Award Categories

There are 10 awards detailed below. Click on an award name for more information about the award including the judging criteria that will be applied, and to make a submission for that award.

Achiever

The Achiever award recognises an individual's outstanding contribution to the IT&T industry in WA. Past winners include IS managers, academics and persons who have built significant IT&T organisations in WA. Nominations for this award may be made with or without the knowledge of the person being nominated. Only the winner of this category will be announced at the Awards.

Exporter

The Exporter award recognises the contribution of a WA organisation to the profile of IT&T at an international level. The products and/or services are evaluated according to the volume of export business actually achieved as well as the attention paid to quality and innovation. This award also encompasses services or products that do not necessitate physical travel but involve remote delivery such as education delivery at university level, help desk services etc.

Infrastructure

The Infrastructure award recognises excellence in a broad category of IT&T solutions implemented within or for an organisation that operates from or within WA. The scope of the award covers both physical solutions - hardware, software, networks etc - and strategic business solutions implemented to improve an organisation's operations. Business solutions may include, but are not limited to, new approaches to using IT&T, for Process Control, Plant & Machinery Control Systems, innovative systems etc.

Innovation

The Innovation award recognises the development of a product or service that breaks new ground - but is yet to be commercialised. It may not yet be proven in the marketplace but an understanding of the potential market must be demonstrated. The product or service could include hardware, software, services - such as training or support, telecommunications, new techniques or any similar innovation. Innovation may consist of a unique combination of technologies that have been combined for the first time. Nominated organisations need to operate from or within WA.

Online

The Online award recognises excellence in the use of IT&T to provide information and services delivery to clients in both the public and private sectors. The emphasis in this award is on the customer interface, ease of use, user acceptance, and innovation, rather than on the implementation process. This category also includes commercial transactions or application of systems in WA that enable electronic business transactions, including transmission of commercial data, business-to-business electronic trading, services and sales via the internet. Nominations should be for information and/or a service delivered predominantly from within WA or for an organisation operating from or within this State.

Product

The Product award recognises excellence in an IT&T product developed by a WA organisation. The award covers the whole field of IT&T (software, hardware, firmware etc) and can be from an established or start-up organisation. The Product must have moved on from the conceptual stage and into production and sales. If the Product has not yet reached this phase refer to the Innovation category.

Regional

The Regional award recognises excellence in an IT&T product, project or service provided by an individual or organisation servicing regional and country areas of WA. Nominees should demonstrate how they use regional resources in the development & delivery of their product or service, and how effectively it meets a specific regional need.

Service Delivery & Training

The Service Delivery and Training award recognises excellence and/or innovation in the provision of IT&T services. This broad category may include, but is not limited to, all types of services from training, outsourcing, call centres, network and billing service providers, and contract & billing management. Nominations should be for a service delivered predominantly from within WA or for an organisation from or within this State.

Student Project

The Student Project award recognises a student project, up to and including undergraduate or honours level, undertaken at a WA tertiary education institution during the year. Emphasis is placed on practical IT&T applications.

Telecommunications

The Telecommunications award recognises excellence and/or innovation in a telecommunications project or product. This broad category may include, but is not limited to, new applications of telecommunications services, products or projects that deliver new features or performance levels and methodologies for improving the use and application of telecommunications technologies. Nominations should be for information and/or a service delivered predominantly from within WA or for an organisation operating from or within this State.