Companies now have until 11:59 pm (CT) Sunday, November 20 to enter the 2012 SXSW Accelerator Presented by Microsoft BizSpark. This gives you two more days to register for the event that provides an unparalleled showcase for companies from around the globe to present new online products and services. Conceived to showcase the internet's most cutting-edge creations before a live audience of industry professionals, venture capitalists, and tech trendsetters, SXSW Accelerator enables entrepreneurial visionaries to unveil their innovations one step ahead of the game.

Once more, enter here to benefit from all that SXSW Accelerator has to offer. Participants can enter under the following categories: Innovative Web Technologies, Social Media and Social Networking Technologies, Entertainment Technologies, Mobile Technologies, Health Technologies and News-Related Technologies. Music related entries must apply to the SXSW Music Accelerator session.

Contributed by Alan Ferguson, Accelerator logo design by Sean Simons