Mideast leaders in technology awarded

Leading individuals and companies in the Middle East were honoured on Monday night at the annual ACN Arab Technology Awards 2009.

The awards, which were hosted by ITP in association with sponsor Leviton, were presented at a gala dinner held in Dubai. The awards were established to recognise the companies, deployments and individuals that lead the Middle East market in terms of innovation and professional excellence.

In total, 16 awards were presented, honouring the region's top vertical projects, vendors, integrators, consultants and individuals. Marwan Al Ali from the Jumeirah Group scooped the trophy for CIO of the Year, while the UAE's Road and Transport Authority secured the award for Government Implementation of the Year. Other trophies on the night went EMW for best systems integrator and EMC for best software vendor, while enterprise titan HP secured best hardware vendor.

The event also included keynote addresses from Steve Guggenheimer, VP for OEMs at Microsoft, and Ahmed Al Mulla, VP of IT for Dubal.

The Winners

Government Implementation of the Year - Roads and Traffic Authority

Education Implementation of the Year - Supreme Education Council Qatar    

Energy & Utilities Implementation of the Year - Zamil Industrial

Telecommunications Implementation of the Year - Mobily

Banking and Finance Implementation of the Year - Emirates NBD

Healthcare Implementation of the Year - National Guard Health Affairs (KSA)

Hospitality and Tourism Implementation of the Year - Saudi Airlines   

Green System Implementation of the Year - FVC

Enterprise Software Vendor of the Year - EMC

Enterprise Hardware Vendor of the Year - HP

Enterprise Security Vendor of the Year - Tipping Point

Enterprise Systems Integrator of the Year - EMW

Enterprise Service Provider/Consultant of the Year - eHosting DataFort

IT Department of the Year - Al Futtaim Technologies    

Editor's Award for Outstanding Achievement - GV Rao, UDC Qatar

CIO of the Year - Marwan Al Ali, Jumeirah Group

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