SmartDraw.com today announced that SmartDraw 2008 was named a finalist in SoftwareCEO's annual Software Innovation Awards for the category of "Most Innovative General Business Software." Winners will be announced at the Software Marketing Perspectives Conference & Expo on May 7-9 in Santa Clara, CA.chief operating officer, CompTIA, and publisher of SoftwareCEO, David Sommer, said: "SoftwareCEO's annual Software Innovation Awards recognize our industry's efforts and accomplishments in bringing innovative products and new business models to market".
The popular software downloaded by more than 2 million people every year, SmartDraw, is the first program to automate the creation of business graphics such as flowcharts, project charts, floor plans, mind maps, org charts, and more. Wwith SmartDraw users, unlike other graphics programs that provide users with a blank screen and expect them to draw, such as Visio®, start with a template that is specifically designed to create the type of illustration they need. Users enter the information and SmartDraw does the rest: building the graphic automatically using built-in rules and professional design themes to guarantee polished, presentation-quality results in just a few minutes. SmartDraw offers free customer support to all users, in the rare case that users need extra help.
Including educational pricing, SmartDraw offers a variety of licensing options and programs. A free trial is available at http://www.smartdraw.com and includes both online and telephone technical support.
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