And the nominations are…
Which of these will be one of the lucky ones at our 13th annual awards night?
WE ARE pleased to announce the shortlists for the Computing Awards for Excellence 2005. We received a record number of entries this year, and the quality throughout made the judging a particularly challenging task for our panel of experts (see below).
All the individuals, teams, companies and projects that have made the shortlist should be proud of their achievements – all demonstrate the strength of the UK IT community. We will be featuring each of the nominated entries in Computing over the coming weeks. But only one can walk away with each prize.
The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on 16 November at the Battersea Park Events Arena in London. It promises to be a fantastic night out – and a day to remember for the lucky winners. If you would like to join us at the ceremony, visit www.computing.co.uk/awards for all the details of how to book a table.
Judging Panel
Ian Watmore, head of eGovernment
John Higgins, director general, Intellect
Jeremy Beale, head of ebusiness, CBI
Terry Hook, IT sector lead, e-Skills UK
Jim Norton, senior policy adviser, Institute of Directors
Alf Roberts, chief executive of the IEE
Denise Plumpton, chairwoman of user group The Corporate IT Forum (Tif), and Director of Information at the Highways Agency
Margaret Smith, chief executive of user group CIO Connect
Professor Wendy Hall, head of
department of electronics and computer science, University of Southampton
Angela Waite, president of local authority user group Socitm, and head of ICT at Canterbury City Council
Ashley Braganza, senior lecturer in
information systems, Cranfield School
of Management
Peter Scargill, national IT chairman of the Federation of Small Business
Computing Awards for Excellence shortlists
Outstanding Contribution to UK IT
Winner to be announced on the night
Private Sector Project of the Year
Argos IntelliQ retail analytics
British Airways
Integrated Applications Infrastructure
Premier Travel Inn
Integration of Premier Lodge and Travel Inn
Tesco.com EMC automated network storage
Transys Prestige smartcard ticketing
for Transport for London
Tube Lines Whole-life asset management
Public Sector Project of
the Year
British Army ArmyNET portal
British Waterways New IT infrastructure
Merseyside and Cheshire
Cancer Registry Ensemble integration platform
Qualifications and
Curriculum Authority e-Assessments
RBT (Connect) / Rotherham Borough Council
. Revenue and Benefits systems
South Eastern Trains KESNet network
Venerable Bede Secondary School
Sunderland’s School of the Future
Voluntary Sector Project of the Year
Comic Relief Red Nose Day & Live 8
GAP Activity Projects E-enabling IT systems
MapAction Geographic information system
People’s Dispensary for
Sick Animals Broadband network
Plan Virtual Infrastructure Testing Environment
Teachfirst CRM system
Innovative Project of the Year
BNP Paribas GridServer
Cordon Pharmacy Authentication at the
point of dispensing pilot
Environment Agency / Fujitsu
Floodline Warnings Direct
pH Europe Truck & container tracking
Qualifications and Curriculum
Authority e-Assessments
SE3D / HP Labs SE3D Animation Showcase
Student Project of the Year
Usman Naeem
(Queen Mary University of London) Neighbourhood watch surveillance system
Mokana Ponnuram
(MPP)
Visual Cryptography
John Rivers
(Maidstone Borough Council)
Complaints Management System
IT Leader of the Year
Peter Barclay
Group ICT Manager, Sims Group
David Lester
Chief information officer, London Stock Exchange
Guy Mason
Chief information officer, EWS Railways
Rod Matthews
Director of eCouncil Programme, Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Luke Mellors
Chief information officer, The Dorchester
Gary Price
Chief information officer, Egg
IT Professional of the Year
Maggie Beaton
Head of IT Integration, Royal Bank of Scotland
Fiona Ellis
Head of Emerging Technologies, Metropolitan Police Service
IT Department of the Year
Eaga Partnership
Ellis Fairbank
Friends First
HBOS Computercall
Renfrewshire Council
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Technology
Business Manager of the Year
Joanne Coxon
Client service manager, Royal Bank of Scotland
Hy-phen
On-site recruitment team at Prudential
Lambeth Borough Council
Finance system team
Bill Miller
Head of integration programmes, Royal Bank of Scotland
Most IT-enabled Organisation of the Year
Berwin Leighton Paisner
NPS Property Consultants
RBT (Connect) / Rotherham Borough Council
South Eastern Trains
UPS
Most IT-enabled Small Business of the Year
DriveTech
Inside Track
JLA
KnowledgePool
MSB International
Postcode Anywhere
IT in the Community Award
Computer Associates Digital
Schoolhouse Foundation
Preston City Council
IT Employer of the Year Judged separately - Winner to be announced on the night
Business Software Supplier of the Year
Appsense
CGram Software
LANDesk Software
Mindjet
Njini
Sophos
IT Services Supplier of the Year
BlackSpider Technologies
LinuxIT
LogicaCMG
Parity
Savvis
ServiceTec
Networking and Communications Supplier
of the Year
APC
Aruba Networks
BT
Cisco Systems
Research in Motion
Vanco
Business Hardware Supplier of the Year
Avantail
Baraccuda Networks
F-Secure
Hitachi Data Systems
Lifesize Communications
StorageTek
Computing30 UK IT Company
of the Year
(Awarded to best-performing IT company on the London Stock Exchange in last year)
Autonomy
Colt Telecom
Northgate Information Solutions
Royalblue Group
Sage
Vanco
Technology Advertising Campaign of the Year
Amadeus Altea campaign
BT The digital networked economy
Cable & Wireless Rebranding campaign
Sun Microsystems / Starcom
Launch of Solaris 10
Tidalwave HP Business Partner campaign
Viatel / Worth Frank & Earnest campaign
Recruitment Consultancy of the Year
Advanced Resource Managers
Harvey Nash
Huxley Associates
Modis
MSB International
Penta Consulting
IT PR Company of the Year
Bite Communications
Brands2Life
Chameleon
Hotwire
Johnson King
Weber Shandwick