BASDA members' success at Software Satisfaction Awards
BASDA members celebrated success in all Accounting and Payroll categories at the 2008 Software Satisfaction Awards, including category winners Access Accounting (Mid-range Software), PS Financials (Enterprise Software) and TaxCalc (Tax Software).
Small Business Software runners up - MYOB and QuickBooks
Mid-range Software runners up - IRIS Exchequer, Integra from IB Solutions and Pegasus Opera II
Enterprise Software runners up - OpenAccounts from COA Solutions, CODA Financials and Agresso Business World
Payroll Software runners up - OpenPeople from COA Solutions, IRIS Payroll and Access Accounts
Paperless Office Software runners up - DbArchive from Version One
BI/CPM Software runners up - People Analytics from COA Solutions
Newcomer of the year
This new category was suggested by BASDA to accommodate new entrants to the market who would struggle to meet 5% market share threshold to make it on to the category shortlists. Judged by John Stokdyk, BASDA director-general Jairo Rojas and MyCustomer.com's Stuart Lauchlan, the award was based on both product innovation and marketing strategies and the judges also consulted the survey results for evidence to back the case of each nominee.
There were some very credible contenders, including Access Accounting's new Carbon Accounting module, and 12pay, which only narrowly missed out on the main prize in the Payroll software category. All the accounting software as a service nominees - e-conomic, Liquid Accounts, Pearl Office and Xero - had strong claims, but the Newcomer of the Year for 2008 occupies a category all by itself - the on-demand performance management and analytics developer Adaptive Planning.
BASDA's Theo van Dort Award to the person who has done the most to foster collaboration within the industry went to the European Commission's John Doyle for his efforts to get software developers to work on monitoring, reporting and management tools for carbon emissions.
For the detailed results in all the accounting & finance, HR and CRM categories, visit the
Software Satisfaction Awards website
About the Software Satisfaction Awards:
The Sift Media Software Satisfaction Awards, in association with BASDA, were established in 2006 to reward high standards from software application providers serving UK businesses.
This year the Awards covered 19 categories across the business disciplines of: accounting & finance; human resources; training; CRM; and customer management.
The Awards are based on the views of genuine buyers and end-users of business software applications - not those of a judging panel. This means that the Awards act as a valuable guide to anyone taking the decision to purchase new business software applications.