European Seal of e-Excellence
The European Seal of E-Excellence is a quality label that rewards outstanding performance ("excellence") in the marketing of innovation in the information & communication technologies (ICT), internet and digital media sectors. The Award is supported by numerous industry associations and clusters from all over the world. Winners are selected by a jury. The Award Ceremony takes place each year at CeBIT.
History
The European Seal of e-Excellence was created in 2003 by a group of associations representing the ICT and digital media industries. It can be compared to the (no more available) IST prize but carries the idea one step further to the marketing of ICT innovation. As such, it was an answer to the so-called "European paradox", a term coined in a European Commission Green Paper in 1995 and referring to the often encountered inability of Europe to bring (excellent) research and scientific results to the markets.
Partners
The Seal is supported by a broad network of organisations from Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Uruguay. It is spear-headed by the EMF, a non-profit organisation acting since 1993 to promote European ICT companies.
Winners
More than 250 companies and organisations have won the Seal since 2003.
In 2011, 36 companies from 18 countries were awarded:
Platinum Winners 2011: Ameise Editora, B.U.T, Bitext Innovations, Cinetis, Egyszervolt.hu, IMASTE, Neuromarketing, VIDAVO
Gold Winners 2011: Adobe Scene7, Balazs-Diak, digital publishing, eRevMax, G&L Group, Hedz Hungary, ICB - InterConsult Bulgaria, Norse Solutions, RichCast, Soft Economy, TR Associates, VASCO Data Security, Wordbee
Silver Winners 2011: ACCURO, Anboto Europe, apprupt, Clic and Cash, Hexacta, LetterGen, Lingosaur, Musala Soft, Nemzeti Tankonyvkiado, plista, Quicksite, QUISMA, SmartSoft, Soluciones Tecnologicas, TOPEX