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Grazitti Interactive Advances Cross-Team Collaboration with Sinergify

amanda@stevieawards.com (Amanda Del Signore) — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:51:40 GMT

As businesses increasingly rely on specialized platforms for customer service and technical development, keeping information flowing between them can become a challenge in itself. Grazitti Interactive is addressing that gap with Sinergify, its integration platform designed to connect customer-facing and technical teams more efficiently.

Stevie-winner Grazitti Interactive is a global digital innovation company that helps organizations transform marketing, sales, and customer support through technology. Operating across North America, Europe, and Asia, the company works across major cloud ecosystems including Salesforce, Adobe, HubSpot, Marketo, and Khoros, while also developing its own enterprise software products.

Connecting Customer Service and Technical Teams
Among those products is Sinergify, a native, zero-code connector between Salesforce and Jira. The platform enables information to move between the two systems in real time, helping support teams working in Salesforce collaborate with engineering and product teams working in Jira without relying on disconnected processes or repeated manual updates. Recent Sinergify enhancements have focused on security, automation, artificial intelligence, and usability.

For organizations using Jira Service Management, Sinergify provides greater control over how it synchronizes public and private comments with Salesforce. This allows teams to maintain appropriate boundaries around internal information while keeping customer-facing communication current.

The platform has also expanded its authentication capabilities, including support for OAuth 2.0, Google Single Sign-On, and Personal Access Tokens for Jira Server and Data Center environments. These additions support organizations with increasingly complex security and compliance requirements.

Bringing AI and Automation into the Workflow
AI is also playing a larger role in the integration. Through Salesforce Agentforce, users can perform Jira-related tasks from within Salesforce, including creating and linking issues, adding comments, searching for information, and generating summaries. This approach brings technical information closer to customer service teams without requiring them to constantly switch between platforms.

Automation features further address the divide between technical incidents and customer support. Jira issues associated with application or infrastructure incidents can generate corresponding Salesforce support cases, helping relevant teams coordinate their response and communicate more efficiently.

Additional improvements give administrators more control over fields, layouts, default values, and supporting information. Sinergify can also surface similar existing cases as new Salesforce records are created, helping users identify possible duplicates and maintain more consistent data.

Breaking Down Operational Silos
Together, these capabilities reflect a broader challenge facing digital enterprises: customer service, engineering, and product teams may use different specialized systems, but customers experience their work as a single organization. Integrations such as Sinergify are designed to make those internal boundaries less visible by allowing information and context to move more readily between teams.

Sinergify is available through both the Salesforce AppExchange and Atlassian Marketplace and is used across industries including technology, SaaS, manufacturing, cybersecurity, and business services. Its continued development reflects Grazitti Interactive’s focus on using integration, automation, and AI to improve collaboration across increasingly complex enterprise technology environments.

Grazitti Interactive won a Bronze Stevie Award for Best Customer Support Solution - New Or New Version in the 2026 Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service.

Interested in entering for 2027?

Who's coming to the Middle East & North Africa Stevie® Awards on Friday?

Michael Gallagher — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT

This Friday, September 11 we will stage the seventh annual Middle East & North Africa Stevie® Awards at the InterContinental Hotel in Istanbul, Türkiye. This Stevie Awards program recognizes innovation in the workplace in 18th nations of the MENA region. The program has been sponsored, since its inception, by the Ras Al Khaimah Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

More than 300 Stevie Award winners and their guests, judges, and special guests will attend. Also in attendance will be several winners in the 11th edition of the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, our HR awards program. That program features many Turkish winners this year, and we invited them to share the stage and receive their awards in their home nation.

Here are the organizations that will be represented at Friday's event in Istanbul:

555 Global Live Experience, United Arab Emirates
ADSCOPE CONSULTING LLC, United States
Ajman Chamber, United Arab Emirates
Ajman Police General Headquarters, United Arab Emirates
Al Dhafra Region Municipality, United Arab Emirates
Al-Khobar Health Network, Saudi Arabia
Aon Türkiye
Aster DM Healthcare, United Arab Emirates
Astronaut Agency Global INC., Jordan
AVA Media, Iraq
Barns, Saudi Arabia
Batı Anadolu Şirketler Topluluğu, Türkiye
BATIÇİM BATI ANADOLU SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş., Türkiye
Boehringer Ingelheim, Türkiye
CarrefourSA, Türkiye
The Charitable Society for Orphan Care in Riyadh Region (Ensan), Saudi Arabia
Commercial Bank International, United Arab Emirates
Creative City Fujairah - Media Free Zone, United Arab Emirates
Deputyship for Research & Innovation (R&I) within MEWA, Saudi Arabia
Dhahran Eye Specialist Hospital, Saudi Arabia
Diversey, A Solenis Company, United Arab Emirates
Dubai Customs, United Arab Emirates
Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism, United Arab Emirates
Eastern Health Cluster, Saudi Arabia
EHC, Allied Health, Saudi Arabia
EREN ENERJİ, Türkiye
Esas Sosyal, Türkiye
Etihad Airways Group, United Arab Emirates
Federal Authority for Government Human Resources, United Arab Emirates
FLO GROUP, Türkiye
Fujairah Natural Resources Corporation, United Arab Emirates
Future Leaders International Group, Egypt
General Entertainment Authority, Saudi Arabia
George Mason University, United States
Gliese İstanbul, Türkiye
Gorkem Ozkan, Türkiye
HAYAT KİMYA, Türkiye
Higher Colleges Of Technology, United Arab Emirates
ING Türkiye, Türkiye
King Saud University Medical City, Saudi Arabia
King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Saudi Arabia
King Fahd Military Medical Complex, Saudi Arabia
King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia
Leisure World, Qatar
Ministry Of Interior, Kingdom Of Bahrain
Ministry of Municipalities and Housing, Saudi Arabia
Municipality & Planning Department – Government Of Ajman, United Arab Emirates
NABTA, Egypt
National Talents Company, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates
Nautical Green Maritime S.A, Greece
NHC Innovation, Saudi Arabia
NMDC Energy, United Arab Emirates
Ooredoo Kuwait, Kuwait
Parkin Company PJSC, United Arab Emirates
Patient Friends Association in Unaizah, Saudi Arabia
Penti, Türkiye
PETROL OFİSİ, Türkiye
Philip Morris International, Türkiye
Pladis, Türkiye
PT Pertamina Hulu Energi ONWJ, Indonesia
Qatar Foundation, Qatar
Qiwa-Takamol, Saudi Arabia
QNB Bank A.S., Türkiye
QNET, Türkiye
RAK Chamber of Commerce & Industry, United Arab Emirates
RAK Mediation & Arbitration Center, United Arab Emirates
RAK Properties PJSC, United Arab Emirates
RAKEZ: Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone, United Arab Emirates
Ras Al Khaimah Civil Defense Department, United Arab Emirates
Real Estate Registry, Saudi Arabia
Riyadh Airports, Saudi Arabia
Roads General Authority, Saudi Arabia
Rudaw, Iraq
Samsung Electronics Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia
Saud Albabtain Cardiac Center, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
SEIZE, Saudi Arabia
SESTEK, Türkiye
SOCAR Turkey, Türkiye
Sonaa el khair, Egypt
STM SAVUNMA TEKNOLOJİLERİ MÜHENDİSLİK VE TİCARET A.Ş., Türkiye
TAVUK DÜNYASI GIDA SAN. VE TİC.A.Ş., Türkiye
TCS Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tosyalı Holding, Türkiye
Toyota Türkiye Marketing and Sales Inc., Türkiye
Turkcell, Türkiye
Turkish Airlines, Türkiye
TURKISH DO & CO, Türkiye
Turkish Technic, Türkiye
Türkiye Sigorta, Türkiye
TURKUVAZ MEDIA GROUP, Türkiye
UAE Space Agency, United Arab Emirates
University City Of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
VakıfBank, Türkiye
VitrA Tiles, Türkiye
Wio Bank, United Arab Emirates
Zakat, Tax And Customs Authority, Saudi Arabia

The 2027 edition of the Middle East & North Africa Stevie® Awards will begin accepting nominations this September 23. The 2027 edition of the Stevie Awards for Great Employers will begin accepting nominations in February.

Learn about all nine Stevie Awards programs at www.StevieAwards.com.

2026 International Business Awards® Grand Stevie® Winners Announced

Maggie Gallagher — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:00:03 GMT

Eight top “best in show” honors recognize leading organizations, agencies, nominations, and a new product or service; winners will be celebrated on 28 October in Paris, France.

The Stevie® Awards today announced the eight Grand Stevie Award winners in The 2026 International Business Awards®, the 23rd annual edition of the global business awards competition. The Grand Stevie Awards are the competition’s highest honors and recognize the most honored organizations and agencies, the highest-rated nominations, and the highest-rated new product or service nomination.

The 2026 International Business Awards attracted more than 3,800 nominations from organizations in 78 nations and territories. Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award placements were determined by the average scores of more than 210 professionals worldwide during a three-month judging process. The 2026 Stevie Award winners were announced on 12 August, and all winners will be recognized at a gala event in Paris, France, on 28 October.

2026 Grand Stevie Award Winners

Organization of the Year

Cathay Financial Holding, including Cathay Life and Cathay United Bank, wins this year’s top honor with 76.5 award points, earned on the basis of 13 Gold, nine Silver, and 13 Bronze Stevie wins. Cathay Financial is a major financial holding company offering a range of financial products and services through its subsidiaries, including insurance, banking, and investment services. Cathay Financial is known for its strong presence in Taiwan and its expanding reach in the Asia Pacific region. This is the second year in a row Cathay Financial Holding has won this Grand Stevie Award.

Most Honored Marketing Agency

Above The Line Company Limited, Hong Kong wins this top honor on the basis of nine Gold, three Silver, and two Bronze Stevie Awards (36 points) for nominations submitted on behalf of clients the Development Bureau of the HKSAR Government and the Construction Industry Council.

Most Honored Public Relations Agency

LLYC, Madrid, Spain, with 28.5 points, is the Most Honored Public Relations Agency of the Year for the fifth time in the IBAs, this year with seven Gold, three Silver, and one Bronze Stevie Awards. LLYC is a global public relations, digital marketing, and corporate affairs consulting firm headquartered in Madrid, Spain, with extensive operations across Europe, Latin America, and the United States.

Most Honored Awards Agency

Purpol Marketing, Chippenham, Wiltshire, United Kingdom earned 39 points, the most among award agencies, for nominations prepared on behalf of themselves and clients CeCe Digital, Cherishers 811 CIC, SME Today, and W B Griffiths And Son Ltd. This marks the fifth Grand Stevie win for the firm, but the first in The International Business Awards.

Highest-rated Nomination of the Year

There is a three-way tie this year for the highest-rated nomination of the year, all scoring 9.71 out of a possible 10. The winners are:

Brasilprev Seguros E Previdência SA, São Paulo, Brazil for their nomination “Accessibility as a Strategy for Excellence In Serving Deaf Customers,” which won the Gold Stevie for Achievement In Customer Satisfaction. This is the first-ever Grand Stevie win, in any Stevie Awards competition, for Brazil.

Grundfos Holding A/S, Bjerringbro, Denmark for their nomination “Stay or ALPHA GO,” winner of the Gold Stevie Award for Achievement in Agricultural / Industrial / Building Marketing. This marks Denmark’s first-ever Grand Stevie Award win.

MilliporeSigma, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA for their nomination “One Community at a Time,” Gold Stevie winner for Achievement In Corporate Social Responsibility. MilliporeSigma is the U.S. and Canada Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.

Highest-rated New Product or Service Nomination of the Year

This year’s honor goes to Beyaz Kağıt San. ve Tic. A.Ş., Adana, Türkiye, for the nomination entitled “Asperox Sparx Hand Dishwashing Liquid,” which won the Gold Stevie for New Product or Service Introduction of the Year. One judge acclaimed the nomination, “The company identified a genuine consumer frustration and turned it into a simple, practical, and easy-to-understand solution with Asperox Sparx. The combination of strong product performance, innovative packaging, and a well-integrated communication strategy made the launch stand out.”

How the Grand Stevie Awards Are Determined

Organizations cannot apply directly for Grand Stevie Awards. The “most honored” Grand Stevie winners are determined by a points system based on awards won in the International Business Awards: three points for each Gold Stevie Award, two points for each Silver Stevie Award, and 1.5 points for each Bronze Stevie Award. Highest-rated Grand Stevie honors are based on judges’ average scores.

Quote from Stevie Awards President Maggie Miller

“The eight Grand Stevie Award winners represent the very best of this year’s International Business Awards,” said Maggie Miller, President of the Stevie Awards. “Their achievements reflect the innovation, leadership, and determination that distinguished this year’s honorees. These organizations have demonstrated an exceptional ability to turn ambitious ideas into meaningful results and set new standards for excellence in their industries. We congratulate them on their outstanding achievements and look forward to celebrating their success in Paris this October.”

About the 2026 International Business Awards

The International Business Awards recognize achievement across every facet of work life. Categories include artificial intelligence, management, new products and services, marketing, public relations, customer service, websites, and many other areas of business performance.

The nomination process for the 2027 International Business Awards will open in February 2027. For more information about The International Business Awards and the complete list of 2026 Stevie Award winners, visit iba.stevieawards.com.

Preisträgerinnen und Preisträger der German Stevie Awards 2026

Jana Novatscheck — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 07:53:58 GMT

German Stevie® Awards 2026: Die Gewinner stehen fest – diese Unternehmen wurden
ausgezeichnet

Über 250 Bewerbungen bewertet – Unternehmen aus Deutschland, Österreich, der Schweiz, Luxemburg und weiteren deutschsprachigen Märkten ausgezeichnet – Preisverleihung im Oktober in Paris

Die Gewinnerinnen und Gewinner der 12. German Stevie® Awards stehen fest. Nach Abschluss der Jurybewertungen wurden zahlreiche Unternehmen, Organisationen und Führungskräfte für besondere Leistungen, innovative Projekte und herausragende Erfolge mit einem Gold, Silber oder Bronze Stevie® Award ausgezeichnet.

Zu den diesjährigen Preisträgern gehören unter anderem die Communita GmbH, die DELL BAUGROUP und das ZDF – Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen. Eine vollständige Übersicht
aller Gewinnerinnen und Gewinner ist auf der Website der German Stevie® Awards nach
Kategorien veröffentlicht.

Zur Übersicht der German Stevie® Awards Gewinner 2026

Wolters Kluwer Deutschland mit sechs Stevie® Awards ausgezeichnet

Zu den erfolgreichsten Teilnehmern der German Stevie® Awards 2026 gehört die Wolters Kluwer Deutschland GmbH. Das Unternehmen erhielt insgesamt sechs Stevie® Awards.
Die Jury überzeugten insbesondere die Leistungen in den Bereichen digitale Prozessautomatisierung sowie bei der Durchführung von Konferenzen und Tagungen.

Auch das österreichische Unternehmen Amplexio konnte mehrfach überzeugen und erhielt zwei Stevie® Awards. Ausgezeichnet wurden unter anderem Leistungen in den Kategorien „KI-Startup“ und „KI-Anwendung“.

Weitere Unternehmen mit mehreren Auszeichnungen sind unter anderem die Allianz Versicherungs-AG, Rabb IT Solutions GmbH und das ZF Friedrichshafen – Werk Bielefeld.

Mehr als 35 Jurymitglieder bewerteten über 250 Bewerbungen

Für die German Stevie® Awards 2026 wurden mehr als 250 Bewerbungen von über 35 erfahrenen Führungskräften sowie Expertinnen und Experten bewertet. Die Einreichungen wurden in fünf unabhängigen Jurys beurteilt.

Im Mittelpunkt der Bewertung standen unter anderem:

Innovation
Qualität
wirtschaftlicher Erfolg
besondere Leistungen
Wirkung der eingereichten Projekte

Nach einer umfassenden Bewertung wählten die Jurymitglieder die Gewinnerinnen und Gewinner der Gold, Silber und Bronze Stevie® Awards aus.

Maggie Miller gratuliert den Preisträgerinnen und Preisträgern

Maggie Miller, Präsidentin der Stevie Awards, gratuliert allen ausgezeichneten Unternehmen und Organisationen:

„Wir freuen uns sehr, auch in diesem Jahr wieder zahlreiche innovative Unternehmen und Organisationen mit den German Stevie® Awards auszeichnen zu können. Die Qualität und Vielfalt der eingereichten Leistungen zeigt eindrucksvoll, wie viel Innovation und unternehmerische Stärke im deutschsprachigen Europa vorhanden ist.“

Preisverleihung der German Stevie® Awards 2026 in Paris

Die Gewinnerinnen und Gewinner der German Stevie® Awards werden in diesem Jahr gemeinsam mit den Preisträgern der International Business Awards®, der Stevie® Awards for Great Employers sowie der Stevie® Awards for Technology Excellence ausgezeichnet.

Die internationale Preisverleihung findet am Mittwoch, 28. Oktober 2026, im Hotel Pullman Paris Montparnasse in Paris statt.

Neben der persönlichen Auszeichnung bietet die Veranstaltung den Gewinnerinnen und Gewinnern die Möglichkeit, ihre Erfolge einem internationalen Publikum zu präsentieren und neue Kontakte zu Unternehmen und Führungskräften aus aller Welt zu knüpfen.

Publikumspreis: Abstimmung für die People’s Choice Stevie® Awards startet

Für die Gewinnerunternehmen der German Stevie® Awards 2026 geht der Wettbewerb nach der Jurybewertung in die nächste Runde.

Am Montag, 31. August 2026, startet die öffentliche Abstimmung für die People’s Choice Stevie® Awards for Favorite Companies.

Alle ausgezeichneten Unternehmen der German Stevie® Awards 2026 sind automatisch für diesen Publikumspreis nominiert. Bis zum 25. September 2026 können sie öffentlich um Stimmen werben – beispielsweise bei:

Mitarbeitenden
Kunden
Geschäftspartnern
der eigenen Social-Media-Community
der breiten Öffentlichkeit

Unternehmen mit einer besonders aktiven Community haben dabei die besten Chancen auf den Publikumspreis. Weitere Informationen zur Abstimmung sind auf der Website der German Stevie® Awards verfügbar.

Die German Stevie® Awards: Ein internationaler Wirtschaftspreis für den deutschsprachigen Markt

Die German Stevie® Awards gehören zu den vielseitigsten Wirtschaftspreisen im deutschsprachigen Europa. 2026 findet der Wettbewerb bereits zum zwölften Mal statt und ist Teil der international etablierten Stevie® Awards.

Zu den Stevie® Awards gehören unter anderem auch die International Business Awards®. Insgesamt erhalten die Stevie® Awards jährlich mehr als 12.000 Bewerbungen aus über 70 Ländern.

Die German Stevie® Awards bieten Unternehmen und Organisationen, die auf dem deutschsprachigen europäischen Markt tätig sind, eine internationale Plattform. Sie können dort besondere Leistungen sichtbar machen und sich mit anderen erfolgreichen Organisationen messen.

Teilnahme aus sechs europäischen Ländern möglich

Auch 2026 konnten Unternehmen aus allen europäischen Ländern mit Deutsch als Amtssprache am Wettbewerb teilnehmen. Bewerbungen waren aus folgenden Ländern möglich:

Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg und Belgien.

Ausgezeichnet wurden Leistungen und Projekte, die seit Januar 2024 umgesetzt oder erbracht wurden.

Die Kategorien der German Stevie® Awards decken ein breites Spektrum unternehmerischer Leistungen ab – von Innovation, Management und Marketing über Technologie und Kundenservice bis hin zu gesellschaftlichem Engagement und Nachhaltigkeit.

Damit richten sich die German Stevie® Awards an Unternehmen und Organisationen aus unterschiedlichsten Branchen und Unternehmensbereichen.

Jetzt für die nächste Runde der German Stevie® Awards vormerken lassen

Wer im kommenden Jahr zu den Preistragenden der German Stevie® Awards gehören möchte, kann sich bereits auf der offiziellen Awards-Website registrieren und sich rechtzeitig über Teilnahmefristen und Bewerbungsunterlagen informieren lassen: GSA.stevieawards.com.

Die German Stevie Awards sind Teil der Stevie® Awards, welche die renommierten International Business Awards® ausrichten und in insgesamt neun Wettbewerbsprogrammen jedes Jahr mehr als 12.000 Einreichungen aus über 70 Ländern erhalten.

2026 Stevie Awards for Women in Business Entry Deadline Extended to September 3

Maggie Gallagher — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:00:03 GMT

There’s still time to enter the 2026 Stevie® Awards for Women in Business.

The final entry deadline for the 23rd annual competition has been extended from August 19 to September 3, 2026, giving women entrepreneurs, executives, employees, and women-led organizations around the world additional time to submit their nominations.

The Stevie Awards for Women in Business are among the world’s leading awards recognizing the achievements of women in the workplace. More than 300 award categories are available for 2026, providing opportunities to recognize individual women, entrepreneurs, executives, employees, teams, organizations, achievements, products, and initiatives.

New AI and Technology Awards for 2026

One of the biggest additions to this year’s competition is an extensive new group of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Technology categories.

These new awards recognize women and women-led organizations that are developing, implementing, and leading advances in AI and emerging technologies.

The categories cover a wide range of achievements, including individual leadership, organizations, teams and departments, AI achievements, products and solutions, and digital and emerging technologies.

New individual honors include:

AI Leader of the Year
AI Ethics & Responsible AI Leader of the Year
AI Product Leader of the Year
AI Researcher of the Year
AI Rising Star of the Year
Woman of the Year in Artificial Intelligence
Cybersecurity Leader of the Year
Data & Analytics Leader of the Year

The expanded category group provides new opportunities to recognize women not only for developing technology, but also for using AI and emerging technologies to transform organizations, improve business functions, create innovative products and services, and deliver meaningful impact.

More Than 300 Ways to Recognize Achievement

In addition to the new AI and Technology categories, the 2026 Stevie Awards for Women in Business include awards for achievements in:

Communications, marketing, and public relations
Women-owned and women-led companies and organizations
Individual women
Media developed for or by women
New products and services developed for or by women
Social media
Sustainability
Thought leadership

Popular individual categories include Best Female Entrepreneur, Female Executive of the Year, Mentor or Coach of the Year, Lifetime Achievement Award, Employee of the Year, and Most Innovative Women of the Year.

All female entrepreneurs, executives, employees, and the organizations they run, worldwide, are eligible to be nominated.

A Truly International Competition

The Stevie Awards for Women in Business attract nominations from organizations around the world. In 2025, the competition received more than 1,500 nominations from organizations in more than 48 nations.

More than 200 leading professionals worldwide will judge the 2026 nominations. Entrants will also receive access to the judges’ comments and suggestions about their nominations, providing valuable feedback regardless of the final award result.

Enter by September 3

The extended September 3 final entry deadline is the last opportunity to submit nominations for the 2026 competition.

Finalists will be announced on September 16, and Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners will be celebrated at the 2026 Stevie Awards for Women in Business ceremony on November 16 in New York City.

Visit Women.StevieAwards.com to review the categories, request an entry kit, and submit nominations.

Stevie® Awards Announce Winners in The 23rd Annual International Business Awards® From Across the Globe

Maggie Gallagher — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:00:01 GMT

High-achieving organizations and executives around the world have been recognized as Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie® Award winners in The 23rd Annual International Business Awards®, the world's only international, all-encompassing business awards program.

Winners were selected from more than 3,400 nominations submitted by organizations in 82 nations and territories.

A complete list of all 2026 Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners by category is available at http://IBA.stevieawards.com.

More than 210 professionals around the world serving as Stevie Award judges on 11 specialized juries reviewed and rated nominations to determine the winners.

The top winner of Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Awards is Viettel. Viettel organizations worldwide earned a total of 29 awards, led by Viettel Cambodia Pte., Ltd. and Viettel Peru S.A.C. with six awards each. Other winning Viettel organizations included Lumitel, Movitel S.A., Viettel Post Joint Stock Corporation, Viettel Burundi (Lumitel), Viettel Solutions, Viettel Tanzania PLC (Halotel), Viettel Global, Viettel Group, Viettel IDC, and Viettel Timor.

Other winners of four or more Gold Stevie Awards include:

9 Gold Stevies
Globe Telecoms, Inc., Manila, Philippines

7 Gold Stevies
Cathay United Bank, Taipei, Taiwan
LLYC, Madrid, Spain
Tata Consultancy Services, various locations

6 Gold Stevies
Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan
HALKBANK, Atasehir, Türkiye
IBM, various locations
Megaworld Foundation, Inc. and Megaworld Lifestyle Malls, Taguig City, Philippines
pladis, Istanbul, Türkiye
QNB, İstanbul, Türkiye
The Development Bureau of the HKSARG and the Construction Industry Council, Hong Kong

5 Gold Stevies
CarrefourSA, Maltepe, Türkiye
Leobit, Austin, TX, USA
Miral, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

4 Gold Stevies
Abu Dhabi Customs, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Addvox, Mexico City, Mexico
AS Watson, Milan, Italy and Hong Kong
Beyaz Kağıt San. ve Tic. A.Ş., Adana, Türkiye
Cebuana Lhuillier, Makati City, Philippines
Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA, USA
George Capital Finance Solutions, Sydney, Australia
HeyMo® The Experience Design Company, İstanbul, Türkiye
Noguchi x, Budapest, Hungary
Türkiye Sigorta, Besiktas, Türkiye

All organizations worldwide are eligible to compete in the IBAs and may submit any number of nominations in a wide range of categories for achievement in management, marketing, public relations, customer service, human resources, new products and services, technology, websites, apps, events, and more.

Winners will be celebrated during a gala event in Paris, France, on 28 October 2026. Tickets are on sale now.

Nominations for the 2027 edition of the IBAs will be accepted starting in February 2027.

How Temu's Local Seller Program Gives Businesses a New Way to Grow

amanda@stevieawards.com (Amanda Del Signore) — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:00:01 GMT

Temu launched in the United States in September 2022 to make quality, affordable products accessible through a streamlined supply chain.

By connecting shoppers directly with manufacturers, Temu helps cut out the layers of middlemen that typically add cost between factory and consumer, bringing prices closer to what retailers themselves pay before markup. Temu now serves customers in more than 90 markets, ranking among the most visited e-commerce platforms globally.

A New Way to Sell
In 2024, Temu launched its Local Seller Program to expand beyond cross-border commerce and support local businesses and fulfillment. Now active in more than 35 markets, the program was designed to help businesses of all sizes grow online by reducing barriers to entry, improving customer discovery, and providing tools to support daily operations.

As competition among e-commerce platforms has intensified over the years, some marketplaces have grown increasingly “pay-to-play,” where visibility now depends less on product quality and more on advertising budget.

For a small business without media spend to match, that can mean disappearing from search results altogether. Temu’s answer was a discovery-based model built around no registration fees, a fast setup process, and product visibility driven by what shoppers actually search for rather than who pays the most for placement.

Results Across Categories
Temu's marketplace spans 700 product categories, giving local sellers — whatever they make or sell — a place to reach customers. The benefits look different from one seller to the next. Through growth on Temu, sellers report reaching new customer segments, expanding market reach, generating new revenue streams, and reinvesting online growth into offline operations such as local hiring, warehouse expansion, and improved customer support.

For example, TCG Empire, a Kentucky-based collectible card seller, reached 74,000 orders within six months of joining and became Temu's top local seller in Games & Accessories. Demand grew so fast that the company opened a 4,000-square-foot warehouse to keep up with orders, and they now fulfill up to 1,000 shipments a day.

Another local seller success story is Toyiah Marquis’s Patch Party Club, which she founded as a creative outlet that grew into a brick-and-mortar store in Illinois. In the store, customers can customize apparel with embroidered patches, host “patch parties,” and build community around self-expression. But, like with most physical businesses, Patch Party Club’s growth ran into the limits of geography. Toyiah took the business online and started selling on Temu in 2025. Within her first three weeks on Temu, she sold more than 300 patches, including her viral “Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” patch, with nearly 90% of that volume coming from new customers.

But not every seller who joins the program is new to the e-commerce space. For some, Temu is a new engine inside an already established e-commerce operation. PopMarket, a Florida-based collectibles brand owned by Nasdaq-listed Alliance Entertainment, saw Temu become its fastest-growing digital marketplace in more than a decade.

Support Built to Scale
Behind these successful sellers sits infrastructure that most small and mid-sized businesses couldn’t build on their own. Temu works with local logistics partners and payment providers to support reliable delivery and secure transactions and provides dedicated seller support, campaign tools, direct customer engagement features and enterprise resource planning (ERP) integrations. Its Shopify app opens Temu’s marketplace to millions of small businesses, and partnerships with providers like Rithum, ShipStation and ShipBob support order management and fulfillment. Sellers can also use the Temu Seller Academy, a free hub of training materials, and contact a human support team rather than a chatbot when questions come up.

Delivering Value and Trust for Consumers
Consumers feel the difference too. A 2025 Ipsos survey found Temu shoppers saved an average of 26% globally, with about eight in 10 saying the platform offers good value for money and 75% saying they’d likely recommend it to others.

As Temu approaches its fourth year in the United States, its investment in scalable infrastructure, broad market access, and customer value continues to shape its growth.

Temu earned a Gold Stevie Award for Business Development Achievement of the Year - Digital Commerce Enablement in the 2026 Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service.

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Grand Winners Announced in 2026 Stevie® Awards for Technology Excellence

Maggie Gallagher — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 13:00:01 GMT

IBM Named Organization of the Year; T-Mobile Engineer Earns Highest-Rated Nomination

Two Grand (“best of show”) Stevie Award winners have been announced in the third annual Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence. The annual competition honors outstanding achievements by individuals, teams, and organizations shaping the future of technology across every industry.

The Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence are an international business awards competition that is open to all organizations and individuals worldwide. The competition’s Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie winners in the various categories were announced in July and are listed at Tech.StevieAwards.com.

Most Honored Organization: IBM, including IBM Manufacturing Solutions Pte. Ltd., is the most honored organization in the competition, with 18.5 award points earned through three Gold, one Silver, and five Bronze Stevie wins. (To determine the Organization of the Year winner, each Gold Stevie Award earns three points, each Silver win earns two points, and each Bronze earns 1.5 points.) A judge of one of IBM’s Gold Stevie-winning nominations shared, "This is a strong entry that goes beyond the standard DevOps implementation. The team has built a well-thought-out approach to a real scaling problem, and the supporting material backs up their claims. The ability to dynamically determine test execution at runtime and significantly reduce unnecessary test runs is genuinely innovative."

This marks the 20th Grand Stevie Award won by IBM, across all nine Stevie Awards programs in the past 25 years, but the first in the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence.

Highest-Rated Nomination: The Grand Stevie Award for the Highest-Rated Nomination of the Year, with an average score of 9.63 out of a possible 10, goes to Harikishore Allu Balan, Principal Systems Architect at T-Mobile, whose nomination won the Gold Stevie for Employee of the Year - Information Technology – Telecommunications. T-Mobile USA, Inc. is the second-largest wireless carrier in the United States, serving over 118 million subscribers across more than 50 nationwide data centers. One judge commented on Harikishore's winning nomination, Pioneering America's Cloud-Native 5G Voice Infrastructure: “Harikishore's work on T-Mobile’s cloud-native 5G voice infrastructure is a stellar example of technical mastery translating directly into massive commercial and operational impact.”

Winners will be honored at a red-carpet awards event on Wednesday, October 28 at the Pullman Paris Montparnasse in Paris, France. The event will also celebrate winners in the 2026 editions of the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, The International Business Awards®, and the German Stevie Awards. The presentations will be streamed live worldwide, and tickets are now on sale.

More than 700 nominations from organizations in 37 nations and territories were evaluated this year by 180 technology and business professionals serving as judges. Winners were selected based on the average scores assigned during the independent judging process.

Some of the other organizations with Gold, Silver or Bronze-winning nominations include:

Allianz Technology
Apple
Bank Indonesia
Dubai Roads and Transport Authority
Ernst & Young (EY)
GCash
Google
JPMorgan Chase
Lenovo
Microsoft
Oracle
Saudi Aramco
Standard Bank
Walmart

The Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence recognize achievements across 23 technology sectors, including:

Advertising, Marketing & Public Relations Technology
Aerospace Technology
Agricultural Technology
Architectural Technology
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Assistive Technology
Biotechnology
Business Technology
Communications Technology
Construction & Civil Engineering Technology
Educational Technology
Energy Technology
Entertainment Technology
Financial Technology (FinTech)
Government Technology
Green & Clean Technology
Healthcare Technology
Information Technology
Manufacturing Technology
Marine Technology
Retail & E-Commerce Technology
Sports, Fitness & Recreation Technology
Transportation & Mobility Technology

Nominations for the 2027 edition of the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence will open in March. The entry kit may be requested at https://Tech.StevieAwards.com.

Women|Future July Webinar Recap: How Business Awards Boost Recognition and Credibility

amanda@stevieawards.com (Amanda Del Signore) — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 20:02:33 GMT

In today's competitive marketplace, organizations are constantly looking for ways to differentiate themselves, build credibility, and demonstrate their expertise. While many companies focus heavily on marketing and brand awareness, business awards can provide independent validation that helps organizations stand out with customers, employees, partners, and investors.

During the second Women|Future Webinar of 2026, Your Competitive Edge: How Earning Business Awards Boosts Recognition, business leaders shared practical advice on using awards strategically—from selecting the right categories and preparing stronger nominations to maximizing the value of recognition after winning.

The Women|Future Webinars are an annual series of free webinars hosted by the Stevie® Awards, designed for women small business owners, executives, entrepreneurs, and anyone interested in starting or growing a business. The final session of the Women|Future Webinar series will take place on August 12, leading up to the 23rd Stevie Awards for Women in Business, which is now accepting nominations.

The second webinar took place on July 15, 2026, and featured the following leaders:

Heather Marano, Founder and Director, Green Door Co. and AwardGenie
Tun Kim Ong, General Manager, IBM Manufacturing Solutions Ltd.
Rosanna Santiago, Founder and CEO, Wild Vines Marketing Inc.

Awards Are More Than Recognition
One of the strongest themes throughout the discussion was that business awards should be viewed as strategic business tools rather than simply marketing achievements.

Heather Marano explained that many organizations underestimate how much awards can contribute to long-term business growth. "Most business owners—especially women—tend to underestimate how competitive their achievements are," she said. "You've got to throw your hat in the ring. More often than not, you're far more competitive than you think."

Rather than focusing solely on the trophy itself, Marano encouraged organizations to consider how awards support broader business objectives such as attracting investors, recruiting top talent, building partnerships, or strengthening customer trust.

"We've had clients get acquired, secure investment, build government partnerships, and attract corporate sponsors through consistent awards recognition," she said. "Awards are really powerful from a return-on-investment perspective."

Tell a Story—Then Back It Up with Evidence
The panelists emphasized that strong award nominations balance compelling storytelling with measurable results. Instead of relying on broad statements such as having an excellent workplace culture or outstanding customer service, applicants should support those claims with evidence.

"If you're going to say you've built an excellent team culture or that you're customer-focused, everyone else is saying something similar," Marano said. "The question is: how can you substantiate it?"

Metrics such as employee retention, customer satisfaction scores, revenue growth, operational improvements, and client testimonials help judges understand the real impact behind an organization's accomplishments.

Marano also recommended maintaining an ongoing record of achievements throughout the year rather than trying to remember accomplishments just before an entry deadline.

Think Like a Judge
Drawing on her experience as both a Stevie Awards winner and judge, Tun Kim Ong shared insight into what judges look for when reviewing nominations.

Because judges often evaluate dozens of entries, clarity is essential. "Use simple language. Be concise. Avoid jargon," Ong said. "If a judge has to reread your paragraph to understand it, you've already made their job harder."

She also noted that simply listing responsibilities or accomplishments is rarely enough: "What makes you stand out is how you articulate your achievements, how you quantify them, and what differentiates you from the other nominations."

Ong encouraged applicants to begin preparing well before the deadline, so they have time to gather supporting evidence and refine their submissions.

Use AI as a Tool, Not a Substitute
Artificial intelligence (AI) also entered the conversation, with panelists agreeing that AI can help organize ideas but should not replace authentic storytelling.

"Use AI for your first draft," Ong advised. "But your final submission needs to be your own."

Marano agreed, noting that judges are increasingly seeing generic AI-generated entries that sound similar to one another. "AI can help organize information," she said, "but you still need to provide the achievements, the evidence, and the authentic voice that make your story unique."

The panelists recommended using AI to brainstorm or structure content while ensuring the final submission accurately reflects the applicant's own accomplishments and writing style.

Winning Is Only the Beginning
Recognition should not mark the end of the process, the speakers said. Organizations can continue building credibility by incorporating award recognition into websites, proposals, email signatures, social media, media outreach, and recruiting efforts.

"People need to know about it," Marano said. "Don't stop once you've won. Amplify it."

For Ong, awards have also created opportunities beyond marketing. "Getting an award is not the final destination," she said. "It's the start of many things."

She said award recognition had opened doors to speaking engagements, mentoring opportunities, and new professional connections while establishing credibility before conversations even begin.

One Final Piece of Advice: Don't Let Self-Doubt Stop You
When asked to share one takeaway for attendees considering entering business awards, the panelists delivered a consistent message: don't let self-doubt stop you from applying.

"Doing great work is no longer enough," Ong said. "You must also be seen, be recognized, and be remembered for your great work."

Santiago echoed that encouragement, reminding attendees that every successful applicant starts by taking the first step.

"If you don't win the first time, you'll still receive valuable feedback," she said. "Take the chance. You'll be glad you did."

Grand Winners Announced in 2026 Stevie® Awards for Great Employers

Maggie Gallagher — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 18:13:14 GMT

Abu Dhabi Customs (Abu Dhabi, UAE) and Türkiye Sigorta (Istanbul, Türkiye) have won the Grand (“best of show”) Stevie® Award trophies in the 11th annual Stevie Awards for Great Employers.

The Stevie Awards for Great Employers are an international business awards competition open to all organizations worldwide. The awards recognize the world's best organizations to work for, and the HR teams, professionals, achievements, new products, and suppliers that help to create and drive great places to work. The competition’s Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie winners in the various categories were announced earlier this month and are available at http://HR.StevieAwards.com.

To determine the Organization of the Year Grand winner, each Gold Stevie win counts for three points, each Silver win for two points, and each Bronze win for one-and-a-half points.

The Grand Stevie Award for the Highest-Rated Nomination of the Year goes to the organization with the highest rated nomination in the entire competition.

The Grand Stevie Award winners are:

Highest-scoring Nomination: With an average score of 9.55 out of a possible 10 from the judges, the nomination titled "From System Of Record To System Of Decision" submitted by Abu Dhabi Customs of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, is the highest-scoring nomination in the 2026 competition. The nomination won the Gold Stevie Award for Achievement in HR Technology.

Organization of the Year: With 54.5 award points, earned for 10 Gold, seven Silver, and seven Bronze Stevie wins, Türkiye Sigorta of Istanbul, Türkiye, is the most honored organization in the 2026 competition. Türkiye Sigorta is one of Türkiye’s leading insurance companies in the non-life, life, and pension segments, distinguished by its strong financial structure, extensive distribution network, and customer-centric approach.

Winners will be celebrated and presented with their Stevie Awards during a joint awards ceremony with The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence, and the German Stevie Awards. Tickets are now on sale. The presentations will be broadcast live.

More than 1,000 nominations from organizations in 38 nations and territories were evaluated in this year’s competition. Winners were determined by the average scores of more than 160 professionals worldwide, acting as judges. The Stevie Awards for Great Employers recognize achievement in many facets of the workplace.

Categories include:

The awards are presented by the Stevie Awards, which organizes nine of the world’s leading business awards shows including the prestigious International Business Awards® and American Business Awards®.