Awards

SCC Soft Computer is proud to have been recognized over the years for our commitment to excellence in the following areas:

Training magazine is the leading business publication for learning and development and HR professionals. Since 1979, it has been the ultimate resource for innovative learning and development - in print, in person, and online.
	2010 - Ranking: 9 2009 - Ranking: 3 2008 - Ranking: 8 2007 - Ranking: 14
	2006 - Ranking: 51 2005 - Ranking: 53 2003 - Ranking: 97 2002 - Ranking: 93

Since 2002, when Training magazine first began its ranking of the top companies for workforce training and leadership development, SCC's Educational Services department has been chosen from a field of over 10,000 entries to rank among the top 100 companies. SCC has been selected eight times during the nine-year history of this ranking based on our employee training initiatives and our ability to address employee turnover in specific departments through training certification.

SCC has ranked anywhere from 97^th to 51^st overall in the Training Top 100. In 2007, Training increased the field of competitors to 125 and changed the name of the ranking to the Training Top 125.

• In 2007, SCC vaulted up the rankings from 51^st in the 2006 Training Top 100 and placed 14^th in the Training Top 125
• In 2008, SCC joined the elite Training Top 10 and placed 8^th in the 2008 Training Top 125, marking the first time a healthcare IT firm placed in the Top 10!
• In 2009, SCC moved into a coveted Training Top 5 position with a ranking of 3^rd in the 2009 Training Top 125, marking the first time a healthcare IT firm placed in the Top 5!
• In 2010, SCC placed 9^th in the 2010 Training Top 125, marking the first time a healthcare IT firm placed in the Training Top 10 for three consecutive years!

With our placement for the third consecutive year in the Training Top 10, SCC Soft Computer is the top-ranked healthcare IT company and joins the ranks of industry powerhouses, PricewaterhouseCoopers (1), ADP, Inc. (2), The Vanguard Group (3), Verizon Wireless (4), KPMG LLP (5), Farmers Insurance (6), Cisco (7), Microsoft Corporation (8), SCC Soft Computer (9), and Aetna, Inc. (10). In-depth profiles of each of the companies appear in the February 2010 issue of Training. To see a complete list of the 2010 Training Top 125, visit Training’s Web site at www.trainingmag.com and follow the links.

In addition to securing a Top 10 position for the third consecutive year, SCC Soft Computer was recognized with a new award for 2010: Top Evaluation / Business Metrics Score for the quantitative portion of our submission, which was rated by an outside auditing firm.

SCC’s commitment to the effective education and training of its internal and external clients helps users get the maximum utilization and value from their LIS investment. More than ever, this is an important component to a successful IT implementation.

ASTD (the American Society for Training & Development) is the world’s largest association dedicated to workforce learning, development, and performance professionals. ASTD’s members come from more than 100 countries and connect locally in 130 U.S. chapters and with 30 international partners. Members work in thousands of organizations of all sizes, in government, as independent consultants, and suppliers. Started in 1943, in recent years ASTD has widened the profession’s focus to link learning and performance to individual and organizational results, and is a sought-after voice on critical public policy issues. For more information, visit www.astd.org.

Established in 2003 by ASTD, the ASTD BEST Awards Winner’s Circle includes small and large private, public, and not-for-profit organizations from around the globe. Through an online application, the 2009 BEST Awards committee received entries from 93 organizations in 10 countries. These organizations submitted quantitative and qualitative information to ASTD about their learning and development practices and programs. Their applications were assessed by members of the BEST Awards advisory committee, a group of experts in the learning and development field.

Award winners show that they are the BEST at: Building talent, Enterprise-wide, Supported by the organization’s leaders, fostering a Thorough learning culture.

BEST organizations leverage the learning function as a strategic business tool to achieve enterprise-wide success; they create, support, and champion learning opportunities for results and a learning culture. These organizations demonstrate the critical connection between employee learning and development and achieving business results.

SCC Soft Computer placed in the top five in the 2009 ASTD BEST Awards competition with a ranking of 3^rd!
In the 2009 competition, SCC is among 39 organizations from Canada, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, and the United States selected for this prestigious award. All winners are recognized in the October 2009 issue of Training & Development (T+D), ASTD’s monthly magazine.

SCC's Educational Services team won the 2009 ASTD/ISPI* OPAL Award for Excellence in Leadership Development. ASTD/ISPI is a partnership between the American Society for Training & Development and the International Society for Performance Improvement.

The OPAL Awards are sponsored by Tampa Bay ISPI and Suncoast ASTD and recognize the best and brightest Learning and Performance professionals in the Tampa Bay area. The OPAL Awards, or Outstanding Performance and Learning Awards, recognize professionals in the following categories:

• Excellence in Leadership Development
• Excellence in Use of Technology
• Excellence in Team Success
• Excellence in Customer Satisfaction

The OPAL Award for Excellence in Leadership Development recognizes the accomplishments of an individual or organization in the pursuit of developing strong, effective leaders.

SCC was recognized for the company's dedication to leadership development, our continuing efforts to provide cross training on all products, our investment in continuing education, and our use of continuing education and employee training to help us stay at the forefront of the highly competitive healthcare IT industry.

SCC has consistently ranked 1st in the MD Buyline survey, a vendor-independent survey of healthcare products. MD Buyline offers a comprehensive database of information on more than 6,000 healthcare products that is used by hospitals and other medical facilities during the capital planning and purchasing process.

• System Performance
• System Reliability
• Installation and Implementation
• Applications Training
• Integration
• Service and Support
• Product Flexibility

The Healthcare Informatics Top 100 is an annual ranking of companies by healthcare IT revenue. The companies included in the ranking sell IT products and services to health plans, provider organizations, and other business entities, offering everything from highly specialized best-of-breed applications to comprehensive enterprise-wide solutions. All figures for healthcare IT revenues used in creating the Healthcare Informatics 100 are self-reported.
	2008 - Ranking: 48 2007 - Ranking: 43 2006 - Ranking: 38 2005 - Ranking: 51 2004 - Ranking: 46 2003 - Ranking: 50 2002 - Ranking: 53

MindLeaders PILAR Award (Performance Improvement and Learning Achievement Recognitions), sponsored by MindLeaders® e-Learning that works.

• 2007 - Best First Year Organizational Development Program with PluS
  Best adoption and implementation of the PLuS program to encourage "Individualized Learning, Organizational Success."
• 2006 - Best Measurable Results in Organizational Development
  Best use of metrics and recording innovation to track the return on investment to demonstrate the value of MindLeaders professional development.

MindLeaders PILAR Awards honor the best uses of MindLeaders products and services to advance organizations’ professional development and organizational learning programs. Through the PILAR Awards, MindLeaders seeks to identify innovative programs and creative ideas that other clients can adopt for their own programs.

SCC was ranked in the DiversityBusiness.com Top 100 Diversity Owned Businesses in Every State, by Revenue 2008 ranking: 32 out of 100 Diversity Owned Businesses in Florida Each year DiversityBusiness.com collects and compiles the Top Business List on a State and National basis. The data is used to determine the top small businesses and the most successful entrepreneurs across the United States. Launched in 1999, DiversityBusiness, with over 46,000 members, is the largest organization of diversity owned businesses throughout the United States that provide goods and services to Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies, and colleges and universities. DiversityBusiness provides research and data collection services for diversity. Its research has been recognized and published by Forbes, Business Week, and thousands of other print and Internet publications.