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A total of 23 awards were presented in this year's IT Inspiration Awards, representing a mix of industry excellence and personal achievement across 5 categories.
The winners were announced in conjunction with the Hitachi Data Systems’ annual Asia Pacific CIO summit, an event that brought together IT leaders, global thought leaders and brave innovators into a single venue to examine in detail what market recovery means to businesses and IT.
The CIO summit also drew attention to areas that organizations around the region should look to, to succeed in the anticipated economic upturn.
The spirit of the awards and the CIO Summit is captured succinctly by Kevin Eggleston, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Asia Pacific, Hitachi Data Systems: “The year 2009 might well prove to be a litmus test for the long-term success of a business organization. The economic crisis is a wake-up call for businesses to streamline business process and build competitive advantage using technology. The Inspiration Awards and the conversations generated at our CIO Summit pave the way for companies to build a sustainable business enterprise that can weather any storm.”
Encouraged by the positive response of last year, the IT Inspiration Awards 2009 has set an industry standard for excellence and generated enthusiasm from blue-chip companies and the IT community in Asia Pacific. Entries meeting the eligibility criteria were judged by a panel of qualified judges from Hitachi Data Systems, IDC and Gartner. The award finalists are posted on the IT Inspiration Award Website (www.hds.com/apac/itia) and public voting for the winners in each category started on August 17, 2009 and closed on October 16, 2009.
There were altogether 133 nominations from 70 countries in the Asia Pacific region. The nominations were also published online and users were invited to vote for their most inspirational deployment – more than 3,000 votes were received. Based upon the results of public voting and the judging panel, the award recipients were announced on November 11, 2009 at the IT Inspiration Awards Finale Ceremony.
CIO Of the Year (by country)
Australia: Ms Rosemary Burns, Manager, Holmesglen Institute of TAFE
China: Mr Yu Feng, CIO, Guotai Junan Securities Co., Ltd
Hong Kong: Mr Manuel Fernandez, Chief Technology Officer, Li & Fung Group
India: Mr Anantha Padmanabha Upadhya, Assistant General Manager, Karnataka Bank Ltd
Indonesia: Ms Herfini Haryono, Director of Planning and Development, Telkomsel
Korea: Mr Cho, Bong-han, CIO, Hana Bank
Malaysia: Mr Zakaria bin Awi, Head of ICT, Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara Malaysia
Singapore: Mr Alex Siow, Head of IS and Business Excellence, Starhub Limited
Taiwan: Mr Bill Wang, Director of Information Technology Department, Tungs’ Taichung MetroHarbor Hospital
CIO of the CIOs
Mr Alex Siow, Head of IS and Business Excellence, Starhub Limited, Singapore
Best Green Strategy for a Data Center
Diamond Award: T-Systems Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia
Platinum Award: Chunghwa Telecom Southern Taiwan Business Group, Taiwan
Gold Award: PetroChina Daqing Oilfield Institute, China
Most Innovative Use of Technology
Diamond Award: Lakshmi Vilas Bank, India
Platinum Award: Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania, Australia
Platinum Award: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea
Gold Award: Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, China
Best Return-On-Assets Strategy
Diamond Award: Infosys Technologies Ltd, India
Platinum Award: Korea Post Information Center, Korea
Gold Award: Bank of Ayudhya Public Company Limited, Thailand
Best Virtualization Strategy
Diamond Award: Integrated Health Information Systems, Singapore
Platinum Award: Telekom Malaysia Berhad, Malaysia
Gold Award: Chong Hing Bank Limited, Hong Kong
