Central Desktop's SocialBridge Named New Product or Service of the Year Finalist

Central Desktop, provider of the industry-leading cloud-based social collaboration platform for businesses, today announced that it has been named a finalist in the 2011 American Business Awards, also known as the Stevie Awards. Central Desktop’s collaboration solution for marketing agencies, SocialBridge, was named a finalist in the “New Product or Service of the Year – Media & Entertainment” category.

The American Business Awards are the nation’s premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit nominations – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small. More than 2,800 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration in more than 40 categories. This year’s Stevie Award winners will be presented on June 20 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City.

Built on Central Desktop’s award-winning collaboration platform, SocialBridge is the first collaboration solution on the market to seamlessly integrate an online review and approve process for creative files. SocialBridge features a complete suite of tools that enables internal and external teams to streamline creative and operational processes, facilitate social collaboration, share files, manage projects and centralize communication. As a cloud-based solution, SocialBridge is easy-to-use and accessible online from anywhere at any time.

“It’s an honor to have our SocialBridge collaboration solution for marketing agencies recognized by the Stevie Awards,” said Isaac Garcia, CEO and co-founder of Central Desktop. “We attribute the success of SocialBridge to our dedication to product development, and most importantly, to our customers. By listening to what our customers wanted, we were able to build a powerful collaboration platform that speaks specifically to the needs of marketing agencies.” Details about The American Business Awards and the list of finalists in all categories are available at http://www.stevieawards.com/aba.

About Central Desktop Central Desktop delivers a cloud-based social collaboration platform that revolutionizes how people connect and share information to drive profitable business results. Businesses of all sizes use Central Desktop’s complete online collaboration solution to manage projects and documents in the cloud with colleagues, customers and partners. Key Central Desktop customers include the Humane Society of the United States, CBS, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Netflix, Gymboree, Workday and Harvard University. Founded in 2005, Central Desktop is a privately-held company with headquarters in Pasadena, California. For more information about the company, visit http://www.centraldesktop.com/.

About the Stevie Awards Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about The Stevie Awards at http://www.stevieawards.com.