Andy Dale SharePoint Awards 2011

So it is the time of year when I announce the finalists in my ‘unofficial’ SharePoint Awards. The Villa might be the only team in Birmingham ending cup-less this season, but as for any nominated SharePoint Providers who haven’t made the final 6 in their category there is always next year.

Though it pains me to say I have to congratulate Birmingham city on winning the Carling Cup against Arsenal. Hopefully though as they look to buy a second-hand trophy cabinet it will be the Blues not the mighty Aston Villa who will be fighting for their Premiership survival come May.

Gold Seals for winners

So now to excitedly announce the finalists in the Andy Dale Awards 2011 which are this year being hosted at the brand new SharePoint Village. You can vote for your favourite two finalists in each category now by visiting the Voting Section at SharePoint Village.







A drum roll please (really fancy a bacon roll just now) as I announce the 60 finalists in this year’s awards.

1. BEST SHAREPOINT INFORMATION SITE

Six Finalists
Dip Into SharePoint
Nothing But SharePoint (End User SharePoint)
SharePoint Daily
SharePointEduTech
SharePoint Magazine
SharePoint News Site

(Winner 2010 End User SharePoint)

2. BEST SHAREPOINT WEBPART PROVIDER

Six Finalists
Amrein Engineering
Content and Code
KwizCom
Pentalogic
SharePoint Boost
Virto Software

(Winner 2010 – Amrein Engineering)

3. BEST SHAREPOINT MANAGEMENT TOOL

Six Finalists
ControlPoint 
DocAve BackUp & Restore
Match PointNever Fail
Quest Migration Manager
StoragePoint

(Winner 2010 – Control Point) 

4. BEST WEBSITE BUILT ON SHAREPOINT 

Six Finalists

Auckland Council
Care Source
Denon
East Midlands Trains
Heritage Lottery Fund
Volvo


(Winner 2010 Chilis)


5. BEST SHAREPOINT TRAINING PACKAGES 

Six Finalists
CBT Clips
Combined Knowledge CBT
Let’s Collaborate
Firebrand
SharePoint Solutions
Virtual Training Centre

(Winner 2010 – Combined Knowledge)

6. BEST SHAREPOINT MOBILE OR OFFLINE SOLUTION

Six Finalists
Colligo Contributor Pro
Digi Link Revelation
Formotus Browserless SharePoint
Infonic SharePoint Replication
Mobile Entree
Mobolize for SharePoint

(Winner 2010 – Colligo Contributor)

7. MOST USEFUL SHAREPOINT WEBPART

Six Finalists
Colour Mini Calendar - Amrein
Data Parts – Software FX
List Print – Bamboo Solutions
News Carousel – Content and Code
Reminder - Pentalogic
SharePoint Choice Indicator – SharePoint Boost

(Winner 2010 – Column View Permissions)



8. FAVOURITE FREE SHAREPOINT WEBPART/ADD-ONS

Six Finalists
Access Checker - Codeplex
Facebook Kit for SharePoint – Phil Wicklund
Fusion Charts - Codeplex
Google Chart Web Part
Project Progress Monitor – SharePoint Boost
SharePoint Search & Replace - KwizCom

(Winner 2010 – Google Charts)


9. BEST HOSTED SHAREPOINT PROVIDER

Six Finalists


724 Internet Solutions
Alentus
Apps4Rent
FPWeb Net
NetConnect
SharePoint Cloud Hosting

(Winner 2010 New Award)

10. BEST SHAREPOINT APPLICATION

Six Finalists
Aspose Total for SharePoint
BPA Project Application for SharePoint
MediaRich Digital Asset Management
PDF Converter for SharePoint
ShareKnowledge – E-Learning Solution 
Social Squared Forum

(winner 2010 ShareKnowledge)

So that is the list of finalists in each category so now is your chance to visit http://sharepointvillage.com and start voting.

As with ‘Dancing on Ice’ the scoring system will be in two halves. First half will be a rating between 1 and 5 based on how many online votes each finalist gets. The second half will be a score between 1 and 5 from our panel, of Worldwide SharePoint Experts, for each of the finalist. This will give each one a score out of 10. In the event of a tie as they are my Awards then I will have the casting vote. Hope that all makes sense.

Good luck to all the finalists and the winners will be announced on Monday 18^th April. Oh I forgot to say that the closing date for voting is 15^th April 2011.

Now come on you Villa boys you really have to beat the Wolves on Saturday.