Blackbaud Earns Spot on 2012 InformationWeek 500 List of Top Technology Innovators Across America
Charleston, S.C. (September 12, 2012) – Blackbaud, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLKB), a leading global provider of software and services for nonprofits, today announced that it made this year’s InformationWeek 500, an annual listing of the nation’s most innovative users of business technology. Ranking at 164 in 2012, this is the third consecutive year that Blackbaud has been recognized by InformationWeek as a top technology innovator. The annual list was revealed last night at a gala awards ceremony at the InformationWeek 500 Conference, which took place at the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort, Dana Point, CA.
“We are honored to be included once again in the InformationWeek 500 list of top technology innovators,” said Todd Lant, Blackbaud’s vice president of corporate IT. “We achieved this by enhancing our service delivery platform and our front and back office solutions, which ultimately provided our customers more choices while resulting in cost savings to them and to our company.”
Key components of the initiative included automation, virtualization, cloud management, and mobile technologies. Blackbaud invested heavily in backend infrastructure while reducing costs simultaneously; virtualized server environments, networking and storage; and delivered mobile solutions to its customers. These efforts have improved the customer experience dramatically by cutting implementation times in half and improving customer satisfaction.
“The InformationWeek 500 has recognized the most innovative users of business technology for 24 years, and this year’s innovations were particularly impressive,” said InformationWeek Editor In Chief Rob Preston. “What the editors looked for are unconventional approaches, new technologies, new models, new ways of grabbing business opportunities and solving complex business problems with IT.”
InformationWeek identifies and honors the nation’s most innovative users of information technology with its annual 500 listing, and also tracks the technology, strategies, investments, and administrative practices of America’s best-known companies. Past overall winners include PACCAR Inc., The Vanguard Group, CME Group, National Semiconductor, Con-Way, and Principal Financial Group. The InformationWeek 500 rankings are unique among corporate rankings as it spotlights the power of innovation in information technology, rather than simply identifying the biggest IT spenders.
Additional details on the InformationWeek 500 can be found online at www.informationweek.com/iw500/.
About Blackbaud
Serving the nonprofit and education sectors for 30 years, Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) combines technology and expertise to help organizations achieve their missions. Blackbaud works with more than 27,000 nonprofit customers in over 60 countries that support higher education, healthcare, human services, arts and culture, faith, the environment, independent K-12 education, animal welfare and other charitable causes. The company offers a full spectrum of cloud-based and on-premise software solutions and related services for organizations of all sizes including: fundraising software, online fundraising software, event fundraising software, eMarketing, social media, advocacy, constituent relationship management (CRM), analytics, financial management and vertical-specific solutions for ticketing, school management, and more. Using Blackbaud software for nonprofits, these organizations raise more than $100 billion each year. Recognized as a top company by Forbes, InformationWeek, and Software Magazine and honored by Best Places to Work, Blackbaud is headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina and has operations in the United States, Australia, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit www.blackbaud.com.
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