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A big thank you to all of the end-users and purchasers of business software applications for taking part in the Software Satisfaction Awards 2008 survey.

The shortlist for the Award categories is provided below, based on a final voting population of 5,967 end users and purchasers of business software. Honourable mentions are given to those entrants who came extremely close to making the shortlist, or those who rated higher than the category average, but did not make the qualification level of 5% of the total category vote.

Finally, our congratulations to all of the software houses and resellers that have reached the Software Satisfaction Awards 2008 shortlist.

The shortlist (alphabetical order)

Accounting & Finance software

Enterprise accounting software

  • Agresso Business World, Agresso
  • CODA Financials, CODA
  • OpenAccounts, COA Solutions
  • PS Financials, PS Financials

Mid-range accounting software

  • Access Dimensions, Access Accounting
  • Integra, iB Solutions
  • IRIS Exchequer, IRIS
  • Pegasus Opera II, Pegasus

Honourable mentions:

  • HansaWorld, HansaWorld UK Limited
  • Mardak Construction Accounts, Mardak

Paperless office

  • DbArchive, Version One
  • Docusoft, Docusoft
  • Rapport, Practice Net Ltd
  • Spindle Professional, Draycir Ltd

Honourable mention:

  • CaseWare - Paperless Accounts Production and Audit Systems, CaseWare

Practice management software

  • Advance Practice Management, APS (Advanced Professional Solutions)
  • DRIVE, Relate Software
  • Practice Engine, The Practice Engine Group
  • Sage Practice Solution, Sage

BI/CPM Software

Due to relatively low voting volumes in this category, the BI/CPM award has been combined across Accounting & Finance, HR & Training and CRM & Customer Management.

  • Business Objects, SAP
  • Cognos 8, Cognos
  • People Analytics, COA Solutions

Honourable mentions:

  • Adaptive Planning, Adaptive Planning
  • SPSS 16.0, SPSS

Accounting & Finance reseller

  • dhc Ltd
  • Enhanced Computer Solutions
  • Minerva Computer Services
  • Profile Technology Services

Honourable mention:

  • Sapphire Systems plc

Small business accounting software

  • KashFlow, KashFlow
  • MYOB Accounting Plus, MYOB
  • QuickBooks Pro 2008, Intuit
  • Sage 50 Accounts, Sage

Honourable mentions:

  • e-conomic, e-conomic
  • Mamut Enterprise, Mamut
  • Mardak Construction Accounts, Mardak

Tax software

  • Digita Personal Tax, Digita
  • PerTAX, MYOB
  • TaxCalc Pro 2008, TaxCalc

Honourable mention:

  • Tax Tips & Tools, BBS Computing

Web-hosted accounting software

  • e-conomic, e-conomic
  • KashFlow, KashFlow
  • Liquid Accounts, Liquid Accounts Ltd
  • Pearl Office, Pearl

HR & Training software

Enterprise HR software

  • HR Pro (Enterprise Edition), ASR Computers
  • HR.net, Vizual Business Tools
  • SAP HR, SAP
  • Softscape Apex, Softscape

Learning software

  • Adobe Connect Pro, Adobe
  • ForceTen LCMS, Outstart
  • Kallidus LMS, e2train
  • Raptivity, Harbinger Knowledge Products

Mid-range HR software

  • Cascade HR, Cascade
  • HR Pro (Enterprise Edition), ASR Computers
  • Octopus, Octopus
  • Snowdrop HR and Payroll, Snowdrop

BI/CPM Software

Due to relatively low voting volumes in this category, the BI/CPM award has been combined across Accounting & Finance, HR & Training and CRM & Customer Management.

  • Business Objects, SAP
  • Cognos 8, Cognos
  • People Analytics, COA Solutions

Honourable mentions:

  • Adaptive Planning, Adaptive Planning
  • SPSS 16.0, SPSS

Payroll software

  • 12Pay, 12Pay Ltd
  • OpenPeople, COA Solutions
  • Payroll Manager, Moneysoft
  • k-PAYE, KCS Management Systems

Honourable mentions:

  • Access Accounts
  • IRIS Payroll, IRIS

Talent management

  • apoint, networx
  • iRecruiter, iCIMS
  • OMT360, Couraud
  • SuccessFactors’ ULTRA

Honourable mention:

  • Taleo Enterprise Edition, Taleo

CRM & Customer management

BI/CPM Software

Due to relatively low voting volumes in this category, the BI/CPM award has been combined across Accounting & Finance, HR & Training and CRM & Customer Management.

  • Business Objects, SAP
  • Cognos 8, Cognos
  • People Analytics, COA Solutions

Honourable mentions:

  • Adaptive Planning, Adaptive Planning
  • SPSS 16.0, SPSS

Enterprise CRM software

  • NetSuite CRM+, NetSuite Inc.
  • Onyx, Consona CRM
  • Oracle's Siebel CRM, Oracle
  • Salesforce CRM, Salesforce.com

Contact centre software

Due to low voting volumes in this category, the Contact centre software award has been removed from the 2008 programme.

Small business CRM software

  • ACT! from Sage, Sage
  • Mamut Enterprise, Mamut ASA
  • NetSuite Small Business, NetSuite Inc.
  • Really Simple Systems, Really Simple Systems Ltd

Mid-range CRM software

  • Goldmine, Frontrange
  • NetSuite CRM, NetSuite Inc.
  • Sage CRM, Sage
  • Salesforce CRM, Salesforce.com

CRM reseller

  • Armstrong Consultants
  • DMC Software Solutions
  • Sapphire Systems plc

Honourable mention:

  • Aspective