Winners of European IT Excellence Awards announced

(Frankfurt, 8^th February 2008) IT Europa, the leading European IT publisher and market intelligence organisation, today announced the winners of the European IT Excellence Awards - the first pan-European awards event for IT and Telecoms channels. The finalists were honoured last night at a celebration dinner at the Intercontinental Hotel, in Frankfurt.

 

The European IT Excellence Awards are the first pan-European awards which recognise the crucial role that Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Solution Providers play in the delivery of real world solutions, and attracted entries from more than 30 countries. Entries were submitted by ISVs and resellers describing the solution provided and each had to be supported by an endorsement by the client. 49 companies from 16 countries made the finals. The winners were selected by an independent panel of consultants and editors.

 

The IT Europa award for IT excellence, the award to the entry across all 16 categories that most impressed the judges, was won by Appear Networks for a wireless productivity solution they developed for their client Nederlandse Spoorwegen, NS (Dutch Rail).

 

Another notable award on the night, for the European Channel Personality of the year, went to Gerhard Schulz, Senior Vice President & Executive Managing Director, Ingram Micro Distribution GmbH. This award was based on the results of a poll of 20,000 directors of Europe's leading 8,000 channel organisations - the readership of 8020 Europa, IT Europa's pan-European channel magazine. In accepting the award Gerhard Schulz was quick to acknowledge the role his team had played in dealing with the company's challenges: "What we achieved in 2007 was a team success and as much as I feel honoured to receive the IT Europa European Channel Personality of the Year Award today, I feel honoured and proud to be managing such a great team"

 

Other winners include: Xtract, Aldata, jMind Consultancy, INFOTHENA, IBS, SIVECO Romania SA, Fordway Solutions Ltd, Controlware Communications, Northdoor plc, vc-net, Care Telecom, Excell Group, Central Telecom, Esprinet, EMC, Appear Networks

 

In congratulating the winners, Alan Norman, Managing Director of IT Europa said:  "the overall quality of entries was extremely high and demonstrated the depth of talent in the channel community across Europe. I congratulate all the winners and wish them and all the finalists every success in the year ahead"

                   

The awards categories were divided into two main groups: ISVs and Solution Providers. The ISV categories were for software-based solutions for which the ISV had written the bulk of the solution itself. The Solution Provider categories were for complete solutions that include hardware, software, communications and services. As well as the channel categories there were two supplier categories for which channel companies nominated their distributors or vendors for the support provided through their channel programs.

 

The European IT Excellence Awards - results:

 

ISV Award Categories

 

Business Intelligence                         

Sponsored by Microsoft                          

Winner:                         Xtract Ltd.

Other finalists:   SoftPro Tetral d.o.o.

 

Communications & Mobility                

Sponsored by Macrovision                                  

Winner:                         Aldata Solution

Other finalists:   HansaWorld

Mediixine Oy

Appgate

 

Enterprise Application                                    

Winner:                         jMind Consultancy

Sponsored by Roguewave                                  

Other finalists:   IBA Group

Mamut ASA

Megabyte Ltd

 

 

Information Management                  

Sponsored by Hitachi Data Systems         

Winner:                         INFOTHENA

Other finalists:   Efecte Corp

IBA Group

STR SpA

 

SaaS Solution                                     

Sponsored by SIIA                    

Winner:                         IBS

Other finalists:   Aspire Technology

 

Vertical Market                                               

Sponsored by European Software Assoc. 

 

Winner:                         SIVECO Romania SA

Other finalists:   edge IPK

Wipro Technologies

 

Solution Provider Award Categories

 

Data & Information Management      

Winner:                         Fordway Solutions Ltd

Sponsored by Macrovision                                  

Other finalists:   Jcom

 

E-Business                                                      

Sponsored by IBM                                             

Winner:                         IBS

Other finalists:   EuroOffice Ltd

Itransition

 

Enterprise                                                     

Sponsored by EMC                                             

 

Winner:                         Controlware Communications

Other finalists:   IBA Group

Keystone Computer Group

SIVECO Romania SA

 

Managed Service                                

Sponsored by Ness Europe                                 

Winner:                         Northdoor plc

Other finalists:   2e2 Ltd

Aspire Technology

 

Mobility                                              

Sponsored by Microsoft                          

Winner:                         Appear Networks

Other finalists:   Anglia Business Solutions

Logos.a.s..

 

Pan- European                                               

Winner:                         vc-net

Other finalists:   Central Telecom UK Ltd

Tango/04

 

SMB                                                    

Sponsored by Progress Software             

Winner:                         Care Telecom

Other finalists:   SoftPro Tetral d.o.o.

 

Unified Communications                    

Sponsored by IT Europa                         

Winner:                         Excell Group

Other finalists:   Central Telecom UK Ltd

Controlware Communications/ntl:Telewest/North Lancashire Council

 

Vertical Market                                               

Sponsored by Wick Hill   

Winner:                         Central Telecom

Other finalists:   Anglia Business Solutions

NS Optimum Limited

 

Supplier Award Categories

 

Distributor Channel Program             

Sponsored by Channel Dynamics            

                                                                                   

Winner:                         Esprinet

Other finalists:   ASBIS Croatia

Wick Hill Group

 

Vendor Channel Program                   

Sponsored by Foster MacCallum              

Winner:                         EMC

Other finalists:   Avaya

Fujitsu Siemens Computers

Hitachi Data Systems

HP

VMware

WatchGuard Technologies

 

About IT Europa

 

IT Europa is the leading provider of strategic business intelligence, news and analysis on the European IT marketplace and the primary channels that serve it. It publishes European channel publications such as 8020 EUROPA, Channel Business Solutions and the IT Europa Newsletter. IT Europa also markets a range of database reports and organises European conferences and events for the IT and Telecoms sectors. For further details visit: www.iteuropa.com

 

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