CRM Idol 2012: Let the Games Begin!

Each year, as many of you all know, we run CRM Idol.  This is year 2 so we are still babes in the woods and learning but because we have an amazing braintrust in Brent Leary, Esteban Kolsky, Denis Pombriant, Jesus Hoyos, Laurence Buchanan, Mark Tamis and Silvana Buljan, (and me) we just make improvements both from year to year and on the fly.

Well, this morning, we announced the provisional contestants for CRM Idol 2012.  Here's what we published on the site with the names of those who are going to compete:

Okay, folks, we're getting ready to rock and roll now. As of this minute, we're announcing the provisional CRM Idol 2012 contestants for your competitive viewing pleasure! Why provisional? We have to do the reference checks, people. If they pass those, they are in. This is now their slot to lose. They have it as long as the references check out.  AND if they do check out, then this is their contest to win!  We also did something a little sorta kinda radical, which is to realign a little. We didn't see the deep traction in Asia so we combined the EMEA with the Asia/Australia candidates and after culling the herd, we found 21 candidates in that combined region and 42 in the Americas that we consider serious competitors for the CRM Idol 2012 awards.  There are 16 countries represented on this list. So, without further ado, and with no links to their sites, and in no particular order, here are the names of the companies (not the products) that are now your CRM Idol 2012 Contestants!

Americas

1. 3CSI
2. Cloud9
3. SplendidCRM Software, Inc.
4. ShopIgniter
5. CustomerWinHQ
6. GreenRope
7. InfiniGraph
8. LogicBox Software, Inc.
9. Contactually
10. VIPorbit
11. Carmel Vision
12. AllClients
13. ReadyPulse
14. 5Degrees, Inc
15. Badgeville
16. CallPro CRM, LLC
17. InterSolutions S.A.S.
18. LoopFuse
19. Matrix Solutions
20. MotherNode
21. NextPrinciples, Inc.
22. Performance Solutions S.A.C
23. Remotia, Inc.
24. Simply Measured, Inc.
25. VirtuOz
26. Awareness, Inc.
27. BlueCamroo, Inc.
28. Compendium
29. Nimble
30. Salestrakr
31. Totango
32. ToutApp
33. Demandbase
34. Nearstream
35. RedHorse Systems, Inc.
36. Mastersoft S.A.S.
37. Sequentia Environics
38. Social Dynamx
39. Crushpath
40. Sprout Social, Inc.
41. Apptivo
42. Crowdtap

EMEA/Asia/Australia

1. ArtenScience
2. Nexus Electronics
3. Idomoo, Ltd.
4. IKO System
5. OnePage CRM
6. amoCRM
7. Selfservice Company
8. Artesian Solutions
9. Atol d.o.o.
10. Atollon, Ltd.
11. Campe de Bases
12. Conversocial
13. Insightera
14. Pipedrive
15. Workbooks.com
16. Dimelo
17. Acidaes Solutions
18. Freshdesk
19. Soft Solvers Solutions Sdn Bhd
20. LeadMaster Australia Pty. Ltd.
21. Really Simple Systems