Which companies made the ISA software awards shortlist?

27 Oct 2016

The ISA software awards shortlist has been announced. Image: Stone36/Shutterstock

The Irish Software Association (ISA) has revealed its 30-strong shortlist for this year’s software awards, with the winners announced in late November.

Shortlisted from 70 original entries, 30 companies have made the grade for ISA’s software awards on 25 November.

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The 30 are divided into several categories, including: multinational, digital company, emerging company, technology innovation, outstanding achievement in international growth, digital technology services project, and excellence in talent development.

Next up for those shortlisted is a challenge to present to eight independent panels of judges, composed of CEOs and founders of successful Irish software and digital technology companies.

Storyful founder and Twitter Ireland MD, Mark Little, will give a keynote at the awards show at The Mansion House in Dublin.

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“The software and digital technology sector in Ireland is thriving,” said Paul Sweetman, director of the ISA.

“Year-on-year, stellar companies are entering the awards and 2016 is no exception. More than 70 tech companies and organisations from across Ireland entered this year’s awards and it is the tireless efforts of all in these companies that bring Ireland to the fore of the global technology sector.”

The full shortlist is:

ISA Digital Technology Company of the Year
  • AdaptiveMobile
  • Datalex
  • eShopWorld
  • Movidius
  • Ocuco
  • Vizor Software
Emerging Company of the Year
  • Aphix Software
  • KantanMT
  • LogoGrab
  • Nutritics
  • NVMdurance
  • Showoff
Technology Innovation of the Year
  • AdaptiveMobile
  • Escher Group
  • KantanMT
  • Oneview Healthcare
  • TDS Life-Safety
Outstanding Achievement in International Growth
  • Datalex
  • eShopWorld
  • Financial Risk Solutions
  • KantanMT
  • Movidius
  • Vizor Software
Digital Technology Services Project of the Year
  • Comtrade Digital Services
  • Cora Systems
  • eShopWorld
  • Financial Risk Solutions
  • Luminosity
  • Storm Technology
Excellence in Talent Development
  • Ocuco
  • Openet
  • Sonalake
Multinational Corporation Initiative of the Year
  • Accenture Ireland
  • DAQRI International
  • Ericsson Ireland
  • Google Ireland
Outstanding Academic Achievement of the Year
  • Governance, Risk & Compliance Technology Centre
  • Irish Centre for High-End Computing
  • Trinity College Dublin

Gordon Hunt was a journalist with Silicon Republic

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