National Technology Awards - Call for entries - May 23rd 2024

WHY ENTER?
• Stand out against the competition
• Reward employees and motivate your team
• Leverage your marketing - through PR and increased brand awareness
• Attract talent
• An opportunity to celebrate
• If you are shortlisted your company logo will feature at the awards ceremony attended by hundreds of the leading names in the industry.

Check the different categories here :

Innovation categories

1. Innovation of the Year
This award will recognise lateral thought and technical excellence in creating an outstanding product or service that has the potential to revolutionise an industry or way of life. The winning entry will demonstrate the use of technology to overcome a defined problem, and show that it has, or can make, a significant positive impact. Enter here

2. Cloud Innovation of the Year
This award will recognise outstanding advances made in cloud products and services, whether this is in terms of security, flexibility, implementation, or maintenance. The winning entry will provide demonstrable evidence of new and unique work. Enter here

3. Security Innovation of the Year
This award will recognise technology innovations that protect systems, services and customers from increasingly sophisticated security threats ranging from socially engineered attacks to ransomware. The winning entry will, using case studies demonstrate why it is the best overall solution to help organisations combat security risks. The winning entry could be a new type of security software, a new approach to security training, or a new way to detect and respond to security threats. Enter here

4. Mobile Innovation of the Year
This award will recognise a mobile application or product that has delivered transformative effects. This winning entry will be an innovation that pushes the boundaries of mobile with demonstrable outcomes, and could be a new mobile productivity tool, or a new way to use mobile technology to solve a real-world problem. Enter here

Project categories

5. Smart Tech Project of the Year
This award will recognise a smart tech project that delivers on the promises of the Internet of Things to positively impact the way that people live their lives and do business. The winning entry will be revolutionary technology that can provide tangible improvements whether that is in the home, in the city, in personal health or other environments. Enter here

6. RegTech Project of the Year
This award will recognise a regulatory technology solution or project that successfully solves compliance challenges for companies of varying sizes and across different industries. The winning entry will demonstrate innovation and practical application, preferably with results from successful projects. Enter here

7. Data and Analytics Project of the Year
This award will recognise an analytics or Big Data project that has had a major impact on business operations. The winning entry will, with case studies, demonstrate the successful deployment and implementation of data and analytics solutions to maximise efficiencies with tangible results in the form of cost savings or enhanced customer experience.  Enter here

8. Best Public Sector Project
This award will recognise the use of technology in the public sector to deliver efficiencies and be of a benefit to local communities. The winning entry will, using case studies and testimonials, be a project that displays innovation to help make public services better for the end user or internal teams. Enter here

9. Best Enterprise Tech Project
This award will recognise an outstanding example of how technology has been harnessed to address enterprise-wide issues and bring positive results to businesses. The winning entry will combine insight and implementation of tech – whether that be hardware or software – to the highest standards. Enter here

Companies and people

10. Start-up Tech Company of the Year
This award will recognise a new company that is creating pioneering technologies. To be eligible the company must have been founded a maximum of five years from the date of the awards, and be offering a new slant on an existing technology or innovating new products or services. Enter here

11. Tech Growth Business of the Year
This award will recognise a company that has progressed from being a start-up to developed company in full growth mode. The winning entry will be a scale-up business that has overcome initial funding barriers and is expanding by virtue of excellent service, products and insight. Entrants will need to be over three years old and have evidence of increasing turnover. Enter here

12. Best Tech Place to Work
This award will recognise a company in the technology industry that helps its staff thrive through the innovative and novel use of technology – not just in terms of creating an effective workforce, but also in wider areas, such as supporting external activities and communities. The winning entry will, with testimonials, demonstrate how the business creates a welcoming and effective workplace. Enter here

13. Tech for Good Award
This award will recognise individuals and organisations using technology to improve the lives of others and the world around us. It recognises corporate social responsibility, charity work or green and sustainability initiatives that are driven or implemented using pioneering digital techniques. The winning entry will demonstrate their effectiveness, innovation and overall commitment to doing good. Enter here

14. Tech Team of the Year
This award will recognise a team that has delivered a project, product or solution with outstanding results. The winning entry need not be in-house, but the solution must be to an issue that can be defined and have tangible outcomes. Enter here

15. Technology Leader of the Year – NEW CATEGORY
This award will recognise a key technology decision maker at a company who leads through example and inspires those around them to tackle the issues facing their business with innovative strategies and thoughtful staff development. The winning entry will, using testimonials, demonstrate the positive impact of this individual on the business and those around them. Enter here

16. Tech Company of the Year
This award will recognise a company that has identified a problem, market gap or innovation and created an effective and successful solution in the form of products or services. This award is open to all technology companies, regardless of size or industry. The winning entry will demonstrate real-world innovation, impact of the products or services, and execution on a vision to build a successful business. Enter here

17. Data-driven Product of the Year
This award will recognise a product that processes raw data and turns it into actionable insight, driving better personalisation for existing customers and attracting new ones with market-leading performance. The winning entry will, using case studies, demonstrate exactly how data is analysed and used. Enter here

Product categories

18. Artificial intelligence Innovation of the Year
This award will recognise a company that is demonstrating innovative and novel approaches to implementing technologies like machine learning and large language models to leverage and monetise data. The winning entry will provide detailed information on how AI has been practically deployed to turn raw data into useful insights or services for clients or customers. Enter here

19. Cyber Security Solution of the Year
This award will recognise a widely available product or service that has a proven track record of preventing cyberattack and infiltration to corporate or consumers’ systems. The winning entry will be available to a range of businesses or consumers as a standalone product or package and demonstrate effective resilience against cyber threats. Enter here

20. Cloud Product of the Year
This award will recognise an outstanding cloud-based solution including storage, platforms, provisions, and services. This is an open category for consumer or corporate solutions, or those that appeal to either market. The winning entry will demonstrate cost and business efficiencies, and a focus on security. Enter here

21. Innovative Enterprise Product of the Year
This award will recognise a game-changing product for the corporate world that can claim to be capable of having a major impact on the way that enterprises do business. The winning entry may be an iteration or wholly new product, but it must have a definite corporate application. Enter here

22. Web 3.0 Innovation of the Year
This award will recognise the use of technologies like virtual, augmented and mixed reality to deliver on the vision of a decentralised and open web with greater utility for its users. The winning entry will demonstrate a viable business case that provides benefits to end users.  Enter here

23. Digital Transformation of the Year
This award will recognise the most effective project to integrate disparate systems or update legacy technology. Projects involving moves into the cloud, post-deal integrations, digitisation efforts or partnerships and collaborations are all eligible. Nominations may be for a single project or an overall strategy. The winning entry will demonstrate how technology has brought cost benefits, improved internal processes and generated new opportunities. Enter here

24. Digital Entertainment Innovation of the Year – NEW CATEGORY
This award will recognise the growing interconnectedness of technology and entertainment, whether that is in music, video or gaming. This category award a product or solution which enables end-users to seamlessly access the content they love with minimal friction. The winning entry will demonstrate how it reduces friction, avoids outages, and provides consumers with an excellent experience.  Enter here

Sector specific solutions

25. Healthcare Tech of the Year
This award will recognise an advance in technology that has contributed to seismic changes in the healthcare sector, including helping to boost life expectancies, cure or treat diseases or use data to track health and treatment, thereby improving outcomes for patients. This category rewards technologies which have made a real impact, no matter how large or small, to people’s lives. Enter here

26. Marketing Technology Innovation of the Year – NEW CATEGORY
This award will recognise a software or tool used to create, execute, manage, orchestrate, and measure the performance of online and offline content, campaigns, and experiences. The winning entry will, using case studies, demonstrate how the product, software or solution delivered greater results than traditional approaches to marketing. Enter here

27. Transport Tech of the Year
This award will recognise a product, service or solution which is transforming transportation infrastructure, with a key focus on achieving net zero and other green initiatives. The winning entry will demonstrate green technological innovations in transportation for goods and people, whether it be via road, rail, sea or air. Entrants can range from new fleets of vehicles to innovations to existing transportation infrastructure. Enter here

28. Logistics and Supply Chain Tech of the Year - NEW CATEGORY
This award will recognise a product or solution that has helped companies endure an unprecedented and tumultuous period for shipping and logistics. The winning entry will, using case studies, demonstrate how the product or solution delivers efficiencies, cost optimisation and enables companies to operate effectively in a hostile economic climate. Enter here

29. Manufacturing Tech of the Year
This award will recognise a technology that has helped businesses contend with global resource shortages and supply chain challenges. The winning entry will be a technology that has helped make complex manufacturing processes more efficient from development to production. Examples of potential entrants include a new type of manufacturing software, a new manufacturing process, or a new way to use technology to optimise manufacturing operations. Enter here

30. Network Infrastructure Project of the Year
This award will recognise a telecoms project which has delivered a marked impact on end-users and has helped to better connect communities across the country. The winning entry will be a project completed over the last 12 months which has provided greater connectivity or deployed new technologies. Enter here

31. Financial Services Tech of the Year
This award will recognise technologies that drive finance and payments are revolutionising trading, wealth management, and consumer and business banking products. The winning entry can be for the B2B or B2C financial services ecosystems and will demonstrate success through data and case studies. Enter here

32. Retail Tech of the Year
This award will recognise a product or solution that can help retailers create a better, more efficient experience for customers and staff alike. The winning entry will demonstrate how the product or solution delivers efficiencies and improved customer conversion in retail along with innovation, positive impact and scalability. Enter here

33. Energy and Utilities Project of the Year
This award will recognise energy and utility providers and the tech suppliers they work with that are innovating processes or services using tech in order to lower costs, improve security, achieve ESG targets and keep on top of infrastructure maintenance. The winning entry will demonstrate innovation and efficiencies through the use of case studies. Enter here

34. Customer Experience (CX) Technology of the Year
This award will recognise a business that made innovative use of data and innovation to ensure a seamless, efficient and positive customer experience. The winning entry will demonstrate how it provides customers with an excellent experience from either in-house or as third party CX technology providers. Enter here

35. User Experience (UX) Technology of the Year
This award will recognise a technology which delivers an excellent experience to users and reduces friction. The winning entry will demonstrate an innovative use of technology to ensure that the end-user has an efficient, seamless, and memorable experience that adds real and demonstrable value to their lives. Enter here

36. Workplace Tech of the Year
This award will recognise a technology provider that has made innovative use of data and digital channels to make employees’ lives easier and improving the efficiency of HR-related workflows such as hiring, onboarding, performance management, and offboarding. The winning entry will, using testimonials, demonstrate how the product or solution has reduced friction, delivered efficiencies and improved the working lives of staff. Enter here

37. ESG Technology of the Year
This award will recognise the growing importance of Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) in day-to-day operations of an organisation. The winning entry will be for a company that can demonstrate use of innovative technologies and data to track ESG objectives and support businesses and consumers in the transition to a greener, more sustainable future. This award is open to companies of all sizes and industries and will highlight the use of technology to make a positive impact on the environment, society, and/or corporate governance. Enter here

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