Tech luminaries shine at Excellence Awards

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Pictured: John McDonald, Mediateam with Denis O'Brien and Billy Huggard, Mediateam

Denis O’Brien received the lifetime achievement award at the Tech Excellence Awards held last night at the Ballsbridge Hotel in Dublin.

The gala event was attended by almost 500 luminaries from the technology sector, who gathered to celebrate a year of innovation and commercial success.

Also recognised on the night were Viatel for company of the year, Justin Keatinge of Version 1 for person of the year, and Prospr in the rising star category.

A special presentation was made to Cathriona Hallahan, managing director of Microsoft Ireland to celebrate the company’s 30 years in Ireland.

Finally, the award for multinational of the year was accepted by Intel, represented on the night by country manager for Ireland Colin Mac Hale.

The Awards were adjudicated by industry experts Eoin O’Driscoll (Forfas), Dr Jim Mountjoy (Euristix), Tom McCarthy (HelmAG), Peter McManamon (Parthus Technologies), Dr Seán Baker (IONA Technologies), and Karl Flannery (Storm Technology).

Full list of winners:

IT project of the year (Public Sector) (Sponsored by The Irish Computer Society) – Version 1 with Sustainable Energy Ireland

IT project of the year (Private sector) (Sponsored by GCS Technology) – Triangle with Aviva

IT project of the year (SME) (Sponsored by Grenke) – Gemini Technology with Brown Bag Films

Mobile technology project of the year – Puca

Web development company of the year – Strata 3

Technology exporter of the year (Sponsored by Viatel) – Datalex

Best use of technology in education & training (Sponsored by fit) – Bytek MPS

Data centre of the year (Sponsored by CMS Distribution) – Digital Realty

Specialist distributor of the year (Sponsored by Olive Media) – Videnda

Distributor of the year (Sponsored by eircom Business Solutions) – Westcoast

Tech startup of the year – Aphix Softare

Vertical market reseller of the year (Sponsored by NEXTGen Group) – Agile Networks

Best place to work in IT – Ergo

Marketing excellence award – Comsys

Managed service company of the year (Sponsored by DataSolutions) – Trilogy Technologies

Rising star of the year (Sponsored by SureSkills) – Prospr, Rob Cumiskey

IT architect of the year (individual or team) – Logicalis

IT professional of the year (individual or team) (Sponsored by Polycom) – Spanish Point with Irish Defence Forces

Company of the year (Sponsored by Avnet Technology Solutions) – Viatel

Person of the year (Sponsored by Westcoast) – Justin Keatinge, Version 1

Lifetime achievement award (Sponsored by Intellicom) – Denis O’Brien

Multinational of the year – Intel

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