Tech Excellence Awards 2016 shortlist released

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Microsoft's Cathriona Hallahan, Martin Cullen, Orla Hogan, Colin Cassidy and colleagues were recognised with a special award marking the company's 30 years in Ireland at the 2015 Tech Excellence Awards

The shortlist for the 2016 Tech Excellence Awards has been released. Ergo and Novosco lead the field with three nominations each.

The full list is as follows:

Private sector project of the year
Triangle for Almac
IBS, a Xerox Company, for Bank of Ireland
eir Business for Dairygold
Comtrade for Ryanair
Ergo for Greencore
Arkphire for Boyle Sports

Public sector project of the year
Irish Aviation Authority
Version 1 for Dept of Agriculture, Food & Marine
Storm Technology for Dept of Public Expenditure & Reform
National Treasury Management Agency
Bytek MPS for Dept of Education
PFH Technology Group with HSE

SME project of the year
Trilogy Technologies for Autoglass
Fastcom for Smyths Toys
Enterprise Solutions for HLB Sheehan Quinn
EMIT for DePaul
Spanish Point Technologies for IMRO
Novosco for TTM Healthcare

Mobility project of the year
Three Ireland for Zurich
Phonovation
ROE2 for St Patrick’s Cathedral
eir Business for CityJet
Puca for GeoDirectory
IT Services, Trinity College Dublin & Cisco

Managed service company of the year
Ward Solutions
edgescan/BCC Risk Advisory
Novosco
Integrity360
Action Point
Ergo

Vertical market specialist of the year
Path XL
eShopWorld
Xtremepush
Temetra
CloudRanger
Agile Networks

Technology exporter of the year
Movidius
PathXL
eShopWorld

Company of the year
Ergo
Viatel
Integrity 360
Agile Networks
Ward Solutions
Arkphire

IT professional of the year (individual or team)
Yvonne Goff, CCIO, eHealthIreland
Gemma Garvan, access information lead, Healthlink
Dave Clarke, chief data scientist, Asystec
Dell technology strategists team
Mary Finegan, VP programme management, Movidius

IT architect of the year (individual or team)
Nostra
Enterprise Solutions
Savenet Solutions
Viatel

Rising star
John Mitchel, Strata 3
Eoin Keary, edgescan
Jessica McIlwaine, EMIT

Data centre of the year
BT Ireland
Equinix
Viatel

Digital strategy partner of the year
pTools
Strata 3
Path XL
Arekibo Digital
MTT
Phonovation

Best use of technology in education and training
Camara for TechSpace
Microsoft Ireland for Mindrising
IT Services, Trinity College Dublin & Cisco
Folens Publishers for Build Up
Bytek MPS for €1 per pupil

Best place to work in IT
Novosco
Integrity360
Microsoft
Version 1
CPL
Espion

The awards for distributor of the year and specialist distributor of the year will be decided by public vote, which can be cast at www.techexcellenceawards.ie.

Awards will also be presented for multinational of the year; person of the year; and lifetime achievement.

The Tech Excellence Awards will take place at the Ballsbridge Hotel in Dublin on 12 May 2016.

TechCentral Reporters

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