The British Computer Society (BCS) has announced the shortlist for its prestigious IT Professional Awards.
Some 70 medallists made it to the final stage of the awards which are sponsored by Computer Weekly. The winners will be announced in December at a gala evening for over 1500 guests at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London.
David Clarke, BCS CEO said, “The diversity of entries this year has been impressive with projects from IT suppliers as well as from the end user community. We have been very impressed by the high quality of all the projects and the judges certainly have their work cut out to find the overall winners from the medallists who have reached this stage.”
The shortlist:
President's Award
Investment in Information Security
Sponsored by McAfee
Project Guardian, Anite Public Sector Ltd
Preventing (DDoS) attacks against the Betfair website, Betfair
Security Management Programme, Liverpool Direct Ltd (LDL)
Two-Factor Two-Way AuthenticationTM, Alliance & Leicester plc
Business Achievement Awards
Financial, Insurance and Professional Services
Two-Factor Two-Way AuthenticationTM, Alliance & Leicester plc
New Improved Car Insurance (NICI), Direct Line Group, RBS Insurance
Abacus, LogicaCMG
S90 Release, Post Office Ltd
Public Sector, Not for Profit & Charitable Organisations
Connect Mann Programme, Isle of Man Government
Enquiries to Registration E2R, Newcastle University
eRDM, Scottish Executive
Retail, Commercial & Manufacturing
National Rail Fares and Retail Publications Project, Association of Train Operating Companies
Data Integration (Informatica), The Carphone Warehouse/Informatica Corporation
TechBuild 05 Service Improvement Programme, ITV plc
CoreB, JJ Food Service Ltd
Small Organisations
The eCourier System, eCourier UK Ltd
Resolve Shipping Quotation System, Mail Boxes Etc
Project Destiny, Miller Brands (UK) Ltd
BCS Business Achievement Award 2006
The BCS Business Achievement Flagship Award will be awarded to the Business Achievement Award entry which has demonstrated the greatest beneficial impact for the organisation.
GCS Women in IT Award
Sponsored by GCS
West Dunbartonshire Council
ThoughtWorks
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
AstraZeneca plc - Discovery Information
Technology Awards
Applications
AppSense Application Manager, AppSense Ltd
Enterprise Engineer 3.5, McLaren Software
Workforce Management Solutions for the Real-Time Enterprise, Smart Human Logistics
Interactive Poster, Visual Planet
Systems
Sponsored by IBM UK
RNLI Sea Safety System, Active Web Solutions (AWS)
Quality Assurance for IPTV, BT Group Research & Venturing
Digital Tachograph Project, Intercede Ltd
Sky by Broadband, ioko
Services
Two-Factor Two-Way AuthenticationTM, Alliance & Leicester plc
COSMIC-FFP, COSMIC
Core Web Security, Royal Bank of Scotland
Trexy.com, Trexy Ltd
Social
RegenTV, IBM UK Ltd
IAGmanager, Nextstep in Lancashire in partnership with Reidmark
StartHere, StartHere
Entente - Data on cancer incidence, prevalence & survival, Thames Cancer Registry
The BT Innovation Flagship Award for Technology 2006
For the most innovative Medallist of the four Technology categories
Mobile Computing Award
Vehicle Tracking System, LondonWaste Ltd
BASCO 'Lambing using GT Mobile', Graham Technology
Integrated Wi-Fi for The Royal Hospitals, Belfast, The Royal Hospitals
RNLI Sea Safety System, Active Web Solutions Ltd
Individual Excellence Awards
Young IT Practitioner of the Year Award
Sponsored by THUS
Paul Cheek, TeamSpirit Software Ltd
Mark Alexander, Graham Technology Plc
Saqib Shaikh, Microsoft Corporation
Iain McGinniss, Graham Technology Plc
IT Trainer of the Year Award
Sponsored by Training Synergy
Michelle Mook, Matrix Forty Two
Dave Britt, QA InterQuad
Edmund Lepre, Happy Computers Ltd
Nick Noble, LogicaCMG
The Deloitte IT Director for the Year - 250 or more employees
Sponsored by Deloitte
(In association with The Institute of Directors)
Simon Kosminsky, SJ Berwin LLP
David Matthewman, Norwich and Peterborough Building Society
Al-Noor Ramji, BT Group/BT Exact a.k.a. One IT
David Brown, Scottish Water
IT Director of the Year Award - 249 or fewer employees
Sponsored by Clara.net
(In association with The Institute of Directors)
Tony Pearson, Proteus Software
Paul Broome, i-CD Publishing (www.192.com and corporate 192)
Chris Thorn, Chameleon Net
Neil Pearson, Hotcourses Ltd
The PMR Project Manager of the Year Award
Sponsored by PMR
Lachlan Macdonald, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group
Rob Wetherill, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group
Mike Moore, Calibrand, the currency for talent
Ray Jackson, Post Office Ltd
IT Developer of the Year Award
Sponsored by InterSystems
Richard Jones, Anglia Business Solutions
Mark O'Farrell, Farrellsoft Ltd
Jason Cole, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group
Meeraj Kunnumpurath, Voca
IT Service Manager of the Year Award
Sponsored by itSMF
Simon Wright, Rail Settlement Plan Ltd
Dave Roberts, Retail Assist Ltd
Paul James, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Rick Godbolt, Lloyds TSB Group
The Awards Presentation Ceremony will take place at The Grosvenor House Hotel, London on 7 December 2006
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This was first published in July 2006
