The winners of this year's New Zealand Hi-Tech Awards were revealed at a Gala Awards dinner in Auckland on Friday night.
The awards recognise excellence by New Zealand's producers of high-technology products, services and software solutions.
Wayne Norrie, Chairman of the NZ Hi-Tech Trust, said, “The hi-tech sector has once again proved itself one of New Zealand’s great success stories. The industry continues to grow at twice the rate of the economy as a whole, and now accounts for more than $2 billion in export sales. We’ve been through tough economic times in the past year, but the sector is producing more world-beating winners than ever. Entrepreneurship and innovation are critical to global success and we’re seeing a new momentum in the companies entering the Awards that gives us every reason to be optimistic about the future of the industry.”
There were 130 entries in this year’s awards, now in their 17th year. The judging panel was made up of six international luminaries: Michael Dell, founder of Dell; Howard Charney, Senior Vice President of Cisco; Patrick Kenealy, IDG Ventures; Andy Lark, Vice President Global Marketing, Dell; Richard Keyse, Chair of NZTE's Europe Beachhead Board; and Vernon Turner, Vice President, Enterprise Infrastructure, Consumer and Telecom research, IDC; as well as 35 high-profile local industry experts.
Here are the winners in full:
PricewaterhouseCoopers Company of the Year: Datacom
NZX Emerging Company Award: TracMap
International Business Wales Hi-Tech Exporter of the Year Award: Compac Sorting Equipment
Dell Innovative Hardware Product Award: EROAD
Duncan Cotterill Innovative Software Product Award: Unlimited Realities
HiFX Innovative Service Product Award:EROAD
Maxnet Young Achiever Award: Anu Shrestha
Recruit IT Employer of Choice: Microsoft
TechNZ Inspiring Individual Award: Greg Cross SwayTech Journalist of the Year: Anthony Doesburg
NZMEA Kiwi Hi-Tech World Beaters Awards:
DigitalNZ
EMendo
hairyLemon
Hyperfactory
Navico
PocketSmith
Silverstripe
Sprite Mobile
Vesper Marine
WhereScape Software