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Senator The Hon. Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and Digital Economy presented the 11th annual Consensus Software Awards in Sydney on the evening of Tuesday  29th June. The Awards were co-presented by sponsor Mr. Michael Graf, Regional Manager, ISV & Developer Relations, IBM Australia/New Zealand. The Awards are supported by Austrade, New Zealand Trade & Enterprise, Australian Computer Society (ACS) and New Zealand Computer Society. Cliftons, Bayard Lawyers, TiE and Alinement Network are Program Partners.


Speaking on behalf of the expert independent panel of judges, Geoff Hoddinott said, “Tonight we are going to recognise a diverse range of individuals and companies who have, through consensus by the judges, met all three criteria of Innovation, Performance and Potential, and who typify why so many Consensus judges comes back year after year to see just how good Australian and New Zealand software really can be.”

There were 13 Finalists in attendance from across A/NZ. Six Awards were presented followed by 4 Highly Commended Certificates which is evidence of the high quality of solutions chosen by the judges to be finalists. Product Descriptions and Citations of the Awards Winners can be found at www.consensus.com.au.

Winners
AviarcTM from Core Technology (NZ) www.aviarc.com
The Café Simulation from Australian Business Week Limited (NSW) www.abw.org.au

Edumate3 from Excido Pty Ltd trading as Edumate (NSW) www.edumate.com.au

Enterprise Tester from Catch Limited (NZ) www.catchlimited.com
JHMI - Human Machine Interface from Thales Australia (VIC) www.thalesgroup.com.au
SecureEd from NetBox Blue (QLD) www.netboxblue.com

Highly Commended
ACE from ABM Technologies (Pilbara Group) (QLD) www.aceondemand.com
Envirostep from Ministry of Economic Development (NZ) www.med.govt.nz
EVRISTM from Enterprise Clarity (NSW) www.enterpriseclarity.com.au
Skillspeak from Conquest Consulting (NSW) www.skillspeak.com.au
Finalists
BCM in Box from BCM Solutions Pty Ltd (NSW) www.bcminabox.com
R.Review from Remesys (NSW) www.remesys.com.au
Teeme from B3 Technologies Pty Ltd (NSW)



Minister Conroy congratulated Consensus on their success in running the Awards for many years. He is himself passionate about developing the local software industry. “Consensus continues to recognise and develop the local software development industry. There are many examples where doors have been opened on the back of winning an Award,” said Conroy.

The Consensus Software Awards can rightly claim to have achieved significant advantage for previous winners. This has a lot to do with the performance-based judging criteria used to decide the winners, but it also has a lot to do with the fact that a Consensus award doesn’t begin and end with a hand-shake on awards night.

“Our contiuned practice of offering targeted support services to winners and finalists alike, to help them better exploit their opportunities and reach their potential, has added real value and real substance to these awards. We provide assistance and introductions to venture capital, marketing services, industry development and a network of excellent contacts”, said Julian Day, founder & CEO of Consensus Group.

Richard Favero, Managing Director of Soprano Design, who have entered and won Consensus Awards three times said, “The award application process forced our team to brew our thinking to create a clear message for the product capability, performance and innovation. This has been the most valuable element of the awards: “enhancing the description of value”. The rigour of the judging process through a written submission and subsequent presentation ensures the prestige of the Consensus Awards. The questions and subsequent discussions with the judges provides great insight that hours of sales and marketing meetings can only hope to achieve.”

“The Consensus Software Awards are recognised as the pre-eminent awards for software developers across Australia and New Zealand. Judging of the 2010 Awards was conducted by 27 industry experts who judged each product on its own merits and conferred as many awards as they wish. Our judges expressed great satisfaction with not only the quality of the products, but also the professionalism of each presenting finalist”, added Mr. Day.

Full details of the 2010 Consensus Software Awards can be found at www.consensus.com.au including the winning entries and judges’ profiles.

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