Microsoft Innovation Center Report 2010-2011 vol.5
Microsoft Innovation Award 2010 Outstanding Performance Winners’ Solutions Presented at Tech･Ed Japan 2010
Published: September 29, 2010
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August 25th – 27th, 2010, Tech･Ed Japan 2010
Microsoft hosted Tech･Ed Japan 2010, one of its largest worldwide technical conferences, at Pacifico Yokohama Hotel from August 25th to 27th. At the BOF (Birds of a Feather) session on the first day, each Microsoft Innovation Award 2010 Outstanding Performance Award winning company made a presentation to introduce its winning solution. As in previous years, the Best Commercial Business Award winner will be selected based on votes cast by Tech･Ed participants and all Microsoft employees.
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Best Commercial Business Award Winning Company Chosen by Tech･Ed Japan Attendees and Microsoft Employees
 | I expect the vote to represent even more voices this year than before. This was a chance for the Outstanding Performance Award winning companies to introduce their solutions to even more people than before, and, in turn, the attendees’ feedback should help the companies to improve their solutions. |  | | Shunichi Kajisa
(CTO, Microsoft Co. Ltd., Japan)
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As in previous years, Microsoft held Microsoft Innovation Award 2010 to honor software innovation. Domestic IT venture companies using (or planning to use) Microsoft technologies for business, applied for the award with their creative solutions.
“This year, people can vote at the BOF (Birds of a Feather) session, the Attendee Party or on the Web," said Shunichi Kajisa (CTO, Microsoft Co. Ltd., Japan), "I expect the vote to represent even more voices than before. At the BOF session and Attendee Party, participants were able to make presentations directly to many of the Tech･Ed Japan attendees,” said Shunichi Kajisa (CTO, Microsoft Co. Ltd., Japan), “This was a chance for the Outstanding Performance Award winning companies to introduce their solutions to even more people, and, in turn, the attendees’ feedback should help the companies to improve their solutions.”
Outstanding Performance Award winning companies presented their solutions at Tech･Ed Japan 2010, one of the largest worldwide technical conferences hosted by Microsoft. Public presentations of the solutions were held at the BOF session on the first day, as well as at the Attendee Party at nearby Yokohama Grand Intercontinental Hotel. Representatives from each company eagerly explained their solutions to the large number of people attending Tech･Ed Japan.
Five Winner Companies Received MIA 2010 Awards for Outstanding Performance
A number of high quality solutions were nominated for Microsoft Innovation Award 2010. Each solution effectively used Microsoft technologies to make original ideas into reality.
Outstanding Solutions from the Winner Companies
For details of each company's solution, please visit the Microsoft Innovation Award 2010 homepage.
| • | e-typing Co., Ltd. “e-typing (Internet-based typing practice)”  |
| • | inotech “KOACAD: Knee Osteoarthritis Computer-Aided Diagnosis”  |
| • | SKYARC System Co., Ltd. “Content Management System MTCMS Enterprise”  |
| • | STEPWISE INC. “Venta for Silverlight”  |
| • | XeBRal Co., Ltd. “Corporate search and analysis infrastructure”  |
Five Innovative Solutions Called Attention of Developers and Executives
| | Every one of the Outstanding Performance Award winning solutions is fantastic. Any one of these could be selected to receive the Best Commercial Business Award. I cannot wait to see which one wins. | | | Akihiro Oba
(General Manager, Developer & Platform Evangelism, Microsoft Co. Ltd., Japan)
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As in previous years, the one company to receive Best Commercial Business Award will be chosen by the votes of Tech･Ed Japan attendees and Microsoft employees.
Attendees flocked to the August 25th BOF (Birds of a Feather) session “Microsoft Innovation Award 2010 Presentation Stage” even though it was held over the lunch hour, and immediately followed the keynote session. Each company made a five minute presentation to Tech･Ed Japan attendees, members of the press and Microsoft employees.
A lively Q&A session followed each presentation. Amid many questions posed and advice offered, the companies managed to introduce the unique features of their solutions within the time allotted.
Keynote speaker Akihiro Oba (General Manager, Developer & Platform Evangelism, Microsoft Co. Ltd., Japan) viewed the booths at the Attendee Party following the end of the sessions on the first day. Oba listened eagerly to each company describe its solution at the exhibition booths, far exceeding the time allotted in his schedule to do so.
“Every one of the Outstanding Performance Award winning solutions is fantastic,” noted Oba, "Any one of these could be selected to receive the Best Commercial Business Award. I cannot wait to see which one wins.”
One company will be selected for the Microsoft Innovation Award Best Commercial Business Award based on voting cast at the BOF session, Attendee Party and on the Web. The winning company will be announced at Microsoft Innovation Day 2010 this winter.
