Our customers are doing incredible work every day to optimize their technology spend, reduce risk and drive smarter decision-making. For the past four years, the Technology Intelligence Awards, presented by Flexera, have recognized the best of the best. The prestigious program recognizes your achievements grounded in real outcomes, measurable impact and strategic innovation across ITAM, FinOps, SaaS Management and Sustainability.
Whether you and your team have optimized software spend, implemented FinOps best practices, improved SaaS visibility and/or achieved environmental gains, your story deserves recognition.
New in 2025: To give your achievements even greater credibility, we’ve invited independent industry analysts and practitioners to review submissions, so your contributions receive the best-in-class recognition they deserve.
Have questions? Need any help drafting your submission? Reach out to customerprograms@flexera.com or book a 30-minute call here to stay ahead of the May 9 submission deadline.
3 reasons to apply for a 2025 Technology Intelligence Award
- Increase your recognition—both internally and externally
Elevate your team’s achievements in front of executives and industry peers alike. A nomination puts your work on the radar of decision-makers inside your organization and an external, independent judging panel. - Strengthen stakeholder alignment
Turning your project into an award submission creates a shared victory for everyone involved. It rallies colleagues around your success, secures broader executive buy-in and turns individual wins into team momentum. - Boost your professional brand
Leverage your award story as proof of impact. Use it to power performance reviews, enhance your LinkedIn profile and open doors to future opportunities.
Meet the 2025 Technology Intelligence Awards judges
Picture your accomplishments evaluated by the very architects of our industry’s best practices:
Martin Thompson
As the founder of The ITAM Forum and The ITAM Review, Martin’s two decades of ITAM leadership have shaped how organizations govern assets, streamline processes and drive operational excellence.
Mark Butcher
Founder of Posetiv and a GreenOps trailblazer, Mark advises global enterprises on slashing digital carbon emissions and hitting ambitious net-zero goals.
Karyn Price
An Industry Principal at Frost & Sullivan and member of its AI Center of Excellence, Karyn blends planet-class technical expertise with razor-sharp business strategy to spot tomorrow’s trends today.
FinOps Judge—Coming soon
We’re adding another heavyweight in cloud financial management. Stay tuned for the announcement and get ready to showcase your cloud optimization wins.
Top questions, answered
“I don’t have time for a lengthy application.” A time-consuming application process shouldn’t be a barrier to you getting recognized for your impact. We’ve designed the process to take about an hour.
“Is my story award-worthy?” Absolutely. Whether you’ve driven incremental savings, tamed SaaS sprawl, or launched innovative automations, our judges have the industry know-how to look for real-world impact. Often, the most compelling stories are about steady, meaningful progress.
“Can I keep vendor names or metrics confidential?” These awards exist to recognize your impact and share your story, to the degree you are comfortable sharing. You can share sensitive details without naming vendors, and our awards team will respect any specific confidentiality requirements.
Find your fit: This year’s award categories
If your work touches on optimization, visibility, innovation or sustainability, you’re probably doing award-worthy work. Still unsure? Here’s a breakdown of categories to help guide your choice (don’t feel limited to just one—apply for multiple categories that are relevant to your project):
- Impact of the Year: Recognizing teams that made broad, organization-wide gains—cost savings, efficiency boosts or strategic insights
- Innovation of the Year: Recognizing the most creative uses of Flexera solutions—from automation scripts to custom analytics dashboards
- ITAM Excellence: Recognizing the teams with the sharpest asset governance, risk reduction and spend optimization
- SaaS Management Excellence: Recognizing teams that tamed the SaaS chaos in their organizations, with effective controls on SaaS subscriptions, vendor relationships and budget leakage
- FinOps Excellence: Recognizing FinOps leaders who improved cloud-cost governance, cross-team collaboration and financial accountability
- Technology for Good: Recognizing organizations powered by Flexera who drove sustainability wins, carbon-reduction initiatives or social-impact programs
- Rookie of the Year: Recognizing customers who implemented Flexera in May 2024 or later and have already delivered measurable impact
Ready to tell your story?
Rally your team, prepare your submissions, and submit your nomination(s) by May 9, 2025, to let experts shine a spotlight on your team’s transformative impact. You’ve turned strategy into results—now it’s time to seize your opportunity to lead the conversation. Don’t pass up your chance to be recognized.
