IT professionals were celebrating last night asthe
British Computer Society presented awardsto
theindividuals and organisationsthat
havemade the greatest contribution to IT during
2008.
The ceremony at London's Grosvenor House hotel, sponsored by
Computer Weekly, recognises innovation, professionalism and best
practice in IT.
The awards, attended by over 1000 IT professionals,
featured two new categories to recognise the contribution
businesses are making towards tackling green issues.
Fivium
and
gm2 Logistics won the BP Environment and Green Organisation of
the Year awards, after showing they could cut their carbon
emissions while making savings on the bottom line.
"The BCS IT industry awards are regarded as the hallmark of
excellence, best practice and professionalism in the industry. The
two green awards are relatively new categories and reflect one of
the key issues affecting our industry today," said David Clarke,
BCS chief executive.
Claire Adams, who works for Connecting for Health, collected the
service manager of the year award. Claire Adams won the award for
putting IT training in place for NHS clinical staff using systems
developed in the
NHS Connecting for Health IT Programme.
Garlik won the BT Flagship Award for innovation, and the
web-based technology award, for
its innovative DataPatrol service, which helps individuals
guard against identity theft.
A mobile patient care reporting system collected the mobile
technology award.
The CSC Emergency Care Solution for NHS Ambulance Services,
Siren ePCR, allows paramedics to access a summary of the patient's
medical notes.
An innovative application from Concentra called C-PORT
(Chemotherapy Planning Oncology Resource Tool), won awards in the
social contribution and business to business categories.
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