Subrato Basu of Gartner, judge of MIS Asia IT Excellence Awards 2008, also a judge this year; Tan Swee Hua of Central Provident Fund Board, winner of Best Business Enabler (Government) category; and Ross O. Storey of Fairfax Business Media Asia
HONG KONG, 15 APRIL 2009 – The deadline to submit nominations for one of the Asia Pacific’s leading information technology management awards, the MIS Asia IT Excellence Awards 2009, is only 37 days away.
The deadline for entry submission by enterprises, PR agencies, vendors and others is Friday, 22 May 2009.
The annual awards attracted 36 finalists last year and the 10 ultimate winners were chosen by an expert panel of eight independent judges, including chief information officers, IT directors and analysts, in a process that lasted several months.
According to Carol Ko, deputy editor of MIS Asia, the editorial team has completed the judge recruitment process, and nominations from different countries in Asia have started flowing in.
Frequently asked questions
The editorial team has also received a lot of enquiries about nomination submissions for MIS Asia IT Excellence Awards, the awards ceremony and the IT Summit happening in July. Below are some frequently asked questions and replies from Ross O. Storey, editor of MIS Asia.
Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong were the big winners of the awards last year, and the awards ceremony and the IT Summit are to be held in these three places only. Do nominations from other Asian countries stand a lesser chance of winning?
Storey: No. The geographic location of the IT Summit has no bearing on the awards. Our awards are reviewed by an independent panel of judges, irrespective of their country of origin, and nominations can come from any country in the Asia Pacific.
Certain companies and government agencies already have had their outstanding projects recognised in various local awards, why should they nominate the same projects for the MIS Asia IT Excellence Awards this year?
Storey: By all means they can nominate projects for the MIS IT Excellence Awards. It will be up to our judges to determine their relevance and merit. They won’t be swayed by any past awards that may have been won.
In contrast to last year, why is the awards ceremony this year split into three different locations? Would it limit the CIOs' networking opportunity?
Storey: The idea is not to limit networking opportunities, but to maximise them for our three core readership countries. Having the choice of three separate event locations and times increases their convenience and the opportunities for people to attend.
For further inquiries, please drop us an e-mail at itexcellence09@fairfaxbm.com, or visit http://mis-asia.com/microsites/itexcellence09/home.
Best Business Enablers
The Best Business Enabler category recognises IT teams that have boosted the ability of an organisation to disseminate information internally and exchange it with their partners, creating new revenue streams and improving customer service. The winners of MIS IT Excellence Awards 2008 in this category were:
Best Business Enabler (Government)
Winner: Central Provident Fund Board Singapore
Project: My CPF
Project summary: The Central Provident Fund Board oversees a social security scheme that helps Singaporeans save for their retirement. Called My CPF, the project enables the provision of personalised services to citizens with diverse needs, at various life stages.
Now, citizens need not sieve through irrelevant information, scheme by scheme, but may engage in their preferred modes of transaction. The CPF Board has also achieved cost and manpower savings despite rapidly increasing transaction volumes.
Comments from judges: “CPF’s project was well-planned, excellently scoped and clearly showcased how public service lives up to its name.”
Best Business Enabler (Private)
Winner: Standard Chartered Bank (Thailand)
Project: Sales Force Productivity Enhancement Tool
Project summary: Standard Chartered Bank deployed its Sales Force Productivity
Enhancement Tool project to more efficiently access prospective customers’ eligibility for credit extension services. Equipped with mobile devices running on TurboSIM technology, the bank’s sales staff can quickly identify eligible customers and provide timely service information. Consequently, less time is spent on pre-sales activities, freeing staff for other sales activities. Revenue has also increased.
Comments from the judges: “Standard Chartered’s initiative was very carefully considered, and maximised the benefit of a commonly available tool to achieve organisational objectives.”
Featured winner profiles:
Changing Hearts (March 2009, MIS Asia)
Organising I.T. for better education (Jan/Feb 2009, MIS Asia)
Masters of Change (October 2008, MIS Asia)
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