There are 24 best new product or service awards categories in The 2012 International Business Awards, the world's premier business awards program to help you highlight your organization's product of the year. (The 2012 IBAs are now accepting entries. Download your entry kit here and begin submitting your entries by the 16 May entry deadline.) All products and services introduced to the marketplace since 1 January 2011 are eligible for consideration. Nominees may be brand new or new versions.
Our new product awards categories include:
- Business-to-Business Products
- Business-to-Business Services
- Consumer Electronics
- Consumer Products
- Consumer Services
- Financial Services
- Hardware (Computer, Networking, Peripheral, Semiconductor or Other Electronic Component, Storage, Other)
- Health & Pharmaceuticals
a. Product
b. Service - Industrial Products & Services
- Media & Entertainment
a. Product
b. Service - Software
a. New
b. New Version - Telecommunications
a. Hardware
b. Service - Transportation
- Other
- Product Development/Management Department or Team of the Year
- Product Development/Management Executive of the Year
Generally, the information required for product awards and product management submissions include:
- An essay of up to 500 words describing the nominee's achievements since 1 January 2011. For the Best New Product or Service of the Year categories, this should be an essay about your product or service: Its features, functions, benefits, and performance to date
- A biography of the nominee or the leader of the nominated company, department, or team of up to 100 words
- Optional (but highly recommended), a collection of supporting files, product demonstration videos, and/or web addresses that you may upload to our server to support your entry and provide more background information to the judges
Leave us a comment and let us know which of your organization's products and services you'll be submitting entries for by 16 May.
