3Leaf Systems (www.3leafsystems.com) was named a Finalist in the Best New Product of the Year category in The 4th Annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business, presented by Infiniti.

The Stevie Awards for Women in Business honor women executives, entrepreneurs, and the companies they run – worldwide. The Stevie Awards have been hailed as “the business world’s own Oscars.” (New York Post, April 27, 2005).

Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word “crowned,” winners will be announced during a gala event at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Monday, November 12. Nominated women executives and entrepreneurs from the U.S. and several other countries are expected to attend.

More than 800 entries were submitted for consideration in more than 40 categories, including Best Executive, Best Entrepreneur, and Best Community Involvement Program. 3Leaf Systems is a Finalist in the Best New Product of the Year category.

The 3Leaf V-8000, named a Finalist as the Best New Product of the Year, has a rich feature set designed to maximize enterprise data center server resource utilization and scalability, speeds up the deployment and provisioning of new servers, and provides high availability and centralized management. Significant capital and operational costs savings from deploying the 3Leaf V-8000 can exceed 50 percent on day one, and operations savings can be close to 60 percent.

“We are honored to have the 3Leaf V-8000 recognized by the prestigious Stevie Awards organization,” said Sash Sunkara co-founder and chief business officer of 3Leaf Systems. “Our solutions continue to gain traction in the enterprise, providing cost effective solutions for optimizing data center resources and creating energy efficient, world-class data centers.”

Finalists were chosen by business professionals worldwide during preliminary judging. Members of the Awards' Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors and their staffs select Stevie Award winners from among the Finalists during final judging.

“Being named a Finalist in The Stevie Awards for Women in Business is an important achievement,” said Michael Gallagher, president of the Stevie Awards. “It means that independent business executives have agreed that the nominee is worthy of recognition. We congratulate all of the Finalists on their achievement and wish them well in the competition.”

Details about The Stevie Awards for Women in Business and the list of Finalists in all categories are available at www.stevieawards.com/women.