs, and provisions each feature in the runtime automatically. Since all middleware components are integrated on a single core platform, no integration is required, enabling unprecedented flexibility to meet current and future needs, rapid time to market, and protection of IT investments. The Stratos Cloud Manager provides automated self-provisioning, easy point-and-click configuration, support for multi-tenancy and dynamic discovery of service connections, billing and metering. Developers don’t have to worry about logical dependencies of the middleware services supporting their cloud applications; Stratos recognizes them and provisions them accordingly. This significantly simplifies cloud deployment and facilitates the ability to move deployments between different servers, private clouds, or public clouds. There’s no lock-in to one deployment model.

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ActiveState

Adaptive Computuing

AnyClient Web

Cirruspath

Cloud Technology Solutions Ltd.

CloudPointe LLC

Corent Technology Inc

Dell Boomi

Exit Games

InSync Software, Inc.

Liaison Technologies

OneSaas

OrangeScape KiSSFLOW

ParElastic

PubNub

RunMyProcess

SnapLogic

SolveDirect

TerraSky Inc.,

WSO2 Stratus