How to enter

The Buy-Side Technology Awards 2011 are open to all technology firms, brokers, and buy-side institutions regardless of their size, location or ownership. Organizations may enter as many categories as they wish, as long as they genuinely believe they meet the criteria listed alongside the categories (see Award Categories).

The judging panel will consider all entries to each category.

The entry period has now closed. Please check back here for further details.

General entry information:

• Entry to the 5th annual Buy-Side Technology Awards is online only
• Please email all entries to victor.anderson@incisivemedia.com
• Each entry must be separate - If you are entering three different products in three categories, you will need to submit three separate emails
• Entries must consist of a Word document containing the information laid out in the entry template (see Award Categories)
• The word count for each entry is restricted to 500 words. Extra copy will be ignored. Also, please do not attach pdfs or other files to your entry.
• All company/product details and names of reference clients are strictly confidential
• Please note that the quality of your entry (reference clients, general information, lay-out etc.) has a bearing on the outcome of each category. Over the past four years it has become clear that certain entrants have gone to great lengths to provide the judging panel with as much transparency as possible regarding their products and the company in general. These types of entries stand a greater chance of success than those consisting of a "cut-and-paste-job" from the company website.

What your entry should look like:

The subject line for every email sent to victor.anderson@incisivemedia.com should contain the following: BST Awards 2011, the abbreviated category (see Award Categories), and the product name. An example appears below:

BST Awards 2011, OMS, SwiftRoute

Along with each 500-word entry must be the following:

• An up-to-date summary of the firm's total installation numbers (live sites)
• An up-to-date summary of the firm's new clients since June 2010 (live sites, not contracts)
• The names and contact details (direct line numbers and email addresses) of three reference clients (please note, these names and contact details are confidential)
• Entrants are advised to include only the technical specifications and benefits/advantages of their products. Marketing material is a waste of words.