iAwards winners 2005

Honouring the ICT industry's finest

Category: Agriculture & Primary Industries

Winner: Hearne Scientific Software Pty Ltd and CSIRO Entomology

Innovation:Dymex-Climex risk assessment software

Dymex is a unique model-building tool developed to assist biologists to carry out biological risk assessments and management of invasive species in agricultural and natural systems.

Category: Applications & Infrastructure Tools

Winner: Beonic

Innovation: Traffic Insight, version 2

Beonic’s system helps retailers improve sales and sales productivity by providing intelligence about visitor traffic; proprietary software and hardware (with highly accurate sensor technology) tracks and counts visitors and where they walk in retail outlets.

Category: Communications Applications

Winner: engin

Innovation: Broadband Phones

Using the innovation of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), engin allows any broadband user to make and receive calls using their existing telephone at a very low price.

Category: Education & Training

Winner: AudioRead

Innovation: Audio-Read

The Audio-Read Network provides the complete end-to-end solution for the supply, delivery and playback of digital audio books.

Category: E-Government & Services

Winner: Inchain and Northern Territory Department of Health and Community Services

Innovation: MARVIN Consortium

Marvin is a complete avatar (character) resource and e-learning development platform that allows for the creation of culturally specific and multi-lingual capable policy, education, governance and health promotion resources.

Category: Financial Applications

Winner: Shine Technologies

Innovation: NBV

NBV (Network Billing Validation) is a financial application designed to support the utilities industry.

Category: General Applications

Winner: Intergraph

Innovation: IntelliWhere TrackForce Mobile Resource Management

IntelliWhere TrackForce is a server-based, highly scalable platform that allows enterprises and service providers to track and manage the location of field crews and mobile assets in real time.

Category: Healthcare

Winner: Children’s Hospital at Westmead

Innovation: Electronic Medical Record

The Electronic Medical Record (EMR) is a real-time, online records management system providing clinicians with vital, relevant and timely data on which to base their clinical decisions.

Category: Industrial Applications

Winner: Vehicle Management Corporation

Innovation: enTIRE - Tyre Management System

enTIRE Wheels is a software product that tracks tyres in mining and transport operations, reducing the cost of tyres and improving safety.

Category: Media & Entertainment

Winner: Imagination

Innovation: DVD Games

DVD games have revolutionised the board game experience by adding the magic of television to traditional board games, giving them a home theatre-style makeover.

Category: Research & Development

Winner: Torian

Innovation: InFusion

The InFusion is the world’s first truly portable compact Internet radio, allowing users to listen to any radio station in the world that streams through the World Wide Web, without the need of a computer.

Category: Security

Winner: SecureWrap

Innovation: Software Activation With Business Intelligence - SAWBI Services

SecureWrap is a complete end-to-end software protection service specifically designed to relieve the application developer from the expense and learning curve required to develop and implement their own protection scheme.

Category: Local Industry iAward

Winner: Imagination

Innovation: This iAward was presented to the most innovative ICT project undertaken by an Australian local industry company (small-to-medium enterprise). All finalists from local industry companies or SMEs were considered for this award.

Category: Community iAward

Winner: Hearne Scientific Software Pty Ltd and CSIRO Entomology

This iAward was presented to the most innovative ICT project in the area of corporate social responsibility. Finalists from all other categories who demonstrated a commitment to community partnerships, environmental excellence, diversity or bridging the digital divide were considered for this award.

Category: Inspiration iAward

Winner: Inchain and Northern Territory Department of Health and Community Services

This iAward was presented to the ‘best of the best’ ICT innovation by the iAwards Patron and Minister for Communications.

Category: CSIRO Tony Benson Award for Individual Achievement in ICT

Winner: David Merson

Innovation: Leading figure in the Australian ICT Industry.

For 21 years, David Merson was the chief executive officer of Mincom Limited, Australia's most successful software company. During his tenure, Mincom grew to become Australia’s largest software developer and exporter with 1,200 staff, annual revenues of $200 million, and global leadership in a number of software product categories.

Category: Secondary Student Project Award

Winner: North Sydney Girls High School

Innovation: School Magazine

The school magazine committee uses digital processes to compile an annual publication which draws together the achievements and events of the school community.

Category: Tertiary Student Project Award

Winner 1: Simon Goldrei

Innovation: Seminar

Simon Goldrei is an honours student at the University of Sydney, majoring in Computer Science. Seminar is a three-part system for the broadcasting and archival of seminars such as conference proceedings, research group meetings, student presentations and lectures.

Winner 2: Griffith University/AiWare Consultants

Innovation: Simulated Interview Model

AiWare Consultants was formed by four third-year Griffith University IT students for the purpose of developing an online training application (SIM) for the Queensland Police Service (QPS). The SIM model was developed as a prototype for QPS, to provide police child protection investigators with opportunities to practice forensic interviewing skills using a web-based training application employing concept scenarios.