•   51 companies from 16 countries represented

(London, 1st February 2010) The finalists for the European IT Excellence Awards - the leading pan-European awards event for IT and Telecoms channels – were announced today by IT Europa. A total of 51 companies from 16 countries have made the finals. The winners will be announced at the European IT Excellence 2010 Awards Dinner at The Tower Hotel, London on 25th February 2010.

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 26 countries. Entries were submitted by ISVs, Systems Integrators and VARs describing the solution provided. Each entry had to be supported by an endorsement by the client.

“The quality of entries was extremely high and demonstrated the depth of talent in the channel community across Europe,” stated Alan Norman, Managing Director of IT Europa. “Finalists have come from right across Europe with Central and Eastern European countries well represented.”

“The judges were impressed with the quality of all the entries and the obvious work that had gone into preparing them,” stated John Chapman, Editorial Director at IT Europa. “What was so exciting and uplifting was the real skill and ingenuity shown by the channel in many of the solutions. Our judges have a lot of experience in the IT industry and of sitting on such judging panels, so to have such comments as ‘I was blown away with what that company has achieved’ and ‘fantastic solution and amazing results’ from them was incredible to hear.”

The awards categories are divided into two main groups: ISVs and Solution Providers. The ISV categories are for software-based solutions for which the ISV has written the bulk of the solution itself. The Solution Provider categories are for complete solutions that include hardware, software, communications and services. As well as the channel categories there are three supplier categories where channel companies nominate their distributor, service provider or vendor for the support they provide through their channel programs.

“The entries in the categories for suppliers, showed that these companies have been putting a tremendous amount of effort into their channel development activities, particularly during the tough economic climate experienced in 2009,” commented John Chapman. “The entries detailed the sales and marketing activities undertaken in partnership with the supplier and showed the results as far as new business development and market penetration.”

The European IT Excellence 2010 Awards finalists:

ISV Categories         Finalists
Business Intelligence      Jaspersoft
            Northdoor plc
            SIVECO Romania
            Tango/04 Computing Group
Communications & Mobility   Appear Networks
            Derdack GmbH
            NoMachine
Enterprise Application      ACE enterprise Sovakia, s.r.o.
            HansaWorld Group
            Mamut
            Tific
Information Management      Doclogix
            Exalead
            IBA Group
            RetmarkerAMD
SaaS Solution         Flexera Software
            Panda Security UK Ltd
            The Planet Group
Vertical Market         Anglia Business Solutions Ltd
            CTI Group
            ERI BANCAIRE SA
            SIVECO Romania
   
Solution Provider Categories   Finalists
Data & Information Management   2e2 ltd
            Intetics Co.
            SIVECO Romania
E-Business         Itransition Group
            SDL
Enterprise         Brookcourt Solutions
            Critical Software S.A.
            Vodafone UK
            Wavex Technology Ltd
Managed Service         Azzurri Communications
            Excell
            Fluidata
            Isotrak Ltd
            Northdoor plc
Mobility & Communications   Derdack GmbH
            Speedy Communications
            Teneo Ltd
SMB            Origina
            S&T Serbia
            Teneo Ltd
            Web Site srl
Unified Communications      Charterhouse Voice & Data
            Siptel
            Vodafone UK
Vertical Market         Excell
            Interconsult Bulgaria
            Interconsult Bulgaria
            Siptel
   
Supplier Categories         Finalists
European Distributor of the Year   Arena Bilgisayar San. ve Tic. A.S.
               Azlan
               DNS Deutschland GmbH von Arrow ECS
               Info-Quest S.A.
European Vendor of the Year      Brocade
               Citrix
               Red Hat
European Service Provider of the Year   Level 3 Communications Limited
               NESS Technologies

The European IT Excellence 2010 Awards Dinner, at which the winners will be announced, will be held on 25th February 2010 at The Tower Hotel, London. For further information visit: www.iteawards.com

The awards evening will be held at the end of IT Europa’s premier ISV event, the European ISV Convention 2010, which is also being staged at The Tower Hotel, London on 25th February 2010. For further information visit: www.isvconvention.com