44 Teams Emerge Victorious in Singapore League of APICTA Awards 2007
SINGAPORE, October 10, 2007 — The most innovative local Infocomm Technology (ICT) companies that will represent Singapore in this year’s prestigious regional Asia Pacific ICT Alliance (APICTA) Awards, were announced at an awards ceremony today.
Held for the first time this year in Singapore, the 7th APICTA Awards, organised by the Singapore infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF), will provide a platform for innovators and entrepreneurs in the ICT sectors to benchmark their products against those from other member economies. This year’s event is also being held concurrently with the Asia-Oceanian Computing Industry Organization (ASOCIO) ICT Summit, for the first time. ASOCIO.APICTA Singapore will provide an excellent platform for networking and product benchmarking for ICT innovators and entrepreneurs in the region and will also spark off synergy in the areas of technology exchanges, ICT innovation and creativity, trade partnerships and opportunities for the ICT industry.
More than 70 local SMEs/institutions from the ICT sector competed in the Singapore League this year, more than triple the number of companies as last year. The 44 shortlisted companies will stand a chance to be part of Team Singapore, representing Singapore in the Regional APICTA 2007 Awards to be held here from 26-29 November 2007. Some of the other 16 participating member economies include Australia, China, Hong Kong, India and Korea.
The Selection Process
In order to qualify for the APICTA Awards, companies/institutions had to submit products for which the intellectual property rights are owned by a locally registered business or locally-based organization. The submission of entries for the awards closed on July 31, 2007 and teams were qualified for the shortlisting round based on product information that was submitted. Shortlisted products were judged based on a 35-minute presentation to a judging panel held between 4-6 September 2007. The products were evaluated on criteria such as the uniqueness of the product, the market potential, the functionalities and features, quality and application of technology as well as presentation.
Award Winners
Under the “Applications and Infrastructure Tools” category, Elixir Technology walked away with top honours for “Elixir Repertoire”, an application which fully embraces a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), making available Business Intelligence capabilities as well Web Services. “Elixir Repertoire” acts as the unifying business intelligence engine to power the new generation of enterprise applications. (Elixir is Red Herring 100 Asia Finalist Awards)
The winner for the “Communications Applications” category was Innoxius Technologies with its "WiFi TV" submission which is likely to be the world's first mass mobile media enabling solution. This solution converges broadcast mobile television over WiFi-networks and enables WiFi-enabled devices to receive the same broadcast mobile television content via the associated wireless access points. (Innoxius Technologies is Red Herring Asia 100 Winner, 2006)
Statutory Boards such as the Central Provident Fund Board also garnered an award in the “E-Community & E-Government” category with “my CPF - Different Strokes for Different Folks”, a proactive customised service framework which enables CPF members to transact electronically and conveniently via multiple electronic platforms such as the internet, biometric e-counters, mobile phones and islandwide kiosks. Aside from SMEs, educational institutions in Singapore were also recognized for their innovative ICT products. Crystal, an easily deployable web application framework developed by Hwa Chong Institution, which is able to support network-based applications on either a single server or geographically distributed servers without any modifications, won in the Secondary Student Project category. For the full list of companies/institutions shortlisted to be part of Team Singapore, please refer to Annex A.
Annex A – Companies/Institutions Shortlisted to Participate in Regional APICTA Awards 2007
1. Category: Applications and Infrastructure Tools
Elixir Technologies (Winner), ST Electronics (Info-Comm Systems) Pte Ltd, Genovate Pte Ltd
2. Category: Communications Applications
Innoxius Technologies (Winner), Eastcom Systems Pte Ltd, Clearhub Pte Ltd
3. Category: Education & Training
4. Category: E-Community & E-Government
Central Provident Fund (Winner), ST Electronics (Info-Software Systems Pte Ltd), Singapore Computer Systems Limited
5. Category: E-Logistics
Transmex Systems (Winner), Autoscan Technology Pte Ltd, GUI Solutions Pte Ltd
6. Category: Financial Applications
Protégé Software (S) Pte Ltd (Winner), ChainFusion Ltd
7. Category: General Applications
Tagit Pte Ltd (Winner), Cadi Scientific Pte Ltd, Central Provident Fund
8. Category: Industrial Applications
Anacle System Pte Ltd (Winner), Eubiq Pte Ltd,
9. Category: Media and Entertainment
Innoxius Technologies Pte Ltd (Winner), G Element Pte Ltd, DataMark Technologies Pte Ltd
10. Category: Research & Development
Clearhub Pte Ltd (Winner), Singapore Health Services, Data Security Systems Solutions Pte Ltd
11. Category: Secondary Student Project
Hwa Chong Institution (Winner), Raffles Institution,
12. Category: Security
Data Security Systems Solutions Pte Ltd (Winner), Radian Trust, SecureAge Technology Pte Ltd
13. Category: Start-Up
Ohanae (Winner), Genometri Pte Ltd,
14. Category: Tertiary Student Project
15. Category: Tourism and Hospitality
ST Electronics (Winner), Hutcabb Consulting Pte Ltd,
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