ICT Excellence Awards celebrates successful year in technology

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Over 400 IT industry luminaries attended the annual ICT Excellence Awards at the Royal Marine Hotel in Dun Laoghaire, last night.

The ICT Excellence Awards brings together business people from across the industry to recognise advances in technology and success in business.

The gala event was addressed by An Tainaiste Eamon Gilmore and Sean O’Sullivan of SOS Ventures and Dragons’ Den.

Top prizes on the night went to TERMINALFOUR for company of the year. The Person of the Year award was presented to Maurice Mortel of Telecity Group.

The Young IT Person of the Year prize was split between the members of Team SAP, Donnchadh Barry, Luke Benson, Paul McDonagh, recent winners of the European e-Skills Young Entrpreneurship competition for their mobile app, iCollapse.

This year’s judging panel was headed by Forfas chairman Eoin O’Driscoll who was joined by Tom McCarthy, IMI; Dr Jim Mountjoy, co-founder Euristix; Dr Sean Baker, co-founder, IONA; Eoghan Nolan, Google; Peter McManamon, founder, Parthus; and Karl Flannery, Storm Technology.

Full list of winners:

IT Project of the Year – Private Sector
Sponsored by ISA Software Skillnet
WINNER: Version1/Airtricity

IT Project of the Year – Public Sector
Sponsored by Dell
WINNER: Strata 3/Irish Rail

IT Project of the Year – SME
Sponsored by EMC
WINNER: Bryan S Ryan

Mobile Technology Project of the Year
Sponsored by Computer 2000 and BrightStar TechData
WINNER: Global Business Register

Web Development Company of the Year
Sponsored by TechCentral.ie
WINNER: ebow

World Class Innovation Award
Sponsored by Intel
WINNER: Lincor Solutions

Best use of Technology in Education and Training
Sponsored by Hewlett-Packard
WINNER: Unity Technology Solutions/Rehab Group/NLN

Corporate, Social & Environmental Initiative of the year
Sponsored by SureSkills
WINNER: Helix Health

Start-up Company of the Year
Sponsored by the Irish Software Association
WINNER: TCAS Online

Young IT Person or team of the Year
WINNERS: Team SAP Ireland: Donnchadh Barry, Luke Benson, Paul McDonagh

Marketing Excellence Award
Sponsored by Techfire.ie
WINNER: Ergo

Specialist Distributor of the Year
Sponsored by Irish Computer
WINNER: CMS Peripherals

Distributor of the Year
Sponsored by Canon Ireland
WINNER: Avnet Technology Solutions Ireland

Managed Service Company of the Year
Sponsored by ComputerScope
WINNER: Trilogy Technologies

Special Recognition Award
WINNERS: Jim Hynes, chief operating officer and deputy CEO, and Bernard Gaughan, head of information services, Concern

IT Professional Team of the Year
Sponsored by GemPool
WINNER: Allianz Managed Operations & Services SE (AMOS)

ICT Company of the Year
Sponsored by Avnet Technology Solutions Ireland
WINNER: TERMINALFOUR

ICT Person of the Year
WINNER: Maurice Mortell, TelecityGroup

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