But agreement couldn't be reached in every category so a few were abandoned. In other categories we hit a stalemate.

And at other times judges locked in their votes and didn't want to budge. While this only made it an even longer day for everyone, it's evidence of how committed all of the judges were to ensuring every winner was a well-deserved recipient of a Frost & Sullivan Award.

No recipient was selected just for the sake of choosing a winner in each category. If it couldn't be done, it didn't happen.

All the more reason to send hearty congratulations to every award winner ... full coverage of the event is on page 8 (Computerworld print edition April 5).

Earlier in the week, I participated in the Computerworld breakfast briefing entitled, Strategic technologies for 2006 & Beyond.