Published: July 07, 2006
CNET Networks UK Announces 2006 Technology Awards Finalists
London, 4 July, 2006 (Nasdaq: CNET): CNET Networks UK, a leading UK interactive media and marketing group, today announced the finalists for the CNET Networks UK Technology Awards (www.cnetnetworks.co.uk/awards). The awards recognise innovation, application and excellence in technology and business, and have fast become the most sought after industry accolade.
The 2006 Awards will honour winners in 14 categories covering technology products and projects as well awards for individual excellence. New categories introduced this year include UK Internet Innovation of the Year, Technology Partnership of the Year and UK Technology Industry Leader of the Year.
Selected by an esteemed council of judges comprising senior practitioners and experts from the technology industry and media, the finalists include the following companies, organisations and individuals:
Enterprise Hardware Product of the Year
Azul Systems - Azul Compute Appliance
Brocade - SilkWorm 48000 Director
Google Enterprise Division - Google Search Appliance Version 4.6
Pillar Data Systems - Pillar Axiom storage system
Stratus Technologies - Stratus ftServer W Series 5700
Enterprise Software Product of the Year
Netsuite, Inc - NetSuite
Softricity - The Softricity Desktop
Thunderhead Ltd - Thunderhead Document Generation Platform
Touchpaper - Touchpaper IT Business
Management (ITBM) Suite
VMWare Player - VMware Player
Networking Product of the Year
Aruba Networks - Aruba 200 Mobility Controller
EqualLogic - EqualLogic PS300E iSCSI SAN
Juniper Networks - Juniper Networks WXC WAN Application Acceleration Platform
XenSource Inc - XenEnterprise
Zeus Technology - Zeus Extensible Traffic Manager
Security Product of the Year
Comodo - VerificationEngine
Imprivata - Imprivata OneSign ESSO
Qualys - QualysGuard Enterprise Version 4.0.
SecureWave - Sanctuary
Unilink Systems - NForce/Visits
Mobile Product or Initiative of the Year
Digital Payments - Direct Top-Up
eCourier - eCourier.co.uk
iPass - iPass Corporate Access™
Mazingo Ltd - Mazingo Voyager WiFi / GSM Fone
Research in Motion - BlackBerry Enterprise Solution v4.1
UK Internet Innovation of the Year
BiBC - Media Master
Midentity - etribes Deskbar
Skype - Skypecasts - Preview version
Texthelp Systems Ltd - Browsealoud
Zopa - Zopa
Public Sector Technology Project of the year
Centre of Distance Education - University of London's E-Learning Website
Isle of Man Government - Connect Mann
Liverpool Direct Ltd - Comino EDM & workflow solution, utilising Kodak scanning technology
The Royal Hospitals - Integrated W-Fi for Royal Hospitals, Belfast
Wandsworth Council - Pan London Co-ordinated Schools Admissions Scheme
Financial Services Technology Project of the Year
Alliance & Leicester - Alliance & Leicester secures online banking customers with RSA Security
BNP Paribas Securities Services - BNP Paribas Securities Services' Global STP Platform
Commerzbank AG London - Automating the T&E expense management process at Commerzbank AG London
HBOS - HBOS secures online banking with RSA Security
London Stock Exchange - Infolect
Telecoms Sector Technology Project of the Year
Orange/AKQA - Orange Integrated Shop
BT (with support from Corizon) - BT Retail Broadband Services Marx2 project
BT Group plc - Netcentricity
DataFluxUK - The Number' 118 188 - Data management with the dfPower Studio
Symbian Ltd - Symbian's Content Management Solution
Technology Partnership of the Year
BP and Intel - BP-Intel Partnership
Dell and EMC - Dell - EMC partnership
Dept. for Transport and Atos Origin Consortium - Transport Direct
Lagan Technologies Ltd, CAPS Solutions Ltd - UNIform Frontline Integration Solution (UFIS)
Microsoft and SurfControl - Microsoft and SurfControl - Together You're Secured
UK Technology Marketing Campaign of the Year
Banner - Sony High Definition: 'What will you make?'
Banner - Siebel CRM Index
DWA Media & Gilroy - Cable & Wireless Rebranding Campaign
Mason Zimbler - The Adobe Acrobat 3D Launch
Morse - Cool, calm & connected
Vodafone Multi-National Corporates - Push Email - Proven Productivity
UK Technology PR Campaign of the Year
Brands2Life and Banner - The Business Software Alliance's 'Software Cluedo'
Carrot Communications Ltd - Kaspersky Lab - Crimeware
Google Enterprise - 'Google your business'
O2 - Launch of i-mode
Lewis PR - Salesforce.com: Turning an industry on its head
Toshiba SDD Europe - Toshiba Hard Disk Drive Revolution Competition
UK CIO of the Year
David Lester - London Stock Exchange
David Lister - Reuters
Phil Marnock - SpinVox
Phillip Clarke - Tesco
Richard Granger - NHS
Commenting on the awards, Tom Bureau, Managing Director of CNET Networks UK, said "It's a pleasure to recognise and honour the players and products that are shaping the future of the UK technology industry. The quality of this year's nominations is outstanding - it's great to see that the industry continues to go from strength to strength."
The awards winners, including the winner of the Outstanding Contribution to the UK Technology Industry 2006, will be announced at the annual CNET Networks UK Technology Awards ceremony and dinner at the London Hilton on Park Lane on September 26th. The evening offers an exclusive opportunity to celebrate success in the UK technology industry and network with some of the most respected and influential people from that community. For information about attending the event, please call 020 7903 6984 or email sales@euro-techforum.com.
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