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TechTrade | 13 Sep 2012 :  The Irish Software Association  has confirmed  12 October as the closing for entries to this year's Software Industry Awards has begun. The IBEC group that represents the indigenous software sector, is urging companies to submit their entries for the Awards on 9 November.

Karl Flannery, ISA chairman and Storm Technology CEO, said the Awards were "about recognising excellence among Irish software and digital technology companies".

"They also help companies to validate for their customers, employees and investors the breadth of innovation, vision and execution in their enterprises as they scale internationally," said Flannery.

ISA aims to create an ecosystem of category-winning scaling companies that want to transform the markets in which they operate through innovative digital technology and software.

"This year's Software Industry Awards - themed Innovating, Transforming, Scaling - are key to the ISA mission as we seek to enable the growth of Irish software companies through pathways of connections, knowledge and influence across the enterprise ecosystem.

Phil Cox, president of Silicon Valley Bank, UK, EMEA and India, will be the keynote speaker at the Awards which will be held at the Burlington Hotel, Dublin.

The categories for this year's ISA Software Industry Awards are: Partnership of the Year; Technical Innovation of the Year; Sales Achievement of the Year; Multinational Corporation Initiative of the Year; Gaming Company of the Year; ISA Overall Company of the Year; Outstanding Academic Achievement of the Year; and Digital Technology Person of the Year.

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Pictured: Karl Flannery and Paul Sweetman, ISA