NEWS
December 2008:
The Scottish Software Awards evening award ceremony for 2008 has now taken place with Craneware Plc being crowned Scottish Software Company 2008. The Livingston software company which started out on the back of a beermat and now has contracts with 10% of hospitals in the US has been voted Scottish software company of the year aswell as Best International Software Business - congratulations Craneware!
The company was started by Keith Neilson and Gordon Craig in 1999 and signed its first customer contract with the Bayshore Community Hospital in New Jersey in September of that year. Since then it has sold in excess of $110 million worth of licenses and services and today has contracts with more than 950 hospitals in 48 states in America.
George Boag, chief executive Targeting Innovation, said: ”The judges found this year’s entries to be of extremely high quality. We were impressed by the number of companies who were able to demonstrate strong growth in the year, especially in light of the current economic climate.”
Keith Neilson, co-founder and CEO of Craneware, said: “In classic entrepreneurial style the original business plan was written on a beer mat and the company was boot strapped by applying for as many credit cards as possible. Today, in a US hospital market that spends $40 billion a year on software, to have 10% of them saying we are their best software vendor is pretty special for a Scottish company. We plan to be a global player in the health information technology of the future.”
Gerry Docherty, former chairman of Scotland IS – who presented the awards - said:”The Scottish software industry is one of the powerhouses of the Scottish economy. The sector provides more than 70,000 high-quality jobs in Scotland. Our overall winner, Craneware, is a perfect example to all growing IT companies in Scotland. They have not had it easy, but the quality of their management team has seen them through to a position where they are now established players in a technically-tough, highly-competitive international marketplace.”
A full list of the Scottish Software Awards 2008 winners can be viewed below:
Scottish Software Company 2008
| Craneware Plc |
Winner |
| Gael Ltd |
Runner up |
| Bloxx Ltd |
Runner up |
Best Software Product:
| Gael Ltd |
Winner |
| Bloxx Ltd |
Runner up |
| Rapid Mobile Media Ltd |
Runner up |
Emerging Software Business:
| Keypoint Technologies Ltd |
Winner |
| Factonomy Ltd |
Runner up |
| Stream Communications Ltd |
Runner up |
Best International Software Business:
| Craneware Plc |
Winner |
| Gael Ltd |
Runner up |
| VisionWare Ltd |
Runner up |
Best Wireless / Mobile Software Solution:
| Mobile Acuity Ltd |
Winner |
| Mobiqa Ltd |
Runner up |
| Rapid Mobile Media Ltd |
Runner up |
Best Digital / Media Software Solution:
| Storm ID Ltd |
Winner |
| 2Fluid Creative Limited |
Runner up |
| Aarkid Ltd |
Runner up |
Best Environmental Software Solution:
| IES Ltd |
Winner |
| Island Communications Ltd |
Runner up |
| NS Design Ltd |
Runner up |
Congratulations to all our winners and runners up and a huge thanks for your participation and support, without which there would be no Scottish Software Awards! Thanks again!
November 2008:
This year's Scottish Software Awards shortlisted companies have now been announced!
All submissions have now been received and submitted for the first round of judging for this year's competition. We are delighted to announce the first round of companies going through to the final judging session. To view the list of finalist companies, please visit: Hi-Tech Scotland - shortlisted companies
All winners and runners up will be announced at this year's evening award ceremony on Friday 28th November.
Remember to book your place!
We are also delighted to announce that Gerry Docherty has confirmed as this year's Keynote Speaker for the evening!
Gerry is a former Chairman of the Scottish Software Federation, and was the founding Chair of ScotlandIS. He is a member of the ICT Forum for Scotland, and is Chair of the ICT Industry Advisory Group for Scottish Enterprise.
To view more information on the evening, please visit Attending the Awards.
October 2008:
Informatics Ventures has thrown its weight behind the 2008 Scottish Software Awards by becoming its new event sponsor.
Informatics Ventures was set up at the University of Edinburgh to increase the worldwide economic and intellectual impact of Scottish software start-ups.
Backed by £3.7 million funding from the University of Edinburgh, Scottish Enterprise and the European Regional Development Fund, the initiative adds a significant entrepreneurial agenda to the phenomenal base of informatics and computer science research that Scotland already has.
The sixth annual Scottish Software Awards are organised by Glasgow-based consultancy Targeting Innovation in conjunction with Straightline Publishing, to recognise the huge contribution made by software companies to the economy.
Andrew Mitchell, Informatics’ senior business development executive, said: “As the UK's highest rated and Europe's biggest department, the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh is on a mission to nurture globally ambitious software companies. Celebrating the success of Scotland's software entrepreneurs is something we, as a nation, could do more of, so we are enthusiastically backing the Scottish Software Awards.”
George Boag, chief executive of Targeting Innovation, said: “We’ve had a high calibre of entrants this year including software companies who provide a route for designers to create buildings that are more energy efficient, to mobile barcode technology, to software that helps organisations manage the safety of their maintenance staff and contractors.”
September 2008:
Competition Entry Deadline Extended!
The sixth annual Scottish Software Awards competition has now been extended by another two weeks to allow entrants to pull together that winning entry. Entrants are encouraged to enter as many categories as applicable to their company. The new date for all entries is now MONDAY 13TH OCTOBER 2008, 5pm.
A big thank you goes out to all entrants who have already submitted their nominations!
August 2008:
Scottish Software Awards launched for 2008
Targeting Innovation in partnership with Straightline Publishing are delighted to announce that they are again running the sixth annual Scottish Software Awards.
The Scottish software sector is recognised as being important for the Scottish economy with approximately 1500 indigenous and multinational companies. As standards of sophistication, business acumen and skill in the software world are continually developing, the role of developers and effective management is critical across the whole spectrum for the future of economic development.
Launched in 2003 the Scottish Software Awards has quickly established itself as a hallmark of success amongst Scottish software companies.
For more detailed information on each categories criteria and to download an entry form, please visit: Categories or telephone 0141 572 1600
