The ICT Excellence Awards programme is now a firmly established

Currently in its seventh year, it is Ireland's most prestigious

and respected awards programme in the ICT sector.

The 'Oscars' of Ireland's ICT industry were presented at a

Gala Dinner in the Burlington Hotel on May 4th.

ICT Industry Person of the Year
- Samir Naji, Chairman, Horizon Group

ICT Project of the Year - Private Sector
Sponsor: Entropy

Winner: National Irish Bank

Conall Lavery, Managing Director, Entropy &
Gerry Hodgett, Head of Technology, National Irish Bank

ICT Project of the Year - Public Sector
Sponsor: CAP Gemini

Winner: Mobhaile

Nick Forbes, Vice President, CAP Gemini
& Tim Willoughby, Local Government Computer Services Board

Open Source Project of the Year
Sponsor: Mediateam

Winner: Soft Telecom

Billy Huggard, Operations Director, Mediateam
& Niall McCarthy, Senior Software Engineer, Soft Telecom.

Mobile Technology Project of the Year
Sponsor: Intel

Winner: Voxpilot

Colin MacHale of Intel & David Burke, Chief Technology Officer, Voxpilot

Web Development Company of the Year
Sponsor: Hosting365

Winner: Texthelp

Stephen McCarron, Hosting 365 & David Robinson, Sales and Marketing Manager, Texthelp Systems

Technology Marketing Campaign of the Year
Sponsor: CMS Peripherals

Winner: Sage

Michael Callaghan, Managing Director, CMS Peripherals
& Patricia McGrath, Marketing Manager, Sage

Best use of Technology in Education and Training
Sponsor: Vodafone

Winner: Version One/Institute of Guidance Counsellors

Best ICT Company to Work For
Sponsor: HP Invent

Winner: Oracle Ireland

Martin Cullen, HP Ireland & Renu Wren, Regional Sales Director, Oracle Ireland

Young IT Person of the Year
Sponsor: Irish Computer Society

Winner: ICT Ireland Champions Programme

Peter Lawless, The Irish Computer Society
& Kathryn Raleigh, Director of ICT Ireland.

 

Telecommunications Company of the Year
Sponsor: Servecentric

Winner: Vodafone

Jason O’Conaill Sales Director, Servecentric & Don Maher, Vodafone

Distributor of the Year
Sponsor: Interxion

Winner: CMS Peripherals

Tanya Duncan, Managing Director, Interxion
& Michael Callaghan, Managing Director, CMS Peripherals

Specialist Distributor of the Year
Sponsor: Targus

Winner: PC Cubed

Peter Booth, Regional Sales Director for Targus Ireland, UK and South Africa
& Michelle O’Brien, Marketing Manager, PC Cubed

Systems Integration Company of the Year
Sponsor: Sun Microsystems

Winner: Ergo

Cathy Toft, Marketing Manager, Sun Microsystems & John Purdy, Managing Director, Ergo Services

ICT Best in Show Award
Sponsor: Osmosis

Winner: Exchequer Software

Brian Honan, Osmosis & Alan Connor, Exchequer Software

ICT Company of the Year
Sponsor: Microsoft

Winner: Smart Telecom

Terry Landers, Microsoft & Oisin Fanning, Smart Telecom

ICT Sales Professional of the Year
Sponsor: The Sales Institute of Ireland

Winners: Mark McKeon and Brendan Donovan, of HP Ireland

John McCormack, The Sales Institute of Ireland
& Mark McKeon and Brendan Donovan, of HP Ireland

ICT Professional of the year

Winner: Barbara White, SIAC Construction

Fiona O’Brien, Country General Manager, Lenovo
& accepting on behalf of Barbara White, Michael Feighery, Company Secretary, SIAC Construction

ICT Industry Person of the year
Sponsor: ComputerScope

Winner: Samir Naji, Horizon Group