Since 2014 the Initiative Mittelstand nominates especially innovative products and solution made for small enterprises with the INNOVATIONSPREIS-IT. The winners are chosen by category and by region.
An impartial jury consisting of 100 jurors from different field, such as it professionals, researchers, journalists and professors are reviewing all submitted solutions. The review criteria encompass innovation (novelty, market readiness, future-orientation), gain (usefulness, impact on profitability, increase in eficiency) as well as the suitability for small enterprises (relevance for SMEs, practicality, implementation).
The INNOVATIONSPREIS-IT is awarded every year during the CeBIT by the media network of Initiative Mittelstand. This year Sector Nord won the regional price for lower saxony with its solution SNAG-View 3.6.1.