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Seventeen thousand votes, one hundred and fifty eight applications at the telekom best business app

Budapest, June 3, 2014 10:30

  • Votes can already be cast on the best business applications and ideas - SMEs voting may win an advertising campaign of HUF 3 million
  • So far 158 applications and 17,300 votes were received - 491 SMEs of 6 countries became supporters
  • www.sikerfal.hu

Voting has started! Now everybody can vote for the most useful business application at the Telekom Best Business Apps contest. Interest increases dynamically: in two weeks more than 17,000 votes were cast on favorite application ideas on the competition’s website.

At the international competition Deutsche Telekom welcomed new developments and ideas from six countries of the Central-Eastern European region, with a deadline extended until June 2. The objective of the competition is for SMEs to realize the versatile range of innovative applications available even now, simplifying and assisting their everyday activities. Competitors are expected to develop the concept of the best, cloud-based business applications, making the everyday work of SMEs more simple and easier. Fantastic prizes include an advertising campaign of HUF 10 million and a start-up incubator package worth 80,000 Euros.

One day before the deadline 158 applications were received in the international competition, while Hungarian developers uploaded 42 application on the success wall of Business Apps. Qualifying among the very best requires to be judged by SMEs really valuable and loveable, as SMEs also cast votes on applications entered. Companies registering on the website and casting their vote become supporters of the app voted for, and further to their names shown on the website, Magyar Telekom also raffles out an advertising campaign worth HUF 3 million among them. Votes may be cast until June 30 at www.sikerfal.hu

Applicants cover almost all domains of the average activities of an office, however three major categories seem to shape up regarding the functions of applications. The first category includes solutions increasing the efficiency of SMEs, supporting the companies’ operation and decision making mechanisms, making processes smoother independent of business sectors, including apps named Riport, Kiboard, BizExpert, Írizs, KS Bérkalkulátor, Mini CRM, WorQRin, Smartfront ERP, Tresorit, EDMDesigneror or   eDocu . The other group includes apps support activities of companies operating in lifestyle markets, including Mennyei and Lamirez coordinating restaurant orders and suppliers, or Agrarium or Taximost, TraffiHunter, iTAXIK simplifying ordering a taxi and the logistics, as well as Doktor24 providing guidance in health related issues. Finally, there are applications specialized on concrete problems, solutions and topics, offering special functions, including apps like L&D, Antavo, Tapointment, Order-Taker, Mobilengine, CryptTalk, ShopDash, NextGenerationSaaSFactory, Krayo Mobil, Birdeal.

Detailed description of the apps and up-to-date information about the contest of business apps: