BANGALORE, INDIA: NASSCOM, the premier trade body and the “voice” of the Indian IT industry, announced the winners of NASSCOM Innovation Awards 2008. 

Out of the 24 companies shortlisted, eight winners would be recognised and felicitated at the forthcoming NASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2009, scheduled in Mumbai from 11-13 February, 2009.

Som Mittal, president, NASSCOM, said, “Innovation will be the biggest driver and differentiator in the coming years. As per NASSCOM Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Innovation report, innovation would allow the Indian IT sector to tap additional revenue streams worth $50 billion by 2012."

"The Indian IT-BPO industry has maintained an edge by constantly innovating, and not only new solutions but also new processes and business models. We are very pleased that a large number of the winners for 2008 also, are from our emerging companies. This is the fifth year of these awards, and several of the earlier winners have considerably gained from the increased exposure and by leveraging the NASSCOM Awards platform”

Awards:

Market facing innovation - New innovation - New technology advancement
·         Intel DUNNINGTON: The World’s first six-core Microprocessor – India’s first CPU

·         Kritikal SecureScan: VehiScanT – Technology system for real-time vehicle license plates recognition in non-standardied environments

Market facing innovation - Business model and business process

·         Dhristhi-Soft Solutions Pvt. Ltd.: DACS Ameyo – Communication suite for call centres and SMBs

·         Persistent Systems: A data processing solution using RF tracking, hand held mobile devices to improve the accuracy of data collection, and productivity in real time

Business innovation
·         Aegis Ltd.: Five 9s Process – A scientific process to facilitate a smooth integration of an acquired company

·        Indiagames Ltd: Online gaming evangelisation process

Start-ups
·         MobME: Platform enabling picture sharing from camera phone to a social network

·         Sloka Telecom: Inexpensive and compact base stations for fixed and mobile WIMAX and 3G LTE