ARMONK, NY - 04 Apr 2008: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the winners of its annual IBM Beacon Awards competition, recognizing IBM Business Partners for outstanding delivery of value to clients and innovative approaches to solving business issues. Winners were selected in 37 award categories by leading industry journalists, analysts, and IBM executives.
The IBM Beacon Awards are an important part of IBM's PartnerWorld program, providing industry recognition, increased visibility and promotional opportunities to winners and finalists. Members of PartnerWorld take advantage of worldwide IBM marketing and enablement initiatives to drive new revenue and market opportunities through the delivery of innovative, high-value business solutions.
"The IBM Beacon Awards recognize the best solutions and services that Business Partners deliver across our business and around the world," said Ravi Marwaha, general manager, IBM Global Business Partners. "Through their dedication to innovation, business value and customer satisfaction, these Business Partners combine their deep technology and industry expertise with IBM technology to deliver exceptional solutions that solve real business problems."
Chosen from over 725 nominations, winners and finalists from around the world will be honored during a gala event at the IBM Business Partner Leadership Conference in Los Angeles on April 30 - May 2, 2008. This year's Beacon Award winners by category are:
Software
Outstanding Information on Demand Solution: TriTek Solutions, Inc., Boston, MA, United States
Outstanding Lotus® Software Innovation: GoPro ltd, Reykjavik, Iceland
Outstanding Tivoli® Solution for Data Backup and Recovery: mySoftIT GmbH, Kerpen, NW, Germany
Outstanding WebSphere® Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) Solution: Prolifics, New York, NY, United States
Rational® Excellence in Software Delivery: Sogeti, Paris, France
Systems and Technology
Excellence in the Use of System z™ for New Workloads or Applications: Sirius Computer Solutions, Inc., Beaverton, OR, United States
Innovation in Green IT Data Center Solution: Southern Cross Computer Systems Pty Ltd, Hawthorn East, Victoria, Australia
Innovative IBM Business Systems Solution: Dynamix Group, Inc., Roswell, GA, United States
Leadership in Blade Center Solution Deployment: PEAK Resources, Inc., Denver, CO, United States
Leadership in Optimizing IT Infrastructure: Synergy Plus Pty Ltd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Outstanding Business Critical Solution for Linux on IBM: Inter Access Nederland, Hilversum, Netherlands
Outstanding Client Centric System x Solution: Metro Systems Corporation Plc, Bangkok, Thailand
Outstanding IBM Information Infrastructure Solution: Agilysys, Inc., Alpharetta, GA, United States
Outstanding IBM Power Systems Solution: Paragon Solutions Group, Inc., Denver, CO, United States
Outstanding Virtualization System Solution: Evolving Solutions, Inc., Hamel, MN, United States
IBM Global Services
IBM Global Services Business Partner Newcomer of the Year: Chief Security Officers, LLC, Scottsdale, AZ, United States
IBM Global Services Product Affinity: Logicalis, Bloomfield Hills, MI, United States
Outstanding Collaboration Solution with IBM Global Business Services: Kevlertech, Inc./ MIT Consultants, Chicago, IL, United States
Outstanding Collaboration Solution with IBM Global Technology Services (tied): Motorola, Nashville, TN, United States, MSI Systems Integrators, Inc., Omaha, NE, United States; Pasporte Ltd., Bagshot, United Kingdom
Outstanding Complementary Services Growth with IBM Global Services: Insight Inc., Tempe, AZ, United States
Sales and Distribution
Overall Technical Excellence - Americas: Prolifics, New York, United States
Overall Technical Excellence - Asia Pacific: MindTree Consulting Ltd, Bangalore, KA, India
Overall Technical Excellence - Europe, Middle East, Africa: Fritz & Macziol Software und Computervertrieb GmbH, Ulm, Germany
ISV and Developer Relations
Outstanding Industry Solution by an ISV: Geocom Uruguay S.A., Montevideo, Uruguay
Software as a Service (SaaS) Innovation: Global Groupware Solutions Ltd., Gurgaon, HR, India
Consultants and Integrators
Regional Consultant and System Integrator - Outstanding Integrated Solution - Americas: Silverblaze Solutions Incorporated, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
Regional Consultant and System Integrator - Outstanding Integrated Solution - Asia Pacific: Ontrack Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Regional Consultant and System Integrator - Outstanding Integrated Solution - Europe, Middle East, and Africa: Sowre Consulting España, sl, Barcelona, Spain
Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs
Outstanding Corporate Citizenship Initiative: Sogeti Group, Paris, France
Global Small and Medium Business
Excellence in the Mid-Market: Solarsoft Business Systems (formerly CMS Manufacturing Systems), Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
Global Solutions
Outstanding Cross-Industry Solution by an ISV: iEnterprises, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ, United States
Industry
Innovation Excellence in Education: The rSmart Group, Phoenix, AZ, United States
Innovation Excellence in Government: Avatar S.A.C, San Isidro, Peru and Cosapi Data S.A., Lima, Peru
Innovation Excellence in Healthcare & Life Sciences (tied): BlueWare Inc., Cadillac, MI, United States; Vocera Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA, United States
IBM Global Financing
Outstanding Financing Program in Asia Pacific: CSI SOLUTIONS Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Outstanding Financing Program in Europe, Middle East and Africa: Computer Gross Italia Spa, Empoli, Italy
Outstanding Financing Program in the Americas Group: Arrow Electronics, Englewood, CO, United States
About IBM Beacon Awards
For more information about the IBM Beacon Awards, including descriptions of the winning entries and details about the finalists, please click here .
To learn more about IBM PartnerWorld, a comprehensive program that offers marketing and sales resources, training, certification and technical support to help create new revenue and market opportunities for IBM Business Partners, visit http://www.ibm.com/partnerworld.
Contact(s) information
Cary Barbour
IBM Media Relations
917-472-3564
barbour@us.ibm.com
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