Hundreds of companies were nominated for the 2004 Software Industry Awards and winners were selected by the editorial staff of Software Business. In addition to DataSynapse, awards were presented to Adobe, Lombardi Software, Mercury Interactive, Microsoft, PatchLink, PeopleSoft, Prescient and Symantec. Software Business is a business and technology publication for executives, managers and decision makers in the software industry. "We are proud to present DataSynapse with the award for Best Technology," said John G. Cargile, managing editor of Software Business. "Distinguishing its technology, strategies and brand, DataSynapse has displayed industry-wide leadership with its grid computing initiatives and products." DataSynapse's grid computing offering includes the company's GridServer software and GRIDesign methodology. GridServer enables organizations to implement a next generation application infrastructure that optimizes performance and delivers substantial quality of service for radically lower cost. With support for batch, object-oriented, transactional and web services applications, GridServer dynamically distributes workload across a grid of shared, heterogeneous resources. To accelerate enterprise adoption of grid technology, the company pioneered its GRIDesign methodology, which provides customers with a customized, forensic understanding of the benefits they can achieve through the implementation of an on demand application infrastructure. "Leading organizations in the financial services, industrial, energy and government sectors depend on DataSynapse to grid-enable their core business applications," said Peter Y. Lee, DataSynapse co-founder and CEO. "Receiving the 2004 Software Industry Award for Best Technology is a testament to our innovation and further proof of the demonstrated business value our clients experience in driving operational efficiencies and uncovering new opportunities for revenue creation and competitive advantage."