Intamac wins prestigous European Business Awards - Business Innovation of the Year, 2008…plus two Ruban d'Honneur's Ribbons…

17th March 2008 - Intamac Systems, the specialists in home and security monitoring solutions has won the European Business Awards - 'Business Innovation of the Year Award'.  It also received two Ruban d'Honneurs ribbons, for Business Innovation and Entrepreneur of the Year.  The award ceremony was held in Paris on 11 March 2008.

The European Business Awards was set up to recognise and reward excellence, best practice and innovation in companies across the 27 EU member states.  It serves to showcase Europe's most successful business achievements. 

Intamac have utilised the World Wide Web to revolutionise the capabilities and reduce the cost of home monitoring and security systems. The Intamac solution offers a unique combination of innovative technology, practical purpose and ease of use. In light of this, the company has already secured major contracts with large international players, including BT, and Australia and New Zealand's largest general insurer, IAG. Intamac's technology has also been adopted in a number of high street products by companies such as Linksys and Yale.

European Business Awards CEO Adrian Tripp said, "Intamac has the potential to completely shakeup the traditional home security industry. It is providing some very strong businesses not presently in the home security market with excellent new technologies and business models to challenge the existing players." Intamac was selected over a shortlist of ten International businesses such as British Telecom, Deutsche Post and Daimler AG.

Intamac's CEO and founder, Kevin Meagher commented, "We are delighted to win the Business Innovation of the Year Award.  It demonstrates that our work in providing innovative monitoring solutions at an affordable price is being recognised outside the UK. We are an Innovation led company, which is constantly driving for growth and has a strong customer focus. We are honored to have won this renowned award against such strong global competition". 

Intamac's services are currently available through global partners such as Cisco, BT, Yale and IAG, and through leading retailers such as Homebase and PC World or by visiting www.intamac.com

Notes to Editor:

About European Business Awards:
The European Business Awards www.businessawardseurope.com is a fully independent programme, recognises and celebrates business excellence across the 27 EU member states. It is supported by sponsors who are progressive organisations committed to promoting business achievements at every level for the overall prosperity of Europe.
The programme serves to show the world that Europe has a vibrant, dynamic and robust economy.

About Intamac
Intamac Systems Ltd www.intamac.com is the market leader in the field of Internet accessed monitoring and control. Founded in 2000, and based in Northampton UK, the company has developed an Internet-based platform and communications infrastructure enabling systems and appliances to be networked using the Internet.  As the 'Digital Home' and business environments become increasingly automated, Intamac is  providing global companies and their customers with a range of powerful new services, and the ability to monitor and control their property remotely from the Internet or mobile phone.
 
Intamac was named in the Red Herring Europe 100 in 2006 and Fierce WiFi's annual Fierce 15 list for 2006 as well as being short listed for the Innovation and Creativity Category at the 2007 Sharp Edge awards. Kevin Meagher, Intamac Systems CEO was named as a finalist in the Ernst & Young UK Entrepreneur of the Year awards 2007, and has recently received a Ruben d'Honnuer accolade for Entrepreneur of the Year and Business Innovation of the year at the European Business awards.

 

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